The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-07-04
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


seeking pretext for the forclbie seizure
Cuba. That is about the most amusing
nut Of news that has come to Washington
Or many long day. Not that such pro-
esding on the part of this government
sould be unpopular in this country On
he contrary all the indications are that it
kould be extremely popular. But the pre-
ent administration has made record on
the policy of extending the territory of the
United States which should give even SO
s weak country as Spain ample assurance
That Cuba will be safe so far as this coun.
= try is concerned until there is a change of
administration.
At least two members of the Cabinet are
+ working to step from their present positions
into the Senate, ON the fourth of March,
" S97 and they are both supported by the
whole power of the administration in their
ambitions. Secretary Hoke Smith is an
X avowed candidate for Senator Gordon's seat,
that gentleman having announced that he
would not stand for reelection, but he has
bturdy opposition in the person of ex.Speak.
or Crisp. Secretary Carlisle is not an
avowed candidate for Senator Blackburns
seat, but his friends all admit that he will
become such if the democrats carry the
Kentucky Legislature this fall.
81 The silver men are not pleased with re-
& cent events in the political world. The
prospects of a division in the republican
party on silver have changed materially
4 since that Cleveland Convention succeeded
4 in dodging the question, and the result in
Kentucky has made them less sanguine of
success in the South. But they say the
4 crisis will come when the National Conven-
tons of the republican and democratic par
ties are held next year, and that unless one
or the other adopts a platform friendly to
silver stampede from both parties will
take place and the silver men will all get
together.
According to Representative Forman,
Of Illinois, now in Washington, Honorable
William R. Morrison, who was supposed
few weeks ago to be near enough in accord
with President Clevelands ideas on finance
to 60 to Illinois to try to head off the free
silver movement in his party, is now the
idol of the free coinage democrats of the
state and will be pushed by the for the pres.
fidential nomination. 1t had beop supposed
that Vice President Stevenson would be the
candidate put forth by Illnois-in fact,
it has from the first been charged by the
administration people that all the silver agi-
tation in Illinois was in the interest of Mr..
Steyenson's candidacy--but when Mr.. For
mans attention was called to that supposi-
tion he said: stevenson would have no
show in Illinois against Morrison. There is
no comparison between the strength of the
two men. Morrison has it all. In consid-
ering this some allowance must be made for
the warm friendship existing between Mr..
Forman and Colonel Morrison.
1t is in the power of Judge McComas to
give Captain Howgate twenty years SEN
tence, ten on each of the indictments upon
which he was found guilty of embezzling
United States funds; but it is thought that
the jurys accommodation to mercy which
followed the verdict, will shorten the sen.
tence. An application for new trial has
been filed and will be argued this week be.
fore Judge McComas who will almost Ger.
tainly refuse it. Howgate's counsels have
already announced their intention to take
the case to the Court of Appeals and if they
failed to get Judge McComas reversed there,
to the U. S. Supreme Court. This is one of
the sort of cases that raises doubts in ordin.
ary peoples minds Of the law being applied
common sense, as it is said to be. 1t is
well known to many of the older residents
of Washington that Captain Howgate came
here, in street venacular, ''on his uppers,"
and that he very soon afterwards became
one of the highest ivers in town, throwing
money around much more freely than the
average millionaire does and maintaining
openly two establishments, one presided
over by his legal wife and the other by his
brevet wife. 1t is also known that when he
ing was 80 overwhelming that he ran away and
remained away, although his whereabouts
was known and openly discussed; for more
than thirteen years. Wher he was finally
arrested and brought back it was discovered
that all OF the documentary evidence of his
stealing had been spirited away from the
department flies. Some new indictments
were found against him, but in the first
trial the prosecution failed to produce evi.
dence good enough to satisfy the jury and
ne was acquitted. He has now been tried
on two more of those newly found indict
ments and found guilty, but his lawyers are
confident Of their ultimate success in get.
ting him clear. although they cannot believe
him guiltless; their hope lies in proving the
evidence against him to be illegal.
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