Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1895-11-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Nov. %, 1895.

The administration is making it very
plain that proposes to make an aggres-
sive fight upon those democrats who
favor silver. Tho latest step in that
line is the order that ex-Speaker Crisp
shall be punished for his recent declar-
alton in favor of silver by being de-
prived of the empty honor of the mi
nority nomination for Speaker of the
House, If the administration can con-
troll majority of the House the demo-
cratic caucus which will make the
nomination. That will, however, not
be an easy task. Custom, which counts
for much, particularly with old memb-
ers. would give the democratic nomi-
nations for all the house offices to those
who held them in tho last congress.
Mr.. Crisp has warm personal friends
who will be disposed to support him,
although not in sympathy with his f.
nancial opinions, regardless of the
wishes of the administration. It is not
the nomination for speaker, which
amounts to nothing, that the admins
tration wishes to deprive Mr.. Crisp of,
but the the leadership OF the demo-
Gratis in the house which is conferred
by that nomination, and which on the
eve of presidential election may be
made to amount to so much. An ad-
ministration man says that Secretary
Carlisle sounded the keynote OF the ad-
ministration campaign against silver
when he said in his New York speech
Tuesday evening: 81 think the aban-
donment or suspension OF the aggres-
siye movement against this financial
heresy would be most unwise at this
time, especially in view of the factthat
concentrated effort is evidently now
being made in the south and west to re-
gain the ground lost during the last six
months" The populists are especially
pleased with the administrations ag-
gressiveness against silver; they say it
will drive the silver men out of the
democratic ranks and into theirs.
That the love for public Office is not
growing less is shown by the scramble
now going on in Washington over the
offices of the next house, and among
the scram blers are a number of ex-
congressman. Office-holding is dis
ease, which once contracted is seldom
entirely eradicated from the system.
For the first time in many years the
U. s. supreme court has disposed of all
the cases on the calendar for current
session of the court. There were sey-
eral causes which led to this good al
though not expected result. Several
cases cases assigned for hearing were
submitted without argument, and 9TH
er cases were only briefly argued. The
general calender Of the court is long
| ways behind, and is likely foreman so,
as the new business OF the court ayera-
ges rather close in quantity to the busi-
ness disposed of.
Mrs. Stanford, widow of the late Sem
ator Stanford, of California, does not
| seem to have as much business shrewd-
ness as her late husband had. She gave
evidence of that lack OF shrewdness
when in an interview, published in
Washington this week, she said of the
suit of the government against her
husbands estate. now before the u. S.
Supreme Court on appeal. SAN adverse
decision can only mean one thing-the
end of Stanford University. Yet, when
think of the sacrifice of the past two
years or more, and the plans for the
great future of the institution, SO con-
fidently laid out by Senator Stamford
before his death, it seems hard that
this should be the final result.'' There
is a whole lot more about the. cost of
the university and its free tuition. This
interview could only haye been given
out for one purpose, and the wonder is
that Mrs. Stanford's attorneys should
have allowed such an attempt to influ-
ence the members of the supreme court
to be made. The only question at issue
in the suit is whether that money be-
longs to the estate of Leland Stanford
or to the United States.
Gold is again running out of the
treasury sieve at a rapid rate. and
there is much talk about another bond
issue in the near future, but on the au-
thority of treasury officials it is posi-
lively stated that no more bonds will
be issued until congress has been given
ample time to legislate for the relief
OF the treasury. While that promise
may be kept to the letter, it does indi-
cate that no more bonds will be issued.
Giving congress ample time to legis-
late for the relief of the treasury, and
securing such legislation are two diff.
ferent things. There is nothing in the
talk of these senators and representa-.
tives who have recently been in Wash.
ington to indicate that congress will
legislate on that subject in manner
to secure the presidents approval.
4 There is q difference of opinion be
tween Secretary Olney and the mem