The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-04
WILL NOT GET AN OFFICE
Butler and Pritchard Prove
False to the Major.
BUT HE STILL HAS SOME HOPE
Woodard-Cheatham Contest Case Post
poned---The Silver Sentiment
and Business Interests of
the Country.

the wind as it sobbed wintrily down
PENNSYLVANIA avenue last night. One
could feel razor-edges and hear lost
chords that seemed to have been
twanged by the dead banjo-fngers OF
Dante Looking toward "A tiesolate,
bleak seeming corner, discovered
somewhat of the cause. lone man
stood near a lamp-post: he was Major
III. T.. Grant. of Goldsboro, and the UNI
usual sounds of frosty lament in the
air were, probably, caused by the
gusts going up against the NOUS
tachios of the major.
The majors moustache upon closer
inspection had no longer upon it the
spring time spray of hope, which, dur
ing his last visit here, made 1T glad
some TO see 1t was on the contrary
stalactited with the sharp icicles OF
doubt.
For" said the major. in thin-ice
cold-moon kind of voice. things are
looking kind of bad for me just now,
and the aforesaid dead, chill fingers
of the wind ran another raGen-yoiced
gamut along his second-story whis-
kers.
at looks kind of bad for me-, said
the major OF course. everybody
knows the major was referring to his
chances for the position of Sergeant
alarms in the United States Senate.
The major frankly admitted that the
job was Il good one, and that he stood
Just now second chance as far as
pledged votes were concerned. And,
too. the major braced himself enough
to say that he hoped yet to win unless
there was an unIooked-for Pfeslden-
tial combination against him, between
Reed, Allison. Sherman. Quay, and the
other Observation-Disclosures. There are
in all eleven of these so-calied l'resl-
dent-makers. and they bother the
major: they wont talk freely TO him.
and tell him the status of their souls
in relation 10 the major. And that IS
what makes the story pathetic; for the
other members are seemingly pledged.
The major thought his only danger
Gus competitors were Curtis. of New
Hampshire, and Valentine, Of Nebras-
ka. Curtis had four votes pledged, but
with him out of the race. the major
thought he was good for the New
England vote. But Valentine stands,
it seems, first in pledged votes. The
major has been here since last Sun
day, and expects to remain here until
Sunday next, but he thinks the Jig
will be up, one way or the other, by
Saturday. Meanwhile he will have an
other talk with Allison Friday night.
OF course, took in the whole situa-
ton and felt sorry for the major, for
his voice is in as perfect condition for
Senate reading as if he had been
spending the summer down by the
deep-sounding sea of Southport, like
Demosthenes, Ginning the waves with
pebbles in his month. He is at per-
feet liberty to use this endorsement of
his qualifications, though from hum
BILE source, if it will avail him aught.
What pity Major Grant isn't bless
ed with the break-water soul of Mr..
Daniel Russell, who has a hide for any
fate The Ex-Judge has been about
here for several days. He had hoped
no doubt, before this To have dislodged
some Democratic Congressman. But
Elections Committee No. z did not
meet to-day as was expected. Char
man Johnston is away, and ! under
stand told Mr.. Woodland before he went
home for New Year that nothing would
be done in his case until Woodard's
return. So that Major Graham and
client Cheatham will have TO wait a
few days longer. BY the bye, ! under
stand that Congressman Brice, of
Louisiana, told Johnston that he had
heard he was the hardest chairman of
the lot. Johnston is said to have re-
piled that as radical Republican as
he was called on the floor, Mr.. Brice
would no doubt find him in his judicial
capacity TO he the easiest of the lot.
Johnstons judicial softness may well
be compared with that tender velvet
touch with which an old mouser ca
resses a mouse. For all that the soul
of the Indianian has vicious Republi-
can cat-claws on ii, and IL may not
he among the impossibliiies that the
duly elected Democratic congressman
will fill them For what Reed flavor
the contestants friends would have
as Reed delegates.
Tonight | showed Senator Berry.
of Arkansas the clipping below from
the sun OF Tuesday. and asked him
his views as to the statements effect.
Here is the clipping: ~ very general
sentiment has been expressed by New
York business men and bankers since
The Sun pointed out that twenty-four
United States Senators in Washington,
elected as Democrats and Republicans,
are nisrepresenting their States by
processing free silver views. This SEN
tinaent is to the effect that no Board
OF Aldermen ever betrayed its trust
more shabbily than do these twenty
four United States Senators, who chat
ter free silver for purposes of their
own. That these twenty-four are in
iuring in business way the great
merchants and the poorest citizens in
their respective States, there is not the
shadow OF doubt. The New York
bankers, merchants. and iobbers haY-
ing business relations with the States
misrepresented are thoroughly alive
to The fact that these Senators are mis-
representing interests of their States,
but the New Workers recognize that
the responsibility is with The constit-
tents who are thus betrayed at Wash
i.aton The remedy must come, II
was said, from the business men and
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