Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-28
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nom o. Regular Correspondent

" AsHINGToN, ID. G., Jan. %
Senator Cameron who has only
afew weeks more Of. public life
and who considers himself entirely
out of politics and who consequent
" doesn't care whose political toes
lie treaGs on, is doing some very
plain talking-like his father, the
late Simon Gamer on, he has an ex-
pressive neutrality-suspicious. the
fipfop certain republican senators
have turned on his Cuban resolu-
ton. He is especially bitter against
John Sherman, who he says as
sured him before he was compelled
to accep; tire position Of Secretary
of State in McKinley's cabinet
that he was for his resolution and
who has since tn n used his il.
fluence among Senators who wish
to be solid with Mckinley against
the resolution so iudustriously
that if the resolution was now
brought to vote it would probably
be defeated.
Czal Reed is nearer to having all
open revolt on his hands than at
any period since be became the
autocrat of the House. A respect
full petition signed by 2OS members
of the House has been presented
to him asking him to suspend his
arbitrary rule against public build
ing bills and to allow time to be
set for the consideration of % of
those bills now on the calendar.
He mtimated quite plainly to the
committee which presented the
petition that he didn't wish to
grant the request, although be took
it under advisement. If he grants
this request, there will be plain
sailing for him, and not much
show for the bills to get through
the senate during the remaining
time Of this session; if he refures
it, there may be a very lively row.
20o members-elmost two-thirds
Of the House, can easily uncrown
the Gar. if so disposed.
The members of the house CON-
mittee on public lands declined to
follow the wishes oe Speaker Reed
concerning the free homestead bill.
The bill has been reported to the
House just as it was amended by
the Senate and the House will be
given an opportunity to vote on The
Senate amendments, just as it
might have done when the bill first
came back from the Senate had
not Speaker Reed ordered the bill
referred to the committee. The
committee refused even to accept
an amendment, exempting from
the operation of the bill the lands
which the government is selling as
trustee for the Indians.
I Representative Swanson, of Va
one of the most prominent of the
younger democrats in the House
has this to say in a public inter-
view about the future of the demo-
cratic'party: "There will be no re
organization Of the democratic
party. It is today stronger and
more compact, NOR aggressive and
buoyant than any defeated party
ever was before. Without intimi.
dation, coercion, or corruption a
vast majority Of the voters of this
country today arein accord with it
Having divorced itself from the
present administration. it is build
ing near the affections and the in
teresrs of the masses. The demo
cratic party will continue it's ag-
gressive fight for both gold and
silver as legal tender money and
against special privileges to trasts,
combines and corporations. Those
who failed to act with us in the last
election will most of them return
to the party. Many have already
done so. No concessions in prin-
ciples OF policies will be made,
though, to gain the support of
these. Shorn of their power of
patronage and discredited as loyal
1amocro re- thocn who Ir ,,o4 ,.o4,,