Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1900-05-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

Mr.. Elark, OF Montana, has
pitted his wit aud his millions
against the u. S. Senate, and the
outcome of the contest will be
watched with interest by the peo-
| pie of the entire country. Mr..
Clark seems determined to get
what he paid such high price
for, and as result of that de-
termination he played one of the
boldest tricks eyer seen in the
political arena of this country.
In a speech containing both pa
thos aud bathos. Mr.. Clark re-
signed his seat in the Senate, for
the purpose of heading off the
adoption Of the resolution declar-
ing him not entitled to seat,
and the same day was appointed
to fill the vacancy created by his
resignation, by the Lieutenant
Governor of Montana, who chap
pened" to be acting governor dur
ing the absence of the Governor
from the state. Some Senator's
are highly indignant at Mr..
Clark's trick but it is not yet GER
| tain whether there are -encugh of
them to control the action of the
senate, or what direction that ac-
ton will take There are several
ways in which Mr.. Clark can
be kept out of the sem
late. One of them is the
adoption of that resolution de-
jclaring him not entitled to a seat
under his original credentials,
and another is to send his new
Credentials to the committee on
ELECTIONS and pigonhole them.
4 If the resolution should be adopt
ed, the action of the Lieutenant
| lGovernor would be anuuled, as
the vacancy would then be placed
in the category of those which
can only be filled by an election
by the state legislature. Some
think that Mr.. Clark does not ex-
pect to be admitted to the senate
on his new credentials, and that
his sole reason for playing the
ltrick was to put it out of the
power of the governor of Montana
appoint one Of the DAILY faction
to the senate.
If a trust can chuckle, there
must be lot of ehncklii1g over
| the division on partisan lines ia
the House judiciary committee on
the reporting Of a joint resolution
proposing a constitutional amend
ment, giving Congress power not
only define trusts but to regulate,
Icontrol and prohibit or dissolve
! them. The republicans voted
Isolidly for the resolution and the
democrats solidly against it. It
was tayorably reported to the
| House, as was the bill to amend
1.-THE Sherman antitrust law.
| The republicans have votes
enough to pass both, if they wish
to. States rights was the rea-
son given by the democrats for
lopposing the antitrust amend
ment.
i While the proposition to ex-
tend the Civil service rules to all
appointments in our new possess
ions from the days Of the Romans
to the present time, was a history
i of robbery, peculation, extraya-
lgance, wrong doing in high quar-
ters, and corruption broad and
large. Some Of the administra-
ton Senators thought, although
they did not publicly say so. in
view of the scandal over the re-
Gently discovered official pecula.
ton in Cuba, that Mr.. Hale
who has never been on very cor
dial terms with the adrlinistra-
ton since his opposition to the
war with Spain, merely took a
roundabout way of expressing
his opposition to the administra-
tion policy, instead of following
the example of Senator Hoar and
doing 50 openly.
The Boer ENJOYS stand in need
of some advice. Their chance O,