Show TOPICS bits from declination ho mil not be a candidate nest year that big ENQUIRER D G aeb 20 lal quite a political sensation haa followed the of gurman whose political astuteness cannot be gains arl that he was not and would not under y combination of be a ci c i before the democratic natio uil consention next and that he favored the nomination of ex cleveland as the strongest and most available man and proposed to do all in his power to get him nominated it ia yet too early to cee what effect this announcement will have upon those democratic senators and representatives presenta tives who have expressed the opinion that mr CIeve lunda letter against the free coinage of hilyer has destroyed his availability as a candidate and what adds to the interest of the situation is the fact that some of thee gentlemen have been since the bubli cap on of mr Clev elands letter strongly in favor 01 nominating senator german it seems strange that three democratic Benato tB should have cast their votes for such a palpable job as that contained in the senate amendment to the diplomatic appropriation hill which gives a subsidy of to the company aa yet only exists on paper that proposes to lay a cable between san francisco and sandwich islands but they did it is not believed that the house will concur in the amendment at any rate no democrat should vote to do a thing so foreign to all the principles of the democratic party rumors have been flying thick and fast this week anent the new secretary of the treasury one day it was representative senta tive cannon the next clarkson and today it is ex gov calico charley foster of ohio it is believed that mr Harr isoa has deter mined upon the man and his nomination is looked for every day senator quays much advertised speech or vindication fell as flat in the senate as one of senator beairs blairs edi cati oual harr angues and he has gone to to seek consolation in fishing the beneral deficiency bill is this year la it strange that the lias disappeared the international copyright bill has abeen passed by the senate with several amendments which makes ilg becoming j law at this cession very doubtful mr harrison and all of bis cabinet except secretary proctor went to abw york to attend gen funeral they returned to washington last night the republicans in the house or 10 much alarmed least the wicked democrats should interfere with their plans during the closing rush of tha season thai telegraphic appeals haye been sent to all absent republicans begging them to come here and remain antil the end of the session what they are especially wanted far is to pass the subsidy shipping bill which is by nearly all of the democrate representative elect jerry Simp Bon and several of his farmers alliance to be colleagues in the next house are in town they are the recipients of a great deal of attention at the capitol the house commiel comm iee on coinage today reported the free coinage bill to the but the general belief deemi to be ahat its friends will not succeed in setting it before the honse but they intend to try very hard to do BO senator plumb despairing of getting his joint resolution providing for the violation of existing law by the transfer of the employed emp loyes of the census bureau to the classified deportal de service without the formality of a civil service examination has offered it as an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill it is commented upon rather unfavorably that congress did net adjourn the day of admiral porters funeral probably the moat disagreeable legislative duty ever performed by senator ingalls was the presentation by him this week of the credentials of john A senator elect from the state of kansas for the term beginning march 4 next notwithstanding the almost daily reiteration of the charge that somewhere in the neighborhood of one fourth of the enormous enor mius about of money paid out by the pension bureau is paid on fraudulent claims no republican in or out of congress has proposed an investigation f r the purpose of purging the rolls of auch names as may be shown to be there fraudulently this as wall as other things wilt be thoroughly looked into by the next house faygon of illinois was selected speaker pro tern of th house this week during the bickow of speaker reed tho republicans are beginning to b frightened at the prospect of losing control cf the senate it is now regarded as certain eliat the mckinley tariff law will ba repealed outright or greatly modified in 1893 if not next year |