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Show THE CARPENTtii SOfisUDAL.. Chic.igo, 10. A Washington spe--c-.aI s;iys: Senator CarpentiT is in W.istnngton, and his friends are prc-dteliug. prc-dteliug. already, that le. will make a successful detVnse in r '.ird lo the Ing Uraneli sL-an 1 . Tnis is prvitu-i,-tl. it is claimed, in time l save the Senator from beiiu dep sl a presid-ing presid-ing otlifer of t:i Senate. Tne latter, :vs :is they meet, will proceed to the election of thai oli'tjer, according to the regular cu-tom, and the usual courtesy would of course result in the re- lection of Carpenter. A column jirtk'ie in one of toe papers here goes to the extait of vleciariiu the whole scandal to be an invention of a eor-repu:a!i'i)t" eor-repu:a!i'i)t" who:ii Cu-pent'.T siys he otrended when the th. ft of the VVas.i- ingtou treaty Tvas ucdurinvestigatiou. |