Show SHERMANS DENIAL HELL TAKE TE STATE department 1 IF OFFERED aliu A rumor that senator brown of deborgia de orgia will resign correspondence of the mr cleveland has received the resignation of TJ S district attorney E B sellers of indianapolis district but has not yet accepted it nor will he unless compelled to do so the attorney general has telegraphed to mr sellers informing him that the president joins him in requesting a withdrawal of the resignation both mr cleveland and tha attorney general would like for mr sellers to remain in coffiee to prosecute the election fraud cases including that of W y dudley the eiver and harbor bill appropriating pria ting has been report ed to the house it will probably pass the house all right but from recent expressions on the part of republican senators it is probable that it will never ba considered by the senate in view of the very large appropriation for this purpose mide at the last session nearly no tears are lively to be shed over the failure of the present bill senator becks health is slowly improving but he will not resume his seat atthe present session ho leaves in a few days for aidea S C where he will spend the winter two caucuses of the democratic members of the house have been held this week in order to determine upon a policy in regard to the admittance of new states the great diversity of opinion en the subject developed by the discussion mado it evident that it would be impolitic to attempt to bind the members BO that they will vote as they please on the subject provided that the question gets before the house which many members think extremely doubtful john sherman domes the story thai he would refuse a place in harrisons cabinet for fear that gov foraker would succeed him in the ja easte and intimates very strongly that he will take the state department if itis offered to liioi blame is in the same cond the question among one of hem will capture the plunder if I 1 were a betting man 1 should feel disposed to bacic blaine the president has issued an order extending the civil service over the railway mail clerks people are wondering whether any of the numerous bills introduced at the last session aimed at the various trusts are likely to be passed this w ater the general impression berins to be that nothing will be done in fact the most of the bills i produced are regarded by shrewd lawyers as unconstitutional there is some talk among the I 1 in the house of taking t igind out of the republican sails b passing a bill repealing the entire tax whether this idea consider a good one ayi be allowed to end in talk cannot I 1 y t be told little billy chandless chandlers Chand lers latest is a feeble attempt to got up a cong ss ional investigation of the elec south carolina chandless chandlers Chand lers receive jio attention even the have become tired ol 01 bis everlasting song of southern outrages and it is not likely that he will secure the investigations which be so much devires the democratic senators have done good work this week in showing the weak points in the senate tariff bill they do not expect to defeat it but they are determined to offer amendments to every section of it that they think wrong thus putting on record their protests that is all they can do and it is all the party expects of them senators vote against their own opinions as they have done daily of lato under the party lash it is their own look out there was a rumor early this week that senator brown of georgia who has not been here this session intended to resign his nearest friends say there is no found alien for the rumor JL general army order has been issued announcing that hereafter there will bo published annually a the end of each year a roll of hecor makins mention of officers and enlisted menthe first hyill be issued at the close of 1889 an effort is being made to have congress refund to the widow of Gen Hancock the money which he expended out or bis own pocket to entertain the french officers who attended the yorktown celebration in 1881 senator coda all has intro a resolution which was pissed directing the secretary of var to th senate with a statement of the amount so expended when is furnished a jom resolution will be offered directing that the amount with interest b refunded to the widow this is a just claim and one that should be paid at the earliest 14 1888 |