Show A republican SENATORS VIEWS alie executive feard ail of Ci causing using offense offence Of harrison has a weak back bone said a republican senator and it is constantly growing weaker there is every indication that we are to have a repetition of tho worse feat breff in the hayes and arthur administration this language was used by a man who is generally regarded as being very friendly to the administration and there is BO doubt that he is but ho was asked by a lican friend hia opinion of the president and he gave it without reserve and the known facts in a number of cases bear the senators statement as to a weak back bone out for instance he wants to put his old law partner attorney general miller on the supreme court bench but owing to a vigorous protest from the indiana republicans who want judge woods of that state appointed he does nothing again in the early days of the administration john wanamaker selected a business man of philadelphia to be postmaster at that city and mr harrison lacked the nerve to make the appointment and again some time ago john sherman was promised that ex congress man hart of ohio should be appointed solicitor general hart was telegraphed to and told to come on and get the appointment quay made a big row accusing sherman at lying etc and intimating that the administration might go to jericho for all he cared once more harrisons back bone went back on hun and harts appointment has not yet been made out the cases mentioned are all well known doubtless there are many similar ones that the public never hear of but these are sufficient to prove that tho senators indictment is a true one oklahoma cant have a national bank so says the attorney general to whom the application was referred by the treasury department some absurd rumors about the sending of an english man of war to alaskan waters to prevent the provisions of harrisone recent proclamation as to the seizure of all vessels found illegally taking seals from being carried out forcibly if necessary have been floating around here this week but nobody seemed to take any stock in them justice miller of the supreme court having failed in his purpose of getting ex secretary of war mcgrary appointed as his successor or rather in getting a promise to that effect from harrison now says that he has no intention of retiring washington has been the scene of some very heavy fighting among some of the big fellows in the republican party during the present week blows have been passed that will be remembered for years and revenged too if the opportunity comes and it most always does come when patiently waited for the cause of the lighting is the same thing that always causes strife among the leaders distribution of the patronage tha first skirmish was between representative camion of illinois and senators cullom and farwell of tho same state cannon got one of his constituents appointed collector revenue without consulting either of the senators cannon has the best of it so far but the senators swear vengeance the next engagement was a battle royal that has raged all the week it is over the philadelphia federal appointments point ments on one side is cheap john wanamaker representative Ee harry bingham and boss and on the other senator quay alone with all his war paint on the fight haa been carried to the white house nearly every day and poor harrison has been compelled to act as referee much against his will this fight is still on with the result in doubt another engagement was caused by a TJ S in new york senator evarts dared to oppose the candidate of senator hiscock and boas tom platt and not only to oppose the oiher candidate but to have one of his own the three met here this week and indulged in a few rounds evarts is believed to have been completely knocked out it seems to be generally believed by the republicans that barnson will call an extra session of congress in october of course everybody knows that there is no earthly occasion foe an extra session except to gi e republicans two months to tight over the organization of the house and to perfect their arrangements to get at least three fourths of the contested beats blauve windom and proctor deny that they proposed resigning as was rumored many people from washington chave gone to alexandria today to day to witness ohp unveiling of a handsome monument to the confederate dead washington D C may |