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Show WAsniNimiN' M'.nr.it. I' on. nap I c ilar c-iprMpoadeal. W'ACinvdios, Jaii.S, ISO I. Never liefotu has there Isnin ctich a general luterett lu the tiutomo o.' Benstorlal contests as In thoso nojr going on In a lumber of states. Ordinarily, excel t among thuen from tbetatca In which Ihu coiiletta were pending, such event, hafu scarcely created a ripple of interest inter-est In Wn.Iilnjton. Una roasin for thu general Intereat still's time Is that never before weie so many senators in doubt, and the very senators, too, who will by their vote deufdo tho political control of thoHeuatoofthu I'llly-thlrd Congrces, a Congress which, lu some respects, may be ono of) tbo most Important Im-portant In our history, jilt Is generally believed hero by nicnorull parlies that enough of Ibu Uoultful tcuatora will bu elected by tho Popullsta to give them the balance of power, but there Is still Juit enough doubt, not only about tbelr election, but tow tho I'OJ u-Hats u-Hats will vote, tu keep all hands on the anxious bench, us It wen. Another thlug which has lroue.nl Public Interest up to foVcr heat Is Mr. Cleveland's unexpected open light Uon Senator lllll'a candidate for senator sen-ator from New York, a Hnjit which may be as Important to tua Demi., oratlc laity at larguamieapuelully In New York atate, as was tho niemor-nble niemor-nble light belweeu iScnutor Conkllug and Prteldent UarllelJ, which rt lulled In thu dramallo doublu rtalguallou of Senators Conkllug andl'latt, and In Mr. Cleveland's llr.t election to the presidency. Thu lolltlclaui lu Washington, Wash-ington, even thoeo closely allied to Mr. Cleveland, admit pilvntely Ihey uru discreetly mum lu public that Mr. Cleveland made a mistake In making this light, even If hoaiiceecded In defeating de-feating Murpli), whlcb.Xy the way, few people here bellovo to bo poaalble uttblal.lt) day. They argue that It will give Benator Hill Cuexcutufor einbaraaaslng Mr. Cleveland's ndmln-titration ndmln-titration whloh he w oulj sot have had If Mr. Clevilnnd haa keft Ilia hands ofTlu New York. Tammany men hrro say that Murphy's oleclhu has hern au nsiurej thlug lor weeks, thu neceeinry vote hiving been pledge! to him long before! Mr. Cleveland Cleve-land came out In that Interview against him. They admit IhutJ strong as Senator Hill is In New York. Mr. Cleveland could imvu defeated bis candidate II he hail uuiiouiccd Ills op. liotltlou to hlm before tho Democratlo members of the leglalnluru v eru bound up by pledgee. A few olo here ei. pnsi thu belief that he will do II any. wny. llio politicians nro all very much at ai a about silver legislation at this tea alon, and unions thiy do souia remark. uble "gelling together" In a very abort time thero Is llttlu probability that there will bo any leglsatlon. There has boon noma shilling of portions ou the silver imesllon since tbu subject w as last before Congress, but Just Low muny members imvu thooged their views appears to bu a matter of doubt. It la suspected that Itej reseutntlvo Dockery, of Missouri, a prominent Uemocratlo member o.' llio Homo committee on approprhitlons, who has been a strong free colnajo man, Is one of them, aud It la tisllovod that Bpoaker Crisp, who his also been a free coinage advocatu, has born convorted to Mr. Cleveland's financial ideas. The Cloveland Induenco and the Harrison lutluence la still bolng Jointly exerted to bring about a sua-peuslonof sua-peuslonof the present monthly iur-chaaes iur-chaaes of silver bullion, bit thu out-waid out-waid Indications of tbo edect have not become aufllrlently ruataed to say whether success or failure will bo the outcome. President Harrison is preparing a special message to bo sent to Congress shortly alter It convents, dealing with thu advantages onjoyui by the Canadian Paclllo railroad by reason of the-connilar seal ayatori of freight thlpments. Tha meitaage will bo accompanied ac-companied by documentary evidence on tue eubjtol which the aeada of the executive departments of thu government govern-ment have been collectlag for imu time. Thu action of the Canadian government In autneii ling certain sec-Hone sec-Hone cf lis tarlll, concerning thu dlreot nud Indirect Importation ol sugar und molaetor, w hlch havo been rsarded ua diBcrlmluutlona against Hit United B Isles, will not, It Is thought, cautu any change lu the tenor of the mtiuago, although It may have u odiolllallng etrtct upon Uoogrias, llio detailing of army ojllcers aa Lilian ngiuts has lesn vory aatlefic. lory to tho govornment oDlflala, and, It Is eald, also tu the Indians, but it now turns out that It Is not Bttlalactory to thu army ofllcers. mil met was brought out by the powerlul lutlueuce which Ua plain Porter, of a hlghth Infantr), and Lieutenant Levering, of Hie Fourth infantry, aru bringing to bear on thu authorities hero In order to get thu orders detailing them as Indian agents revoked. Of course If tbey cannot get the orders revokid Ihty will either havo to accept the details or resign their t ommlsalons In the army; but all the same It Is not probable that any olllcer who accepts a detail against his wlsbea will enter very cheerfully upon hl work, or will alt up nights thinking bow hit may Improvu thing at the agency. |
