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Show WASIIIXUTO.N IiKTTKi:. JVorl Vur I tgnltir CtrrtSmhJtht. WAslllMiiuN, D. C, Dec. 2.1 Wlllthonezt secntary uf agriculture bo a l'upullitr Borne eople may suppose this a mild question, but It Isn't all tbo same. There are good unions for the bellel that If such Democratic leader, as B.nator. dor-man, dor-man, Urlcu and Carlislo csn overcome l'rceldent-clfct Cleveland's well kuown prejudice azainsi tnuropunsu, the euciiisur lu "Undo Jerry" Husk will be cho.cn from that party, or rather, will bu a man who while supporting sup-porting tbvBt, l.ouls platform ami bo-Iiiglully bo-Iiiglully rtcognliides a 1'opullit Is, aside (torn subjects covered by that platfonn, a Democrat. Ihu desire ou the part uf tbiterenntor.to honor the l'o ullsta la urely political: the) know that tbe DiMiincrals are likely to need the Mites of tha I'opulitt senators inlteolteti, and .jinetlmes very badly durlug the next sraslun of Congrtss, and they wish to mako turo of getting them. Tliu poUllstaeiiatorsaud He-preatiitetlM. He-preatiitetlM. hau given no sign showing what they thluk about being ri-ireseutid lu the Cleveland nihilist, aud one of them lo whom the aubcct waa broached said: "When unolfer la authoritatively made will bo. tlmo enough lu talk about It." With lobbyists from tho whlskuy men whooijeotton y Increaielu the lax on whiskey, lobb)lla from Ihu oiiantleamihlpconiinulc. whootjeet In any .uipenslou of lniDilgratlou, lobbyists from Iho grent grain and cotton exchangee , bo obltut to the pa-sige of thu antboption bill, aud lobbyists rtpruientlng all oils of prlvato scheme, all extending Invitation, to seiialoi. and member, to become their guiste during tbe whole or a part of the Christmas ricets, congressmen whohad not made their plans In advanco had tome dlfll-culty dlfll-culty In deciding Just how and where they should spend tbelr tiro weeks' holiday. Very few remained here. Ihforo the recutit tbla wtek an attempt at-tempt waa made to a do-track tbo autl-option autl-option hill, aud thu vote which Is regarded re-garded as uu exact Indication of how tho senators atand ou thu nntl-opllou measure, was 41 to 13, and twelve siuators were rorled na paired. Notwithstanding this overwhelming leutlment lu favor uf tbe bill Its friends teem unablo lo force It through tho Bcnate and some ultbem admit their fear of not helug able tu compel a vote upon It. Senator Washburn Isn't ono of the doubters. Ho say. the bill will certainly go tnrouun nl this session. The Buh-commlttce of tbo Juilctary cominlttieof tbe lluuir, which Investigated Inves-tigated thu Homestead trouble and thu connection of the l'lukerton's therewith, there-with, baa never teen able tu agree upon tbe nature, of the report which must bo made to the full tommlllee. There are ftvo member, of the suU committee, and unless some of them change, there will have to be five report, in order tu cover tholr opinions. Ibe opposition to thu Nicaragua canal bill lias reached such large pro-Mrtlon. pro-Mrtlon. In the House that it 1. believed be-lieved by mauy that unless tome of the luavy-hltltr. in tbe opposition rank, can bun ou ovir during the reoe.s tbu canal 1iOplu will havo the bill withdrawn with-drawn for the present session, to eioipe the black vyu which defeat In the Houbu would give the tohemo lu thu tluanclal world. Till opposition did not, however, prevent the bill being favorably reported to thoBeuate bulore tbe rectes, Bonator Bberman bas given iiotlcuof his Intention to call It up and preoe It tu a vote at tbu earliest upportuulty alter the reatsombllng of Ibe tienstu. The Democratic and Republican senatorial taucus "steering committees" commit-tees" are getting tbemielvca laughed at on account of the very thinly disguised dis-guised game of bluff they aro playing against eaoh other ou Ibequistlou of eltctlug United Bute aouators from the northwestern states, In which neither nei-ther party ha u clear majority In Die legislatures. Neither oomuilltueu can really do any more than to throw its motal inlluencn In favor of Its party, and It must bo conlsssej that moral In llueucols not a very powerful or dan-Kirou. dan-Kirou. factor lu modern politic. All day and all ulht ever since lislBuu lay when Mr. lllalneoame so near tu dylug, the street In front of his residence ha. been cruwdeJ,mistly with newspaper men, by those anxious to get thu lalitd lufuruialloii from thu elcK room. He lia.hcld his own for the listtwour tbree days, tut hi. phyil. cian. plainly Intimate that hfs chance for surviving another attack like that of last Butiday Is hardly one out of one hundred, and there I. littles hopo of bit ever getting up avalm Jerry Hliupson ielt for Kansas larly this iek, uud his friend, lay that he will enter the fight for the seuatorihlp If his pitty oun upset tbu lottery anaugeuieiit by which tbeltepubllcans obtained control of the lower branch of the legislature, which tbey aro hopeful hope-ful cf doing. |