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Show Washington Letter. O'rom Our Hegular Corrcspandcnt.) Washington, Sept. 28, 1804. Tho Congressional campaign committees committ-ees Imvo reached tho etage at which figures nro givc'i out showing what tho claims of cacli are, at lcitt the democratic demo-cratic and republican committees have; tho jiopulist committee isn't given out any figures, morelyclaiming the balanco of power in the next House. When the llgurcs given out by both committees are carefully examined tho fact becomes apparent that unless somo big bluffing is being indulged in somebody is bound to be terribly dlssapolntcd when tho election returns aro in The republicans make the largest claims. According to their figures they will elect 200 members of the next House, nnd control 2H State delagatlous, while tlio democrats will loct 147 members, and the opu1ists only U. Tho democratic committee llgurcs that Its party will elect 100 members, but that it will control only 21 Stato Jclegations. It gives the opullsts .10 members. In only claiming 21 Slato delegations the democratic committee docs not concede that tlio republicans havo n certainty in electing tho next President shoiild the clectlOif'bc thrown intotlio houst. On tlio contrary, they claim that 21 Slates will bo sufUcieiit to elect, as thuy count upon the delegations delega-tions of seeu btates lielng lied nnd Hie populiHts controlling two or more. One curious feature of tho figures of (ho two committee'' is that while there is only iidlll'erente of one In their ultimate ulti-mate ns to tliu total number of pojillb , ists that will bo elected to tlio nott ' House, tlieie Is u radical diM'emico in ' their I'stiiuntcs of the States from which tliey will co.iic. l;'or instance, the ie-' ie-' publicautcsllnintcgives4populsts from Mo., nod tliu democratic estimate none; 4 froniTexau, and the democratic esti-inatu esti-inatu iioiu'. While the democratic estimate esti-mate gives 2 populists fiom Colorado, 1 fiom Kansas unit .'J fruiu oulh Carolina, Caro-lina, the republican cslcmatc giu's none from either of these States. Tlio political ceut of Ilia' week was tho nomination of Senator Hill for governor gov-ernor by tho dimocratH of New York. Although It was picdictcd souietlinengo by a few, It is was rccehed with surprise bv most pioplo in Washington. It indicates in-dicates one thing eiy clearly thilt bcualnr Hill still has l'n bi.lentinl uspl-latious uspl-latious whtc'i he will lake dipperute (hances In null1. "lliJnu this waj" itmaikid a Senator wliuis not jpi.cially friendly touaiiU Senator Hill j' If lie get defeated for goornor hU rrcnMo.lt l.l aspirations will not be in any unrntion d'tion lb in thy are nt this time, while if he can carry New York under raiiont conditioim hu will be in n position to force tho democrats to make lilni ll.clr Presidential candidate two years henco." What President Cleveland thinks of Senator lUM's nomination would make interesting rending, but there Is little probability that his opinion will be publictv expressed Soino of tho members mem-bers of tho administration, now In Washington, arc making ll plain that thoy are not ciithutiastie over It. Some of tho language used by Itev L. P. Wldermnn nt a Methodist ministers meeting, this week, is being very harshly harsh-ly crlticisrd by inrn of nil shsdes of opinion, rollgiotii and io1illcal. He said among other sevcro and cutting things: "Tlio highest nnd most sscrcd right of American citizenship Is to co largo an extent purchasable that any olllcc fiom constablo lo tlio President can bo had for money. Tlio hlghist authority of the largest denomination of the Christian Church In our land has been compelled to abate the forco of his utteianco on n great moral question to conciliato the money power responsible for the ery otll ho sought to condemn. Among all elasecs and in all stations ol lifo today stand men and women who hold as purchasable their honor, purity, the ponce of their homos, and their very souls, ready to sell to whoever will buy." Of course every man who is conversant witli currant events knows that Hie charges brought by this preacher are truo enough in somo cases, but ho must know equally as well that they aro not truo in general, nnd Hint men who sell their votes and honor and women who sell their vlrtuo aro not numerous enough to control tho country, and never will bo Apply what test you will and tho men and women of America will bo found honorable nnd virtuous lo n great or a greater extent Ihan those of any oilier country There Is no doubt in the world Hint Mr. Widerman meant well, but, in order to make his address more striking, he, it may bo unconsciously, unconsci-ously, exaggerated existing facts and conditions. If Ids Indictment wcro strictly nnd literally true the United States would deservo lo bo wiped from tho map of tho most corrupt of all nations, I |