Show SILVER DEMOCRATS may vote for the republican noal defor speaker in norderto Order to defeat Proe ramme which includes the reelection re election of crisp washington D 0 july correspondence rumors are flying thick and fast of an intention on the part of the free coinage democrats demos rats to bolt the democratic caucus and vote for the republican nominee for speaker in order to defeat the administration pro gramme which includes the election reelection re of speaker crisp the new house will haeft a total membership of of whom are republicans and thirteen populists lists should thirty eight of the L democrats bolt the democratic caucus it would be possible to defeat crisp but while it is possible no well informed ierson considers it probable it Is more than likely that these rumors are started for the purpose of obtaining concessions to the democratic silver men in the makeup make up of the house committees through fear of crisp and the administration that such a combination might be made while the republicans could not prevent the populists and belting democrats voting for their nominee for speaker if they wished to do so they do not as a rule regard the election of a republican speaker under such circumstances as a very desirable thing two members of the cabinet will take their vacation at the governments expense secretary herbert who has just returned from the worlds fair will this week start upon what he Is pleased to call an inspection of the eastern navy yards he biti go on be dolphin and he trip will be alone the atlantic coast as far east maine secretary hoke smith goes herbert one better as he in company with his wife and three children his father and mother two nieces and three invited guests is now on a western inspection tour in a private car and will take in the worlds fair and other points of interest along the route great is the inspection tour particularly when it is manipulated by a so called reform administration democratic editor used to call lucli trips pleasure junkets in addition to his efforts to reduce the pension roll through the various methods already widely published commissioner lochren has been directed by the president a trustworthy trost worthy of bills to be introduced in congress which would drop a large number ol 01 pensioners should they become laws the intention is to put forward the most harmless of these bills first as congressional pulse feelers the others to follow in reau lar order if congress appears to be in accord with the administration or to be laid aside until a more propitious time should the contrary prove to bo true active holman is not in accord with the administration on the pension question notwithstanding bis general fondness lond ness for economy he is reported to have said the other day that if the pension pro gramme which hae been drawn up by mr cleveland and secretary hoke smith be carried out the Republicans have a majority of at least fifty in the house of the efty fourth congress the members of which will be elected next year by the death of justice Di atchford mr cleveland gets an altogether unexpected that la unexpected until about two weeks ago plum to dispose of where it will do the most good to Cleveland ism secretary carlisle would very willingly elve up the cares and responsibilities 0 f the head of the treasury fur a lifetime berth on the bench of the united states supreme court it was said at the time that mr carlisle was hesitating about becoming a member of the cabinet that he was promised a sent on the bench of the supreme court before the end of the administration but even granting that promise to have been made ft does not necessarily follow that he will get this vacancy secretary greaham ire aham was reported to have received a similar promise there was a delay of four days in tho issue of the last weekly paten gazette owing to the contract for printing it having in the interest of democratic economy been taken away from a concern which has the facilities for getting it out properly and giving it to one that lacks them the same experiment was made in the early days of the first cleveland administration and bad to be abandoned because ofton delay and bad work mr health is again a leading topic of conversation that it has not been entirely good has for some time been apparent to those who have come into close contact with him and that his physician baa forbid his doing adv work lor the present ia known here to be nothing more serious than overwork caused by queer habit of epen dinK hours over routine work that might enst ag easily be performed by one of the clerks at the white conae A doctor who know him sums up his cafe thus oh cleveland is anat like moat fat men he is a slave to his stomach and every once in a while it brings him to his kneed to control it it will eventually kill him just as other fai nien are being killed every day |