People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1894 — FROM WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

FROM WASHINGTON.

%h a. . fiKirli *>f \<nv*> PYam (he Cnpllol. bn - .poudvDl. , .Sept. 26. I'-Th ! . I ...-ual can ping s <*oi reitcheit tin-j ;t . ; figures arc given ou ' ■ * s • tbe claims •>• t*}». • • ■-. v me Dooi.v -rati ind Republican committee ’.T;. . • ' puiist Commit!. 1 ' 1 • any gvin gan \ lit •■!/ claiming the bal Auci , -r in the next lious< When >• vgUres given out i>; both committees are carefully ex'jf.a i > act hecotre’s an tj > 1 parent Dial nnless som* 1 im 'linin' ' .» i>'iug indulged it somebody is bound to be tembl, uisappoifiied vvi.cn the election reiurns are in. The Republi cans are making the laigis claims. According to their tig im.';. (.»••> will elect 200 member, of the next house, and' eontro s-ate delegations, while tin ■Democrats will elect 147 mem bers, and the Populists only b. The Democratic committee fig ures tha- its party will elect l‘.)t members, but that it will con t/rd only 21 state delegations. It gives the Populists 10 mem bers. In only claiming 21 state delegations the Democratic com mittee does not concede that tin Republicans have a certainty it electing the next presideu should the election be thrown into the house. On the con tuary, they claim that 21 state will be sufficient'to elect, as they count upon the delegations o; seven states being tied and tin Populists controlling two oi more.

• • • Ono curious Jeulure of the >u! «*s of the two coni mil tot sis *lh.tl while there is only a difl'cv ence of ono in their estimates a. lo the tot <. : miii.i e.' »4‘ Populist.that will he elected to the m x house, there is a radical d iiVr cnee in tlieir estimates of tin slates from whi-ih they wi, 4f<>me. I< \ji in-Uiece, hie Kepui Jieau estimate g-ves i Pupalis; from ui .. ami the Dene <.trattc estimate none; 4 trim *JLV:s-.u the i/emocrali<; \‘si Unite jnot»i‘. \\ hole line D.tm> Ci'Ulie fcsj-iin i.le piVOs |2 Pop.il;!> Jiwijj Couitwle. 1 from ji.tJise. u-i.il J iron* Sc‘ iiu (it. lit publican <st .mate, uon* . fi jiu either of those • • • The political event of the week wiu the nouuoalion of Boaau>r Hiil for governor by the Deiuocr*U of New York. Although it We* predicted ftowetiae ago by e lew. it wee received with by met people ia Washieftoe. It iedicetee one thing T«y cleanly—that Heieier Bill ptiUlMi |rrnlieaH|l Mjrintlnm

which he will take desperate chances to realize. “It is just this way,” remarked a senator | who is not specially friendly 'towards Senator Hill. “If he gets defeateted for governor his | presidential aspirations will not life'in any worse condition than |Thpy are at this, time, while if he ehn 'carry Xew York under present conditions he will be in a position to force the Democrats to make him their presidential candidate two years hence." Whgt President Cleveland thinks of ■Senator Hill’s nomination would make interesting reading, but there is little probability that his opinion will be publicly expressed. Some of the members of the administration, now in Washington, are making it plain that they are not enthusiastic over it.

Some of the language used by Rev. L. T. Widerman at a Methtdist meeting, this week.is being very harshiy criticized by men of all shades of opinion, religious and political. He said among other severe and cutting things: “The highest and most sacred right of citizenship is to so large an extent purchasable 1 hat any office from constable to :he president can be had for noney. The highest authority d tlie largest denomination of be Christ ion church in our land has been compelled to abate the force of his utterance on a great a oral question to conciliate the noney power responsible for the very evil be sought to condemn, vmong uli classes and in ail staions of life to-day staudmen and vomen who hold as purchasable heir honor, purity, the peace of heir homes, and their very souls, ready to sell to whoever vill buy.” Of course every

man who is conversant with •.iirrent events knows that the charges brought by this preach*r are true enough in som< cases, but lie. must know equally ts well that they are not true ii general, aud that men who sell their votes and honor and worn in who sell their virtue are no; numerous enough to control th< jountry, and never will be. Apoly what test you will and the nen and women of America wil oe found honorable aud virtuou? 1,0 as great or a greater exten han those of any other country There is no doubt in the w-orli that Mr. Widerman meant wel •mt in order to make his addres. more striking, he, it may be u» consciously, exaggerated cxis’ ing facts and conditions. If lv ndictment wero strictly and li •rally true the United States vould deserve to be wiped fret he map of the world as th lost corrupt of all nations.