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Washington Letter from Jan 12 1889 on Weaver and Cabinet Bets
Washington, D. C. Jan. 12, 1889. Representative Weaver blocks House business pending Oklahoma bill. Senate objections over Nicaragua canal, Edmunds resolutions on Monroe doctrine pass. Speculation on Blaine as Secretary of State, Sherman Republicans push Hayes for War Secretary. Census for veterans favored. Mahone clashes with Harrison camp. Claypool nomination stalled. pension matters debated. election race speech promised by Oates of Alabama.
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Weaver
House
Committee On Rules
Oklahoma
Senate
Sherman
Edmunds
Morgan
Messrs
Blackburn
Hampton
Vance
Blaine
Harrison
New York
Boston
Foraker
Ohio
Ruthford B. Hayes
Senator Spooner
Wisconsin
Fuller
Smithsonian Institution
Waite
Warner
Senate Committee
Mahone
Judge Claypool
U. S
Indiana
Senate Committee On Pensions
Washington
Smalls Vs. Elliott
South Carolina
Representative Oates
Alabama