The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-09-20
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Our Letter from Washington.

Our Letter from Washington.
about the netos from Syrdcise.-7he Green
back cause in Maine.-THose Vacant For
cign Missions - Canada and our Fishing
Interests The Dollar Of our Daddics.-
National Convention Of Fire Engineers
What Governor Hendricks pW not do.
WASHINGTON, D. o., Septe mberl Is
The Syracuse Convention and the Tam
many bolt was the topic last night everywhere
in the city. obody seemed jublant over the
result but the Republicans, Most of them
were quoting with great glee Grants saying,
to the effect that the Republican party COM
NIT what blunders IT may, can always depend
upon the Democracy to commit greater, and
therefore the Republicans will always have
the advantage. Democrats generally, plain
truth to speak, looked blue Early in the eve
ming, when the news of T. G withdrawal of the
Tammany crowd was received, everybody of
the Democratic persuasion said that meant
nothing but little ebulition of passion that
would be cooled soon, and all would be well in
the end. But when the news came that the
Tammany faction had fulfilled their threat Of
nominating separate ticket, and had in the
very delirum of their hate nominated John
Kelley, for Governor against the regular
nominee, the Indignation of the regulars here
knew no bounds. The Republicans who are,
Of course, largely in the majority, confidently
predict the utter defeat of the Democratic
cause in the Empire State, and Conkling stock
has risen fully fifty per cent in consequence.
Rev. Gilbert De La Martyr, the Greenback
4,
stumped in Maine for the Greenback ticket
passed through the city last night en- route
for indianapolis. Mr.. De La Martyr is con-
siderably disguised over the result, and told
me that the q rceDbackers ought to have poll
ed over sixty thousand votes, and that the
leaders confidently expected that they would
poll at least that number. He attributes the
failure by the Greenbackers to poll that num-
Der OF votes to the lavish use ofmoney, in fact,
intimated that the money power got its work
In on those who berate 1t as O dangerous ele-
ment in the body polite, and with liberal
use of money bought their votes. Mr.. De La
Martyr despairs of the republic, and has but
little hope of the future.
Though the President and Secretary Evarts
are absent, the gossip about the English and
Russian missions keeps up. 1t is Admitted
that Galusha A. Grow, has the best chance
for the latter place-some going as far as to
assert that 1t has been rendered to him, and
that he has signiaed his willingness TO accept.
In regard to the English mission, the names
of Reuben f. Fenton, and ex-Secretary OF
State Fish are the most prominently men,
toned. Ex Secretary Fish is stated to be
very prominently considered by the Govern
ment to fill the vacancy, in view of his diplo.
matte experience and ability and the very
cordial relations between him and tho British
Government developed while he was Secretary
of State under General Grant. The three
names given include all that are now talked
of as probable men for the two vacancies.
Both official and unofficial reports from the
Canadian fishing grounds, In the neighbor.
hood of the mouth of the st. Lawrence, repre-.
sent that our treaty rights are seriously and
constantly interlered with by the Canadians.
In fact, the latter seem to think that the
| grounds belong to them and that they can eX.
clude therefrom whOmsoevcr they choose
These facts make It apparent that England
did not consult her American cOlOnists when
the Washington treaty was negotiated and
ratified nor has she since then informed them
ofits purport. The moral Of all this would
seem to be that the fishery cl~uses of that
Convention should be abrogated or amended
a suggestion which, It is well known, was
sometime ago adopted and is now being acted
upon by Secretary Evarts. But the question
is, Will the Canadians pay any more Atten
tion to II new treaty obligation than they dc
to the one now in existence?
The attention OF Secretary Sherman being
to-day called to the statement in some news
papers that the standard silver dollar wOult
not be received by the Treasury in certain
cases, he said that it was absolutely fales
The law makes the silver dollar a legal ten
der for all purposes, and It has been always
received by the Treasury In payment of de
mands of every kind as fully and freely as golC
coin.
For the past three or four days our city hal
been gay with flags and streamers orall kinds
in honor of the National Conveniijn of Fir,
Engineers, now in session at our Masonic
Temple. Every day the public have beer
, treated to exhibitions of the apparatus anC
paraphernalla of the fremen; we have ha,
competitive trials of steam fire engines, liG
saving apparatus. and all other various appli
ances of the knights of the "Spanner an,
Trumpet" Everybody who has a new inven
tion in that line is on hand, and the large hal
OF the Temple is for the time being transform
, ed into a model room that might rival that 0
the Patent Office.
To change the subject, may mention tn
fact that the public will have to abandon tn
idea that Hendricks does not know his owl
= mind. "You may stack the Bible as high
you please" he said to a friend the other day
and l will swear from the topmost dow
that wont take the second place, =" meaning
thereby that he would not accept the nomina
ton Tor Nice-President AUGUST.