Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-09-25
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 4, I8s

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tial campaign so much in doubt as tie
present one. Both sides crow Justify to.s
keep their courage up, while ct the same
time both are equally apprehensive.i,
Right here at the capital of the nation,
where there are 50 many office holders.
it is difficult to get a fair expression OF
! opinion-this for the reason that the
Gins want to STAY in and the great ma
,jority allow their feelings to run away
with their Judgment. For this reason in
part there is the stiffest kind of conf
dence among the office holders that Gen.
Garfield is going to be elected. Turning
to that class who has held Office under
this and heretofore existing Republican
administrations and been disposessed,
there is the same bias in the opinion that
change is coming; that Hancock will
be elected, and that the "outs," includ
ing this class will again be in. The Re
publican campaign committee does not
regard Pennsylvania or Maine among
the debatable states. There is conf
dence that both will give good Republi
can maiorties, and that in Maine the
majority of last year will be considerably
augmented The conceded debatable
states are New York, Indiana, ('onnecti-
cut and New Jersey. The Republicans
do not feel at all uneasy about the Pacific
slope states Mr.. Blaine is to 60 to Cal .
ifornia as soon as the Maine election is
over, and his record on the Chinese ques-
ton and his we'll known popularity in
that section are counted upon to pull the
electoral votes of all the slope states to
the Republican column. This the Dem
ocratic committee or Democratic leaders
do not concede. The debatable states
claimed by the Democrats other than
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and
: Indiana, are California Nevada and Ore
c gon. 1t is in fact, in connection with
these states, that during the Cincinnati
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!. for the presidential nomination were
urged ON the ground that he was the
~ only Democrat who could carry the Pa
J. cifc slope states.
~ Mr.. Joseph Nimms, Jr., chief Of the
~ bureau Of statistics, has to-day given to
n the press his long-expected report on the
d commercial aspects of the proposed
American Inter- Oceanic canal, The
- preparation of this report has involved
an immense amount of labor, since it is
based upon the commercial statistics Of
all the principal commercial nations of
% the globe. The result reached by Mr..
6 Nimms will cause disappointment to the
! friends of the several canal projects, and
the most interesting chapter OF the re-
port is the chapter on trans-continental
!, railroads in determining the course of
70 trade between the Atlantic and Pacific
Of ports of the United States, with respect
e. to the routes by way of the Isthmus OF
III Panama, by Cape Horn, or by rail across
II the continent, are freight charges, time
il risk, certainty of movement and facilities
1t for distribution. The distance from Sal,
lie Francisco to New York by each of the
v three existing routes is as follows: Via
Cape Horn, 1860 miles; via the 18TH
. mus of Panama, $3.50; across the CONT
- nent by rail, 1924 The average time
~ required for the transportation Of freights
,o between San Francisco and New York
. by the above mentioned routes, is as fol
NJ lows: Via Cape Horn, (sailing vessels,
125 days; via 1sthmus of Panama (stean
~ vessels) 26; across the continent by rail
- 90 to %. The report is accompanied by
~ sixty-one appendices containing valuable
statistical and other statements.
u The large shipments of gold to thi
n, country and the heavy balance of trad
es, in our favor during the past .nonth
mt coupled with the prediction of Treasur,
,s. officials that this condition of affairs j
likely to remain unchanged during tn
ne present month, affords cheerful outlook
as An examination of the nature of tn
tx articles imported into this country, a
" shown by the last quarterly report of tn
! chief Of the bureau of statistics, demon
strates tendency which, if persisted II
on' will soon destroy this balance of trade j
L. our favor The tables show an incrras
in that class of articles worn as luxprie
which drain the country of pioiiey witt
~. out giving any return. During the-pa
four months this increase has grown
''e alarming proportions, and the prese,
at rate threatens the balance of trade.
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