Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-02-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
lfr"m Our Regular Correspondcni.l
" WASHINGTON. Feb. |, 1850.

WASHINGTON, Feb. | 1889.
No" th" winters wind, ever scare hing for
forgotten paths. soughs aud moans throucb
the ~hiskers of Blainr's enemies. Inside
thr \"rnian,iir the man from Maine softly
taps the letter from Grn. Harrison ia HE
inside pocket. and nurses his triumphap,
wrath. lie watches in The, fire uour.s ,s :,
vigorous foreign policy. deeds that shall he
IN an men : months and. best "f all. long
delayed supreme revenge. Such things may
he. The scrrrtaryship al state is his. and
the en'irr cabinet bids fair to be of his 40
lection.
inde"d. II senator Allison decinrs the
treasury p"rtfoiin. Mr.. i'laine will he IN,
only really great Republican in the next
cabinet. LATENT calculations omit all prn-
risnt Republicans such as sherman. Ell
'huhds' ENarts l'"prw, or even the younger
men, quay and Mex nley. To save hi.
cabinet from the accuSaii.n nf being e,,u
posed oi one great man and ~, assort,J
collection "l small men, ten. Harrison
must look toward >ruator Nilsson with
considerable sulicituda. In the meantime
senator Nilsson has his own interests ,o
CONSIDER. \ cabinet position is a dnnye,.
Gus thing for "a presidential candidate Ia
accept, and senator Allison looks forward |
I" iN'2 with fondest hopes Itwns stated
last night that hc was ia consultation with
Nr' blaine. lie answers the suggestion that
unless he accepts Iowa will be unrepre.
sehted IN the cabinet by proposing the
name of Mr.. Clarkson.
But ten. Harrison demands a really thar.
"ugily known man. ia whom the people
"'' 'he pom cians. oi his party have i'm
plirlt confidence Without senator Allison
~ ne f'anIner selected are Cen Kussen A.
Algcr oi Michigan for secretary oi war. and
Thomas g. Platt of New York and John
of Philadelphia who will di-
vide the postmaster seneral>hip and the
navy por,folio betwccn them. Mr.. Platt I
probably getting the former. where the
spells are greater. This leaves the Warner
Miller party out in the cold. although that
eminent oleomarsarine statesman may ac-
cept the office OF commissioner oi agricul-
ture and thus by the organization Of that
bureau a department berome II cabinet
officer. \ Pacific coast man will probably
be secretary of the interior. and ten. iiar-
rison will follow Mr.. tlrveland's example
and select his attorney general from the
south. let Us hope with better results than
attended his predecessors selection.
ten. Agcr is only II name To most people
and he represent. merely the wealthy men
oi his state. Mr.. Wananaker is likewise
4l,.l- ,.AAAIn Aceni MnAlllA PAIl.liLI nllI
advertise Mr.. Plat represents the boss
system as it ilourishcs in The great state of
New York. These three men, in an eminent
degree. represent thepoliieians. Some one
must represent the people "f the country,
from Maine To Dakota and il ~ no wont,r
that Gen. Harrison looks with longing eyes
toward Allison and cries. "a I'VE nr. tassius.
or perish.
Oblivious to- the prayers of certain preach
sr., the preparation. for the inaugural bah
go on right merriy. The souvenir pro
sramme is the most beauiiful ever ISSUED
n nj the most elaborate The tickets are
also out, together with the complimentary
invitations. Eghty-iive invitations were
ISSUED to the last inaugural ball. bat il is
supposed that even fewer will lie is>ued this
year The pressure for places IN the inaug
ural Procession is simply astonishing oi
course the ATTENDANCE of the general public
from nearby ties like New York and Phil
adclphia will he greatly regulated by the
weather. II il gives prospect on March :id
of being line the neat das. even Tie coueen-
irated riiiruad facilities viii BE- unequal tn
the task of carryin. all the pe~pl" from
central points in the east on the Ad trains
will leave New York for Washington every
quarter hour. and it l. probable that these
trains. If made int q on. solid stream. would /
cover seventy-tive miles of track. Thus -
feeble idea of the immen-ity al the pros
pectve crowd may he gained.
Mr.. Bayard il making desperate effort I
to lay the entire blame of the samoan affair +
upon the shoulders ni tuu-tIl- Sewail and I
Blackiues. hut he il now ~p hop'.lrssly in 4
vnlv,d ia contradictory statements that /
whatever he might say on the subject would /
carry very little weight. Poor Mr.. Bayard. /
the least clerk in thy office annoyed by
lrbt aud IA lear al di,charge. ha wing oiacr
- host of angry creditors. j. more happy
aud more believed than thou.