The Penn's Grove record., 1889-11-30

washingtsn Letter.
Washington, D. G. Nov. n, 1889.
Senator Farwell's valiss 10 missing
and the news sends n terrific thrill
through the republican party In mincls.
The valise WIS first missed BY the Soma
tor after his arrival here last week. ~
Is just an ordinary English frame, eeal
club bag, known to the trade " = long
IS, but inside Its throbbinR hsart u Loom
tanned about nineteen pounds Of appli.
cations and endorse nents for ones that
the Senator had promised TO file n ones.
There were hundreds OF letters Of en-
dorsement in the lot that must have
caused trouble and expense 70 securs.
And just whose papers they wefe the
Senator does not know. He has no list
of them and the human memory quails
Al the task of .~recOllecting them. He
is fully ware that every man jack who
has applied for office through him viii
fear that his papers were In the lot and
will curse his luck, II he does not 80
further and attribute to the senator con-
niyance with the thief who stole them.
In the meantime the Senator feels rs "
the gods had visited upon linn an unde-
served calamity.
The Posts this morning prints y
classification by states Of the probable
first ballot in the republican caucus to
elect a speaker. During the past week
the doubtful votes have been greatly
decreased in number. One Of the feat
ures of the contest during the last few
days has BEEN the ~dwindling Of Mr..
Reeds strength In The West. While he
still holds the lead as to the first ballot,
the united attacks Of the other candi-
dates have badly Injured him. The
loss Of strength in the West Is largely
| due to the fact that the newspapers Of
that section are insisting upon y Wes-
tern speaker. And in this cry there Is
| danger for Mr.. Mckinley. The far
Western men say: s1hf East, New
York, has the vice-P President; the Cen
ter, Indiana, the res4ient; let the
+! country West of the Mississippi have
| the third officer of the government
| One is almost satisfied th}t Major Nc
Kinley's henchmen mad4 a mistake In
raising a sectional issue.
The Posts estimate as follows:
Reed, IS; Mckinley, ~ Cannon, "a;
Henderson, 10; Burru IS. IL. The
other II votes are held 4 be in doubt.
These will. as a whole, can
didate who shows on ballot
the best chance Of win chmfp this
! table Gen. Henderson, oundkd be-
| sides the solid vote Of Id 49, b n
vote from Missouri, one obraska
and one from South Dakota. He him
self d les not, strange TO say, claim them.
His opponents concede them. The
situation is unique. The idea of a
candidate who does not claim even
what js conceded. DeW1l0er0 one.
DIR yalenta. the BRAZILIAN minister,
on Saturday urged upon the Secretary
Of State the suitability Of formally re-
eopnizing the United y ates OF Brazil.
It is ,eportea that our minister to Bra
ri, Judge ADAMS, has already establish
ed relations with the new government.
The conference was productive Of no
definite result. The state department
will probably wait until the Brazilian
Congress meets next month and elects
a chief executive. That will be the
formal organizing Of a new government,
and the State department Is prone to
regard the present As ouly ! transitory
period. The reported recognition Of
the new government by the other South
American republicans. together with
the peaceful acauiesceiice Of Dem Pedro
might impel an earlier recognition. The
greatest republic in the world should
not be over cautious in recognizing tie
| flag of a new republic.
1t may ever b. that an immediate
recognition would cement the good fell
lowship that the Pan-Americsn Con-
gress has created. There could be no
generosity or cordiality In rocOfbizing
the new government after its cgagress
has met AMI all is complete. a f{cogni-
tion now by this country would help
| than the Interna, ;onal rscoonition we