Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-01-16
WASHINGTON LETTER,
(From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. II, 1889.

ment house just completed, and own
ed by John Il. Mclean, the million
aire proprietor of the Cincinnati En-
quirer. Next week Mr.. Blaine's
family will arrive, and they will be
comfortably settled for quite a while,
apparently. A very large number of
prominent people have called to see
Mr.. Blaine before he slipped over to
New York, but only those who are
personal friends have succeeded in
obtaining an interview. What Mr..
Blaine thinks OF his prospect Of be-
coming a member Of Gen. Harrison's s
cabinet is an impenetrable secret; he
refuses to discuss the subject at all.
What ninety-nine out Of every hun
dred Republicans here think is that
Mr.. Blaine is certain to be the next
Secretary Of State, but the opposition
to HIM is still active, though small in
numbers. The latest idea with them
is to get number of gentlemen in
terested in business in foreign coun-
tries and in importing, to uuite in a
petition against the appointment OF
Mr.. Blaine as Secretary of State, on
the ground that he will be certain to
bring about international disputes
and probably War with some foreign
country. l called on a gentleman
last night who is very near to MIR.
Blaine, and asked him what he
thought OF this importers movement,
or alleged movement. ooh, that
amounts to nothing, these importers
are all free-traders, and to a man
they supported Cleveland in 1884
and IN 1888. Their only objection
to Blaine is his idea Of protection to
American labor and industry. ]
don't know whether it is true
that they propose presenting peti
ton to Gen. Harrison against Mr.
Blaine, but if they do, it will be a
case of monumental cheek and all.
dacity."
Ohio Republicans here have been
indulging in some more or less mys
terious hinting in regard to the re-
lations of ex-Presipent Hayes, with
the coming administration. At first
it was intimated that he might be
sent as minister to England, but Of
late it is said that the duties Of the
sSeeretrry Of War are more to his
taste.
Senator Edmund's vigorous resolu
tions directing the President to in
form the governments of Europe that
the United States would not allow
any of them to take any hama in
building ship canal from the At
lantic to the Pacific oceans, was
adopted by the Senate with only
three dissenting votes. The glo
rious old Monroe doctrine still sur
wives.
Claus Spreckles, the California
sugar king, who is here in the in
terests of the sugar people, says that
in his opinion the United States car
produce not only all the sugar need
ed for domestic consumption, but be
come large exporter, provided the
tariff is allowed to remain as it il
now.
Senator Sherman has introduced {
bill providing for reconstruction O.
the laws governing the election O.
members Of the House of Representa-
tives. The bill is verv long anC
elaborate, and Mr.. Sherman thinks
it's adoption would insure perfectly
fair elections.
The House got out Of it's dead
lock, by voting in accordance with :
resolution passed by the Democratic
caucus, to re-commit the resolution
prohibiting the introduction of bills
on 'ssuspenslon' Mondays, but i
only jumped out of the frying pa1
into the fire, if I may be allowed tt
quote an old and somewhat hackney
ed expression, as the Oklahoma peo
pie, headed by Representative Wea
yer have announced that they will
use every possible effort, under tn
rules, to prevent any legislation un
til the Oklahoma bill is disposed of
If this kind of thing is kept u,
much longer in the House, an extr:
session of Congress will be an abso
lutte necessity.
MIR. Randall now wields the con
trolling influence over the Demo
Gratis Of the House, while Carlisle
and Mills are simply astounded tc
find their advice and opinions ig
nored by those who have been hum
bly, following them for several years
The conference committee on the
railroad land forfeiture bill has
agreed upon a compromise, which is
substantially to declare forfeited al
public lands granted to any railroad
which has not earned the SAID lands
according to the terms of the origi