Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-09-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
TFrom our regular Correspondent. /

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 2, 1889.
Foraker Is TO be knocked out, said q
prominent politician, land some Of the
leading Ohio Republicans will help the
Democrats To do it,"
"What do you mean General?" asked
your correspondent. Exactly what !
said,n returned the General. After
much persuasion, and the promise that
his name should not be USED, the gen.
tlemen agreed to tell me his reasons for
making the assertion. He said: "You
are probably aware that the Ohio crop
of would-be-great-men has for some
years been large in excesc ofthe demand
and consequently the State Is full Of
that class Of men and the most Of them
are Republicans. Foraker has been In
the way of these fellows for some time
and they recognize that If he Is again
elected Governor there will be no keep
ing him down; he will either demand to
be sent to the Senate or supported for
President. They have decided that the
easiest way to get rid Of him Is to help
the Democrats defeat him, and to that
end the wires are being laid. Murat
Halstead and Richard Smith, of the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette are in
the plot, as is also Senator Sherman. /
do not assert that President Harrison Is
helping these men to down Foraker,
but know that he is cognizant of their
plans and has made no objection there
to. He probably would shed few tears
to see Foraker put in a position that
would make him an impossibility in
the race for the Republican Presidential
nomination in 1892.
President Green of the Western Un-
ion Telegraph company has been in
consultation with the Postmaster Gen.
eral, and it is understood that COM
promise will be made as to the price of
Government messages. At the depart
ment they refuse to talk on the subject.
The Navy department has several
very interesting and complicated ques-
tiOns to worry over just at this time.
First, there is the big battle ship
"TeXas," being built at the Norfolk
Navy Yard, which many experts con-
tend will not float If completed by the
present plans; and as if that was not
enough, there are three new vessels the
"Petrel, Vesuvius and Charleston"-
which although completed, have for
various defects not yet been accepted by
the Government. The lot of the Secre-
tary of the Navy is not a happy one.
1t is now thought here that the argu-
ments of Representative Mckinley have
persuaded President Harrison that no
extra session of Congress should be
called.
The National Republican committee
has shipped all of the documents it had
left over from the late Presidential elec-
ton to the four new States for use
in the coming campaign. The citizens
of the new States have my sympathy.
Congress will never appropriate mon
ey to buy ground in New York or Chi
cago for the great Exposition of 1892,
when it owns right here in Washington
the best site in the country, and it's not
five minutes walk from Pennsylvania
avenue. 1t is to be a National and in
ternational affair and must be held at
the National capital.
The Postoffice department offers re-
ward of 81 900 for the arrest and convic-
tion of any mail robber.
The movement to make Reed the
next Speaker of the House is regarded
by the most knowing Republicans as
JucU no 5OOu as 0COOtlPAtSLlCus AAC OVu-
er candidates will be given compliment
tary votes, but the bosses have ordered
that Reed be elected.
Five members of the cabinet are now
at their:.desks, but it is hardly probable
that they will stick very close to busi-
ness during this month.
Secretary Window, who probably
has not forgotten how dearly he was
made to pay for owning fine residence
in this city a few years ago, has rented
a house for four years. The house that
caused him all the trouble was sold sew
eral years ago.
"Sunset" Cox is still in Washington
delightlng his friends with stories of
the wonderful things he saw in the
northwest. According 10 Cox, and 1
cannot doubt anything he says, its the
most wonderful country on earth.
Representative Campbell, the Demo-
cratic nominee for Governor of Ohio, is
popular here, and good
wishes are expressed on every hand for
him.