The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-11-13
Washington Letter.
tFrom our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 1888,

~ WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 1889.
The President In considering the dis
astrous elections Of the week extracts all
the comfort possible out Of the fact that
this Is an +of year" in politics, and that
no questions of national import were be-
fore the people. He says be regrets the re.
suit, but was not surprised; the temper
ance question and the unpopularity of the
candidates of the party in the agricultural
section Of the State, he thinks, is respon-
sible for the result IN Iowa. he takes no
responsibility for Mahone's candidacy In
Virginia and SAYS he would have gwen
any other. Republican as much help; he
thinks opposition on general principles to
a third term for any official was what de.
feated Governor Foraker, and lastly he
refuses TO accept the result as in any sense
a verdict Of the people upon the national
administration. What the President says
Is about what all the rest of the Republi.
cans say-in public, but among them.
selves the great majority of them do not
hesitate TO say that they regard the unex-
pected Democratic tidal wave as a rebuke
and warning TO the administration. Of
course they'do not mean that a large num-
Der Of Republicans have permanently
turned Democrats, but only that quite a
large number Of Republicans have taken
advantage Of an "off year" to show their
disapprobation of certain sins of commits.
sion and omission which they hold the
administration responsible for. When the
great campaign OF '92 opens these mer
jwiIlaehtis their old places the Rsppb
lican ranks.
Ex-United States Treasurer Spinner Il
visiting friends here. He predicts a ter.
rible financial panic IL the United States
continues to use silver as currency.
The President opened the Southern
Exposition at Montgomery, Alabama, by
means Of the telegraph, last Tuesday. A
finger pressed on telegraph key at. the
White House started the machinery.
Commissioner Of Pensions Raum has
issued an order defining and regulating
the duties Of the two Deputy Commission.
ers. II is generally believed that new
men, friends OF Gen. Raum, are TO fiji
these positions In few days. One Of
them, Mr., Smith, who was acting Com
missioner during the period between
Commissioners Tanner and Raum, will, II
Is supposed, be provided for elsewhere
The other, Gen. Bartlett, who is hold
over democrat, will be allowed to resign
Secretary Blaine has received a com
munication from Hon. George B. Loring
now United States minister 10 Portugal
stating that he will tender his resignation
within the next five months.
The Presidential proclamations admit
ting Montana and Washington MS States
are still delayed pending the arrival of the
official election returns. Those admitting
the two Dakotas were issued at 3.40
o'clock last Saturday afternoon.
ExCommissoner Of Education Dawson
has paid the Secretary of the Interior $500
to cover the value Of the postage stamps
which his son was charged with having
stolen from the Bureau Of Education. An
attempt is now being made to have the
case dropped and 1t isprobable that 1t will
succeed
The Washington Post is trying to col
lect fund for the completion Of the Mary
Washington monument at Fredericksburg
Virginia, but ii isn't making much prog
ress.
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