Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-02-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular oors.pondent. !

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leading members of the House Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs. "Hes,
think there is" was the reply given in
very thoughtful, deliberative tone
"Do you think that Secretary Bayard is
in any way to blame for the present
condition of affairs?n then
asked. "No, most decidedly / do not
On. the contraly think he has managed
the matter very ably, and it is only be-
cause | know he will have to give way
shortly to Blaine that causes me to be-
lieve there is danger of war between
the Omitted States and Germany" Can
you give give me your ideg s, in a nut
shell, of this whole Samoan diiliculty?'
Yes, i'm a very few words. Germany fol
some years has, for both commercial
and political reasons, been looking with
covetous eyes on the Samoan Islands
And with BsmarI to want is to get OT
to try to get, so that he has for long
time been quietly working to establish
a German prOtectOrate over these
islands, and things have now reached u
stage when he is prepared if necessary
to fight for them if he cannot gain his
point through diplomacy. Ifthe United
States is to defeat him diplomacy, it is
absolutely necessary that we should
have the assistance of England, and
with Blaine Secretary of State do not
believe that is possible. Nor is it posi-
BILE. Nor is it possible for the United
States to stop Germany by force unless
we can get at least six months time to
prepare a navy. If war should be de-
clared in sixty days it would be disas-
trous to the United States. That is why
| view the situation with alarm"
The Senate has passed its tariff bill,
it has been sent to the House and re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and
Means, and Mr.. Mills and other promi-
nent Democratic members of that COM
mittee have promised that it should be
reported back to the House at an early
day so as to give that body an opportu-
nifty of voting upon it.
A notable feature of the debate in the
House attendant upon its reference to
committee was the speech of Mr.. Nc
Kinley, of Ohio, who is believed to rep
resent the views of Gen. Harrison. He
made an appeal to the Democrats to re-
lieve the present situation by agreeing
to some sort of compromise which
will reduce the Treasury surplus by
thirty or forty millions of dollars.
What effect this appeal will have is of
course at this time a matter of conjec-
ture, but there are many Democrats
who believe that compromise will be
effected whereby bill that a compro-
mise will be affected whereby bill
that will meet the approval of the most
conservative member of both parties
will be agreed to. If an agreement is
reached it is probable that the most of
the redction will come from the intern
al revenue.
The sudden oath of Representative
Burnes of Missouri, on Thursday.
caused an adjournment of the House,
which prevented vote being taken on
the Oklahoma bill that day as had been
previously agreed upon by vote of
the House. An attempt will be made
to get it up this week, and if that fails
it will be called up next Monday under
a suspension of the rules,
AS the end of the present admins
tration draws nearer the popularity of
Mrs. Cleveland seems to increase, if that
were possible. Saturday afternoon, not
withstanding a disagreeable rainstOrm,
nearly two thousand people attended
her public reception.
The sixth candidate for Public Print
er under Harrison has made his appear
ance in this city.
Senator Allison has gone to Indian
apolis to finally settle the question as
to who will be HarrisOn's Secretary of
the Treasury. Allison is said to have
declined the honor thee times by
letter, but Harrison still insisted; hence
the present visit.
Mr.. Randall is very indignant at the
sent out from Washington as
to his intended action in opposition to
the wishes of the Democratic members
of the Ways and Means Committee of
the House in regard to the tariff bill.
The fact is that Mr.. Randall will do
to embrrass the members of
that committee.
Frank Hatton, the new editor of the
Post, loses no opportunity
of booming Malone for Cabinet pos
ition, the indications are that Mr.. Hat
toms influence with Gen. Harrison is
very slight.
Representative Butterworth, who it is
said, expects to be the next Governor of
Ohio, made speech in the House last
week bitterly arranging the Knights
of Labor for their manner of doing
things. The speech was the political
of the present, and everybody
is talking about its probable effect upon
his political future.
Senator Beck's absence from the Sen
ate has been felt by both sides of the
Chamber. and especially during the de-
bate on the tariff bill. On this subject
there is not an abler man in either House
of Congress. The distinguished Ken
tuckian and invalid reports his health
as greatly improved and expects to re-
turn soon. He is in Cuba.
The Population of Napoleon
Is about $500, and we would say at least one
half are troubled with some affection of the
throat and lungs, as those complaints are,
others. We would advise all our readers not
to neglect the opportunity to call on their
druggist and get bottle of Kemp's Balsam
for the throat and lungs. Trial size free.
Large bottles 80 cents and 81. Sold by all
druggists.
More Beans.
william KhoX Beans,
Gertrude Moore.
Married,
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