The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-02-14
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, February Sth,

Unless death prevents, James Gillespie
Blaine will be the next Secretary ofState. |
| am III a position to make the above
statement as positive as words can make |
it. All rumors to the contrary are but |
the vaporings of idle minds and may be
set down as without the slightest found |
alton. Mr.. Blaine has this week signed
the papers whereby he takes possession
on a ten years lease of the historic old
house just opposite the White House,
known as the Seward Mansion" 1t
was in this house that the attempt was
made to assassinate the late William H.
Seward on the same evening that Presi-
dent Lincoln was shot by Wilkes Booth.
For some years the house has been occu-
pied as branch office of the War De-
partrnent, but now it will again become
the centre of attraction to public men as
it was for so many years.
With the exception of Mr.. Blaine and
Mr.. Wanamaker, the rest of the cabinet
is still in doul t. although have the very
best reason for thinking that it is we'll
nigh settled that ex-senator Window of
Minnesota, will be Secretary of the
Treasury. You remember that Mr.. Win
dom was Secretary of the Treasury TIM
der Garfield, but resigned to re-enter the
Senate when Arthur became president.
Senator Sherman, who is ever alive to
American interests, has offered an amend
ment to the Sundrv Civil appropriation
bill appropriating 100000 to be ex-
pended ut the discretion of the president
in protecting American interests on the
Isthmus of Panama.
No man who observes with ordinary
care the signs Of times can fail to note
the rapid growth of the idea that event
ually the United States will govern this
entire continent. was forcibly remind
ed of this while listening to few remarks
in the House by Representative Chapman
of Michigan, in favor of the bill charter
ing the Nicaragua Canal Company. He
said The day for isolation has passed.
Voices from all parts Of the world are
warning the United States ofthis-voices
from the isthmus from Canada, from
Samoa, from wherever foreign nations
have planted their flags. The attempt
to make it impracticablc for American
enterprise to plant itself i'll foreign count
lies is too late. The time has come for a
naughty and dictatOrial American policy.
We are carrying the flag into that re-
gion of Central america. 1t is a brave
step and l for one hope this step is onlya
prelude to the day when the nation will
follow end we as a people will plant our
feet on those regions and when our flag
shall wave over the state of Nicaragua
as state of the United States of Amer
ica." The applause which followed Mr..
Cnipman's little speech was fairly deafen-
ing for a moment, showing that he had
voiced the sentiment of many of his col
leagues.
At last the numentus question ofwhere
the man of destiny,' otherwise known
as Grover Cleveland, will reside after the
fourth of March, has been officially set
tied. He has authorized the announce
lnent that he has joined a prominent firm
of lawyers in New York city and in COM
pany with Mrs. Cleveland he has this
week been to New York to engage apart
ments for occupancy after March fourth
In this connection it may be we'll to re-
mark that Washington has been visited
this week by rival imam of Destiny
David Bennett Hill, at present governor
of the great state of New York. The
rivals did not meet except in the most
formal manner at the house of Secretary
Whitney, where they were both guests at
a grand dinner. So afraid was Mr..
Cleveland that Governor Hill might call
on him at the White House that after
leaving the dinner party at Whitney's he
and Mrs. Cleveland took late train for
New York. And yet the democrats try
to tell you that the kindest feeling exists
DStWCSil anu NlSNclctuu. IL I11S De
kindness, deliver me from such. Hill re-
ceived more real attention from the dem.
ocrats in Congress during his stay here |
than Cleveland has had from the same
men during the whole of his presidential |
term.
The war scare is about over. Secretary |
Bayard has accepted Bismark's PROPOSE
tion to resume the conference in regard to
Samoa which was suspended in 1887.
There is still some hope that a little
territorial legislation may be gotten
through this session. The basis of this
hope is that the House will accept the
Senate amendments to the Syringe" om-
nibus BILL, which leaves New Mexico
out. The House committee on terrific
lies have also reported Springer's omni-
ous bill number two. for the admission
IF Arizona, Idaho and Wyoming. But
he committee lacked the nerve to report
he bill for the admission of Utah.
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