Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1890-08-09
wAsHIsoToH LETTER.

WARRINGTON LETTER.
Of 1Bs MIssR.
wAsHixorox. July %. 1880.
That the administration and the repub-
lican party sre approaching crisis ID APP
parent TO the student Of politics. Whist 10
TO b done with reciprocity; with the tar
III; with the Federal election law, and
what 10 10 be the outcome Of the Behring'S
ssa negotiations? These ere Oh questions
which must necessarily BE- decided in the |
near. 4. very near. future, and up |
on their decision much depends.
Mr.. Blaine has written another letter 70 |
Senator Frye on'the reciprocity matter, in
which he raps the republican members Of
the House committee on Ways and Means,
sharply over the fingers, and Tells what
was not before known, viz. that he stated
the whole question to them before the Nc
Kinley tariff bill was framed and urged
them to adopt it in the bill which they
vera preparing. This letter Of Mr.. Blaine
while IL has undoubtedly made some new
friends for reciprocity, has also made Il a.
most certain that tho republican members
Of that COMMITTEES will bitterly oppose II
should the Senate adopt it without modi.
6cstions. Already it has been proposed
In the Senate to except wool and hides In
any reciprocity agreement which may be
entered into with the Latin American na-
tons. That may prove TO be the solution
Of the question.
The Senate committee on Elections has
had the modified and amended Federal
election bill printed for the convenieoce
Of it, members, and 1t II probable that 1t
viii Be still further amended before 1t 70
reported tothe Senate.
The House has passed resolution or
dering the committee on Pensions TO In
vestigate the charges made BY Rspsessn-
tative Cooper against Commissioners Of
Pensions Rxum.
The Senate Ii meeting daily II II O'Clock,
and that 10 about the only indication Of
any desire to hurry matters 1t the north
end Of the Capitol; two different attempts
10 have the tariff bill taken up exclusively
have been voted down, and that measure
only comes up after the expiration of the
morning paper". So tar the democrats
have made all the speeches, not single
republican Senator having yet spoken.
This ID puzzling the democrats very much
but have been informed that the sepub.
licans are holding of in 10 Difference todr
Harrison, who Is understood TO be pre-.
pairing special message on the subject
which he will send in in few days.
Secretary Noble in answer to resolu'
ton Of the Senate, has made report stat
Ing that the Union Pacific Railroad has
not violated the law - TO its Indebtedness
70 the Government, - had been alleged
Secretary Blaine 10 generally com
mended for his conduct Of the Behringi
Sea resolution, 20 far - shown in the pub
lished letters; but there is some ugly tall
about some secret instructions having
been sent by Secretary Window TO ths
Revenue cutters Bear, Rush and Corwir
at Puget Sound, amounting practically Il
"bscking down" from the position which
Mr.. Blaine has maintained in his ofiicia
correspondence, which II true would NO
reflect any credit on any one concerned
That Secretary Window did send FRS
Comptroller Matthews to Puget Sount
} with sealed messages for the Revenue cut
: ters, il known to be true and that it wa
carefully kept away from the newspapers
3 and was only discovered by accident, !
7 also known 10 DO true. The rest Is con
lecture.
The Congressional Campaign commit
tees Of both parties are doing PRACTICAL!
nothing, owing TO the uncertainty attend
: ing all the questions upon which the isl
!. campaign viii be fought. Neither part
has prepared any documents for distribu
tion.