Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-11-27

is to tell about Mrs Gummidge and her
Thanksgiving.
From our regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, ID. C., Nov. H. 1890
The secret Is out at last, and there Is no
longer any mystery as To the Democratic
howls for recount of the population of
New York City, by the census bureau II
Is not because they hope to gain an add-
,ional member Of the House, aud one more
vote in the electoral college for the State
of New York. They are playing for much
larger stakes. The scheme is to create
such hnhbub over this recount that Con
gress Will pass a resolution ordering it,
and then for The mix in the cocoanut-the
posiponement of the Congressional appor-
| tioumcnt until the Ffty-second Congress
meets. They know that au apportionment
bill such as Representative Dunnell's will
give the Republicans from IL TO 10 addi-
uonal representatives in the Fifty-second
Congress and an equal number Of votes in
the electoral college which uiu elect the
next President. aud They are playing
bold game in order to prevent the present
Congress making the apportionmcnt at
the coming Short session. ana TO get the
apportipnment into their own hands
| But it i decided waste Of energy. The
| first business Of the Republican House,
| which meets December |, viii be to pcr
feet aud pass fair and lust apportion
uient biI based upon The returns OF the
eleventh census The bin introduced BY
/ Mr, puuutH at the last session viii neces.
~arily haze TO be somewhat changed b..
cause the population Of the country fcu
b,.uw 'Ac estimates upon which it was
based but there /, not the slightest dan
ger that Democratic h"wl> can succeed in
having Tie bill. postponed
Every body here j. taking reciprocity.
The rev Spanish Minister Senior Misual
Suarcz Guauc> ha, arrived here been pre-
>ent,d % the President saud has already
opened negotiations ~i,h Secretary Blaine
looking towards ! nee. .proo.iy treaty be-
tween the ui'cd states aud Spain. MIlrh
will ot course include Cuba lu hi, speech
% The President the new minister mad, il
very plain that hl> government wa~ anx-
iou> ~ aasc reciprocity. aul privately hc
ha~ tl.k'l even palmer Negotiations are
a,.o IN progress wj,A .,,,rl. u,her couu
trir> notably those uf Central ant south
America. Aul it wJll uut he >LryI sing IL
the senate shall hc called e. rat.fy four ~
I've rec prUclty treaties before the rxptra-
tion of The Fifty-hrst Congress
Tie jY.ut senate ana House committee.
authorized Al the .a>t session of Congress
toNl,i; ILL., Pacific coast fur tae purpose
~ Investigating the alleged violations II
The Chinese Immigration iaw. left hrr,.
saturday morning in charge If a deputy
-rrg,anta at arm, of the senate aud a..
compsnicd BY a clerk and >tenographcr 10
take down the testimony taken bv II, CON.
uitt,t. The first meeting i, I'd b, h,ld M
Spokane Fails. Washington, nhcrc Scna-
tor Squire will Join th,m They are 10
Port Townsend. san Francisco. Los An
rr,r. ard San Dj,ro. and rxp,ct ID re-
turn 10 Washington about Christmas.
The President spend, III, greater Dor
On Of hi, time lust now in the prcpara-
ton of His annual message ID Congress,
which promises 10 be an unusually inter.
estiuo aul important document but He
takes time to confer with Republican sen
atpr, and Representatives, who are arriv-
lus uult,. rapidly. In order To yet the beuc-
tit Of their advice On the subject. which
he proposes To treat in hi. message.
II i, thought that within week or ten
days the most of the Rcpubllcan Senator's
and Representatives win be here, and it i .
propo,ed that conference be held to de- (
eide upon the legislation Of the coming
sessions Itis known tba, the President ,
will take strong grounds In his message
for the immediate passage of the appor- /
tiopment bill ana the ,hippin. bills. and 1t +
is believed hv many that he will also urge
tile massage or the fedora! election bill by +
the Senate. but there are some doubters as
!, ,b, Ia, measure
Unconstitutional Wauamaker has
vaatber.d the financial storE, in spite Of
the determined effort of Jaw Gould and
,ba Louisiana lottery cornpany 10 break
,l1,,., III. ,orso,ol cr.di, and am ,old nv /