The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-29
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., Oct. s4th.

paign committee has practically COM
pleted its work; IL has distributed iii
teen million documents, covering every
question acted upon at the last session
of congress, and defining the position
occupied 10y the republican party upon
them, and also upon every other inn
portant question now before the public.
The number of documents distributed
is largely in excess of the NUMBER sent
out during the last presidential cam
paign. and If every voter in the land is
not fully enlightened ii is not the fault
of the committee.
called at the committee headquart-
ers this morning To make some iuquir-
| les i'm relation To the charge that the
committee was compelling the depart
ment clerks To contribute To the cam
paign fund, and found, just AS expect
ed, that there WAS not IA word of truth
i'm the charge. Not only has the com.
mittee not compelled the clerks to con-
tribute, but it has actually refused To
accept contributions voluntarily tend
cred by employees of the government,
because at the beginning of the cam
paign it was determined, in order TO
give no excuse for criticism, that no
money should be received from federal
who have been disposed To contribute
their money to help the party have had
no difficulty In doing 50. The various
state associations have all had gentle
me who have no connection with the
government service, acting as treasur.
ers of the respective associations, and
they have gladly received all the money
offered, whether from Office holders or
| fiti "A
close investigation, | am certain that
the entire amount raised by all of the
state associations i'm Washington will
not exceed S., 900, and at least one.third
of that amount was raised by two state
associations-Ohio and Indiana.
The charge of bull-dozing by the
state associations to intimldate the
clerks into contributing is as founda-
tionless as that against the congress
sional committee, and both of them
| had their origin among democrats, who
are so badly demoralized at what they
privately acknowledge To be their al
most certain prospect of defeat, that
they have raised the cry of political as
sessments and campaign bodies" to
explain that defeat. No employe of the
government has contributed one cent
under compulsion"-the large number
Of employees aud the small amount of
money raised should be sufficient to
convince any fair minded man of that.
The state associations have done the
party far greater practical favor In
getting very large number OF voters
To 90 home to vote, than if they had
raised big purse. More voters will
go home this year than have gone at
any election, including presidential, for
the last ten years, and il is the work of
the state associations that has made
them agree to do so.
There is no disposition to brag at the
congressional committee headquarters,
and no prophecies are made as To the
majority in the next house OF repre-
sentatiVes, but there is quiet conf
dence that the republicans will have II
good working ajOrity, that Is infec-
tious. OF one thing | am certain: if
the republican voters throughout the
country do their part on election day
as well as the committee has done its
work here, great republican victory
will be achieved on that day-Onc that
will give an impetus to the industries
of this country that will be felt for a
! decade.
Secretary Blaine has gone TO Ohio to
make several speeches in Major Nc
Kinleys district, and although no pro-
gramme had been determined upon
when he left here, it is probable that
he will speak at several other places
next week He has had invitations by
the hundred since the campaign opened,
but the business of the state depart
ment is in such condition that ii seri-
ously incommoded him to accept any of
them, and nothing but his answering
devotion To the republican party and
its principles has taken him from Wash
ingtOn at this time.
It's poor day now when new dem
ocratic fake" about the census office
is not sent out on its travels. OF course
every sensible person knows that the
census was not IA perfect onc-lt would
be impossible To take a perfect one; but
that il was better taken than any of its
predecessors and that the census bureau
is months ahead of the record in giving
out tabulated results. is acknowledged
by every one familiar with the work.
The President has taken advantage
of temporary lull i'm his work and the
cool weather, to make arrangements
for couple of days duck shooting next
week The talk of his calling an extra
session of congress in November seems
to have all died out and the impression
is general that none will he called.
Secretary Noble has endorsed the re-
fusal of the census bureau to order a
recount in New York City, unless the
original count is shown To have been
! erroneous.
The treasury department will be pre-
pared in week or ten days to supply
the great demand for one and two dol
lar silver certificates. They are now
being printed