Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-12-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDING OF THE MONITOR. /
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submitted to the members of his cab
met, and every one of them heartily
endorses it. cannot, without a
gross violation of confidence, mention
any of the subjects which the mess
age will treat; but, it can be said on
undoubted authority that it will be
one OF the ablest documents ever sent
to congress, and that it will show in
ringing words that the presidents re-
publIcanism is just as staunch as it
ever was, and that he has not been
stampeded by the result of the late
elections.
The president is also doing good
work in impressing upon the minds
1fea'rnrv republican member of the
one that has as yet arrived here mas
done so, the imperative necessity Of
being constantly in his seat during
the session of congress which begins
week from to-day, in order that as
much business as possible may be
transacted within the ninety days
which it will last. And if the spirit
shown by the republicans already
here, is fairly representative of the
feelings of all the republican members
of the House the democrats will be
badly disappointed in their expecta-
tion of blocking the business of the
House by raising the old cry of "no
quorum" The indications now be-
ing that there will be more than a
quorum of republicans present at ey-
cry session of the House from II
O'Clock next Monday until high noon
on the 4th day of March, 1891, when
the fifty-frst congress expires.
There is not a word of truth in the
democratic stories of strained rela-
tions existing between the president
and Mr.. Blaine. They were never
on better terms than they are at this
time, and both of them are working
night and day to get the republican
party in condition to win in 1892;
and both of them are confident of
succeeding. They are not working
for the success of any particular can
didate-either themselves or others
but for the party and the great aims
and principles which it represents,
knowing that the rank and file of the
party will as they have always done,
make their preferences known when
the time comes to elect delegates to
the next national eoa47so..os~..-ses=s.=n
marty. and that the best and most
= a~4.ITaI3Ie man will be esaoaen 40 bear
the republican standard to victory.
The authorities here are fully inn
pressed with the gravity of the situa-
ton on the Indian reservations, and
the president has telegraphed Gener-
al Miles to take every possible pre-
caution to prevent any deviltry on the
part of the Indians, and besides all
available troops have been instructed
to get themselves in readiness to
move at moments notice.
l have good reason to believe that
Secretary Window is engaged in pre-
pairing the details of a plan which
will be submitted to congress at an
early day to provide for large per-
manent increase in the amount of
United States currency in active cir
culation.
There is already almost, if not quite
a quorum of the House in Washing
ton, and the important committees
are getting down to work with will.
Several sub-committees of the House
committee on appropriations held
meetings last week and to-day Chair
man Cannon presided over a meeting
of the full committee, at which the
estimates of the treasury department
for the various annual appropriations
were read and referred to sub-commit-
tees. Mr.. Cannon assured me that
there would be no delay in reporting
all of the regular appropriation bills
to the House in ample time. He says
three, and possibly four of them will
be reported before Christmas.
The treasury surplus increased
more than 100000 within the last
week, but the senseless democratic
howls of vanishing surplus" con-
tinue just the same.
1t now seems a foregone conclu-
sion that the battle royal now raging
among the democrats for the speak
ership of the next House will also de-
termine whether Hill of Cleveland
shall lead the democrats to defeat in
1892. In vain have the long-headed
democrats struggled with the shallow
pates in congress to go easy in this
matter. They will not 60 easy. It's
a knock-down and drag out fight with
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whose corns are trod on as long as
they think they are making progress
toward the goal of their ambition.
Four candidates have already opened
headquarters here, and from the
quantity of free red liqnor ETC., that
is being literally dispensed, somebody
is, in sporting slang, "backing'
them for winners. Mills is the only
candidate so far who had the nerve
to come out squarely for free trade,
and for that reason republicans would
like to see him win. He openly ex-
presses what seven out of every ten
democrats secretly believe in, but
lack the courage to say so.
The great French religious writer
Ernest Renan is spending the decline