Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-11-24
WASHIN GTON LETTER.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MONITOR. |
WASHINGTON. NOU. II.

The secret is out at last, and there
is no longer any mystery as to the
democratic howls for a recount of the
population of New York City by the
census bureau. 1t is not because
they hope to gain an additional men,
Der of the House, and 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 a hubbub over this
recount that congress will pass a res
olution ordering it, and then for the.
milk in the cocoanut-the postpone
ment of the congressional apportion-
ment until the fifty-second congress
meets. They know that an appor-
tionment bill such as Representative
Dunnell's will give the republicans
from Il to 10 additional representa-
tives in the fifty-third congress, and
an equal number of votes in the elec-
toral college which will elect the next
president, and they are playing a
bold game in order to prevent the
present congress making the appor-
tionment at the coming short session,
and to get the apportionment into
their own hands.
But it is a decided waste of energy.
The first business of the republican
House, which meets December / will
be to nerfaat-e nd mass a 70 ir-o-ad- i,ls+
turns of the eleventh census. The
bill introduced by Mr.. Dunnell at the
last session will necessarily have to
be somewhat changed because the
population of the country fell below
the estimate upon which it was bas-
ed, but there is not the slightest dan
ger that democratic howls can sue
ceed in having the bill postponed.
Everybody here is talking reciproc-
ity. The new Spanish Minister,
Senior Miguel Suarez Guanes, has ar
rived here, been presented to the
president, and has already opened ne
gotiations with Secretary Blaine look
ing towards a reciprocity treaty be-
tween the United States and Spain,
which will of course, Include Cuba.
In his speech to the president the
new minister made it very plain that
his government was anxions to have
reciprocity land privately he has talk
ed even palmer. Negotiations are
also in progress with several other
countries, notably those of Central
and South America, and it will not be
surprising if the senate shall be call
ed upon to ratify four or five reci-
procity treaties before the expiration
of the fifty-frst congress.
The president spends the greater
portion of his time just now In the
preparation of his annual message to
congress, which promises to be an un-
usually interesting and important
document, but he takes time to con-
fer with republican senators and rep
resentatives, who are arriving quite
rapidly, in order to get the benefit OF
their advice on the subjects which he
proposes to treat in his message.
1t is thought that within a week or
ten days the most of the republican
senators and representatives will be
here, and it is proposed that con-
ference be held to decide upon the
legislation of the coming sessions. 1t
| is k own that the president will take
strong grounds in his message for the
immediate passage of the apportion-
ment bill and the shipping bills, and
it is believed by many that he will
also urge the passage of the federal
election bill by the senate, but there
are some doubters as to the last
measure.