Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-12-04
From our regular Correspondent.
Washington Letter.

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/ Washington Letter.
, WASHINGTON, ID. G., Nov. -, 1890.
The President has completed roug
draft of his annual message to Congress
and 1t has been informally submitted I
the members Of his cabinet, and every on
of them heartily endorses 1t. canno,
without gross violation of confidence
mention any of the subjects which tn
message will treat; but; it can be said o
undoubted authority that it will he one 0
the ab!est documents ever sent to Con
gress. and that it will show In rinsin.
words that the Presidents repubicanisu
isjust as staunch as it ever was, and tha
he has not been stampedcd by the result o
the late elections.
The President is also doing good worl
in imprcssing upon the minds Of every re
publican member Of the House who call.
upon him, and every one that has vel
arrived here has done so. the imperative
necessity of beng constantly IN his seat
during the session of Congress which be-
gins week from day 10 order that as
much business possible may be transact
cd within the ninety days which it will
last And If the spirit sho yn by the re-
! puhlicans already here, il fairly representa-
| tive of the feelings of all the republican
members OF the iIou>. the democrats will
ltt IA a III IN,
; Of blocking the business Of the House
by ai,iny the Did CRY OF mo quorum, ;
the indications now being that there will
oe more than quorum of republicans pre-
sent at every session Of the House from
l2o'clock u Nt Monday until high noon on
the fourth day of March 1891. when the
Ftffy first Congress expires
lncfe IS not a word of truth in the demo
cratic stories of strained relations exist
ing 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 gvt the republi-
can party in condition to win in lS9a; aud
both of them are confident Of succeeding.
They are not working for the success
Of any particular candjdatc-cither them
selves or others-but for tile party
and the great aims and principles which it
represents, knowing that the rank aud
hle Of the party WILL as they have always
done, make their preferences known when
the time comes to elect delegates to the
next national convention Of the party, and
that the best and most available man will
be chosen 10 bear the republican standard
to victory
The authorities here are fully impressed
with the gravity of the situation on the
Indian reservations, and the President has
iclcsrapned General Miles to take every
possible precaution 10 prevent any dcviltry
on the part of the Indians and besides all
available troops have been instructed to
get themsclve, in readiness to move at
moments notice.
have good reason to believe that Secrc-
tary Windom is engaged in preparing the
details Of plan which will be submitted
u, ta,f6n anFrff stssryh yhs aay lie iie p5ey!de Tor
the country needs more money than is now
in circulation.
There Is already almost, II not quite a
quorum Of the House in Washington. and
the important committees are getting
down to work with a will. Several sub
committees Of the House Committee on
. h..ll la-f eel
and to day Chairman Cannon presided
over meeting of the full committee, at
which the estimates of the Treasury de-
partment for the various annual appropri-
mittees Mr. Cannon assuied me that
there would be no delay in reporting
all OF the regular appropriation bills
tp the House in ample time He
says three. and possibly four, of
them will be reported before Christmas.
The Treasury surplus increased more
than 81 900. 600 within the last week, but
the sensee,s democratic howl1 Of
vanishing surplus continue just the
same.
IL now seems foregone conclusion
that the battle royal now raging among the
democrats for the Speakership OF the next
House will also determine whether Hill or
Cleveland shall lead the democrats TO de-
feat in 1892 In vain have the long head
ed democrats struggled with the shallow
pates in Congress to 60 easy in this matter.
They will not go easy. It's a knock-down
and drag nut fight with these men, and
they don't care snap 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 liquor etc. that is
being literally dispensed, somebody, is, in
sporting slang, backing" them for win
ners Mills is the only candidate So far
who has had the nerve to come out square
ly for free trade and for that reason re-
publicans would like to see him win. He
openly expresses what seven out Of every
ten democrats secretly believe in, but lack
| the courage to say so.