The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-08-28
Washington Letter.

WAsHINGroN. ID. C. Aug. 22nd, 1891.
Ex-senator Mahone, of Virginia, Is dar-
ing enough and uuscrupulous enough to
attempt almost anything, but II my IN
formation is correct, and there is every
reason TO believe that il Is, his latest
scheme is one of the most desperate IN
which he ever engaged. de once cap
tured the State of Virginia and got hlm-
self sent to the Senate by getting control
of the so-called re-adjuster movement In
that State, and he is now plotting to get
control of the Farmers Alliance move
ment in that State, IN order 10 capture
the legislature and get himself again
sent to the Senate, this time as success
sor to Senator Daniel. The plot is all
mapped out, and the decision of the Re
publican State committee of which Ma
hone is the owner, to nominate no he
publican candidates for the Legislature
was part and parcel thereof. The word
has passed along the Republican lines
that they must support the nominations
of the Alliance for the Legislature II
told to do so by their local leaders, and
they are to be told to do so in every in
stance that blind pledgeMahone's
name is not yet to be uSed-can be Sc
cured from the farmers candidate to vote
as they may be told for the successor to
Senator Daniel.
Harrison Republicans have never been
plenty outside of the holders of the Fed
eral office but there is now manifest
disposition even among that class of Re
publicans to get aboard of the Blaine
train, which is believed to have been
given impetus enough by the semi
endorsement of the Pennsylvania State
convention to enable ii to make the
trip to nomination station without any
serious difficulty, even should Mr. Har-
rison attempt to play the part of train
wrecker by placing distractions on the
track, which he may or NAV not do, as
circumstances may determine.
All the rumors about the coming re-
tirement of Secretary Noble and Com
missioner of Pensions Raum have been
revived this week. One of the causes
for this was the statement made by Sec
retary Foster that Mr.. Harrison would
return to Washington the first week IN
September instead of remaining away
until the first of October as he had orig
| inally contemplated, because there was
some very important business connected
with the Interior department that re-
| quired his personal attention.
The only question pending before the
| Interior department, so far as the pub
I lie knows, that might be considered inn
! pOrtant enough to require the personal
I attention of Mr.. Harrison is that of com
/ pelling the cattle kings to vacate the
/ Cherokee outlet, they having up to the
| present time quietly ignored the orders
| of Uncle Sam to get out; but the gem
/ eral sentiment seems to be that the inn
/ pOrtant business is naming the successor
! to Secretary Noble and to Commissioner
! Raum. who are two most important Off
| cials connected with the Interior depart
ment. Another thing which is proba-
! bly, havingits effect in making Mr.. Har-
rison change his plans, is, that he can
pull the wires for securing delegates to
the national convention, should Blaine
allow him to continue to think himself
a candidate, to far greater advantage in
the White House than anywhere else.
1t is now absolutely certain that a
very large amount of the Al per cent
| bonds will not be presented for extern
sion at two per cent. and Secretary Fos-
ter is now putting his trust in the belief
that the most of the bonds that will be
presented for extension are in the hands
of guardians or trustees and that it will
be long time before they are presented
for redemption and that they will come
in slowly and in small quantities.
Should he be wrong, and the most of
these bonds be presented for redemption
Immediately after they mature, Septem-
Der 2, Mr.. Foster viii, if ne carries out
his present intention of using part of
the 800, 900, 900 gold reserve fund to
pay them, in the opinion of able con-
stitutional lawyers, render himself liable
to be held personally responsible for the
amount taken from the fund, to say
nothing of impeachment by congress.
There are those who say that Land
Commissioner Carter, Russell Harrison s
protege, has not overworked himself in
trying to carry out the law by driving
the cattle kings, some of whom are said
to be warm friends of both Russ" and
/, himself, from the Cherokee outlet.
Some inquiry into this business may
have to be made by Mr.. Harrison senior.
Mr.. Wanamaker was the principal
speaker at a reunion of the "Old time
telegraphers" held here last night.
Wires were run into the hall and every
! word of the proceedings was instantly
licked into more than one hundred
| thousand telegraph offices throughout
the land.
A large number of distinguished sci
entists are here in attendance upon the
annual convention of the American As
sociation for the Advancement of Sci
ence. NJ.