Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent,
Washington. Nov. u. 1S9

Washington. Nov. y, 1891.
Secretary Blaineand Governor elect
Mckinley walking arm in arm up the
State department. steps was about
as practical a refutatiOn of the stories
SO assidously circulated by demo-
Gratis, of their not being on good
terms as it woul be possible to find.
Neither of the men are the sort who
pretend to like q man whom they dis
like; therefore the fact that they are
as they have always been, the very.
best of personal friend is plain to all,
except those who refuse to see.
The President has devoted consider
able time to Worlds Fair matters
this week. He has heard the views
of President Palmer on the necessity
of that additional $4,000 900 appro-
pria iiOn by Congress; also the report
of the board OF control, and Il verbal
statement from Mrs. Potter Palmer,
president of the board of LADY mama
gers. He has talked with the com
mittee on the aWarlsmedal, etc. to
be made by the Exposition, getting
their ideas as to the amount of mon
ev that will be required. The whole
question is SO important that the
President has decided not to- incOr-
porate it in his annual message to
Congress, but to prepare a special
\ Orld'S Fair message to be sent in
after Congress gets down to work.
Il is understood that the President
Has promised to urge Congress to
ak" The apDrOp- a. I, asked for bv
the board of control and there is little
doubt that the appropriation will
eventually be made, although it is
probable that sOmeOf the "two for
live" members may oppose it.
The action of the National com
mittee in selecting Minneapolis for
the next national convention and
June Z, for the time of it's meetine
appears to give general satisfactis of
to republicans who were not pre-, is
diced in favor OF some other city. ! m n
was certain as the committee got ia
gather that the convention would ri
to the West, and had Omaha beef
able to make better shOWingin the
way of hotel accommodation it
might have been the winner, al
though the Minnesota people would
have been hard to beat, on account
OF the good showing they made
from the start.
The sub-executive committee of the
National Republican League, OF
which Gen. j. S. GARRISON is chairman
holding Il meeting here after the adj
jOurnment of the meeting of the Ma
tiOnal committee, and decided to re-
fer tie duty Of selecting q time and
place for holding the next National
Republican LEAGUE convention to u
special committee consisting of Presi-
dent GARRISON, f. +. Allen, of Michigan
w. w. Tracy, of Illionis: +. C. Little
OF Kansas and W. T.. Riley OF kentu-
chy. The committee authorized SEN
ator Carey of Wyoming, to promote
club orSaniza ton in that state, and
W. A. Hamil to do the same in Col
OradO. Hon. W. II Chamberlain, of
California: NJ. G. George. OF Oregan;
George Price; of Arazonia: Sedno
Guthrie, of Oklnhama and y. NJ. An
gel; of Texas were appointed to take
charge of League work in their re-
spective States and to act as MEM
bers of the National League executive
committee until their successors
shall have been chosen. r. S. Evens
the Minnesota member, of the National
Republican Convention, invited the
officials and representatives Of the
League to accept from the city of
Minneapolis Headquarters for their use