Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-12-10
WARRINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.l
WAsuISGTaS nac q 1901

From Our Regular Correspondentl
WAsHISeroN, Dec 3, 1891.
Secretary Blaine and Governor-slec Nc
Kinley walking arm in arm up the state de-
partment steps was about as practical a
refutation Of the stories SO assiduously cir
culated by Democrats, of their not being
on as good terms as it would be possible
to find. Neither of the men are OF the sort
who pretend to like a man whom they DIS
like; therefore the fact that they are as
they have always have been, the very best
of personal friends is plain to all, except
those who refuse to see.
The president has devoted considerable
time to Worlds Fair matters this week
He has heard the views OF President Pal
mer on the necessity OF that additional
S5, 900, 900 appropriation by congress;
also the report of the board ofcontrol, and
a verbal statement from Mrs. Potter Pal
mer, president OF the board of lady mana
gers. He has talked with the committee
on the awards, medals. etc., to be made by
the exposition, getting their ideas as to the
amount of money that will be required.
The whole question is so important that
the president has decided not to incorpor-
ate it in his annual message to congress,
but to prepare a special Worlds Fair mes
sage to be sent in after congress gets down
to work. 1t is understood that the presi-
dent has promised to urge congress to make
the appropriation asked for by the board
OF control and there is little doubt that the
appropria ton will eventually be made. al
though it is probable that some OF the new
'two-for-five" members may oppose it,
The action of the national committee in
selecting Minneapolis for the next national
convention and June z, for ths time OF it's
meeting, appears to give general satisfac-
ton to Republicans who were not preju-
diced in favor of some other city. 1t was
certain as soon as the committee got to-
gether that the convention would 60 to the
west, and had Omaha been able to make a
better showing in the way OF hotel accom-
modations it might have been the winner,
although the Minnesota people would have
been hard to beat. on account of the good
showing they made from the start.
The speakership game has reached the
stage that makes the playing of trump
cards necessary. The first of these was
played more than week ago when it was
announced that Tammany Hall had de-
clared for Crisp and was working to secure
him the entire New York delegation. This
was met by the announcement made by
Mr.. Bynum of his withdrawal in favor OF
Mills. and later the Mills men took another
trick by announcing that that the New
England delegations had decided to vote
soidly for Mills. The rest OF the candi-
dates are holding back their strong cards
to the last, and it will not be surprising il
one or two of them make an attempt, later
on, to throw the game to Mills or Crisp.
The Mills people claim to have ninety votes
pledged, and Crisp's friends claim that he
has ia, but the most liberal of his oppon-
ents will not concede him over eighty three.
The president heard a delegation repre-
senting the Anti-Monopoly lleague, the
Working Woman's Protective league, the
Independent Labor party, and the New
York Silver league this week, in favor OF bis
recommending to congress the appoint
ment of a labor commission to consider
and report upon remedies for evils that
exist in the industrial system Of the coun-
try.