Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-07-09
WASHINGTON NOTES,
The NeWs From the National Capital as it
Effects the interests of the Vest
ern Farmers.

ern Farmers.
Our Correspondent Tells What Our Of
fciais are Doing in the Capital
City.
2 WASHINGTON, D. c., July 6.-Special
Correspondence: Politicians are showing
the greatest interest in a statement that
Mr. Harrison is said to have made to a
friend, to the effect that in a certain con-
tingency he would decline to be the can
didate Of his party next year. That con-
Lingency is the passage Of a free coinage
bill by both house and senate at the COM
ing session of congress. If such a bill is
passed and it looks now as if It will be.
Mr.. Harrison is just as determined as
ever to veto it, and knowing that such
action will antagonize a large number Of
republicans, particularly in the west, he
will announce that in the interest Of
party harmony and success he has de-
termined not to allow his name to be
presented to the convention This story
may be entirely true, but it looks more
like an attempt to make sensation based
on Mr.. Harrison's well known anti-free
coinage views. 1t has many believers
however, and they are men who make a
trade ofpolitics. 49,.
Harbor defense is probably mighty
good thing, but it also comes mighty
high. A contract has just been made by
the army ordanCe department for gun
carriages for the new twe!ve-inch breech-
loading rifled mortars. The carriages
are to cost $l1. 500 each if only eight are
furnished and if within one year, seven
teen additional carriages are ordered they
are to be Furnished at S10.75O each.
Mr.. Harrison is said TO be much Offend
ed because the Canadian government has
made public what passed between Secre-
tary Blaine and Sir Julian Pauncefote,
the British minister here on the subject
of reciprocity with Canada, claiming that
such action is breach of confidence in
asmuch as it was first agreeded between
these two gentlemen, that none of the
negotiations should be madespublic unless
defiinate understanding was reached.
The prediction, is already made that one
conference which had been arranged for
October IL between Mr.. Harrison, Mr..
Blaine and representative of the Canadian
government will be declared off on ac-
count of this, while Mr.. Harrison may
not go to that extreme, it is evident that
in his present state of mind such a con-
ference can accomplish nothing.
Again the announcement is made that
France and Germany are to remove all
restrictions upon the importation of
American dressed pork into those coun-
tries. This time the statement is made
by Secretary Rusk to Senator Paddock,
and it is said to be based upon unofficial
information that the governments of
these countries have decided that the
microscopic examination to which the
meat is now subjected by officials of the
agricultural department is entirely salts
factory. According to the information
of the department the restrictions will be
officially removed before the first of next
October.
Ex-senator Ingalls, is in town. He lectur-
ed today to the Glen Echo Chautauqua
A Washington newspaper man made
some fun for the boys by making pro-
position to theatrical manager here tc
pay him 81. 900 cash if he could get Mr.
Ingalls, to deliver lecture here on '"The
Kansas Farmers Alliance; how met it,
and how was licked by it," and the
theatrical man, whose "gall is boundless,
was actually going to see Mr.. ingalls, tc
ask him what he would charge to deliver
lecture on the subject named if he had
not been stopped.
United States treasurer of Nebraska re-
ports a net cash balance IN the treasury
Saturday at the close of business of 49,
5O6, 293, in addition to fractional silver
and deposits in national banks. After
the first of July the treasury statements
are to be made in the form that was used
when Senator Sherman was secretary of
Of the treasury.
Col. J. B. Weber, superintendent of