The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-02-27
WASHINGTON EeIIer.
From regular correspondent

Washington, Feb. 23, 1891.
Mr.. Uarrison's nomination of ex Con
grsssmsn aud ex.Goy. Foster, of Oaio. to
be Secretary of the Treasury, caused no
establishment here. II had leaked out
several days aID tint his nomination had
been determined upon. The nomination.,
generally speaking, has been favoiably re-
ceived. The Republicans regard it as one
Of the very best that could have been made,
both from a financial and political stand
point. They expect the new Secretary to
take mp aud carry ont the financial policy
which the lats Secretary Windom and Mr..
Harrison inaugurated, and they also ex-
pact him to greatly strengthen their party
in various ways in which the late Secretary,
who wasn't much of a politician, would not
have done. had he lived. Don't under
stand me to mean that Mr.. Foster is
expected to help his party by means not
considered legitimate. The idea is simply
that Mr.. Foster is a practical politician,
while Mr.. Window was not. The Demo
Gratis do not criticize Mr.. Fosters ability
as a business man and financier, butsome Of
them express the fear that he will tura the
Treasury department into an immense
political machine, such as they say it was
under that other distinguishcdson Of Ohio,
John Sherman. The friends of the free
coinage of silver are not displeased with
the nomination of Mr.. Foster, although
they know him to be opposed to free coin
age. They say that they believe him to be
very conservative in all of his ideas, owing
TO his being a practical business man him.
self and they tiink that lie stands very
near where Mr.. Window stood On silver;
that is. he will favor the white metal as
much as possible under the present laws.
Of course they would have preferred that
a friend of free coinage should have filled
the position, bit they had no hope of that,
and are very we'll satisfied to know that a
single gold standard man was not selected.
Aside from political feeling Mr.. Fosters
nomination gives great satisfaction here,
where he has many warm personal friends,
made during the four terms be served IL
the House.
The bill making this Government the
endorser of 500. 900, 900 Of the bonds of
the Nicaragua Canal Company, has been
the cause u a somewhat spirited debate
in the 8 .nate. and strange to say its bit
| terest opponent aud its strongest defender
are b)ta D ,m ,crats, being respectively
Senators Vest and Morgan. The lobby
that has manipulated this bill has lone its
work well. 1t has surrounded it wi Ii
mystery and Senators upon the floor hint
at secret reasons for its passage in manner
that would be almost amusing if it did not
involve the possible loss of a very large
sum of money. For instance, Senator
Morgan, who is a member Of the commit
tee that unanimously reported it, said that
the reason for the committees pressing the
bill at this stage of the session, was its
great Importance and further that the com
mittee had no alternative. The question MS
naturally arise, why has it suddenly be
come SO i'm p%ortant?: and why did the com
| mittee have no aitern alive? There is Que
con ISOLATION, when the bill gets to the
House, which has no executive sessions to
nystifyths cplntry, there are members
who viii! insist On having these questions
| answered before voting to put more money
into a similar p~)sition as that Invested in
the Pacific railroads.
Tas D.mo3rAss in the Has, arc again
flibusteriug aud unless they stop, or the
Republicans get and keep a quorum OF
their own party here, extra session stoc k
will GO booming again. There's lots to be
done on the regular appropriation bills,
and there's very little time left to do it in.
1t is easy to tell that we are on the eve
of a Presidential campaign. All the usual
variations are being rung to chimes of
public opinion. Senator German is a can.
didate, Senator German is not a candidate;
Me-. Cleveland is a candidate, Mr.. Cleve.
land is not a candidate; Mr.. Harrison and
Mr.. Blaine ditto. ditto. These stories
serve their purpose by bringing out the
friends and enemies of the parties named,
and in that way really do have some effect
upon the prospects of the candidates. be
sides that, they make interesting reading
for the people.
A group of Farmers Alliance Represen-
tatives-elect which includes Jerry Simp-
son, may be seen at the Capitol daily.
They are learning the ROPES, and they ate
proving apt scholars.
The free coinage bill has been reported
adve -sely to the House, but the delay is
what has killed il. and not the adverse re-
port. Prominent Democrats are accused
of bad faith by the friends of free coinage.
WESTON.
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