The Monitor., 1891-05-08
WASHINGTON Eerser.
frrom our regular correspondeni.l
WASHINGTON. Nav 4. 1891.

Washington, May 4, 1871.
Much speculation has been in
dulsed in as to which o: the Speaker
ship cand ddates would be the recip-
lent Of the votes of the representatives
who belong to the farmers Alliance. and
whether tbey would all vote together. The
Alliance Representatives, have as rule
fought shy of expressing their preferences,
If they had any, contentiug themselves
with saying that they proposed supporting
the candidate who was willing to make the
most concessions to their principles; but
Representative Edmnnds, OF Virgiuii, Who
is here for day or two looking after the
interests of some of his constituents, is
more oatspoken than any Alliance man
with whom have talked. He said: am
| for Crisp. He is one of the ablest men ia
the House, aud he has pre- eminently ali
the qualifications that should be looked
for in the Speaker of the next House" !"
Mr.. Edmunds is Democrat, as well as an
alliance man, aud he will attend the DEM
ocra,ic CAUCUS, aud will ofcourse be bound
by its decision. II it be true, as l have
been informed, that the liquor dealers of
fight upon the candidacy oil Representative
Crisp because of his being irohibitionist,
i. is probable that the Alliance men may
all be inclined to support him, as nearly
all of them are advocates OF temperance
aud natural opponents of the dealers in
Intoxicating liquors. Sill it is a serious
question whether any man can be ELECTED
who is opposed by the whiskey men, so
great an influence do they command in our
politics.
The American Medical Association will
me, in annual convention here tomorrow.
| There will be m IRE than thousand regu-
larly credited delegates, and it is expected
that there ill be- about three times as
| will last four days.
| B,hring Sea has been for several days
the sutj .ct of many rumors, probably be-
csuse of the fact that the sealing season
will be open in few days. But little is
known positively of the present status of
the matter, hence the rnmors. The special
| agents Of the Treasury Department have
recommended that all sealing be stopped
for one or more seasons, to prevent ex-
tiuction of the seals, and Sir ulian Pauuce-
fote, the British minister, h as intimated
that his governm ent would agree TO that
| If the Unit,d States would see that its cit
izens caught no seals. But this PROPOSE
ton is violently opposed by the North
American Fur Company, the present
lessees of the sealing privilege. which de-
nies that there is scarcity of seals. Sec.
retary Foster has sent j. Stanley Brown.
once the private secretary of President
Gufield, to examine aud report to him the
condition OF the seals. Secretaries Blaine
| aad Foster have had several conferences
on this matter. and it is said thai they are
not in entire accord thereon.
The follow ing payments have been made
under the act providing for reimbursne
the states that paid the d;recs tax Levied
! in 1861: To Arkansas, $f5G 272 G5; Cali.
fornia, s20S 246 50; Colorado, $2a 1S9 O6,
| Delaware, so. II! o.; Illinois, 1856 760 GO:
| Indiana, s7l9 li4 03; X ,nsas, $69, 9Sl IS.
VI M,ine. 1851 20. 10; ,ssachnsetts, s696.-
t07 sS; Michigan. sl29, SGj &C; Minnesota
sS6 0a3 -; Missoari. $546 95S %; NV
Hampshire, slsl s0l 02; Nsw Jers V. s3s2-
6l3 SO; NV York. s. 2l3, $50 SO; North
Carolina, 1917 S35 43; 0 iio, 81 33s 025. 90,
and Tennessee, S395 OLE OF.
| The Treasury Department is taking
steps to have the new immigration Law
strictly enforced, and Assistant Secretary
Nettleton, who speut last week in New
York observing its work ings. thinks that
it will Prove very beneficial by shutting
out an undesirable class of immigrants.
| The recently concluded agreement-not
treaty, as SO many newspapers have called
| it-with Spain, giving us trads reciprocity
with Cuba and Porto Rico, is in Mr.
Biaine's possession, but it will not be made
public until after Mr. Harrison returns.
But as it is based upon the reciprocity
| clause OF the Mckinley tariff act, it can.
not differ materially from the one made
with Brazil.
Secretary Foster says there is no danger
of a deficit in the Treasury, and that his
decision to continue the four and half
per cent. bonds that will mature next Sep
tember at per cent, was ouly because he
thinks he can save money for the Treasury
by SO doing. Democrats still insist that
| there will be de felt WESTON.
|