Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-05-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Iron our regular cors.pOpdep..l |
wAsH1NoroN, May 4, IssI.

Secretary rosters recent allege0 Tree
and frank discussion of the condition OF
the Treasury Of the United States is the
forerunner ofsome Republican juggling
with the figures purporting to represent
the condition OF the Treasury that will
probably take place as soon as Mr.. Har-
rison returns to Washington, that Is,
IN the next statement Of the public
debt, which will be made public June
/. Mr.. Foster proposes TO change the
form of that statement, for the evident
purpose Of showing fictitious amount
of cash available. II will not be the
first time by many that the condition
of the Treasury department has been
falsified by official figures. Old timers
will recall the Congressional investiga-
ton which brought out the fact that
during one year, 1870, 1 think, nine
Treasury ledgers showed 2,527 erasures
and that several entire leaves were cut
out of two ledgers, all caused by the
efforts to make the books accord with
the falsifed statements prepared to
mystify the public. shouldn't Won
der il the House of the fifty-second
Congress didn't do little investiga-
ting of Mr.. Fosters figures.
The Treasury department offers to
send all the email silver that the banks
in any section Of the country will take,
free of carriage, which, IL the banks
take any considerable quantity, will be
a mighty fat thing for the United States
express company, of which ex-senator
("me too") Tom. Platt, of New York,
is the controlling spirit. Perhaps Mr..
Foster did not think of benefiting the
New York Republican boss when he
Matched up this scheme, and then
again perhaps he did. This mixing of
business and politics is striking trait
of the Republican party.
This same thing, mixing business and
politics, has brought about disagree
ment between Secretaries Blaine and
Foster. Mr.. Blaine doesn't want the
of seals stopped for year, be-
cause a number of his personal. friends,
"Steve" Elkins, have in
vested their money in the North
Fur company. which is the
present owner of the sealing privileges
in Behring Sea, and Foster, who believes
the seals are about to be exterminated,
would like to have it stopped. In the
meantime the British Minister is in
sisting that Mr.. Blaine do something
definite. Taken altogether this matter
Is in very interesting stage and it will
no one here il 1t develops some
highly sensational features before long.
The payments on account of the. Di-
rect tax act 70 date amount to $9, 1884,
734. 80.
The presence of three candidates for
McMillin of Tennes-
ee, Bynum of Indiana, and Springer
)f Illinois-made q good deal of talk
around the hotels during the last two
lays. Mr.. McMillin has been travelling
n the Eastern States for several weeks |
md am told by friend of his that he
secured pledges of support from quite
of Representatives in that Sec |
Jon. hear that Kerr, of Pennsylva-
lia, has dead clinch on the Clerkship |
If the House, having received pledges |
enough to make his nomination by the |
caucus certain. am inclined to think |
hough that many of these pledges are
contingent upon the election of the |
Speaker.
Representative Edmunds, Of Virginia,
Who is Democrat farmers Alliance
nan, was in town long enough Satur-
lay to commit himself to Crisp for
speaker.
The oldest freak in the way of q
'umor that has turned up here for some
lime was the one that was hatched out, |
from nowhere. Saturday
to the effect that Mr.. Har-
.ison had somewhere, at some time.
minated to somebody that he did
lot think that the bench ought to be
on a pronounced political
)asis, and that he proposed appointing
hree or four Democrats when the new
United States Circuit Court judges were
named. That's very rich. When Mr..
Harrison nominatss Democrat to q |
the Millennium will certainty
nave arrived, and as far as the strongest |
glass can see there are no signs of it yet. |
1t is expected that the National Asso-
,iation of Democratic Clubs, which, its
3ecretagy tells me, is booming, will
Ihortly establish permanent headquar-
;ers in this city, and it is hoped that the
National committee will do likewise.
When Secretary Proctor goes into the
Senate I shall not be surprised to see
.wo new cabinet officers. as it is known
hat Secretary Noble would gladly lay |
lown his, portfolio If he could get one
If the new judgeships, and that Mr..
Harrison would like to have better
politician at the head of the Interior