Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-08-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, August IA, 1891.

WASHINGTON, August IA, 1891.
Chairman Clarkson says that it is a mis-
take to suppose that the national execu-
tive committee proposes to take an active
part in the state campaigns this year, as it
has no such intention, and il it had be
should not have accepted the chairman
ship, because be had already laid out a
programme in connection with the educs-
tional work OF the national league of Re
publican clubs. of which he is president,
that will fully occupy his time for the rest
of this year. OF course the clubs in the
league will actively work during the cam
paign in their respective states during the
present year, and their influence is expected
to be ielt to a greater extent than ever be-
fore.
1t has been charged by those who know
nothing about the subject that under the
present administrator there has been q
great reduction in the per capita circula-
tion of money. Wild talk proves nothing,
by the books Of the treasury department:
In $50 the amount per capita in circuls-
tion was Sl3.s5; in s65, $50. SO; in 1885,
S23. .O2; while on the first of January 1891
it WAS S24.1O. which was larger than ever
before in our history. Owing to heavy
shipments of gold tn foreign countries dur
ing the present year it had, on the first OF
this month, slightly decreased, being
S2337.
An attempt is being made by the South
ern Democrats tn get mp a combination
boom for German and Gray, but there
seems to be too many "G's" in it to suit
those who favor either Cleveland or Hill.
and in spite of &C. standing for go" and
good it is not probable that the double
&c" ticket will be good enough to GO to the
front.
Pension payments during the first four
days of August aggregated $500, 600,
which was divided between the agencies at
New York, Philadelphia, Topeka, Indian
apolis, Knoxville, and Louisville.
Navy department officials are not dis
posed to brag about the last test made t
Annapolis of the efficiency OF certain
classes of projectiles in penetrating or de-
stroying armor, in fact, they will not talk
about it all, further than to say that the
ttShS NtTt very au' ehoe '"Ns
ha We added much to their knowledge; but
from other sources il is learned that the
experiments fully demonstrated the Tact
that the United States has in it's posses
sion the guns and the projcctiIcs toInake IL
more than IA match for any power in the
world either on sea or land. IL has a pro-
iectile that can easily knock any armored
few minutes time. These facts are cousid
cred to be very encouraging for while we
do not wish to fight any nation, every
patriotic American is glad to know that
we have the means OF enforcing the respect
of the world, and the knowledge that we
are prepared to use those means, if neces-
sary, will go a long ways in making other
nations so act towards us that there will
be no occasion to use them.
With their usual love of misrepresentation
the Democrats have now starred a story
that the friends of Secretary Blaine will
not give Maj. Mckinley cordial support.
There isn't an iota of truth in the story
as it is well-known fact that neither Mr..
Blaine nor those Republicans known as his
friends have ever done any party sulking
notwithstanding that Mr.. Blaine WAS made
a victim by reason Of that propensity in
Others in Ssh.