Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1891-12-11
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ty that it will get out before it is sent to
congress. 1t has not been sent to the
government printing Office to be put in
type and there is q possibility that it
may not 6" there at all, rs 1t is now
possible to duplicate each type written
page of it rs many times as may be de-
sired right III the White House, under
the eye of private Secretary Halferd
and Miss Sangar, the presidents conf
dent'al stenographer. Your corresron
dent is assured by one who knows that
the message is one Of the ablest ever
written and that it is particularly
strong IN matter with which partisan
politics should have nothing to do
The last week of the spcakershlp
fight begins with rush. Moro than
two hundred members of the house
have arrived within the last forty-eight
hours, which give the friends of the
several candidates material to work on.
Springer of Illinois, has the gautliest
headquarters and also the noisiest, III
though week ago he was not consider
ed Gin it" at all. Among his loudest
shouters are II quartctte Of IlIinoians
who held Office under the Cleveland
Observation-Disclosures Commits
sioner Black; Fred Winston, ex-minis-
ter to Persia; Lambert Tree, ex-minis-
ter to Belgium; and Adlai Stevenson,
eX-ilrst assistant postmaster general.
Henry George is lobbying all he knows
how for Mills, and he openly states he
is doing il because Mills is free trader.
Crisp's friends claim that he will he
nominated on the first ballot in the eau
Gus, but they will not back their claim
with cash, although men with sporting
procivities are anxious to give them
the opportunity of so doing. McMillin
says those who suppose he intends with
drawing will be disappointed. He may
not withdraw, but the prediction is
made that if upon amy ballot in the eau
Gus the votes he controls will be sutfi.
clent to nominate Mills they will go to
him. Jerry Simpson is declaring that
the alliance members will flock toceth
er outside the caucuscs of the old parties
but the indications are that Jerry will
find it very small flock, as the South
ern members will it is believed, 20 into
the democratic caucus-they are very
hungry set and it is only by going into
the caucus that they can get even a
little share Of the house patronage. 1t
is believed that Jerry himself car be in
duced to go into the democratic caucus
if the right sort of inducement is offer
ell. The caucus will be held next Sat
urday evening and the prediction is
made that if neither Mills nor Crisp is
nominated on one of the first three bal
lots some one of the other candidates
will win on the fourth or fifth ballot.
However, it is at best but guess work
Postmaster General Wannamaker
says that there is not the slightest
foundation for the statement being pub.
lished, as special correspondence from
New Orleans in as many of the big
newspaper us will sell their news col
umns, to the effect that the mails going
to that city are in demoralized condl-
ton owing to their being tampered with
by post-ofiicials. This letter is being
sent out and paid for by the notorious
Louisiana Lottery company, which
finds onc-thlrd Of its business gone
since the United States mails were, by
act of the last congress, closed to it and
its victims, and it takes this method of
trying to manufacture public senti-
ment against the law. Mr.. Wanamaker
says that the mails to and from New
Orleans are as free from government
interference as those to and from Phlla-
dclphia or any other city.
The treaty which has for several
weeks been in course of negotiation be-
tween this country and Hawaii has
been completed, signed by the represen-
tatives of the two countries and turned
over to the president, who will, if he
approves Of 1t, and it is thought that he
does, sign it and send it to the senate
tor ratification. The treaty has not "of
course" been made public, but it is mn
derstood that it will remove all barriers
in the shape Of customs duties in either
country from the trade between Hawaii
and the United States.
Whenever the Washington correspon
dent of a democratic newspaper runs
short Of legitimate news he sends off a
story about the contemplated removal
of some prominent republican official.
Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt
was the latest victim, but the story car
ried its own contradiction. 1t said that
the post office inspectors who had bssn
investigating Mr.. RoeseveIt's charges
against the Baltimore postoffics officials
mad recommended Mr.. Reoevelts dis
mlssal. Such riciculous assumption
! Of authority is unheard of, Ths only
nth in this stery is that the inspectors