The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-08-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.

"Help me Cassius, or sink,'' was the sub
stance of communication from Mr.. Mckinley.
of ohio m tho National Incentive Committee
of The rannblican marty. which met here this
wsak Tha STOW as itis told here ia that Mr..
aneal 70 the com.
~,;t+oo g.. -, 80, of r,orav 70 be nsed in
ohio can,noion snd tb AZ be sent ALONG with if a
very broad intimatiop that nnless if was forth
coming the iir was mn with both himself and
tba lag;si..nro Of thot Stoto Nc ia also said to
have SUGGESTED IN ot ~ committee might easily
raise the money bv nntting the screws on the
manufacturers snecisllv beneftted by his tariff
hill And that was NOT tho onlv anneal for
monev nrasentad to tho COMMITTEES Mr. CLARK.
son to,d h;s colloorr,as hot nnIasso rood sized
barreI of cash WAS rolled into town that State
xeuld take its nlace nermanentlv in the demo-
crstic co,pn,n ard sacratarv Fassatt nresented
,ills co. !. .onsiaa,al ar,o,,n+ le,+ ,,nn.id from
los. vaar,s disastrous campaiqn Rut these
,yoro minor thinos snd excited bnt little inter-
es, comparaa with tho resiqnation of Ouay not
o,,v as cho;rman of tho txvo committees hat as
a ,,ouhor Of tho National Commi,tee and the
...-.o.. e 1l,Io, os Traos,,ra, of both
oo-r.-,,;..oo, r.oro 20 ,ood doc I of nretend-
a., roorot at be;no comnelled To accent these
ras;onatio,s and bieb living resolutions were
adonted referrinp to both of them which will
nrabsb,v he regard. nv the retiring officials as
:. .vindications,,
Mr. Harrison tried to stem the Blaine tide
which controls the republican committee by ap.
nointinp one of its members-J. Sloat Fassett
of New York-te be Collector of the port of
New York. in nlace of Erhardt whose resigna-
tion has been accepted. Harmony Of the mon
kew and parrot Kind is prevalent in the Treas
ury department lust now At least three of
Secretary Fosters most important subordnates
would hail with pleasure the news that he had
resigned. and they would resign themselves if
IL wasn't for the fact of their having to give up
their salaries if they did. The subordinates
mentioned are Assistant secretary Grouse,
Treasurer Nebeker and immigration Commits
sioner Owens, all of whom are recent arrivals
at the government trough, The trouble with
the first two is that Mr.. Foster with the warn
ing of the Raum case fresh in his mind refused
to allow them to appoint their sons to be their
private secretaries. and Mr. Owens is disgrunt-
led because his opinion that Welch tin-plate
workers could be brought to the United States
under contract without violating the alien con-
tract labor law has been repudiated by the Sec.
retary who has written another letter to the
party who made the enquiry, stating that the
department was not prepared at this time to
answer hypothetical questions such as the one
propounded 1t is said that Mr.. Foster also
took occasion 10 give Mr.. Owens a very sharp
lecture on the duties of subordinate officials
Mr.. Wannamaker has led a delegation of AL
abamians. headed by Senators Morgan and
Pu0h tn believe that he would fayorabIy con-
slider their request to make Mobile one of the
norts from which sntsidized line of steamships
will run to South America.
With a great flourish of trumpets the an
nouncement is made that a reciprocity treaty
has been negotiated with the mighty republic
nj San Dominpo which will go into effect Sep
tember 1st
Members of the administration have already
began to discuss the ways and means of raising
the money that it will be absolutely necessary
Tn have in the near future to meet pension paw