The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-07-02
wAsHINGT On LETTER.
WASHINGTON, June %. 1891.

The national Democratic committee
has, according to private and trust.
worthy information, decided that it will
be useless to fight Major Mckinley in
Ohio, as its agents report his election as
certain, 60 matter who may be put up
against him. Therefore the committee
IS engaged 10 mapping out programme
for its party in that State, whereby it
hopes to gain United States Senator
and to throw brand of discord into the
Republican national convention next
year. This is. in short, to trade votes
for Mckinley for votes for Democratic
candidates for the legislature, and to
spend all the money that can be raised in
the doubtful Legislative districts. BY
this method it hopes to secure Demo.
cratic successor to Senator Sherman, and
to give Major Mckinley such phenome-
nal majority for governor as so to bring
him prominently forward as a Presiden.
tial candidate, in the hope that its can.
didacy may arouse antagonisms in the
Republican party that will jeopardise its
success next year. "Forewarned is
il forearmcd, as far as the legislature is
concerned, and the Ohio Republicans
may be trusted to take care of that"
said a member of the administration to
me, land as far as the Presidential Fart
OF the scheme is concerned, the delegates
to the next Republican national conven.
ton will, as they always have done,
nominate the man who is, all things
considered, the most available at the
time, and its work will be enthusiastic
cally ratified by the party. Republican
conventions have always differed from
those of their opponents, in that they
have never been dominated by any one
man or one set of men. ="
Senator Hale is in Washington, and he
brings the best news concerning Secre.
tary Blaine's health. He thinks that by
fall the secretary will be prepared 10
resume his duteswith all of his old.time
vigor. 1t must not be supposed that
because Secretary Blaine is away he has
given up the direction of the department
of State, because he has done no such
thing. Nothing of any Importance con.
corning the affairs of his department has
been done since he left here without con.
sulting with him and obtaining his ad-
vice and consent. BY being away he
has simply avoided the thousand and
one essential details with which he would
have to bother if he was here, and some
things were postponed which might have
been done had he remained here.
The President, who went to Cape
May Point with Mrs. Harrison and the
children last week, is expected to return
to Washington tomorrow or next day.
in order to take up some important ques-
tions and a cabinet meeting has been
called for Friday to which these ques-
lions are to be submitted. As most of
Them relates to the treasury department,
Secretary Foster, who is now in Ohio,
will return in time to attend.
The North American Commercial
which is the present lessee of
The Alaskan sealing privilege, has filed a
protest in the treasury department
lgainst the recent agreement with Eng
,land limiting its catch of seals during
he present season to seven thousand five |
1t has also given notice of
lain amounting to four hundred thou. |
and dollars which it will present against
he government for not allowing it to |
AXE the number of seals mentioned in |
he contract during the season of 1890.
t is expected that claim equally as
arge or larger will be set up against the
overnment on account of its losses
uring the present season. 1t cannot of
curse be said ut this time what will be |
lone about these claims, but from opin-
ons expressed by Secretary Blaine and
ther members of the administration last |
ear when the question of limiting the |
atch of seal first came up, it is fair to
,fa hot lba nI, 80
the company to the amount
f its actual expenditure, which will fall
ar short OF the amount named.
An attempt has been made and is still
icing made to have the impression go out
hat the administration does not wish
Major Mckinley elected governor of
ohio. Nothing could be further from
he truth. The President and every
member of the cabinet is anxious for and
of the election of Mckinley,
md they will each and every one of them
10 everything that can be consistently
lone to make his majority as large as
possible. There are no jealousies among
he Republican leaders, and no amount
If Misrepresentation can engender them.
The tin plate liar has turned his atten.
ion to the treasury department, and all
orts of stories are being invented about
here being a deficit therein. There is
10 deficit and no danger of one. There
8 surplus, and now that the heaviest
due for some time have been
made it will grow very rapidly.
REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.