Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-09-17
Washington Letter.
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Washington, Sept. II. 1891.

/ Harrlson's guest at Cape May Point
within week. has not. except in a
general way. yet given any consider
\ alton to the selection of q successor to
7 Secretary Proctor, nor is it probable
/ that he viii for several weeks to come.
/ There are other things occupying his
attention at present, and there is no
good reason for his being in hurry to
pick out new Secretary of War. My
own impression is that two new mem
bers Of the Cabinet will be appointed at
the same time, and that the appoint
ment will not be made until late in DC
tober, possibly not until November"
The gentleman declined to name the
other member of the Cabinet who he
believes will resign. but there are rea-
sons for believing that it is Attorney
General Miller, who is thought to be
booked for one of the new Circuit Court
judgeships, although he refuses to dis
cuss the subject.
Secretary Blaine will return to his
duties at the State department not later
than the first of October. Word was
received at his Washington residence
this week to get it ready for the family
at once. This will be very unpleasant
news for the ghouls who have labored
so industriously through the summer
just passed to kill him, but to the thou
sands of patriotic Americans who adj
mire his manly way of conducting our
foreign affairs it Will be most welcome
newsg
The board of managers of the Nation
al Homes for Disabled Volunteer Sold
iers is holding q meeting here this week.
The board is composed of the following
gentlemen: Gen. w. b. Franklin, of
Connecticut. president, Cen Martin f.
Mcmahon, of New York, secretary, Gen.
w. j Sewell, New Jersey; Gen. John
c. Black, Illinois tex Commissioner of
Pensions) Gen. Alfred l.. Pearson,
Pennsylvania; Gen. James Barnett,
Ohio; Gen. Francis Fessenden. Maine;
Col. John l.. Mitchell, Wisconsin; Mai.
f. N Morrill,, Kansas; Maj George w.
Steele Indiana.
Representative Mills seems TO be get
ting alarmed at his Speakership pros
poets and his friends in their efforts to
secure eastern support for him have
been giving 1t out that his ideas about
the free coinage of silver have lately I'M
dergone a change and that he may IN
the near future write letter defining
his position on the subject And they
hint that in that letter he will take
position very near to that occupied by
Mr.. Cleveland on the same question.
The question of he seizure of the
CHILEAN steamer Itata, which many
people feared might become a serious
as well as an expensive one, has been
happily settled, at conference held
here. with Secretary Foster and Attor-
ney General Miller representing this
Government, and ex-Mayor Grace, of
New York. and Messrs. Mont, Foster
and Trumbul the new Gillian govern
ment. Under the agreement reached
the Itata is to be turned over to the
CHILEAN government and the case
against her for violating our neutrality
laws noile prOsed in the courts, and the
Gillian government is to pay to the
United States sum equal to the expen-
SEES of the cruiser Charleston in making
the chase after the Itata This is a very
satisfactory ending of The matter, much
more so than If the Gillian government
had made a demand for heavy damages
on account of the seizure.
The State department has been of1ic-
iallv notified that Denmark. which fol-
lowed Germany in excluding American
pork. has followed the same example in
removing restrictions upon its import
alton, and is now prepared to admit all
that may be shipped there accompanied
by the United States certificate of in
spection. Secretary Rusk is not doing
much talking about his triumphs, but
his friends are sho lting as they have a
right to do, for to him more than any
other one man is due the credit for the
meat inspection law, without which the
restrictions upon the importation of
American pork would not have been re-
moved by Germany or by Denmark.
The Secretary is hopeful that France
will follow suit and remove the restric-
tons upon the importation before the
close of this year.
There is to be another vacancy on the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
Judge Thomas Nj. Cooley, of Michigan,
bavipr raS;UnaI on aoonpnt of continued