The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-10-02
Washington Letter.

WASHINGTON, ID. {. Sept. 26th, 1891.
MIR. HARRISON has once more humbly
bowed down to the will OF a State boss,
and what made ii all the more humIha-
ting was that he had virtually snubbed
the same boss in the early days OF his
by Ignoring all of his sug-
gestions in the mnking of important APP
pointmentS, but that was before Mr..
Harrison was attacked with the second
term night-mare, which has made nm
truckle to men, such as Senator Quay,
for whom he must naturally feel the ut
most contempt. The boss who has won
the latest victory Il Mr.. NJ. H. DE
Young, of California who demanded
place in the Cabinet for his friend, Mr.
NJ. NJ Estee, rs the price Of the Califor-
mia delegation To the Republican Ma
tional convention next year. His de
mand was granted and Mr.. Estee Was
promised a place in the Cabinet when
the grand Shake-up, which Is to put
Secretary Proctor in the Senate and At
torney-General Miller on the bench,
takes place. 1t Is believed that Mr.. De
Young also insisted upon naming the
successor TO the late Mr.. Swift, who was
apDOlnltHu 10 bliC
wishes of Mr.. Estee and of boss De
Young, but il is not certain that he sue
ceeded.
Mr.. Wanamaker summoned the Dis
trict SupeHntendents of the Railway
Mail Service TO meet here this week in
order that they might have n chance to
answer the numerous complaints which
have been made against the service and
to devise some way of bettering the same,
and he will not forget to give each of
them confidential instructions before they
leave for their stations concerning the
part that the clerks in the Railway Mail
Service are expected to take in electing
or helping to elect Harrison delegates 10
the nominating convention.
The failure of the wealthy Republican
eX-Representative, 5. V. White, of New
York, better known as deacon" White,
has been much talked of here, where he
is well-known as a Congressman and Ia
ter as lobbyist for Wall street inter
ests. He was at the head of the lobby
that defeated Ben Butterworth's bill
against dealing in options on agIicultur-
al products during the last days of the
last session and as his failure was
brought about by his attempting to
corner the supply of September corn il
will be seen that if the bill which he
went to so much trouble, and spent 50
much money to defeat had become a
law he would still be a millionaire.
When he was in Congress he put a
''stockticker" in the corridor of the
House end of the Capitol building and
for few days he actually ran a branch
of his New York brokers Office in the
Capitol building, but as soon as Senator
Carlisle, who was then Speaker of the
House heard about it he had the whole
business cleaned out in short order.
Senator Ransom, of North Carolina,
looking as handsome as ever, dropped
into Washington this week, and as he
was just from home he was eagerly
questioned about the reported rise of a
third party in his State. "There is not, /"
the Senator said, .'and, in my judg-
ment there will not be third party in
North Carolina. The great body of the
Farmers Alliance are true, consistent
and patriotic Democrats, who will faith
fully stand by their party. There are a
few demagogues IN the Alliance who
would persuade the others to embrace a
third party, or, failing in that, will try
to get control of the Democratic party
for their own purposes, but be this rs it
may the Democratic party OF North
Carolina is solid and will remain so''
This does not tally with the reports OF
the speeches made by Col. Polk of the
National Farmers Alliance, but that i
so much the worse for Polk
Secretary Foster is preparing to go to
Ohio, where he proposes to take the
stump for the Republican ticket and to
assist in the political juggling with which
he is so familiar, and by which he hopes
to pull Mckinley and Republican legis-
lature through in spite of the real sen,
tlmentS of majority of the Ohio voters.
1t is only Civil Service reform admins
tratiOms that members of the Cabinet
are allowed to leave their duties TO go
upon the stump in State campaign.
The plums are dropping mighty slow
ly from the White House tree, and the
impatience among those standing with
uplifted faces and open mouths is get
ting worse and worse, and those of them
who have no votes 10 offer in exchange
are beginning to see that they are not
''in it,
The Blaine Republicans are, many OF
them, beginning to suspect that they are
being duped in the interest of Mr.. Har
Ii.on, and that there is some truth IL
the rumor that as soon as Mr.. Harrison
is certain that he has secured a sufficient
number of votes to make his defeat by
any one outside of Mr.. Blaine impossi
bic, Mr.. Blaine will make a forma
statement prohibiting the use of his OWL
name and declaring in Mr.. Harrison:
favor If he does there will be big
row in the party. NJ.