The Russellville Democrat., 1891-05-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Pending Farther Negotiations Nc Seals are to be Taken From Bshrins
 Sea This Season.
CONDITION or THE TREASURY
First Mutteripgs of . storm in the Ranks of the Republican Party-Report of the Nsw Orleans
 Grand Jury.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9.

of Mir. Biaine's jingoism as to our
 rights in the Behring Sea that we are
 to humbly back duwnf That's the
 talk here now. According to my in
 formation Mir. Blaine has discovered
 that we have nothing to arbitrate,
 anc that Russia never set up any
 such claims as he has done when she
 was the owner of Alaska, and does
 not now recognize that the United
 Ststes has any such rights. As the story goes, as soon as Mr. Blaine saw that we had not the slightest show under the proposed arbitration,
 he began to search for hole toscravl out of with as little loss of dignity as
 possible. He began then to lay the
 wires for triple international agree.
 ment between the United States, Russia and England, for the preven- ton of the indiscriminate killing of seals in Behring Sea, and now, 1t is said, that pending further negotia. tions no seals are to be taken at all
 this season. Officials st the state and treasury departments refuse to either coufrm or deny this story.
 A whole week has gone by with out 8 new and entirely different statement from the preceding one of the condition of the treasury having been given out. Last week there were three or four of them
 Mum is the word now, while
 the secretary and his expert account
 ants are preparing the figures for the
 presto veto-change statement which, if 1t meets with Mir. Harrison's ap. proval, and of that there's little doubt, is to be given to the public on the 1st of June. The intention is to follow Republican precedent by manipulating the trust funds in the monthly statement of the national debt in such way as to show large available surplus where practically none exists.
 The first mutterings of storm in the ranks of tie Republican party are being heard here. So far Mir. Harrison has apparently had it all his own way in his march toward second nomination, and none of his party have seen fit to attempt to make any organized opposition to him, but squalls are ahead for him. This week Representative Farquhar, of New York, has openly stated here his belief that Harrison could not possibly be elected, and an Indiana Republican of prominence has said that Harrison could not carry that state. These are straws showing the drift of Republican sentiment.
 The Blaine men can not be kept down much longer; they hate Harri- son, and every time that Russell Harrison's newspaper, in its silly at- tempts to make glory for Harrison, casts slur upon Blaine that hatred is intensified. These men would rather see Democrat elected than have to stand Harrison for another four years, and, mark the prediction, in six months they will be shouting that sentiment from the housetops. Mir. Blaine may be perfectly willing that Mir. Harrison should be re- -nomi- mated, although have serious doubts of it, but his friends are not. They hope, of course, to nominate Blaine, whether he consents or not, but they are determined, as will be seen before long, that iL any event Harrison shall not be the nominee, if they can pre- vent it, and they think they can. There's music ahead as sure as you are born, and with good management the Democrats can march to victory keeping time with it.
 If the opinion of leading members of the party az expressed here lately have any influence with the Demo- cratic caucus of the house of repre- the next speaker of the house will certainly be Southern man. These gentlemen have argued that the South Is entitled either to the spsakership or to place on the national ticket, and that it would be better politics to give it the speaker ship. If Southern man is to be speaker it will probably be either Representative Crisp, of Georgia, Mills, of Texas, or McMillin, of Tennes- see. Either one of them would suit me, therefore I can speak of their chances without prejudice. Mir. Mills was largely in the lead month before the adjournment of congress, but it now looks as if Mir. Crisp was and were it not for the liquor dealers national orgsniz stion, which, it is stated here, will bitterly fight him, 1 should select him as the win ner. Mir. McMillin has surprised 6 good many people by developing more strength than he had been credited with, but his only hope of winning is in the event of pro- tracted struggle between the two first named candidates. which many shrewd observers are now predict ing as certain to occur.
 Government officials decline to ex- press any opinion for publication on the report of the New Orleans grand jury on the lYnching of the Italians,