The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-10-16
ashingtoB Letter.

WASHINGTON, ID. {. Oct, 10th, 1891.
Mr.. Harrison, who snubbed Mr.. j. ;.
Clarkson most numerically, according
TO Republican authority suddenly dis
covered the greatness which that gentle
man carries concealed somewhere about
his person, and, presto change! Mr..
Clarkson is the sole companion of long
Presidential drives and has the honor of
being dined at the White House. 1t IS
but a repetition of the old, old
story circumstances alters cases "
When Mr.. Clarkson was a very sore
headed minor official, mad because the
newly elected President refused to have
him in his cabinet, Mr.. Harrison who
had not then began to think of a renom-
ination, did not hesitate to let 1t be
known how little he thought Clarkson
amounted to; but now things have
changed, Mr.. Clarkson is Boss of the
National Committee of his party, and
even some people do say that his boss
is Quay. Mr.. Harrison regards him as
being of sufficient importance TO be con-
ciliated at the present stage of the game,
and Mr.. Clarkson seems in no way 10th
to being conciliated, and Senator Quay
has left the Pennsylvania campaign long
enough to come to Washington to see
what there is s'in it, for him.
The eyes of Methodlsts all over the
world are now turned towards Washing
ton. The Ecumenical conference of that
church, with delegates from every sec
ton of the world began two weeks ses-
sion here Wednesday. The first of the
conferences was held ten years ago in
London.
The gossips now have it that Califor-
mia and New Hampshire are certain of
the cabinet appointments, and that Mr..
Estee and exGov. Cheny are the men
who have been selected. The first is
backed by VI. II. De Young, the Cali
fornia boss" and the last by Senator
Chandler, the once-was and would-be-
again New Hampshire "boss.
The acting Governor of Arizonia Ter
ritory in his annual report to the Secre-
tary of the Interior presents an array Of
facts and figures in favor of the assump-
, ton of Statehood by the Territory that
ought to convince any unprejudiced per
son. but she Will have to wait until the
Democrats get control of the Senate be-
fore she can be admitted to the Union.
The Republican Senators will not vote TO
admit any Territory unless absolute
proof is presented to them that the new
State will vote for the &. O. p.
The Republican national committee
will meet at Washington November 20,
for the purpose of formally electing
! boss Quay as chairman of the commit
tee, and to ratify ''boss" Clarkson' s
choice of the time and place for holding
/ the nominating convention next year.
! "Satan rebuking sin," or in more
/ homely phraseology "the kettle calling
! the pot black, must have been tn ought
of by the delegation of New York mer-
chants to whom Secretary Foster was
posing one day this week as the mon
partisan, business Secretary of the Treas
j ury." 1t was sight that ought to have
J made the very stone pillars of the Treas-
ury building fall down in amazemeni
when Secretary Foster gravely informed
I these shrewd New Workers that there
! were more than fifty collection districts
throughout the country that might bs
! abolished without detriment to the ser
i vice, and at an annual saving of severa
! hundred thousand dollars, but that ht
! was poweriess in the matter. because tn,
! wicked politicians want the Government
:
/ What Mr.. Foster said is true enough as
+ far as the Collectors of Customs go, but i
/ will be difficult for him to convince those
/ who know him that he wishes to abol
( ish them. But from the fact that he men
( toned ten districts III Maine and eigh
. in Massachusetts that ought to be abol
ished it looks to "a man up tree" a:
if the politicians" he wanted to fright
en- were the anIi-Harlison Senators anc
| Representatives from Maine and MasSa
chusetts. If they will promise to worl
for Harrison delegations to the Nationa
convention they will probably find it an
easy matter to convince" Mr.. Fostel
! that all of those collection districts art
as necessary to the country as they ar.
to the aforesaid Senators and Representa
tives.
Mr.. Harrison told delegation of Phil
adelphia friends of Minister Egan tha
the administration would vigorously sup
port Mr.. Egan in the performance of
his duties. This is rather ambiguous
inasmuch as all of the misunderstanding
which has existed between Mr. Egar
and the Chilian government appears t.
have been caused by his doing thing:
outside of his duties, at least that is the
substance of the charges which. have
been made against him, and which are
expected to be proven by documents now
on the way here. 1t may be shown thai
he has been guilty of things that the ad
ministration, much as ii may sympa
thize with him, will not dare to support
him in. NJ.