The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-07-24
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WASHINGTON, July is, 1891
A great big scandal, involving, through
more than one OF ils members, the admin
isiratien, may be The outcome of The Ilats
business. II Il whispered In inside circles
here that the 0plaiona Of certain people :
the matter Il entirely too serious to use
names upon no better basis than rumor--
have been Influenced both for and against
the Chilian insurgents b. the receipt vi
large sums OF money, which has, accord
Ing 10 The story. been furnished BY certain
parties 10 New York who are heavily In
terested IN chilian commerce, and whose
business rivalry 10 thought by many TO be
AT The bottom OF all the trouble IN that
unfortunate country. certsin Il Is that
Baimaceda and the insurgents arc both
represented in Washington by shrewd
agents and lawyers, the latter Amerisaus,
and the appearances indicate that both
sides are well supplied with money and
that ai Ieast~one aide las paid big money
for the rlgh, TO use The columns OF certain.
newspapers. The administration Official
y recognizes only the BalmacedA govern.
ment but Senior Mott. the representative
here OF The chiIian insurgents, or as he
says, ",he only constitutional government
OF Chill" appears to be confident that the
ltaia will be released by the courts and
tnat the insurgents viii soon be recognized
by this government.
II is rather 40 odd coincidence that Src-
rotary Foster, the defender OF the ex.rav-
aganec OF the billlon.dollar congress, and
q man who has been precminent Ia his
party as spokesman, should have rcache
the same conclusion thar the late Hon
Samuel Randall, who as chairman Of The
committee on appropriations Of the House
Of Representatives made reputation for
honesty and economy in public expepdI-
tufes never surpassed, did IL to the adyIsn
bllity Of aboiishlng Gse out of the SIX audi
tors Offices OF the treasury department. be-
because OF the uselessncss of the work
done In those Offices. which consists almost
entirely ,of duplicating the work doae 10
the Offices Of the comptroilers of the treas
ury. Mr. Randall once drew up q bill 10
sbollsh these and some other useless
bureau of the treasury department, but
he found Il impossible to secure support for
II In congress, because Il meant large
reduction In the number Of clerks en-
ployed, which meant that much less pat
ronagc for the congressman. itwould be
an easy matter, we're congress 30 disposed,
TO cave nearly s., 100000 per year Ia this
one department, by taking up and carry
Ing oct Mr. Randall's original Idea, which
for some reason Mr. Foster has seen iit to
endorse.
P6oi Dyreniorth OF The agricultural de-
partmeni Is on his way 70 the most arid
section OF western Kansas. carrying with
him the balloons, kites, Dynamite bonds,
etc, with which he expects 10 obtain BY
explosions In The air copious fall Of rain
in that region, where rain Is unknown.
He has an appropriation OF $1,000 to
spend In experimenting.
Fourth Auditor Lynch, The negro who
with ex- Senator Bruce was given office In
exchange for Harrison delegation from
MississIppl, has just returned from that
state and reports that the contract has been
complied with. and that not only Missis-
sippl but the entire south will send soiid
Harrison delegation 10 the republican con-
vention, which cannot be broken. lie for
got 10 add: Unless some other candidate
disposed 10 spen barrel, In which case
the sonthcrn delegation can be stampeded
just as they have been In all previous re
publican national conventions.
Another negro, Fred Dougias-wiIl
soon be out Of Job, a, It Is sctni-oflicially
that he will no: so back TO
Hay .as minister. lie brcught with him
reciprocity treaty with Hayd which he
.bu. the administration for some
reason dnesu't seem proud OF Il.