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WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsEixoroN, d. C.. July -. 1901.

or the Itats business Il 10 whispered in
inside circles here that the opinlons Of
certain people the matter 70 entirely
too serious 10 use names upon no better
basis than rumor have been Influenced
both Tor aud against The Gillian tneur-
geuts By the receipt Of large eums Of
money. which hiss, according 90 the
story. been furnished by certain parties
N New York Who ere heavily inter-
Gated 10 CHILEAN commerce, and whose
business rivalry Il thought BY many To-
BE- q the bottom Of al the trouble 10 lhst
unfortunate country. Certain u % that
Balmaceds and the insurgeuts are both
represented IN Washington BY ohrewd
agents and lawyers. the latter Amer
icans, and the Appearances Indicate that
both sides are veil supplied with money
and that q least one side has paid BIG
money for the right % nee The news col
ums Of certain newspspsrs The admin
istratiou ofacially recognizes only the
Balmsceda government. but Senior
Mont, The representative here Of the
Chiliau Insurgents. or, - he says, "thel
only constitutional government Of
Chilli" sppears 70 be confident that the
Ilata viii = released By the c0urts and
that tho iueorgents will oO0u b recog-
nized BY this government.
II Il rather % odd coincidence that
Seer etary Foster. the defender Of the ex y
trsvagance OF the billion dollar Con-
Rreas. and . man who has been pr0mi-
nent Ia his party - spoilsma0, should
have reached the same conclusion that
the late Hon. Samuel J. Randall, who -
chairman Of the Committee on Appro-
priations Of the House Of Representa-
lives made : reputation for honesty and
economy In public expenditures never
surpassed, did q to the advissbility VI
abolishlng i've out Of the elk Auditors
lofIices OF the Treasury department, be-
Icsuse OF the uselessness Of the work
done 10 those ofices, which consists Al
most entirely Of duplicating the work
/ done n The Offices Of the ComptroIlers Of
1.-The Treasury. Mr.. Randall once drew
Iup bill to abolish these, and some other
| useIese bureaus OF the Treasury depart.
meut, but be found u impossible TO &C.
lcure support for Il 10 Congress. becsuse
lie meant large reduction 10 The number
Of clerks employed, which meant that
much less patronage for the Congress-
men. Il would b. an easy matter, were
Congress 90 disposed. to save nearly
| 81 100000 per year 10 this one depart
me0t, by taking up and carrying out Mr.
Randalls original idea, which for some
resson NJ. Foster has seen ditto endorse
| There hes been hitch Ia mixing pub
Lie the echodule for The % bsidized lines
of steamships. which wss promised for
lat week By NJ. Wanamakes. lt Il still
liz the hando Of Mr. Harrison. who took
lit Tor revision before leaving Washing
Ilon. and those who ought 70 know say
THAT the trouble hes been that oil the
Icon fereuces between Mr.. Hsrrioon and
Nr. Wanamaker have been taken up BY
1.-The latter's trying 70 make pIsto 70 The
Iformss just what bic connection bed
been With the wrecked Keysl0ne Bsnk
lof Philadelphia; and they ~ that Mr.
Harrison hao eubjected Ar. Wannamakol
ito much more rigid cross examination
than the committee 10 Philadelphis did
THE republicans claim In public that Mr.
WannemsEe s'r several exp Iansti0ns hsve
lcom pletely ex0nersted him but among
themselves they are not quite 90 sure
shout Il, and many Of them predict that
liz 10 going TO give The party lots q
trouble. particularly In Pennsylvania
Il IL certainly M affair to Re deeply re-
lgretted. not only by Mr.. Wsnnsmakeri
personal aud political friends, but BY tbs
public st large.
il Prof Dyrenforth. Of the Agriculture
Department, IL on his way to the mos
arid section OF western Kansas. carrying
with him the balloons, kites, dynsmit
lb0mbs, ETC.. with which he expects q
, Iobtain BY explosions 10 the cir copi0u
Ifsll Of rain IN thst region. where rain
unknown. He has en- appropriation o
% 600 70 spend 10 experimenting.
!. Fourth Auditor Lynch, the negro VIII
with ex-senator Bruce was given ofEic
liz exchange for Harrison delegation
,, from Mississippi, has just returned from
.. THAT State, and reports that the cOntrac
! Ihas been complied With, and that no
Ionly Mississippi but the entire Sout
. will send solid Harrison delegation {
.. the republican convention, which CO
: mot be broken. He forgot TO add: Uu
Iless some other candidate IL disposed {
|opeu . barrel, 10 which case the south
|ern delegstioa can b slampeded. jost .
They have ben 10 al previous republl
{ lcao nsslosal eoeventloss.
Fl Another negro, Fred. Douglass, vi
= eOOO Dc Out VI JOOs - " - o6u1
!. lofYicially announced that he will mot 2
back to Hay Il. . minister. He brongt
: vita him reciprocity treaty with Hav
which be negotiated, but the I'd ministra
Ition for some reason doesn't seem prou
loft
The silver coinage question, with th
Threatened break away Of the fsrmin
and labor elements II tree coinage IL ~
adopted, 10 giving the admin istrstioI
and for that matter. the leaders Of bot
parties here. more anxiety than any pt
llitical question since the tariff policies I
each OF the parties vas determined
The republicans are fully committe
against free coinage, and their effor
now are TO secure : division In q
democratic ranks, % that they will ~
be compelled TO meet the question befOl
the voters In the next campaign.
click plan, truly. &. A. 8.
Childrea Cry toe Pitchers CaslorIa.