Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-28
while be was in town this week.


Commissioner Raum, on account of the
forced resignation Of bis son and name
sake Of the Office of assistant chief clerk
of the Pension Office because of some
peculiar financial transactions in which
he was mixed up. The Commissioner
stoutly asserts his belief in the limo
cence of bis son, and bis belief that the
trouble is only part of the conspiracy
to bring discredit upon him and upon
the Pension bureau. 1t is a very un-
fortunate occurrence. and should be q
warning to public men not TO appoint
their young sons to important positions
under themselves. Such appointments
ere almost certain to make trouble of
some kind.
Peru has sent new minister here
for the express purpose of trying to
negotiate a reciprocity agreement SINH
lar TO that which recently went into
effect with Brazil Nothing will be done
until Seer, tary Blaine returns.
Ex.Repreaentative Bayne, Of Penn
sylvania, who declined a certain re-
election to Congress, IS here, and as
usual be has some positive political
opinions. He says of the administra-
ton President Harrison is giving us a
clean, safe business ike administration;
one that has added materially to our
prosperity and that promises years of
more generally distributed plenty than
any IN our history. The record of two
years is without spot or blemish and the
republican party is thoroughly unified.
Benjamin Harrison cannot fail to be
nominated, and you will find that senti-
ment to be universal and overwhelming
when the convention assemblies a year
hence" Col Bayne also expressed him
self as feeling certain that the demo-
Gratis would again put up Mr.. Cleveland.
and the next campaign would be an al
most exact duplicate of 1888, except
that the uncertain quantity of the third
party would make the result more
doubtful, but he has an unfaihDg faith in
the ability of the republican party to
win.
One of the results of the trip of the
Presidential party to the Pacific coast is
the establishing of regular mail route
between San Francisco and Alaska, and
the first Off cial act of Postmaster Gen
eral Wanamaker upon his return to
duty was to award the contract for car
rying the mails on the new line.
Secretary Proctor will not talk, at
least not for publication. about his
chances of becoming the successor of
Senator Edmunds. but he has look
when receiving the advance congratu-
lations Of his many friends that causes
me to think that he is pretty certain
that the name of the next Senator from
Vermont will be Redfield Proctor.
Ex-senator Blair is still here. and the
belief is rapidly gaining ground that it
was not on account of the speeches he
has made in the Senate that the Chinese
government objected TO receiving him
as our minister. but that it was the re-
suit of the influence of certain Ameri-
can capitalists who have schemes to
work in China. and who knew that Mr.
Blair was too honest man to wink at
any undetermined business. and for that
reason they didn't wish him to represent
the United States in that country. He
may do it yet.
Mrs. Harrison wishes il stated that
there is no truth in the rumor that she
had sold her Cape May Point cottage.
She will spend the summer there, and
will leave here as soon as she can get
ready. which will probably be in about
two weeks. Later she and the rest of
the family will be joined there by the
President. who will spend as much time
with them as his duties will permit.
Very little interest was displayed here
IN the third party convention that met
in Cincinnati this week. The general
opinion being that it would be split into
half dozen factions before the Presi-
Dental election.
A rumor lacking official confirmation
says that Commissioner Raum will re-
sign as soon as Secretary NOBLE returns,
and that Gen. Beaver, of Pennsylvania,
IS to be Commissioner of Pensions.
THE MUSHROOM.