Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-03-19
Washington Letter.
CFiom our Regular Correspondent
Washington. D. C. Mar. IS. 1891.

The President is expected to return 10
the White House Tomorrow. and al
though it has been given out semi Off
cially that be might conclude postpone
ing the appointment of the nine circuit
court Judges until next December. have
good reasons for believing that be will
do n0 such thing. A gentleman. whose
name would carry conviction were at
liberty to use it. said in my hearing
that he expected to see every one Of
/ the appointments made before Mr.
Harrison started out on his proposed
trip to the Pacific coast via the South;
which indicates that the next two or
three weeks would settle the matter, for
though no date has actually been set
for the trip it is generally understood
that the party which will include the
| ladies Of the White House and a ma
iority of the cabinet officers and their
wives will leave Washington early in
April.
If what democratic Senator said to
me to-day is based upon the truth, and
he thinks it is, there are squally times
ahead for that party unless Cleveland
and Hill will agree to abandon their
CLAIMS to the democratic nomination.
which is not very probable. "The pub
LEGATION of the Watterson letter to Hill, p"
said TIC Senator, (which. by the way,
happen to know was never mailed to
Hill, was the first mCve toward carrying
out a plan to kill off both Hid and
Cleveland as candidates before the next
democratic national conveptionn, which
Is the result of a combine, offensive and
defensive, that Senator Carlisle and in
ter.state commerce commissioner Will
! liam r. Morrison have formed for the
nomination of themselves for President
and Vice President. (the head of the
ticket to go to the one that develops the
the greatest strength in the convention)
upon a platform of free coinage and
free trade, the idea being to combine the
west and south against the east. Aud
the same combination will be factor
In the speakership contest, but don't
think it has been determined which of
the candidates will be benefited. if its
support turns out to be a benefit.
Mills swears by Cleveland and is count
ing upon Cleveland to help him, so that
it is probable that Crisp or western
man will be favored by the combine,
which, according to my information, is
daily growing in strength" Certain
things, unimportant in themselves, have
occurred here recently which add to the
plausibiity Of combination between
/ Carlisle and Morrison, both OF whom
are known to have presidential aspira-
tions, but whether they can command
enough strength in their party to over
throw Cleveland and Hill, is a horse of
/ quite another color.
This has been proud week for Sec
rotary Blaine. First, the Brazilian
mails brought to the state department
copies Of the official proclamation of the
President of Brazil promulgating the
reciprocity treaty with the United States
and authorizing the free entry OF all
goods mentioned therein on and after
April l. Of course this was not news
to Mr.. Blaine, but nothing short Of the
official documents would convince the
..doubting Thomas . 40 busted them
selves in circulating rumors of the re-
lection OF the treaty by the Brazilian
government and others quite as sense
less. But the most importent event. an
event which places Mr.. Blaine among the
foremost modern masters of diplomacy,
was the receipt of dispatch from Lord
Salisbury, the head of the British for
eign office. agreeing on the part OF his
government to accept Mr. Blaine
proposition to submit the questions in
dispute between the two governments
relating to Behring Sea to arbitration.
This is great triumph, and what is the
most pleasing thing about it. il was ac-
complished by dignified statement OF
our CLAIMS, without the least shadow OF
buster. AS Secretary of State Mr..
Blaine has delighted his friends AMI con-
founded his enemYs, and now we shall
hear no more of his trying TO get this
country into war with England
Ex-Representatlye Cannon is prepar-
ing statement showing the senseless.
ness of the democratic charge of extraov-
agance in the matter Of appropriations
by the Fifty-first Congress. and also
explaining the why and wherefore OF
each appropriation, which will show