Ellsworth American., 1891-07-30
From our regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, July 20, 1891.

Pooh Bah" of the democratic party.
opened the eyes of a committee Of Ohio
democrats in a manner that must have
surprised them very much. as they had been
taught to believe. that German was omni-
present and invincible. This committee
| came here to get Mr.. Gormau's promise
to take part personally in the management
OF the Ohio democratic campaign That
| gentleman took the committee out TO his
Maryland country residence aud enter.
tained them royalty, but he declined to
make any promises about the Ohio cam
paign' because as ore OF the committee
men put 1t, she caudidly Informed us that
he had just all the fight that any one man
could want right in his own State. and
that while he was confident that he would
be elected to the Senate again he did not
| feel that he could afford TO take any
chances by giving any part of his time to
| ohio politics. That of course settled the
matter but 1t was mighty surprising to
me to learn that Arthur German really
had to fight to maintain his ascendency in
Maryland suppose it is all on account
of the Farmers Alliance"
The fact that Mr. German has a big
| fight on hand is well known here, both to
his political enemies and to his friends;
| he is secretly opposed by wing Of his
own party and the most powerful news
paper in the State; but what he fears
most OF all is a combination between the
Knights of Reciprocity, the Farmers
| Alliance and the Republicans, and such a
| combination Is regarded by well-inform
| men as NOT only possible but very prob
| able. lAe legislature elected in Mary land
| this year will elect two United States
| senators, one to succeed German aud the
ether to I'LL the unexpired term of the late
senator Wilson, which opens the door
! wide for combinations.
| The forging ahead of Representative
/ Crisp in the race for the Speakership of
! the House has already had tendency to
make the friends Of the other candidate.
! discuss the feasibility Of making a cnmbi
nation Of the ield against Crisp. aud II
viii not be long before charges will begin
To he made against him, indeed thcv NAV
| he said tn havc already begun, for to tiay a
| gentleman high up in the councils of the
| democrats said: "Cri>p is the candidate
| OF the jobbers, and if when the proper
| time arrives it shall appear that he i,
| favored by a majority Of the democratic
members Of the House | shall publicly
make that charge against MIN and present
| proofs which, I think will convince every
body Of its ,ruthfulness" Crisp, McMillip.
and MiIl~ of the more prominent candi-
dates, are now in Washington. each of
them recognizing that this is the place in
which the preliminary work Of cecting
the next Speaker must be done
The decision of Indian Commissioner
| Morgan refusing to make further con
tracts with the Bureau of Catholic Mis-
sions the head Of which is located here,
for Indian schools has been much com
| mented upon. Mr.. Morgan SAYS he ha,
taken this action because the bureau has
persisted in maligning him and making
false charges against him, and that ii y i'll
not affect the Catholic Indian schools a,
he will make direct contracts with the
schools.
Nothing further will be done in the
Brhring Sea arbitration negotiations until
each side receives the report of the com
mission sent to the Seal Islands to report
upon the general condition Of affair, there
| There are two separate commissions. one
British, and one American, and there will
be two reports intended for the guidance
Of the respective governments While
the negotiations are proceeding very
slowly they appear as far As they have
gone, to be entirely satisfactory to both
sides which augurs well for the future
Secretary Foster will early thi. ". * 20
70 Cape May Point where he may be the
guest of the President for few days
His principal object in going there, is rest
and recreation, although il i more than
probable that while there important adj
mnistrative questions will be discussed.
The Washington papers are devoting
lots of space to show the facilities for
visiting The most noted battle fields Of the
war the G. A. r. will have If they viii
accept the invitation which will be eN-
tended to them at Detroit next month to
hold the 1892 encamrmcnt in this city
An ample guarantee fund has been sub
scribed to entertain the Old soldiers and
no expense will be spared to entertain
them if they shall decide to come, as all
classes Of our citizens are hoping they
Will
Many democrats here are strongly op-
posed to the free coinage plark in the
Ohio democratic platform; but they wink
at each other ard say ''Oh, it means moth
Ing, it is only bait to catch the Farmers
A lance vote in that State