The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-10-30
the commissioners rejected the Propo-
IN WASHINGTON.
The MObbIng and imprisonment of
American Sailors at Valparaiso.

w ASHINGTON, u u, Oct. Z9.-Ihe
headquarters for the national farmers
alliance. always busy place. now
reminds one of the national committee
rooms of one of the political parties
during presidential campaign; there
is the same hurry and hustle and the
running in and out of telegI aph mes
seuger boys with dispatches. An
official dispatch from President Polk,
who is now in California, reports that
the alliance in that state now has n
greater voting strength than either of
the political parties, its membership
having grown in about thirteen months
TO more than 100000. The same dis
patch says that beyond the shadow of
n doubt the alliance will elect the
presidential electors in California next
year. Dispatches from various sec
lions of Ohio assert that Senator
Sherman is certain TO be defeated and
estimate that the people ticket, which
although not formerly endorsed by the
alliance rs an organization, gets its
strength from membess of the alliance,
will pool not short of so, 600 vutes.
President Harrison and all his
cabinet are agreed that the latest
cOmplication-the mobbing and i'm
prisonmcnt of United States sailors at
Valparaiso is very serious one.
Instructions have been cabled to
Minister Egan. which include demands
for satisfaction, which, while emf
nently right and proper, this govern
nient will not be in position to
enforce for some time to come should
the present government of Chill see
fit to refuse them. We have only two
vessels on that spot, and the Boston,
which sailed on Saturday for Falpu-
risO, cannot get there in less than
sixty days. 1t was not realized until
the official report was received here
low great an insult had Intentionally
heel given the American flag by the
CHILEAN mob, consequently the indig-
nation is just beginning to manifest
itself among the people. who express
themselves as being willing To stand
by the administration in any method
it may adopt to obtain respect for the
flag.
Senator-elect Palmer, of Illinois,
v1to is now here making arrangements
for quarters during the coming session
Of congress. is evidently not Hill
man, or he would not have used the
following language in answering
question as to what he thought OF the
New York situation: Il find Il dis
position in some quarters to suspect
Governor Hill Of lack of sincerity in
desiring Mr.. Flowers election. 1t is
urged that Governor Hill is anxious to
show that he is the only democrat who
can carry New York Now, if Mr..
Flower, with all his patronage and
machinery of the state under the con-
troll of Governor Hill, is not elected il
seems to me that it will require great
deal of self-abnegation on the part of
Governor Hill to make the democrats
believe that he was not in some sense
responsible. In other words, if he has
the state so we'll i'll hand, there seems
10 be rensoD 10 expect Mr.. Flowers
defeat. If he has not, then we have
been led To expect TOO. much. The
election of Flower will bring Governor
Hill To Washington to take his seat in
Tie senate with n great deal more
prestige resulting from demonstrated
power than he could ever hope for
from defeat. Indeed in the latter
event do not see how Mr.. Hill can he
considered in the light of candidate
for the presidency.
There is some speculation here rs to
whether Mr.. Wauamaker will in his
annual report, upon which he is now
working. take occasion to hit back at
Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt
for the blow the latter aimed ut him
in that memorable letter To the prcsi-
dent last winter, which, by the way,
was given TO the press before il
reached the white house. AS Mr..
Wananaker is peaceable man it is
hardly probable that he will rake up
disagreeable by-gones to raise a row
with Roosevelt. who is pugnacious to an
unusual degree, owing perhaps largely
to the fact that he is independent of
the salary he receives from the gov
! ernment"
/ Mr.. Blaine returned to Washington
Saturday as quietly as he left it last
May. He spent yesterday very
quietly, portion of it with Mr.. Har-
rison; nd today he was in his Office
for while. But Mr.. Blaine never
was much OF n prOmiscuOus hand
shaker, for he soon tired of receiving
| the pleasant but none the less mo.
notonous greetings of his numerous
callers and escaped 10 his residence
1 Just square away, where, as he has
done ever since he became secretary
of state, he will do all Of his important
work, from interruptions he always
has when in the department He is
looking better than be has for FIVE
years, and he says he feels strong, but
that he fears to boast until he has tes-
ted his strength by little hard work,