Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-06-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE MON

ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MONITOR.
Washington, D. c., Mag 25, '9I.
''The president" said prominent
Indiana republican whom l met COM
ing out of the White House, ''smiled
in peculiar manner as he assured me
that the story of Secretary Blaine's
failing brain power was a cruel hoax,
entirely without foundation; and [
didn't wonder at the peculiar smile af
ter [ learned that at that moment
there was lying upon the presidents
desk an important and lengthy state
paper dictated within forty y-eight
hours by Secretary Blaine and sent to
Washington, which demonstrated as
nothing else could that our great sec
retary of state, in many respects the
greatest we have ever had, still had
his hand upon the lever which has so
elevated the United States in the esti-
nation of the rest of the world. To
slightly paraphrase the language of
President Lincoln in speaking of the
charge of drinking made against Gen.
Grant. If Mr.. Blaine be suffering from
sof.ening of the brain it would be we'll
if it were contagious and all our prom
inent men could catch it.''
1t has been positively stated within
the last two or three days that the
president would and would not ap-
point the new U. S. circuit judge be-
fore the assembling of congress, but
as neither statement was in any sense
official the matter is just where it was
before the president went away, so
far as can be authoritatively learned;
but have good reasons for believing
that the appointments are to be made
very shortly. know that the matter
has been discussed at a conference
between the president and Attorney
General Miller, and it is generally be-
ieved that the Attorney General fa-
vOrs making the appointments at
once. There was a rumor several
days ago that the president had said
to a Virginia congressional delegation,
headed by Senator Barbour, that it
was his intention to appoint several
tied by republicans who can see no
good reason why a republican presi-
dent should give even one democrat a
place upon the bench of a United
States Court.
Ex-Representative Owen of Indiana,
who is now here, is credited with be-
ing a shrewd political observer. He
says of the presidents recent tour:
''No public man ever met with more
fattering reception or ever made more
friends than he did through the line
of his travels. There was not mis-
take made by him and he grew in the
estimation of the public wherever he
went, and through his speeches be-
came better known to the country at
large. He can no longer be called
small by any one. He has proven that
he is great enough for his position and
that he is possessed of those social
qualities which are looked for in a man
in his position. Men who once had
dorbts as to his future no longer hold
them. He is certain to be re-nOmin-
ated. Blaine will not oppose him and
when the convention meets it will be
practically unanimous for him. L
think the democrats will nominate
Cleveland. 1t will be the old fight
Harrison against Cleveland. The
Third party movement, if it be sane
toned by the Farmers Alliance, will
put an element of uncertainty into the
campaign for both parties, but Harri-
son has grown in strength wonderful
ly.
John w. Foster, whose recent sue
cess in negotiating the reciprocity
trade agreement with Spain is fresh
in the public mind, has, it is under
stood, been asked to take charge of
all of the reciprocity negotiations now
pending before the State department.,
in case Mr.. Blaine shall decide to take
a long rest before returning to the du-
ties of his position, and it is probable
that if he returns Mr.. Foster will as
sist him for time, in order to tighten
his labors, which for many months |
have been entirely too hard for one |
man.
Secretary Foster spiked a good |
many democratic guns when he an
nounced that there would not be the |
slightest difficulty in meeting the quar-
terly pension payments in June. This |
is a sad blow for the calamity walters |
who have been predicting treasury |
collapse. Not only will the pension |
nauDaptC ba 11rODont1u M oada bI1t the |
treasury will besides have money to |
spare for any eXigency that may arise.
One has only to talk to Secretary Fos- |
ter five minutes to be convinced that |
the wonderful ''deficit," which has |
been given so much space by demo-
cratic newspapers is only an imagina-
ry bugaboo that will never materialize
as long as republicans control the fl
nances of the country.
If the Cincinnati Third party has
not made any better impression any
where else than it has here it will |
amount to very little. The party is
judged, whether right or wrong 1 can
not say, by some of the mems charac-
ters it has put prominently forward
as members of it's national committee,
and for that reason it is looked upon
as being for sale to the highest bidder.
The Alliance leaders will not, it is
thought here, consort with these men
of shady regulations.
VERMONT ASSOCIATION OF ROAD
AND TROTTING HORSE
BREEDERS.
All the stakes and purses offered by
the Vermont Association of Road and
Trotting Horse Breeders for its meet