The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-07-03
LETTER.
F.om uur Resalar correspondent.

Ffom Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, June 26, 1S91.-Mr.
Harrison las been quite busy since his
return to the White House Tuesday,
and today lie presided over a lengthy
cabinet meeting, at whiGhtS. sa
tiers were the principle student; ". Esl'
Grafton. Very little has 50 far leaked
out, but it is probable that the course
OF the administration during the fiscal
year beginning July l, was mapped out.
and a sort OF general agreement made as
to ways and means OF making both ends
meet and making as creditable a finan-
cial showing as possible IN the Presi-
dental year. Neither Mr.. Harrison o
his advisers are idiots; therefore the
democrat who thinks his party can get
an issue out OF the condition OF the T.
s.. Treasury next year is doomed to dis
appointment. Mr.. Harrison is Il far
shrewder politician than many OF his
opponents, both in and out ofhis party,
give him credit for being; some OF them
have already found this out, and mole
will do so before November OF neXtyear:
and there are few, if any ADLER political
managers than Secretary Foster, to say
nothing OF Secretaries Blaine and Tracy.
These men know that a bankrupt
treasury would make republican defeat
a certainty next year, and they will see
that there is no bankrupt treasury. See
if they don't.
The newspaper men here are all agog
to find out what Col. Robert &. 1nsor-
soil and Bonanza j. w. Mackay paid Il
mysterious visit to the White house foI:
but as yet no one has succeeded.
1t is more or less amusing, to those
who have no personal interest in the
outcome, to see how closely the candi-
dates for Speaker OF the house watch
each other, particularly when in Wash
ington. Mr.. Springer first came here, a
few weeks ago, and proceeded to get a
little advertising for his boom by means
OF interviews with the Washington cor
respondents; then Mr.. Mills came on,
ostensibly to engage in literary work,
and got some advertising by refusing to
be interviewed and by ~pronouncing ali
recently published interviews with him
to have been fraudulent; next Mr.. By
mum dropped in, Gust to look after a
little department business for my o II
stituents," as he puts it. Mr.. Wilson,
of West Virginia, who while not an
avowed candidate is regarded as one OF
the numerous clark horses, is also fav-
oring Washington with IA visit, and it is
stated that it is here that he will write
the tariff reform editorials for which the
St. Louis Republican has agreed to pay
him 81, 900 a year. Mr.. Wilson has got
ten considerable advertising by means
OF his statements that the rank and file
OF his party in the northwestern states,
through which he has recently travelled,
are for Cleveland. The last speaker
ship candidate to arrive is Mr.. McMillin.
who is now credited with being backed
by Mr.. Cleveland. He says he, is here
simply for recreation. 70 believe what
these gentlemen say,, not one OF them is
here for the purpose OF obtaining vote.
Tor themselves. OF course they ought
tS know better than other people why
iley are here, but 1t never the less seem:
a little queer that they should have al
happened to come here at this aso
Representative Oates. OF Alabama, ha:
the farmers alliance nightmare very bad
1t stays by him sleeping or waking. HI
wants his party to fight the alliance IL
the south, as he has been doing in hi:
district. Alliance men ~conversant Will
affairs in his district say that Mr.. Gate!
will never he elected again to congress
and that he knows 1t, and that Is VIII,
he is so rabidly opposed to the alliance
His ideas have not been openly endorsed
by any democrat ofprominence. South
ern democrats, as a rule, would mucl
prefer Joining hands with the alliance tt
fighting it.
The self-launched Presidential boon
OF Senator Cullom is not seriously re
garded here. His record in the senate
while clean and on the whole credltable
has never even approached brilliancy
One gentleman said in speaking OF him
eli Cullom resembled Abraham Lincoll
as much inside his head as he Toes il
his face, he might stand a chance OF be
ing nominated for President"
The local Federation OF Labor is no
satisfied with the answer made by tn
commandant Of the Washington Nav.
Yard to its charge that he had employed
two Swedes as machinists In violation
OF the alien contract labor law, and i
has requested Secretary Foster to orde
an investigation.
At the farmers alliance headquarter
in this city they will give no official in
formation as to what the alliance is dc
ing or proposes to do in the Ohio cam
paign; but it seems to be the genera
opinion that it will make a fight agains
the reelection OF Senator Sherman
whether it takes any part in the guber
material campaign or not. There al
hints that it may put up a full stat.
ticket.
How Moral.
The Journal would call the officer!
attention to the fact that there is
.tcoon" dance hall running in full blast
on Rand street that will sooner or late