The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-17
,ssom our Regular Correspondent
wAsHINGrON LETTER.


WASHINGTON LETTER..
wAsa,xarox. ID. e., April IL. 1891.
NJ. Harlan would gladly. Il 10 be-
abandon The vote hnn'ing tour
man which be stssts to-day, II he could h
do so There are several
reasons for lhis condition Of mind - h's \,
mart. When this tour wAs first suggested
he expected 10 be xble 10 carry with him q
prominent party, including msJosVs q
of The cabinet aud several senator's ~"
Representatives. but % The time urew y
lear 10 start he has had the experiences
lof the biblical character who gave 81 en-
lsertaiusaent ~ all had Excuses 70 prese"'
their going. Mr.. Mckinley, tor whose
specisl benefit the Canadian reciprocny
talk has been postponed until AFTER 'ne
Ohio election in October. wouiu nsve
made = star attraction for the party ous
his own presidential aspirations sre Z"
fully developed aud he has sucn 81 81
~ Rersted idea Of HE political import
Y snce. that he would not consent ~ p'ss
second fiddle 10 Mr.. Harrison.
i But, perhaps, what worries mr. nss.
i rison more than all other causes = me-
I overw nelminx jealousy o. Mr. b'a'ue.
I who he thinks has slreAdy gA'"en uo'o
uotoriety thSn he II entitled 20 tnsouku
his connection with the Administesuo"
. He fears that Mr.. Blaine VIII 90 s"uc
/ thing while he IL away 10 increase w.
Enotoriety. and although ne ms
n Blaine's promise 10 stand ssue Anu -
! ,ow him 10 be re-. n ominated II he can De,
"a aon,ts his sincerity and 10 afraid Of
VI him, IL IA believed that Mr.. Blaine -
! fully aware Of the state Of NJ Harrison
- m
y The evident intention Of Mr.. Blaine TO
4 s.rronnd he present condition OF the
i Italian question with al inpenetra6le AIR
!. II myssery Is having bad effect. he re-
!, fnsed 10 give out any information, even
r. 70 statinr whether he had sent the an
,slsver 10 Rudinis last dispatch. From
e other sources II il learned that : drait o.
y that auswer vas read 1t cabinet meet
q inc and approved by those present, ou'
III Il has been sent il went BY mail 70 ou'
minister At Rome. because, II II had peer
"a cabled over the Italian papers would no
!, : nersist IN saying that Rudini had noti
: Ified Nj. Blaine OF bic intention 70 0res'
NJ of ali diplomatic relations with 10
~ Tinted States II he did not get salts
"a factory snswer by Tuesday OF this week
90 rhis lat Of course Is . bit OF ouuc0m
that Il feared by nobody.
III Nevertheless. Mr. Blaine's refusal I
make public that dispatch Of kudin'
- has caused many people TO believe tna
~ n was not Of such concilistcry nstur
~ :. - have been led TO believe Il vac
"a The cable synopsis Of Il that came .ro'
Rome. and which, BY the way. 10 all %
lge information We ever got concerning
his mericans are not fond Of mysieri'
~ either IN their public or private ans'r
~ and Mr.. Blaine would better take the'
'em into biz confidence. 4.
oy M. Hsrrison's attempt 70 placase y
~. ldisgrun,l-d negroes ID not . brilliant su
'art cess. He appointed . negro. u. y. r.
tai Ike-. Of Missouri. tn be alternate Con
de- missioner at.large for the Columbian e
are oosition. but The negroes are worse ~
'unt sver. because. &C the same time. he
this ooinsed : white man, r w. Furnss.
lent Nshreska- 70 b : COMMISSIONS |
uet. Iisree. They ~ thst Il Nr. Harris
)uld vished "a recoGnixe the negro be shou
nave APPOINTED him Commissioners q
seis- I,he vhiie man alternate. o the negro
hich lhad No representative on the comm
cen sion. ana the alternate 10 simply ~
ON wheel. unless for some reason the Co'
the missioner for whom he 10 alternate
ap- lcomes unable TO serve
pear Republicans wink knowingly wn
'dge !aay body saws anything about Secreta
tseif Tracy's declared intention Of conduct'
.el9 the working forces q the various %
half Yards without regard to partisan po'it'
have N. Tracy may be perfectly honest
n0er HE intentions, but either tho republics
Z Of al not believe II. or they think they
par loutwit him. They certainly do not
ne licipate giving up the Navy fsro
give Secretary Foster hiss gone 70 n
lnty York 10 take . hand personally
ex. making Z Harrison machine Of the z
ishei eraI ONCE holders in that city. In
2: ~ one Of the things be went into me @
rket' net 20 do.
epre- The effort OF this administration
!, oOO: keen 10 line with CleveIsnd's letter
'ould the coinage Of silver 10 painfully
e o. dent 10 the Senator'S and members
$1s.- Congress fsom the silver produc
pose States Were Il not that severs'
!. ana them are interested In silver MIN
20 o. speculstions, and are promptly iurn's
By the Treasury market Tor their
'niog ducts most wholesome puo'ic kic1
y ~ against Harrison would take plsce.
Aoles' the purchase Of their silver, soa
2! boarding By the Government, 4
'btain - ~ pres,de n,isl campaign warms
need "a !, ~ snrmised Hsrrison's visit
lance, ~ ,scrnia nav be for studying IT eli
rmers rsrgs she sxact conditions. He w
this rrsss, ~ follow the course outlined
. had c,s.sIand n shis respect IL he can
toma- s,ncr h c. A.
! how
II i'm Cryetal Comments.
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