The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-09-04
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, DC, Aug. &c, 1Ss

September. He will be gone about
two weeks, at time when the politi-
cal situation in Ohio will be particu-
larly interesting, and on his return
will bring his family with him. Nom
inally his visit has nothing to do with
politics, but his presence in the state
will not be without interest to Major
Mckinley.
Ex-Representative Comos has re-
turned from a tour of the Northwest,
occupying about two months. He
was in Washington Friday and talked
about the sentiment Of the west as he
found it. President Harrison, he says,
is very strong in that section Of the
country and the people expect him to
be renominated. The Presidents
tour made an impression which did
not pass away in an hour. He has
been CROWN in favor ever since, Mr..
Comas thinks, and day by day is get
ting stronger. He says there is great
deal of talk of Baline among the polit-
cal leaders, but the people generally
believe that Blaine is loyal to Harri-
son: that he will not be candidate,
and that Harrison will be renominat-
ed. The denomination of Harrison is
what they expect and want.
In the Office of the captain of the
watch at the treasury department is a
large gong connected with series of
wires. That bell has never been rung
save when it was,tested tosee if its in
working order, and the officials trust
that it never will be sounded. When
it does. business of the most serious
kind is meant. At some time or 9TH
er some crank or cranks might get in
to the cash room or banking Office of
the treasury and, by the bold use of
arms, attempt to make. a raid. This
gong is connected with the cash room
by number of wires, and the pres
sure of button at convenient places
will sound the alarm.
The watchmen have orders when
that bell rings to drop all other work
and come to the cash room thorough
ly armed and ready to deal with what
ever may present itself.
The charge against Senator PETER
that he is disappearing the people
of. Kansas as respects their indebted
ness, is resented by the folks at ALI
ance headquarters here.
They have gone to the trouble to
get statistics from the census office to
sustain Mr.. PETERS statements as to
the real estate mortgages.
These statistics show that the real
estate mortgages of Kansas, indie
pendent of all other form of obliga-
tiou or debt, amounted, during the
past ten years, to 1852, 700, 0O0,of which
1926, 100000 still remain.
The per capita debt of such mort
cages is $780, Seventy-one per cent.
of mortgages are on farms. Twenty
eight per cent. are subject to 10 per
cent. interest: per cent. to II per
cent. interest, and some, they say, to
40 per cent. interest. The number of
mortgages representing this debt is
$1,000.
Secretary Foster said Saturday that
the department proposed to redeem
on presentation after Sept. I'd all out
standing Al per cent. bonds not con-
tinued at 2 per cent, and, consequent
ly, that there is no ground whatever
for the impression prevailing IN some
quarters that interest will continue to
be paid after Sept. I'd on the nom
extended bonds.
The Southern Pacific, better known
as the Morgan line of steamers, which
have been plying between Galveston
and New York for many years during
the cotton season, have been with
drawn and will hereafter ply between
New York and New Orleans, where
the Southern Pacific railway will
hereafter concentrate their traffic
business. The withdrawal of these
steamers will be a serious loss to Gal
weston, as it was made the distribut-
ing point, and much of the freight
destined for Colorado, New Mexico,
Old Mexico and California will pass
through New Orleans, while the re-
turn cargoes of cotton which these
steamers received at Galveston will be
detected and shipped from New Or
leans.
''StraWS show which way the wind
blows" Undoubtedly there will be a
Republican elected to the presidency
in 1892, as the Atlanta Constitution
says no Democrat who opposes the
free coinage Of silver can hope to sue
coed, and the New York Times de-
clares that it would be useless for the
Democrats to make a campaign with
a free-coinage candidate or freedom
age platform.
Secretary Noble was at his desk Sat-
urday, looking in the best of health
and is well sun burnt. He says that
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