Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-12-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Written and compiled for the HERALD


WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. 3O.-The
Presidents message to Congress is com
plete, but the precautions are such that
there is not even probability that IL
Gill get out before it is sent to the Gov
ernment Printing Office to be put IN type
and there is a possibility that it may not
90 there at all, as it is now possible to du-
plicate each type written page of 1t as
MANY times as may be desired, right In
the White House, under the eye of private
Secretary HalfCrd and Miss Sanger, the
Presidents confidential stenographer.
Your correspondent is assured by one
who knows that the message is one OF the
ablest ever written and that it is Darticu-
larlv strong in matter with which partisan
politics should have nothing to do.
The last week of the Speakershlp fight
bepins with a rush, More than two hun
dred members Of the House have arrived
within the last forty-eIght hours, which
gives the friends of the several candidates
material to work upon. Springer of Hi
nois. has the gaudiest headquarters and
also the noisest, although week ago he
was not considered Gin it" at all. Among
his loudest shOuters are a quartette of IL
llnOlaQS VINO D6lu OluCO thO WV
land administration -ex-Pension Com
missioner Black; Fred Winston, ex Minis
ter to Persia; Lambert Tree, ex-Miuister
to Belgium and Adali Stevenson, ex-trst
Assistant Postmaster-General. Henry
George is lobbying all he knows how for
Mills, and he openly states he is doing 1t
because Mills is a free trader. Crlsp's
friends claim that he will be nominated
in the first ballot in the caucus, but they
will not back their claim with cash, al
though men with sporting proclivities are
anxious to give them the opportunity of
so doing. McMilliE says those who sup
rose he intends withdrawing will be dis
appointed. He may not withdraw, but
the prediction is made that If upon any
ballot IN the caucus the votes be controls
will be sufficient to nominate Mills they
will 90 to him. Jerry Simpson is declaring
that the Alliance members will flock to.
gether outside of the caucusses of the old
parties, but the indications are that jerry
will find it a very small flock, as the
Southern members will, it is believed, 60
into the Democratic caucus-they are a
very hungry set and it is only by gong ia
to the caucus that they can get even a
little share of the House patronage. 1t
is believed that Jerry himself can be in
duced to go into the Democratic caucus
if the right sort of inducement is offer
ed. The caucus will be held next
Saturday evening and the prediction is
made that if neither Mills nor Crisp is
nominated on one Of the first ballots some
one of the other candidates will win ON
the fourth or fifth ballot. However, 1T is
at best but guess work.
Postmaster General Wanamaker says
that there is not the slightest foundation
for the statement being published, as
special correspondence from New Orleans
IN as many of the big newspapers as will
sell their news columns, to the effect that
the mails going to that city are in demon
allied condition owing TO their being tam
pered with by Post Office officials. This
letter is being sent out and paid for by
the notorious Louisiana Lottery Company,
which finds One-thrd of its business gone
since the U. s. mail were, by act of the
last Con gress, closed to 1T and its victims,
and it takes this method of trying to
manufacture public sentiment against
the lew. Mr.. Wanamaker says that the
mails to and from New Orleans are as free
from Government interference as those to
and from Philadelphia or any other city.
The treaty which has for several weeks
been IN course of negotiation between
this country and Hawaii has been COM
pleted, signed by the representatives Of
the two countries AMI turned over to the
President, who will If be approves OF 1t,
and it is thought that he does, sign it and
send il to the Senate for ratification.
The treaty has not, of course, been made
public, but it Is understood that 1t will re.
move all barriers in the shape of Customs
duties IN either country from the trade
between Hawaii and the United States.
Whenever the Washington correspon
dent of Democratic newspaper runs
short Of legitimate news he sends off
story about the contemplated removal of
some prominent Republican official.
Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt was
the latest victim, but the story carried
its own contradiction. IL said that the
Post Office Inspectors who had been in
yestigating Mr. Roosevelts charges
against the Baltimore Postoffice officials
had recommended Mr.. RoOsevelps dismiss
sal. Such ridiculous assumption of au-
thority is unbesrd Of The only truth IN
this story is that the Inspectors have
made report. the nature of which only
they aud Mr. Wanamaker know.
Senator Sherman and the President had
a lengthy conference on Saturday on po-
litical matters.