The Monitor., 1891-09-25
washington Letter.
tfrom ourreguiar eorrespondent.1


Washington, SEPT. 81, 1891.
Mr. Harrison is now getting the benefit
of presence of an unusually large number
of the prominent members of lis party in
Washington, hut it is probable that at no
time since Dir. Blaine went away has Mr..
Harrison so much desired the presence
and advice of his Secretary Of State. AS
far as paTcelling cut the offices is Concern
ed Mr. Harrison can get along jnst as well
without Mr.. Blaine, in fact there are those
who say that he thinks he can do it much
better; but when it comes TO foreign com
plicat ions there is no mans advice he re-
CARDS so valuable as that of Mr.. Blaine,
and foreign complications are believed to be
imminent just now, and the wrong move on
the part of the Department Of State may
cost the United States very dearly in the
end. In tie first place Great Britain is
disposed to make diplomatic row because
more seals were taken before ard after the
modus yiyendi than was agreed upon, but
that is small matter compared with the
lish pIotectorate over the Sandwich
Islands. That is a serious menace to
American supremacy in the Pacific, aud
should it be eonsummated without the active
resistance of the United States it would
create feeling Of Indignation throughout
the country that would be fatal TO the
administration. All of this Mr. Harrison
KNOWS, but he also knows that it would be
equally fatal for him to get up quarrel
with Great Britain on false alarm, and
that's why he wants the advice of the man
who has so far successfully managed the
foreign policy of his administration
An attempt has been made to ascertain
from the officials at the Farmers Alliance
headquarters whether that organization in
the State of New Yoik would support
Lieut.. Governor Jones should lie run for
attempt was unsuccessful as they declined
to talk about the matter, further than to say
that the platforms of both the republican
and democratic parties in New York were
this may mean that if Mr.. Jones should
run on platform that was satisfactory he
might get the Alliance votes
Mr.. Hendricks, the man who captured
the appointment as Collector of Customs
at New York in place Of Mr. Fassett, who
resigned TO make the run for Governor on
the Republican ticket, was at the White
House Saturday 10 thank Mr. Harrison for
the appointment. II was jokingly remark
ed by gentleman present, in whisper,
that his thanks were due to somebody
much nearer home.
Ex- Representative Morrow has been ap
pointed L. S. District Judge for the north
ern district Of California, to fill a vacancy.
At last the pressure for the removal Of
Civil Service Commissioner Lyman which
has been constant ever since the exposures
made by the Congressional investigation,
has had it's effect, and Mr.. Harrison has
decided that he will take that action. II is
said the removal would have been made
early in the Spring if Representative
McComas of Maryland to whom the place
was rendered had not declined it. Now it
is stated that Mr.. McComas has concluded
to accept the place. Personally Mr.. Nc
Comas is a very clever fellow and he is de-
seryedly popular here, but it has been gen.
orally supposed here that he was good
deal more of spokesman than a civil
service reformer
The eonstitutionality of the tax of one