Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-26
Il.ASHI.yGTON LETTER.
From our Regular correspondent.)
Washington, Nov. 20, 1881.

W dcillllS1 IOlts IVY. o3AOGA.
The President returned
from the last vacation he is likely to
have for the next seven Or eig.lI
months-a duck shooting trip to
Maryland-ln tim. to preside ov r a
very important Cabinet meeting to-
day, 1T which portions OF annual
massage to Congress-, which will b.,
unusually important this year, Were
read and discussed. The name OF the
successor to Secretary Proctor was
also submitted, AID there was soln>
informal talk about the success .:
Minister Fred Grant in getting IL
Goyer.net of Aastra to withdraw lis
prohibition ri the importation Of -A:n-
eric..n pork, which he now regai lis AS
ali assured fact Sacretar.; Blaine haa
something interesting To say about
the reciprocity taeaty with Mexico
and his final distraction tx Minister
Ryan. who left Washington fnl the
city OF Mexico this Week Me legot-
iation Of this treaty oragreement Sili
probably be ofii :ially concluded al1
announced soon after Minister Ry III
gets back To his post duty, as o ~ !,
few OF the minor details rem ain % d.
eettled.
The President and every mam1 d
his Cabinet realizes that tneY n,ttt. a
eason OF hard work before them, a I
chat, politically speaking, the coming
session OF Congress promises 10 IS a
III ,st importaat ono, as the ucsi0n 81
the demo"ra tic iIouSeof a,ileSrntit
Is, from its elections OF q >pea1H, e@
It's ajjour.m sat xW!il DC preg lelt
with results affec ting the President
ial campaig afil THO commercial
and industrial prnSpAii y Now, SO
general throu-h0nt Inr country, AND
,ney say be relied up2Din c2Ajnnet
ion with the rep ,blie,tn Sy:I1:t, to
be on the affect To eoanteract the cNii
,, an w Il AZ G sislation that MAY
be attempted by tic Democratic
House.
When the statement was made by
republican speakers and newspapers
during the recent campaign in New
York that ifTammany Hellsutcecd-
ed in carrying that State it would
attempt to control the democratic
nlrional policy,it was pooh-poohed
by many people, including some re-
publicans. Well, tlAe prophecy is al
ready fulfilled, and the agent Of Tam
many Hall is in Washington de-
maa,ing that Crisp shall be elected
Speaker OF the House. just as next
year they will be at the democrat tic
national convention demanding the
nolnin titn OF some man who will
promise, ii elected, to allow them to
Introduce into national affairs the
corrupt methods which have made
tAe New York. ETY. government a stencil
i'll the Nos trliS ot honest men every
where. The Speakership contest Will
be q test OF thestrength of Tammany
HALL III national affairs; fit can have
Crisp elected Speaker it can dictate
the democratic Presidential nominal
~, s.e&t year.
Secretary Foster is very much in
terested in the experience OF imigri-
ton Commissioner Schulteis who, in
ORDER to ascertain the factsahout tae
migrants from Europe, came over
from Europe in the steerage as one
Of them, and maidstone startling dis
coveries concerning the methods ol
certain European associations in as
sitting undesirable peoble to
come to America as well as the I'M
moral practices in the Storage of
Europe ~ steamers. Secretary Eos
ter Is that no amount of steam
ship Influence will prevent his get