The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-08-07
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tfrom i regular correspondent.
Washington. Argnst 9. 1891.

The propramme as stated here is to strad-
die everything except the tariff and even
on that issue there are many people who
remember the time when German was
classed as a "protectionist" Democrat, but
since the death Of ex Speaker Randall
there seems to be no recognized PFC
lection" Democrats, although during the
last session of Congress Representative
Flower, of New York, was several times
charged with voting with his Republican
cole aeues CD the House committee on
WAYS ard Means upon tariff matters.
The silver people are TO be referred to
Mr.. Gorman's hereulean efforts to pass the
free coinage bill in the Senate last winter
and the anti silver peopla to the mastery
manner in which he manipulated things
at the recent Maryland democratic cen
vention so as 10 prevent the placing OF q
free silver plank in its platform. In short
to borrow the expressive phraseology o.
"Joues, he lays the freight" Germans
boom is to be worked on The get there"
principle. There has been some quiet
talk among the visitors to the Farmers
Alliance headquarters here about the part
Mr.. German took in keeping the free
coinage plank out of the Maryland plat
form, and unless they ale mistaken some
awkward questions are 10 be asked
when the attempt IS made II start the
boom ADJOINING in the South, where the
sentiment for free coinage is practically
unanimous.
IL all the designations from the cabinet
billed by the special correspondents Of
Washington during the last four days had
really been handed IN, Mr. Harrison would
find it difficult to get . quorum Of lis
cabinet. Among the gentlemen retired
from public life without their consent are
Secretaries Noble and Tracy, Postmaster
General Wanamaker and Attorney
General Miller. Denials direct from all
the gentlemen named except Secretary
Noble, who is out o; reach ofthe telegraph,
were obtained, and in his case the denial
of his assistant secretary and Of private
secretary Halford, but the designations are
still on: the able correspondents who are
trying to earn their salaries maintaining
that they know more about it then the
officials themselves do, and one OF them
goes so far as to state that no matter what
anyone may say to the contrary be has
positive knowledge that Secretary Mobiles
resignation has been in Mr.. Ilarrison's
hands for -four months.
The reciprocity record may fairly be
said to have been broken when official
proclamations Of two treaties, that with
Spain for Cuba and Porto Rico and that
with San Domingo are issued within forty
eight houls of each other, and it is limited
in State depa rtment circles that there are
more to rome before long. September /
is the date the two mentioned will 90 into
effect.
There is one amusing feature Of the un-
mistakable Blaine boon which the meeting
of the Republican national executive com
mittee here last week precipitated on the
country. 1t is known to those familiar
with the undercurrents Of politics that the
men who first started the Blaine ball to
rolling did not do so because they wished
to see that gentleman nominated, but
because they thought they saw in it an
opportunity to sidetrack or wreck the IIar-
rison train for 90, and now they are con
siderably chagfined to discover that the
matter has been taken out Of their hands,
and that while they have for the time
being blocked the Harrison train they have
aroused a sentiment in the great mass of
their party that is loudly demanding the
nomination of Blaine. Changes i'll politi-
cal feeling are SO many and so sudden in
this country that it would be a reckless
man who would attempt at this time to
say who would be nominated, but every
truthful %chronIcler is compelled to record
the present Blaineish aspect of things
Republican.
If the G. A. r. is not moved to come to
Washington for its 1892 encampment by
the mammoth solid silver Invitation in a
satin lined Russian leather box, the key of
which is Of solid gold, which the citizens
coLnuiIttet mas tdheH 10 DetFoIts ihet IOls
of people hereabouts will be very much
disappointed.
Secretary Foster is the only Cabinet
officer in town to-day and lie expects to
! leave for Ohio tomorrow or next day.
Meanwhile the assistants are playing al
being heads Of the big departments, and
between Us, some Of them are exhibiting
heads that are nearly as big as their
departments.
It is stated here that the Treasury de
partment has been asked 10 investigate
charges Of differentiation Of imports
against the Collector Of Customs at FL
Paso, Texas, but no confirmation can be
had at the department. WESTON.