The Penn's Grove record., 1891-11-20
washington Letter.

Ex-senator an Wyck. oil Nebraska.
now in Washington, who has cast his
political fortune with the Farmers
Alliance, is not one OF those who be-
ljeye the Alliance movement to be only
temporary. He says: .sSome folks are
saving that the Alliance has gone all to
pieces. That is not so, aud they will
find it out next year. / don't know
lust what the Alliance will do, but they
will do something to make themselves
telt in the Presidential election, and,
mark what l say, though, from various
causes. there was q falling of in the
vote they cast this year. the great work
ing body of the organization is all right
and will be found pulling together next
year,
Ex-Governor Foraker, of Ohio. who
is here on professional business in con-
nection with the selection Of a site for
a public building in Pueblo, Colorado,
has for once disappointed the news.
paper correspondents who expect to get
some sensational interview with him
concerning his fight with Sherman for
the Senatorship and the scheme to de-
prive Senator Brice of his seat. His
talks for publication are entirely mod
crate and conservative. He says he Is
a candidate for Senator, but as the
election is to be by the Ohio legislature
and not by the newspapers. he has
nothing to say of his prospects. About
the Brice matter he pleads ignorance,
and says that it is a question that be-
longs to the q. S. Senate. Could any
body be more discreet? He called on
n-.-.lo.k TIorrtrnp ot.1 otoA rs, Naara.
tary Blaine, but as the administration
is understood to favor the re election of
Sherman, it could not have been to ask
aid in his Senatorial campaign.
The latest news from Brazil is a cab
legrsm to their minister here, which
SAYS that the republic ia not nor has il
been in any danger. and that the tram
guilty has been entirely restored.
Secretary Foster will, in his annual
report. upon which he is NOW at work,
recommendments in the National
banking laws and an increase in the
number of bank examiners. lie will
also try 10 show that the public clamnr
against the government officials on ac-
count of fraudulent failures of national
banks in Boston. Philadelphia and 9th
err towns are unjust. He has undertake
en- no light task.
President Harrison's Thanksgiving
proclamation was a little late in being
issued this year, but the date has be-
come so thoroughly a fixture in the
public mind that the proclamation has
come to be 10 ,ked upon as an almost
useless formali,y. The fourth Thurs
day in November would probably be
Just as generally observed, " If
something occurred to prevent the Is
suing of the Presidential proclamation.
Senator Mont's credentials having ar
rived Secretary Blaine on Saturday
formally presented him 10 the president
as the Chilean minister to this Govern
ment, and the usual speeches of cour-
tesy were exchanged. Senator Mont
has never wavered in his belief that ey-
erything would be settled in q satisfac-
tory manner. and now that his brother
has become acting president of Chilli
and will 500 be regularly cleo ted pres.
ident his influence is likely to be all
powerful with that government.
All OF the prominent National Farm
er's Alliance officials have gone to In
dianapolis, where the annual conven-
ton of that organization is to meet this
week. Although the final determine
ton as to what, If any, action the
Alliance is to take in the formation of
a national third party will not be known
until the national conference. provided
for at the Cincinnati convention which
launched the peoples party, TO be held
at Washington on the 22nd of next
February, shall be held, there are many
who believe that the action of this
weeks convention will really Settle the
question. p&k makes no attempt
TO conceal his sentiments, which it is
natural to suppose will be influential
with the convention. He favors the
formation of the third party.
1t is denied by those in authority that
there is any foundation for the state
ment made in Italy and cabled over
here, that this government had accepted
the responsibility for the killing of the
Italians in New Orleans, and would
pay indemnity to the families of the
men. 1t has from the first been believ-
ed that President Harrison would call
the attention Of Congress to the mat
ter and perhaps recommend the pay
ment of a small sum of money to the
families of such of the victims as were
italian citizens, but there has been no
official action of any kind taken con-
corning this matter since last Spring.
II is probable that the italian govern
ment may have authorized some such
statement for the purpose Of explaining
to its own people it contemplated action
of sending its minister back TO Wash.
ington.
The professional wire pullers are
here in force engaged in working NJ
the claims OF the various candidates fol
Speaker, in fact there are more wire
pullers than Congressman