The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-08-07
Washington Letter.


,sHelp me Cassius, or / sink" was the
substance of a communication from Mr..
Mckinley. of Ohio, to the National TX
ecutive committee of the Republican
party, which met here this week. The
story, rs it is told here, is that Mr..
Mckinley sent very urgent appeal 10
the committee for large sum of money
to be- used in the Ohio campaign and
that he sent along with Il very broad in
timation that unless twas forthcoming
the Jig was up with both himself and
the Legislature in that state. He is also
said to have suggested that the commit
tee might easily raise the money by put
ting the screws on the manufacturers
specially benefited by his tariff bill.
And that was not the only appeal for
money presented to the committee. Mr..
Clarkson told his colleagues that unless
a good sized barrel of cash was rolled in
to Iowa that State would take its place
permanently in the Democratic column,
and Secretary Fassett presented bills for
a considerable amount left unpaid from
last wears disastrous campaign. But
these were minor things and excited but
little interest compared with the resign
alton of Quay, not only as chairman of
the two committees, but as member
of the National committee; and the re-
signation of Dudley as Treasurer of
both committees. There was a good
deal of pretended regret at being COM
PEELED to accept these designations, and
high-fiying resolutions were adopted re-
ferring to both of them, which will pro-
badly be regarded by the retiring officials
as .'vindications"-
Mr. Harrison tried to stem the Blaine
tide which controls the Republican COM
mittee by appointing one of its mem
bers-J. Sloat Fassett. of New York-to be
collector of the port of New York in
place of Ernhardt whose resignation has
been accepted. Harmony of the mon
key and parrot kind is prevalent in the
Treasury department just now. AT
least three of Secretary Fosters most
important subordinates would hail with
pleasure the news that he had resigned,
and they would resign themselves if il
wasn't for the fact of thei. having to
give up their salaries if they did. The
subordinates mentioned are Assistant
Secretary Grouse, Treasurer Nebeker and
immigration Commissioner Owens, all
of whom are recent arrivals at the Gov
eminent trough. The trouble with the
first two is that Mr.. Foster, with the
warning of the Raum case fresh in his
mind, refused to allow them to appoint
their sons to be their private secretaries,
and Mr.. Owens is disgruntled because
his opinion that Welch tin-plate work
erS could be brought TO the United States
under contract without violating the
alien contract law has been repudiated
er letter to the party who made the en-
quiry stating that the department was
not prepared at this time to answer hy-
pothetical questions such as the one pre-
pounded 1t is said that Mr.. Foster al
SO took occasion to give Mr.. Owens a
very sharp lecture on the duties of sub
ordinate officials.
Mr.. Wanamaker has led a delegation
of Alabamians, headed by Senators
Morgan and Pugh to believe that he
would favorably consider their request
to make Mobile one of the ports from
whice subsidized line of steamships
will run to South America.
With great flourish of trumpets the
announcement is made that a reciproci-
ty treaty has been negotiated with the
WHICH
will go into effect September L.
Members of the administration have
already began to discuss the WAYS and
means of raising the money that it will
be absolutely necessary to have in the
near future to meet pension payments
under the present laws. Some sort of
new tax has got to be imposed, and the
most of them seem inclined to put it
upon whiskey by raising the revenue
from 80 cents per gallon to something
between $1.20 and $50 per gallon.
However, all that the administration
can do is to make suggestions; the Dem
ocratic House of Representatives will
determine what shall be done.
Senator Sherman's friends are trying
hard to make it appear that they look
lightly upon the opposition of the Farm
er's Alliance to his reelection, but in
reality they regard it as such serious
matter that unless they can succeed in
patching up some sort of reconcilia-
ton before long one of them said that
Sherman would be compelled to with
draw in order to save himself the ig-
nomy of defeat
Had Mr.. Harrison been able to circu-
late incognita among the prominent Re
publican politicians who were here this
week consequent upon the meeting of
the National Executive committee he
would certainly have arrived at the con-
clusion that he was no longer 'in it,,
as far as a nomination is concerned.
1t was unquestionably Blaine week in
and if the National COM
mittee can bring it about Blaine is to be
and one of their number
Col. .lConger, of Ohio-is authority for the
that he viii accept the NOM
lnation if it is rendered him. NJ.