Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-08-06
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent
Washington, July 81. 1891.


here instead of at Philadelphia, as at
first announced. 1t was expected that
Senator Quay would resign as chairman
of the two committees, but the an
nouncement that he had forwarded his
resignation as a member of the Nation
al Com mittee 10 the chairman of the
Pennsylvania State committee was a
genuine surprise, and left the executive
committee no choice in the matter; they
were compelled to accept the resigns-
ton of the Craftsmanship of the execu-
tive committee. leaving the resignation
of the craftsmanship of the
full committee to be acted upon by that
body when it meets in November to
name the time and place for holding
the next national convention. Another
surprise was the resignation of Gen. w.
w. Dudley. as Treasurer of both COM
mittees, which was rendered as soon as
the auditing committee had reported.
Gen. Dudley leaves his post because his
private business needs his attention.
Both designations were accepted with
great reluctance. and resolutions were
passed endorsing both of the retiring
officials that any man would be proud
of. The committee elected Mr.. j. S.
Clarkson chairman and Mr.. g. A. Ho-
bart, Of New Jersey, vice chairman,
and instructed the chairman to appoint
a treasurer. While the committee was
here one of its bers-J. Sloat Fas-
sett, of New York. was notified that the
President had appointed him Collector
of the port of New York, vice Erhardt
resigned. AS this is regarded the best
Federal position in New Yors, it is
needless to say that he was warmly
congratulated by his colleagues in the
There is not man who reads a dem
ocratic or mugwump newspaper that
has not seen the statement reiterated
dozens of times that the Mckinley bill
would entirely destroy our foreign trade
because foreign countries would not buy
from us unless they could sell to us.
Now for few facts. things that demo-
Gratis have never had much use or liking
for This week the bureau of statistics
issued review of our foreign commerce
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1891,
which shows it to have been greater
than that of any year in our history, its
total value reaching the enormous
amount of S1.729, $50, S96. So much
for the whole. now for our imports of
foreign merchandise during the first
nine months under the Mckinley tariff
law. Was there a falling Off Not
bit of it. Our imports from October 6,
1890 to June 80. 1891, under the McKin-
ley law reached a value of $500, 206. 005,
against 1898, 769, 800 for the correspond
ing period in the previous fiscal year,
NulCu 10 an iHtIodo0 vi CO1s tOO, 1OO.
THIS isn't political buncombe. but is
from official figures Republicans
would do well to paste these figures in
their hats and spring them upon every
democrat who attempts to misrepresent
the effect which the Mckinley bill has
had upon our foreign commerce. Now
word about what we sold to foreign
countries. Our exports for the year
ending June 80, 1891 reached S844, 425,
400, which was S26,941,73 more than
we exported the year before. That
looks liks foreigners refusing to buy
from us doesn't it?
Senator Sherman's friends do not APP
pear to be worried over the fight the
Alliance is making upon him in Ohio.
MIR. H. G. Hedges, his former law part
ner, who is now here, says: Senator
Sherman has the fight of his life before
him, but am satisfied he will win, not
withstanding the efforts of the Alliance
to make a combine with the democrats
to defeat him. AS to Mckinley and
Campbell. Campbell isn't in the race
at all feel certain that Mckinley will
get a majority of from 10000 to 10000.
We can win on the tariff Issue alone,
not to speak of the dissentions in the
dar,Coy- n tin rayES -
San Domingo has got safely anchored
in the harbor of reciprocity, treaty
having been negotiated between thai
country and the United States, under
the terms prescribed by the reciprocity
clause of the Mckinley tariff law The
treaty was negotiated by Hon. John w.
Foster. on the part of the United States,
and Manuel de j. Galvan, Minister
Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordi.
nary on the part of San Domingo. The
traatv has heeu enDroved hv President