Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-03-05

WASHINGTON. ID. c., Feb. %,

WASHINGTON. ID. c., Feb. %, 1891.
! The President by the nomination of ex-
Governor and Representative Charles
Foster, of Ohio. to be Secretary of the
Treasury. has added another to the long
list of peculiarly fitting appointments he
has made, which show him to be the
possessor. to an unusual degree. of the
merits and abilities of men. The republi-
cans in Congress are. to a man, delighted,
and even the democrats find no fault,
f, Everybody recognizes Mr. Fosters great
ability as thorough going common sense.
business man and practical financier and
what is far more important in the present
condition of our financial system every body
recognizes his conservatism, and every
tration the Treasury department will he
conducted along the safe lines WHICH made
the late Secretary Window so popular
with the business men Of the country.
| Gov. Foster is no stranger in Washing
ton. He served with honor to himself, his
State and the republican party in the
House of the Forty-secoud, orty-third,
Forty fourth aud Forty fifth Congresses,
| and by frequent visits TO the national
capital he has kept up his acquaintance
, with the prominent public men of the
| time.
He belongs to that class of self made
f,l -,
republican party, during the last thirty
years, have been such striking examples: ::
he Is product OF one of Americas great
est blessings the public schools, that
God given system which enables every
studious boy. aye, and girl too, to lay the
foundation Of future grestne>> With as
much certainty of future realization of
ambitious hopes As can be possessed by
children Of the weaIthiest parents,
Even the ultra silver men speak well Of
this nomination. They know that Mr..
Foster does not share their views to the
extcnt Of free and unlimited silver coinage,
bot they know also that he, like the late
Secretary Windom, IS warm friend of
silver and that the real i tftrence between
his opinions aud theirs Is only one of
methods for the accomplishment of
common end-furnishng the country with
a sufficient volume of stable honest cur
rency; currency which shall at all times
and under all circumstances be worth 100
cents on the dollar, alike to debtor and
creditor.
1t Is daily becoming more apparent that
the democrats in the House are bent upon
forcing the calling Of an extra session, if
they can. and unless all of the republican
ab>entees-there are still nearly dozen Of
thcm-can be brought here and Kept here
until the close of the session it is feared
that they may succeed. They the demo
crats) are resorting to their usual methods
of obstruction When they cannot block
the legislative wheels by ti,bustering
motions they break a quorum by leaving
the House in A body. quorum Of re-
publican members constantly present is
the only thing that will put stop to this
foolishness.
That Mr. Cleveland il, in sporting par
lance, playing for a position, is the
general opinion of the closest political
published here last week to the effect that
he had decided not to be candidate next
year was merely part Of his game to feel
the pulse of his party in order to see what
effect his recent silver letter had upon his
prospects, is equally pateut He has few.
friends among the democrats in Congress,
many Of whom have stated in the most
positive terms that they would not sup
port him, but. OF course, these men Will
change their opinions if they find that
their constituents do not endorse them.
There is no longer any doubt about the
fate of the free coinage bill at this session.
1t has been reported adversely to the House
by the committee on Coinage and its most
ardent friends have practically abandoned
hope Of its being voted upon and they
are very bitter against some of the demo-
cratic leaders, whom they charge with
having been stampeded by Clevelands
letttT. ne TACT mas leaked ont tuAt Senh-
tor German and number of his political
colleagues in the Senate intended from the
first that the bill should die in the House,
and that they only played part, for politi
cal effect, in voting for it in the Senate.
The Government departments were clos
ed on Saturday in honor of the memory of
General Sherman, whose funeral occurred
on that day. and they are closed to-day in
honor of George Washington's birthday,
the law making that day a legal holiday,
providing that when it falls on Sunday it
shall be observed on the day following.
very interesting debate has been
going on in the Senate for a part of several
days on the bill making the Government
the endorser of the bonds of the Nicaragua
caual company to the amount of 500, ,000,-
600, The opponents of the bill seem to
have made the best showing in open ses-
sion, but it is understood that there are
weighty reasons for the passage of the
bill which cannot at this time be made pub
lie.