Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-06-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.

ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MONITOR. ]
Washington, D. c., June %, 1891.
The national democratic committee
has according to private and trust
worthy information decided that it
will be useless to fight Maj. Mckinley
in Ohio, who ever may be put against
him. Therefore the committee is en-
gagged in mapping out programme
for its party in that State whereby it
hopes to gain a United States Senator
and to throw a brand of discOrd into
the republican national convention
next year. This is, in short, to trade
votes for Mckinley for votes for dem
ocratic candidates for the legislature,
and to spend all the money that can
be raised in the doubtful legislative
districts. By this methods it hopes
to secure a democratic successor to
Senator Sherman and to give Maj.
Mckinley such a phenOminal majOrity
| for governor as to bring him prOmin-
entity forward as a Presidential candi-
date, in the hope that its candidacy
may arouse antagonisms in the re-
publican party that will jeopardize it's
success next year.
Senator Hale is in Washington, and
| he brings the best news concerning
Secretary Blaine's health. He thinks
| that by fall the Secretary will be pre-
pared to resume his duties with all of
his old time vigor. 1t must not be
supposed that because Secretary
Blaine is away he has given up the
direction of the Department Of State,
| because he has done no such thing.
Nothing of any Importance concern
ing the affairs of his department has
been done since he left here without
consulting with him and obtaining his
advice and consent. By being away
he has simply avoided the thousand
and one essential details with which
he would have to bother if he was
here, and some things have been post
poned which might have been done
had he remained here.
The North American Commercial
company which is the present lessee
of the Alaskan sealing privilege, has
filed a protest in the treasury depart
ment against the recent agreement
with England limiting it's catch o.
seals during the present season to sew
en- thousand five hundred. 1t has
also given notice of claim amounting
to four hundred thousand dollars
which it will present against the Gov
ernment for not allowing it to take
the number of seals mentioned in the
contract, during the season of 1890
1t is expected that a claim equally az
large or larger will be set up agains
the Government on account of its los
ses during the present season. 1t can
not of course be said at this time wha
viii be done about these claims, bu
from opinions expressed by Secretary
Blaine and other members of the ad
ministratiOn last year when the ques
ton of limiting the catch of seal frs
came up it is fair to infer that the ad
ministration will favor reimbursin!
the company to the amount of its act
ual expenditure, which will fall ia
short of the amount named.
An attempt has been made and l
still being made to have the impress
sion go out that the administrator
does not wish Maj. Mckinley be elect
ed governor of Ohio. Nothing coul
be further from the truth. The Pres
ident and every member of the cabl
net is anxious for and confident of th
+ election of Mckinley, and they WI
each and every one Of them do every
thing that can be consistently done
make his majority as large as possible
There are no jealousies among the re
publican leaders and no amount {
misrepresentation can engender then
: The tin plate liar has turned his al
/ tention to the treasury departme1
4 and all sorts of stories are being IL
2 vented about there being a defic
' therein. There is no deficit, and I
f danger of one. There is a surplu
h and now that the heaviest paymen
d due for some time have been made
t will grow very rapidly.