Nevada County picayune., 1891-03-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.


From our Regular Correspondents.
WASHINGTON, Men. ID, 1891.
Mr.. Harrison was fortunate in be-
ing out of town this week. He es-
capped the first exuberance OF the
the Blaine howlers. who have gone
completely wild, because the alleged
reciprocity treaty has been formally
accepted by the Brazilian govern
ment. instead of being rejected as
had been rumored, and because the
British government has agreed to
submit the Behring Sea dispute TO
arbitration, reserying the right to
insist upon the payment of damages
by this government for what it calls
the illegal seizure of vessels sailing
under the British flag. Before
browning Mr.. Blaine king of the
world of diplomacy the B'alnlacs
should procure a copy of the dis
patch of Lord Salisbury, sent to the
British Minister here last summer,
which was a part of the correspon-
dencc submitted to Congress at the
last session. They will find that the
proposition then made by Great
Britain to arbitrate was, with the ex-
ception that it included the Canadian
fisheries dispute, substantially the
same as thot now accepted by Lord
Salisbury. If there has been any dl-
plomatic victory won in these nego-
tiations Mr.. Blaine was not its
winner.
Notwithstanding the statement
that Mr.. Harrison has concluded not
to make the appointments OF the nine
United States Judges until Congress
met again, the Republican appli-
cants for these life time positions are
patiently waiting for him to return
to the White House in order to re-
new the seige His ostensible reason
for going to Maryland was to shoot
wild ducks, but | think his real
reason was to escape the importunl-
ties of the "lame ducks of his party
1t is thought here that he will make
these appointments before going to
the Pacific coast in search of votes IN
the next Republican national con-
vention, and the vote hunting jaunt
is to begin, very appropriately, in
the neighborhood Of the first of
April. Acknowledgement Miller is
said to be studying the law under
which these judges are to be APP
pointed, as doubts have been ex-
pressed as to its constitutiOnality.
Last night at the hotel at which
Hon. William X. Morrison lives,
there was a gathering of delighted
Illinois Democrats exchanging COIL
gratulations upon the election OF
Gen. Palmer to the United States
Senate, and no one expressed more
pleasure than Mr.. Morrison, who had
been prominently mentioned as a
candidate in case of the withdrawal
of Gen. Palmer.
Republicans here take special de-
light in the knowledge that the ex-
travagant appropriations of the last
Congress will make deficit in the
Treasury which the incoming Dem
ocrats will have to provide for, eth
er by reducing expenses or increas-
ing taxation, and they actually have
the gall" to express their delight to
Democrats. Perhaps when the DEM
ocratic House begins to show up
some of the financial crookedness of
the majority in the last Congress, as
it is almost certain to do, these fell
lows will not feel quite so gleeful.
The Treasury department has no.
tilted the claim agents that all pay
ments under the direct tax act will
be made to the States in trust for
citizens thereof from whom they
were collected, and that no one will
be allowed to examine the direct tax
records of the departments unless
authorized by one of the States to
do so. This is black eye to the
fraternity of CLAIM agents, but it
would be safe to bet that copies OF
the department records were in the
possessession Of favored individuals
before the order was issued.
The illegal sealers in Behring Sea
will have lively time this season.
as pending the arbitration the ships
of Great Britain will assist those of
the United States in putting an end
to the business.