Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-08-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Regular Corrcs,oudtu," al HE standard
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WASHINGTON, July 81, 1891.
Helm me Ca>>iu<. or sink" was
tho substance Of communication from
Mr.. Mckinley. OF ohio. To the Nation
Ial Executive committee OF the Repuh-
lican party, which met here this week.
The story. a it i told here, is that Mr.. .
Mckinley sent very urgent appeal to
the committee for Il large sum OF
money To- hcu>cd in the ONO campaign. ;
ami that he sent along with very
broad intimation that unless it was
forthcoming the jig was up with both
himself and the legislature in that
state He i also said to have suggest
/ ed that the committee might easily
.al>c the money by putting the screws
on the manufacturers specially henc-
fitted 10y his tariff Iill. And that was
not the only appeal for money present
ed to the committee. Mr.. ClarkSon
told his colleagues that unless a good
sized barrel Of cash was rolled into Iowa
that State would take its place perma-
ncntly in the Democratic column, and
Secretary faSSctt presented bills for a :
considerable amount left unpaid from
! last years disastrous campaign. But
tlr>" Were minor things and excited
bat little interest compared with the
resignation Of QUAY, not only as Chair
man Of the two committees, but as IA
member OF the National committee:
and the resignation of Dudley us
Treasurer OF both committees. There
was Il good deal Of pretended regret at
being compelled to accept these rcsig /
nations, and high-tlying resolutions :
were adopted referring to both OF them, .
which will probably he regarded by the
retiring officials as indications"
Mr.. Harrison tried to stem the Blaine
tide which controls the Republican
committee by appointing one of its
mcmhcrS-J. Sloat Fassett, of New /
Inrk-tO he Collector OF the port of .
New York in place of Erhardt, whose J
resignation has been accepted. Har- !
mOny Of the monkey and parrot kind
is prevalent in the Treasury depart +
mcnt inst now. At least three of Sec
rotary Fosters most important subor-
dinateS would hail with pleasure the .
news that he had resigned. and they .
would resign themselves If it was not .
for the fact OF their having to give up
their salaries ii they did. The subordl- /
mates mentioned are Assistant Secre- .
! tary Crounsc, Treasurer Nehcker 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 Oi the Raum case fresh in his !
mind, refused to allow them to appoint |
their sons to be their private secretaries,
and Mr.. Owens is disgrlmtled because .
his opinion that Welch tin-pla:e work I
crs could he brought to the United I
States under contract without viOlat- /
ing the alien contract law has been re-
pudiatcd by the Secretary, who has .
written another letter to the party who
made the inquiry stating that the de- (
partmcnt was not prepared at this .
time to answer Hypothetical questions
such as the one propounded. 1t is said
that Mr.. Foster also took occasion to
give Mr. Owens Il very sharp lecture on
the duties OF subordinate officials
Mr.. Wanamaker has led delegation
of Alahamians, headed by Senators
Morgan and Pugh, to believe that he
would favorahly consider their request
to make Mobile one OF the ports from
which a subsidized line Of steamships
will run to South Anne RIGA.
With great flourish of trumpetS the
announcement is made that n reciprCc-
ity treaty has been negotiated with the
mighty Republic of San Domingo,
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 he absolutely necessary to have in
the near future to meet pension pay
mcnts under the present laws. Some
sort of Il new tax has got to be imposed,
and the most OF them seem inclined to
put it upon whiskey by raising the rev.
enue from 80 cents per gallon to some
thing between 81 20 and $3.50 per gal
lon. However, all that the admins
tration can do is to make suggestions;
the Democratic House of Representa-
tivos will determine what shall he done.
Senator Sherman's friends are irving
hard to make ii appear that they look
lightly upon the opposition of the
Farmers Alliance to his re election,
but in reality they regard it as such a
serious matter that unless they can
succeed in patching up some sort of a
reconciliation before long, one OF them
said that Sherman would be compelled
to withdraw i'll order to save himself
the ignominy OF defeat.
Had Mr.. Harrison been able to cir
culate incognita among the prominent
Republican politicians who were here
this week consequent upon the meet
ing OF the National Executive commit
tee, he would certainly have arrived at
the conclusion that he was no longer
" in it, as far as a nomination is con-
cerned. IL was unquestionably a
Blaine week in Washington, and if the
National committee can bring it about
Blaine is to be nominated, and one of
their number-Col. Conger, of Ohio
is authority for the statement that he
will accept the nomination ii it is ten
dercd him. DEN.
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