Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-04-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.


rvr;,ten and compiled for the HERALD ]
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 3O-The
President is not a man easy 10 take OF
tense. nor is he given to implying improp--
or motives TO men, who, for political
reasons make practice of misrepresent-
ing everything that he or any memOer Oh
h;s administration does, but he is an or
binary human beng, and as such reeenIs
the outripht manufacture of stories Tor
the express purpose of making, or rather
trying TO make misunderstanding between
himself and other Republican leaders,
Therefore it is only natural that he should
he somewhat offended at the publication
of a newspaper article intimating that he
and Mai. Mckinley are rivals for the
nres,deniial nomination next year, and
nurporting 10 state upon authority that
Mai Mckinley was already actively
working AGAINST the denomination OF Mr.
Harrison and for his own nomination, and
tnrtber. that Mai. Mckinley claimed the
nomination as a right, because he was
the author of the tariff act, passed by the
Fifty-first Congress.
The story was bundle of mlsstate-
ments from the beginning to the end, ana
the object of its Democratic author is
disceroable, as, in order to make it APP
near more plausible ard emanating from
n Rennhlican source. it is based upon tie
assumed certainty of the nomination and
eIection of Mai. Mckinley as Governor of
| Ohio this fall. That such will be the case Is
the general belief and hope of all Repub-
licans hereabouts, but the Object OF the
writer of the story was to prevent tne
very thing that he assumed to be certain
TO occur. He hoped 20 create dlssention
among the OHIO Repub' leans by making
il appear that Mai. McKinley's election as
Governor would be cOyertly opposed by
the President.
This Democratic vould-be mischief
maker well knew that Mai. Mckinley
was out of this city and that his story
would get well circulated before there
vould be an opportunity to deny 1t. Now,
as a matter OF fact, happen to know
that the President is particularly desir-
ons of seeing Mai. Mckinley nominated
for Governor of Oslo, and that be pro
noses doing everything that lie may with
nronrie;y do to help elect the champion
of nrotection after he is nominated, and
alss know that Maj Mckinley is fully
aware of these sentiments of Mr.. Harrl-
son. and that be is equally as friendly
towards Mr.. Harrison. 1t Is evident,
however. that the Democrats propose to
keen M their old time tactics OF trying
to make political capital for their own
marty by attempting 10 create dissentlon
among the friends of prominent RepubIi-
cans: therefore the Republicans should
be constantly on their guard and place
no credence in stories of alleged Quarrels
or "s,rained relations between eminent
Republicans. The Republican party,
as represented in Congress and IN the
administration, is to-day clearer OF lac-
lions than it has been at any time Tor
fifteen years past.
Secretary Foster has exploded another
Democratic "ROorback." III was stated
that the Treasury Department was great
ly embarrassed to know where the money
was to come from 10 redeem the oO'OOO,-
600 of AZ per cent. bonds that Will ma
ture next September This statement
caused the new Secretary to smile when
his attention was called to it. The hold
ers of these bonds need not wait until
next September, as the Treasury Depart
mert is ready now TO redeem them as
fast as presented, paying the full interest
TO date of maturity. That's how en-
barrassed it is. The embarrassment is
all in the minds OF the Democratic news
paper writers who are compelled to turn-
ish sensational political matter at all
times, even if 1t has to he entirely manu-
featured, as this was
The return of TIE special train which
carried the remains of the late Senator
Hearst and the accompanying Congress
siOpal committee to San Francisco has
been the signal for revival of all the
gossip of several years past regarding eX-
travagant Congressional funerals. There
| is no doubt that these funera have cost
more money than they should have cost,
nor IS there any doubt that reform is
needed. but the man who can believe that
they have been the pleasure iunkets that
some imaginative writer's have described
must rate the Congressman who have at
tended them as a grade lower than brutes,
and |. icing reasonably familiar with the
characters of the Senators and Bepresen'
tatives, cannot do it.
There was a rumor here a day or two
ago that the Canadian government, un,
der instruction from Great Britain, had
requested Attorney General Miller 10
agree TO the withdrawal of the Sayward
case (Behring Sea- from the cOgnizance of
the Supreme Court, in view of the ne
collation. for arbitration; but it IS denied
at the department of Justice. 1t bas not
been fully decided what country will act
as the arbitrator, but it is believed that
Switzerland will he chosen. The Presl-
dents annual proclamation of warning to
illegal sealers may contain a surprise for
some people.