Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-08-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON, August z, 1891.
The political event of the week was the
meeting of the Republican national execu-
tive committee, which was held here instead
OF at Philadelphia. as at first announced.
1t was expected that Senator Quay would
resign as chairman OF the two committees,
but the announcement that he had for
warded his resignation member OF the
national committee to the chairman OF the
Pennsylvania state committee WAS a genu-
inc surprise. and left the executive COM
mittee no choice in the matter; they were
compelled to accept the resignation of the
craftsmanship Of the executive committee
lea wing the resignation of the chairmanship
of the full committee to be acted upon by
that body when it meets in November to
name the time and place for holding the
next national convention. Another sur
prise was the resignation OF Gen. w. w.
Dudley, treasurer of both committees,
which was rendered as soou as the auditing
committee had reported. Gen. Dudley
leaves his post because his private business
needs his attention. Both resjgnat tions
were accepted with great reluctance, and
resolutions were passed endorsing both of
the retiring officials that any man would
be proud of. The committee elected Mr.. j
5. Clarkson chairman and Mr.. q. A. Ho-
bart Of New Jersey, vice-chairman, and in
structed the chairman to appoint a treas
urer. While the committee WAS here one of
it's members, j Sloat Fassett, of New York,
WAS notified that the president had APP
t.I # ..fN
York, vice Erhardt resigned. AS this is re-
garded the best federal position i'm New
York, it is needless to say that he was
warmly congratulated by his colleagues on
the committee.
There is not man who reads Demo-
cratic Mugwump newspaper that has
not seen the statement reiterated dozens
of times that the Mckinley bill would ell
tirely destroy our foreign trade because for
eign countries would not buy from us un-
less they could sell to us. Now for a few
facts, things that Democrats have never
had much Use or liking for. This week the
bureau of statistics issued review of our
foreign commerce for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1891, which shows it to have been
greater than that of any year in our his
tory. its total value reaching the enormous
amount of 81, 72S, 800, S96. So much for
the whole, now for our imports of foreign
merchandise during the first nine months
under the Mckinley tariff law. Was there
a falling off? Not bit of it. Ourimports
from October 9th. $50 To June 30th. 1891,
under the Mckinley law, reached value Of
$500, 206,OO5, against sos, 169, 800 for
the corresponding period in the previous
fiscal year, which is an increase of So 49,
100. This isn't political buncombe but it
is from official figures. Republicans would
do well to paste these figures i'm their hats
and spring them upon every Democrat who
attempts to misrepresent the effect which
the Mckinley bill has upon our foreign
commerce. Now word about what we
sold to foreign countries. Our exports
f-,r the year -.rairg .pvne, ,eoth sSf reached
SS44 ,425, ,405, which was S26, ,941, ,731
more than we exported the year before.
That looks like foreigners refusing to buy
from us, doesn't it?
Senator Sherman's friends do not appear
to lie worried over the fight the Alliance is
making upon him in Ohio. Mr.. ii. c. He'd
I1etgrss nir lprIiier law partner, VINO rs now
here says; Senator Sherman has the fight
of his life before him, but | am satisfied he
will win, Notwithstanding the efforts of the
Alliance to make II combine with the Dem
ocrats To defeat him. As to Campbell and
Mckinley, Campbell isn't in the race at all.
feel certain that Mckinley will get a ma
iority of from 10000 to 10000. We can
win on the tariff issue alone, not to speak
OF the dissensions in the Democratic ranks.
San Domingo has got safely anchored in
the harbor of reciprocity, treaty having
been negotiated between that country and
the United States, under the terms pre-
scribed by the reciprocity clause of the
Mckinley tariff law. The treaty was ne
gntiated by Hon. j. W. Foster, on the
part OF the United States, and Manuel de
j. Calvin, minister plenipotentiary and en-
voy extraordinary on the part of San Do
mingo, and also by the president and sec
retary Blaine and only needs the official
proclaim of the president to go into
effect September lst.