Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-11-19

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believe you knew it all the time"
From our regular Correspondent.l
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, ID. C., Nov. 9, 1891.
The President is now devo,ing every
| spare moment of his time to work upon
his annual message to Congress, much of
which he has already roughly prepared.
The financial part Of the message, which
will be largely based upon the annual re-
port Of the Secretary of the Treasury,
upon which Secretary Foster is now hard
at work, will probably be the last that will
be finished 1t msy be mentioned, upon
good authority, that the portion of the
message treating of the several foreign
complications which have recently occur
| red will fairly Dristle with Americauism
of the stalwart sort, the sort which is
calculated to make Americans residing or
travelling abroad proud of the flag which
protects them wherever they go, and
| which has gained for that flag greater
respect among the strong nations of the
world than it has ever before enjoyed.
Now that The smoke has entirely cleared
away from the recent State elections and
| calm observation Of the causes which
| brought about certain effects may be taken,
no member of the national administration
sees anything to darken the bright pros
pect of Republican success next year.
| They all recognize that in the one State
| Ohio-where the i.ht was squarely made
| upon the issue that the national campaign
| is to be fought upon-pro'ection and
| honest money there is magnificent Re-
| publican victory, and in that victory they
| see the forerunner of another and greater
| victory next year. The election of Maj
Mckinley, although fully expected from
the start, gives the greatest satisfaction
| in Washington, where the sterling honesty
and integrity Of the man have made him
as wide q circle of personal friends and
well wishers as any man in public life has
| He is one of the few men who never get
| the 'big head"
| This week the date for holding the G.
A. X. National encampment next year will
| be determined upon. AT first it was
thought that it would be in October, but
50 many have objected to that month that
it is now thought probable that September
| will be selected. The objec;io TO October
| is Its cool nights, which it is feared might
have a bad effect upon the several thou
sand veterans that will be prov ided with
free quarters in tents during the eucamp-
| ment
| Senator Plumb is in Washington receiy-
| ing the congratulations of his friends on
| the result of the Kansas campaign in
which he took leading part. He says
that the result shows that the Kansas
| farmers will not be led by the nose BY
| ignorant demagogues whose only aim in
| life is to feather their own nests they
have a "sy Of doing their own thinking
which in the end brings them in the near
neighborhood of what is right and
| proper.
| 1t is generally supposed that the men
who are lighting to make Mills Speaker of
| the House are also working To make Cleve-
land the nominee of his party next year,
! but it IS not true of all of them. for one
| of the ablest and shrewdest of the meu
engaged in the management Of the Mills
campaign said on the subject: No, sir;
the election of Mills does not mean the
nomination of Cleveland if it did | should
he working against instead of for Mills
You know that | am very much opposed
to the election of Crisp as Speaker and
yet, assure you that would thousand
| times rather see Crisp elected Speaker
than to see Cleveland nominated for
| President"
Senator Mitchell of Oregon, says he in
tends to reintroduce his joint resolution
for constitutional amendment providing
for the election of L. S Senators by
| direct vote of the people, just as soon as
Congress meets, and that he proposes, if
| possible, TO get a vote on it during the
session.
One notable effect Of the State election
returns is that the officials of the National
| Farmers Alliance who make this city their
headquarters have stopped claiming the
| earth, which they were doing right along
before the election. Now they have moth
ing to say for publication further than
that the Alliance isn't in politics this year
anyway" In plain words the trick by
which it was hoped that several of the
Northwest States would throw away their
| electoral votes while the South would re-
main solidly Democratic has been effectu-
ally shown up. and will cut no figure in
the Presidential campaign. AS one Sena-
tor puts it, If the Farmers Alliance in
the South wants to organize a third party
let them start the ball by cutting loose
from the Democratic party In the several
I Southern States which they now control"
| VicePresident Morton and his family
are now occupying their Washington resi-
dence. Mr.. Morton is looking remarkably
| y,.n1J