The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-11-27
WASHINGTON.
From our regular gorresp0ndent,I


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o WAsnSoToN, Nov. 70, 1891.
b Mr. Harrison Is usually very careful oI
= the language he uses In his public speeches
/ but he made break In his speech Of vel
= come to Senior Mont, the new chIlIan
- minister, that will be sniGkered at In d.
: plomalic circles sll oyer the civilized
world. After telling the minister how
. glad he was 10 receive him, he told him of
the policy Of this government In dealing
with It's neighbors unfortunate enough TO
suffer from internal dissentlons nn1 civil
war. Said he: at ia our policy TO pre-.
serve an honorable and strict neutrality
as vas done during the late war in
Chill. Tempting commercial and politI
cal advantage may be offered for our aid
or influence by one or the other Of the
conicnding parties, but this We have not
deemed TO bc consistent with the obiIga-
lions Of Intel national honor and good will
| II surely must have been difficult for Senior
Montt to keep his face straight while list
ening 10 this high flown talk, In view OF
The very shor' time since the newspapers
OF the entire world were ringing with
cbarges Ct bad ialth made by this govern
ment against lIipoiyte, the present presl-
dent OF liayiI, because Of his refusal to I
cede the Mole st Nicholas to the United |
Slaica. In keeping with The promise he |
had made 10 obtain the support Of this |
government 10 aid him in driving Presl- |
dent LegilImc out Of IIayti, and In as-
su'ning the presidency thereof himself.
That WAS an odd sort Of honorable neu-
trallty, wasn't IT. And Senor Monit must
have wonderc II Mr. Hai riaon considered
his bargain with the insurgent Hipolytr
"eonsistent with the obligations OF inter
national hoaor and good will" Even Mr.
liarrlson'a friends sdini, that he made a
mistake In the phrasing Of this speech.
short as !, was.
II Is evident Tia, some sort OF a deal Is
being hatehed, whereby the postmasters of
the country are TO make their Influence
felt In the election OF delegates to the re.
publican national convention. II Is need
less 10 cay that this movement Is In the In.
ierest of The present occupant OF the White
House. II is being manipulated by Boss
CIarkton, aided by Mr. Wanamaker, who
is said 10 be ambitious OF becoming a pol
itieian. Within the last week a number
OF the more prominent posimasters have
been In Washington. and none of them
went away Until ciarkson had taken them
10 Mr. Wanamaser's residence, where a Sc
cret conference was held at which the
whole program was gone over and e1-
Plained. as far as BoEs Clarkson deems II
wise TO trust the postmasters- The only
aid that Mr. Wanamaker can give 10 to let
the postmaster know that he approves of
their undertaking The work mapped out
for them BY Boss Clarkson, who lets them
understand that Mr. Harrison is behind
him.
1t Is row stated inal Secretary Foster
has made Up his mind, after consulting Mr.
HarrIson,no, to make change In the Office
Of the Comptroller of the Currency, not
withdrawing the popular impression that
the incumbent, Mr. Lacey, had by his
seeming careiessncas In the matter OF the
wrecked national banks In Philadelphia,
Boston and else where, los, The confidence
OF the public, which II Is % necessary for
the holder Of that position TO have, II dis
credit is no, to be brought upon The entire
national banking system. 1t is understood
that Secretary Foster will, In his annual
report, attcmp, to show that It is weakness
In the Jaw and not lack Of vigilance on the
part OF government officials that Is 10 blame
for the hoodwInking OF the department by
unsound banks.
II confidence were votes, all of the can
dldates for speaker would be elected.
Votes are mighty Iclrcc here, because the
members Of the House are apparently In
no hurry 10 arrive. II Is noticeable that |
the fighting between the friends of several |
of the leading candidates has again taken |
on the vicious and personally abusive style |
that was so much deprecated by the cool |
headed friends of all the candidates when
These hot heads seem 70 lose sight of the
fact tha, when they abuse 4 candidate everv
word they say is treasured up by the re
publicans for future use against the entire
democratic party. Th. great mass of the
democratic party has no favorite for
speaker. all il asks is that the man select
ed be sound In the fundamental principles
of ths party.
II the news received here by the Bra
lillian minister Is trus, worthy, the furry
In that country is over and the republic
still lives.
Ex:Gov. Foraker Is here, ostensibly on
professional business, but II Is known that
he is pulling some wires that run pretty
close to Mr. Blaine ir order to get help in
his fight against Sherman He is going
home today,but he will return on the 23rd
inst, 10 help the Cincinnati folks try to
capture the republican national convention.
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