The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-30
washington Letter.

"'TtbtOh1 WV 80 AOol
The headquarters of the Nationa|
Farmers Alliance, always a busy place
now reminds one Of the national com
mittee rooms of one Of the political par
ties during a Presidential campaign
there is the same hurry and hustle and
the running in anu out of telegraph
messenger boys with dispatches. An
Official dispatch from President Polk,
who is now in California reports that
the Alliance in that State now has a
greater voting strength than either OF
the political parties, its membership
having grown in about thirteen months
to more than 100, 900. The same dis
patch says that beyond the shadoa of a
doubt the Alliance with elect the Presi-
Dental electors in California next year.
! DISPATCHES from various sections Of
| Ohio assert that Senator Sherman is
certain to be defeated and estimate
that the peoples ticket, which although
not formally endorsed by the Alliance
as an organization gets its strength
from members of the Alliance, will poll
not far short of 80 thousand votes.
President Harrison and all of his
Cabinet are agreed that the latest Chill
ian complication the mobbing and i'm
prisonment of U. S. Sailors at VAL
paraiso-is a very serious one. In
structions have been cabled to Minis
ter Egan, which include demands for
satisfaction, which, while eminently
right and proper, this government will
not be in a position to enforce for some
time to come should the present gov
eminent Of Chill see fit to refuse them.
We have only two vessels on the spot,
and the Boston, which sailed on Satur.
day for Valparaiso, cannot get there in
less than sixty days. 1t was not realiz-
ed until the official report was received
here how great an insult had intention
ally been given the American flag by
the Gillian mob, consequently the in
dignation is just beginning to manifest
itself among the people, who express
themselves as being willing to stand by
the administration in any method it
may adopt to obtain respect for the
flag.
Standardized Palmer, of Illinois, who
is now here making arrangements for
quarters during the coming session Of
Congress, is evidently not q Hill man,
or he would not have used the follow
ing language in answering a question as
to what he thought Of the New York
situation: II find the disposition in
some quarters to suspect Gov. Hill OF a
lack OF sincerely in desiring Mr.. Flow
er's election. 1t is urged that Gov.
Hill is anxious to show that he Is the
only democrat who can carry New
York. Now, if Mr.. Flower, with all
the patronage and machinery of the
State under the control of Gov. Hill, is
not elected it seems 10 me that it will
require a great deal Of self-abnegation
on the part Of Gov. Hill to make the
democrats believe that he was not in
some sense responsible. In other words,
if he has the State 70 well in hand,
there seems TO be no reason to expect
Mr.. Flowers defeat. If he has not,
then we have been led to expect too
much. The election of Flower will
bring Gov. Hill to Washington to take
his seat in the Senate with y great deal
more prestige resulting FROM demon
strated power than he could ever hope
for from defeat. Indeed. in the latter
event / do not see how MIR. Hill can be
considered in the light Of a candidate
for the Presidency"
There is some speculation here as 10
whether Mr.. Wanalnaker will in his an
nual report, upon which he is now
working, take occasion to hit back at
Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt
for the blow the latter aimed at him in
that memorable letter to the President
last Winter, which by the way sgiy-
ell to the Press before it reached the
White House. AS Mr.. Wanamaker is
a peaceable man i, is hardly probable
that he will rake up disagreeable by
cones to raise a row with Roosevelt,
WIZ Is puRudClOuS W dil uDuSudl GcRIcc,
owing perhaps largely to the fact that
lie is independent of the salary he re-
ceives from the Government.
Mr.. Blame returned to Washington
Saturday as quietly as he left 1t last
May. lie spent Sunday very quietly, a
portion of it with Mr.. Harrison; and
Monday lie was in his offiee for a while.
But Mr.. Blaine never was much of a
promiscuous hand-shaker, so lie soon
tired of receiving the pleasant but none
the less mODotonous greetings OF his
numerous callers and escaped: to his
residence just a square away, where, as
he has done ever since he became Secre-
tary of State, he will do all of his inn
portant work. free from Interruptions,
he always has when in the department.
He is looking better than he has for 5
years, and he says he feels strong, but
that lie fears to boast until he has test
ed his strength by a little hard work.
The Louisiana Democrats are split