The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-03
wasn,ngton LeTEer.
ttrom curreguIar eorrespondent.l
Washington, June 90, 1891.

Washington, June 20, 1891.
Politicians are showing the greatest in
terest in a statement that Harrison is said
to Lave made 70 a frierd, to the effect that
in a certain contingency he would decline
to be the candidate of bis party next year.
coinage bill by both House and Senate at
the coming session Of Congress. Ifsueh a
bill is passed and it locks now as If it will
be, Mr.. Harrison is just as determined as
action will ~antagonize a large number Of
Republicans, particularly in the West. he
will announce that in the interest of party
harmony and success lie has determined
not to allow his name to he presented TO
the convention. This story may be entire
" true, but it looks more like an attempt
to make a sensation based on Dir. Harrison's
well known an;i,free coinage yieWs 1t
has many believers however, and they are
men who make a trade of politics.
HaFbor defense is probably a mighty
good thing, but it also comes mighty high.
A contract has just been made by the
Army ordinance department for gun car
riages fer the new twelye-inch bleech-
loading, riisd mortars. The carriages are
to cost 81, 800 each if only eight are fur
nished and if within one year seventeen
additional carriages are ordered they are
TO be furnished at SO, TOO each.
Mr.. Harrison is said to be much offended
because the Canadian Government has
made public what passed betwe Gu Secretary
Blaine aid Sir Julian Pauncefote, the
British minister here. on the subject of
reciprocity with Canada, claiming that
such action is a breach of confidence mas
much as il as first agreed between these
two gentlemen, that none of the negotia-
tons should be made public unless 4 def
mite understanding was reached. The
prediction is already made that the GEN.
ference which had been arranged for
October 10 between Mr.. Harrison, Mr..
Blaine and representatives Of tie Canadian
Government sill be declared eff on account
OF this. While Mr.. Harrison may not go
to that extreme it IS evident that in his
present state of mind such a conference
eau accomplish nothing.
Again the announcement Is made that
France and Germany are to remove all re-
strictions upon the Importation of American
dressed pork into those countries. This
time the statement is made by Secretary
Rusk to Senator Paddock, and it is said to
be based upon unofficial information that
the governments OF these countries Rave
decided that the microscopic examination
to which the meat is now subjected by
officials Of the Agricultural department is
entirely satisfactory. According to the
information Of the department the restric-
tions will be officially removed before the
first of next October.
Ex-senator Ingalls, is in town. He lee
tured to-day to the Glen Echo Chautauqua.
A Washington newspaper man made some
fun for the boys by making 4 proposition
to a theatrical manager here to pay linn
81 600 cash if he could get Mr.. Ingalls, to
deliver a lecture here cn THE Kansas
Farmers Alliance; how | met it, and low
l was licked by it," and the theatrical
man, whose gall is boundless. was
actually going to see Mr.. Ingalls, to ask
him what he would charge to deliver a
lecture on the subject named if be had not
been stopped.
|. ). Treasurer Nebeker reports a net
cash balance in the Treasury Saturday at
the close of business of IS, SOC, 203, in addi-
ton to fractional silver and deposits in
national banks. After the first Of July the
Treasury statements are to be made in the
form that was used then Senator Sherman
was Secretary Of the Treasury.
Mr.. Harrison expectst to spend the Fourth
of July ~ith his family at Cape May
Point, and it is not probable that he will
return to Washington for several weeks,
unless his presence should be requi.ed by
some emergency.
Col. J.. B. Weber, superintendent of
immigration at New York, who is to go
to Europe as chairman OF the commission
which is to investigate immigration, has
been here comforting with officials of the
Treasury department. lie intends sailing
from New York on the 8th Of July, and
will meet the other members Of the CON-
mission who have already gone over, in
London.
While it has not been fully decided yet
what interest is to be paid on the extended
a per cent bonds, there is a general belief
that it will be 2 per cent, which is the
figure at which the New York bankers
offered 10 take all that were presented TO