Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MoNITol

w WASHINGION LETTER..
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE MONITOR.
Washing ton, d. c., July 20, 1891
Senator German who is just now the
sEPoor Bah'' of the democratic party,
opened the eyes of committee Of
Ohio democrats in manner that must
have surprised them very much, as
they had been taught to believe that
German was omnipresent and irwin
chile. This committee came here to
get Mr. Gorman's promise to take part
personally in the management of the
Ohio democratic campaign. That
gentleman took the committee out to
ahis Maryland country residence and
entertained them royalty, but he de-
clined to make any promises about the
Ohio campaign, because as one of the
committee men put it, che candidly
informed us that he had just all the
fight that any one man could want
right in his own state, and that while
he was confident that he would be
elected to the Senate again, he did not
feel that he could afford to take any
chances by giving any part of his time
to Ohio politics. That, of course, set
tied the matter, but it was mighty sur
prising to me to learn that Arthur Cor
man really had to fight to maintain his
ascendency in Maryland. I suppose
tits all on account of the Farmers AL
lance" The forging ahead of fRepre-
sentative Crisp in the race for the
Speakership of the house has already
had a tendency to make the friends of
other candidates discuss the feasibility
of making a combination of the field
against Crisp. Crisp, McMillin, and
Mills, of the more prominent candi-
date of the jobbers, and if when the
proper time arrives it shall appear
that he is favored by a majority of the
democratic members of the House, 1
shall publicly make that charge
against him and present proofs which,
I think, will convince everybody of
its truthfulness." Crisp, McMillin and
Mills of the more prominent candi-
dates are now in Washington, each of
them recognizing that this is the
place in which the preliminary work
of electing the next speaker must be
done.
The decision of Indian Commission
er Morgan refusing to make further
contracts with the Bureau of CathO-
lie Missions, the head of which is To-
Gated here for Indian schools has been
commented upon. Mr.. Morgan says
he has taken this action because the
bureau has persisted in maligning him
and making false charges against him,
and that it will not affect the Catho-
lie Indian schools, as he will make di-
rect contracts with the schools.
Nothing further will be done in the
Behring Sea arbitration negotiations
until each side receives the report of
the commission sent to the Seal Is
lands to report upon the general con-
dition of affairs there. There are now
two separate commissions, one Brit
ish, and one American, and there will
be two reports, intended for the guild
ance of the respective governments.
While the negotiations are proceeding
very slowly they appear, as far as
they have gone, to be entirely salts
factory to both sides which augurs for
the future.
Secretary Foster will early this week
go to Cape May Point where he may
be the guest of the president for few
days. His principal object in going
there is rest and recreation, although
it is more than probable that while
there important administrative ques-
tions will be discussed
The Washington papers are devot-
ing lots of space to show the facilities
for visiting the most noted battle fields
of the war the G. A. r. will have if
they will accept the invitation which
next month to hold the 1892 encamp-
ment in this city. An ample guaran-
tee fund has been subscribed to enter
tain the old soldiers and no expense
will be spared to entertain them
if they shall decide to come, as all
classes of our citizens are hoping they
will
Many democrats here are strongly
opposed to the free coinage plank in
the Ohio democratic platform, but
they wink at each other and say ooh
it means nothing, it is only a bait to
catch the Farmers Alliance vote in
that State"