San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent

WARRINGTON, ID. e., June %, 1891.
The National Democratic commit
tee has according to private and trust
worthy information decided that it
will be useless to fight Maj. Mckinley
in Ohio, as Its agents report his cleo
ton as certain no matter who may be
put up against him. Therefore the
committee is engaged in mapping out
programme for its party
in that State whereby it
hopes to gain United States
senator and to throw q brand of dis
cord into the repu blican national
convention next year. Ibis is. In
short, to trade votes for Mckinley
for votes for democratic candidates,
for the legislature, and to spend all
the money that can be raised in the
doubtful legislative districts. By
this method it hopes to secure DEM
ocratic successor to Senator Sherman,
and to give Maj. Mckinley such q.
phenomenal majority for governor,
as to bring him prominently forward
as a presidential candidate in the
hope that his candidacy may arouse
antagonisms in the republican
party that will jeopardize it's success
next year. "Forewarned is forearm
armed as far as the legislature Is con-
cerned, and the Ohio republicans
may be trusted to take care of that, -
said q member of the administration
to me, land as far as the Presiden-
tial part of the scheme 1t concerned,
the delegates to the next republican
national convention will, as they
have always done, nominate the
man who Is, all things considered >
the most available at the time, ana
it's work will be enthusiastically rati-
fed by the party. Republican con-
ventions have always differed from
those of their opponents, in that they
have ever been dominated by any
one man, or one set of men"
Senator Hale is in Washington, and
he brings the best news concerning
Secretary Blaine's health. He thinks
that by the fall the secretary will be
prepared to resume his duties with
all of his old time vigor 1t must not
be- supposed that because Secretary
Blaine is away he has given up the
direction of the department of state.
because he has done no such thing.
Nothing of any importance concern
ing the affairs of his department has.
been done since he left here without
consulting with him and obtaining
his advice and consent. BY beng
away he has simply avoided the
thousand and one essential details
with which he would have to bother
il he was here, and some things have
been postponed which might have
been done had he rename ed here.
The President, who went to: Cape
May Point with Mrs. Harrison and
the children last week, Is expected
to return to Washington tomorrow or
next day, in order to take up some
important questions, and q cabinet
meeting has been called for Friday,
to which these questions are to be
submitted. AS most o. them relate
to the treasury department., Secretary
Eos ter, who Is now in Ohio, will re-
turn IN time to attend.
The North American Commercial
company which is the present lessee
of the Alaskan sealing privilege, has
filed protest In the Treasury depart
ment against the recent agreement
with England limiting its catch of
seals during the present season to,
seven thousand and five hundred. 1t
has also given notice of claim
amounting to four hundred thousand
dollars which 1t will present against
the Government tor not allowing 1t to
take the number of seals mentioned
in this contract, during the season OF
1890. 1t is expected that claim
equally as large or larger will be set
up against the Government on account
of its losses during the present
season. 1t cannot of course be said
nj chic TINA uyba or will ha dana ahnnE
these claims, but from opinions ex-
pressed by Secretary Blaine and
other members of the administration
limiting the catch of seal first came,
up, it is fair to infer that the admins
tration will favor reimbursiDg the
company to the amount of its actual
expenditure, which will fall far short
of the amount named.
An attempt has been made and is
still being made to have the impress
sion 90 out that the administration
does not wish Maj. Mckinley to be,
elected governor of Ohio. Nothing
could be further from the truth. The
President and every member of the.
cabinet is anxious for and confident of
the election of Mckinley, and they
will each and every one of them do
everything that can be consistently
done to make his majority as large as.
possible. There are no jealousies
among the republican leaders and no,
amount Of misrepresentation can
eDgender them.
The tin plate liar has turned his
attention TO the treasury department
and all sorts of stories are being in
vanted ahOnt thara being n deficit
therein. There is no deficit, and no
danger of one. There is surplus,
and now that the heaviest payments
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