The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-10-23
Washington Letter,

WAssSN(;ToN. ID. 4. Oct, lIth: 1871
REPRESENTATIVES. Mills and Crisp, the tive
candidates for the Spoakership OF the
House who are by general acknowledge
ment the leaders ia the race, and one OF
whom will, barring unexpected develop
ments, be given the coveted tso0or OF
presiding over the next House cf Repre-
sentatiyes while the other viii lead the
marty on the floor, both happened to be
in town nj the same time this week, and
everybody was on the look out for news
of their Speakership prospects, but both
of the gentlemen are apparently more
Interested in the several State campaigns
now going on than in tkeir own. The
Spealership campaign sill really not be
gin in earnest until afocr the State elec-
tions. because no considerable num5er
of RepresentativeS wjsl be in Washington
until then.
The Italian Chamber of Commerce of
New York City has for a long time, IN
fact ever since the passage by Congress
| OF the meat inspection act, been at work
| irving to convince the Italian govern
ment of the wisdom of removing the re-
/ strictions whichit had, in common with
other continental nations of Europe,
/ placed upon the importation of Amerl-
| can pork. Tnis week NJ. l.. Contencln,
! the president of the Chamber of Conn
/ merce, came 20 Washington 90 announce
that the efforts had been successful, and
| that the Italian governmentwould short
| ly repeal the restrictions. Straight away
/ there was a concerted veil from the adj
ministrataon crowd about 1.-The great dl-
! plomatic triumph achieved by the adj
ministration through Minister Porter.
/ Diplomatic fiddlesticks. There are,
strictly speaking, no diplomatic relations
between Italy and this country. Italy
has had no minister here since the New
OrleanSincident. Whatever triumph
there rs about this pork business is en-
tirely commercial and belongs to the or
ganiaation of Italian merchants in New
York city, and not to the administers
| ton.
Here is another instance of the ad-
ministration trying to claim credit to
which it is not entitled. By the lnscEu-
! table will of Providence Germany {
grain crop was almost complete failure
this year and ours was the largest for
years. The German officials casting
about for some method to cheaper
American grain to German consumers,
thought of removing the duty on Ameri-
can wheat, and it is now announced as
another great diplomatic triumph for
the administration, which is to be Gre
.dited to reciprocity" the Germans al
lowing our wheat to come in free in re-
turn for our admitting their beet sugar
free. Their beet sugar has been admit
ted free ever since the sugar schedule OF
the Mckinley tariff bill went into effect.
Senator Sherman is said to have cap
stured the vacancy on the bench of the
Court of Claims for his man, exRepre-
sentative Thompson, of Ohio.
4 delegation of prominent Tennes-
scans were here this week to ask Mr..
Harrison to pl omote L. 5. District Judge
f S Hammond, OF the West Tennessee
district, to the bench of the new Circuit
Court
SecretaryBlaipe's man, Joseph II.
Manley, was here this week, and ii is be
lieved that he brought confidential
gerbal message to Mr.. Harrison.
Mr. Harrison has succeeded in corral
ding Fred Douglas, who since he was
kicked out of the Haytian missien has
shown a disposition to use Whatever in
huenoe he possesses with the negro vo
tiers of the country against Mr.. Harrison
]
footed public avowal of support from
Douglass, but he is also supposed to hav,
been at the bottom of the slur which
Douglass made in a speech here thi
! week upon Secretary Blaine and hi
management of the unfortunate Mol
st. Nicholas matter. Douglass claims
to have documents in his possession tina
would, if published, show the Depart
ment of State in very different 5igh
, from that which it is now viewed.
Mr.. Harrison may be the warm fnsenC
of Secretary Blaine that he processes t.
be, but ii is nevertheless a fact that Dir
Harrison's friends invariably when say
| ing in public something nice about HIN
add something either directly or by ian
plicaGon derOgatory to Mr.. Blaine.
Representative Mills, who made nine
teen speeches in Ohio, is now resting il
this city preparatory to taking part il
, the campaign in Massachusetts, wher
, he is under engagement to make six o
eight speeches. Mr.. Mills reports Gov
ernor Campbell's prospects as growing
1 better every day. Speaking of hi
5 speeches on the free coinage of silve
Mr.. Mills said: Il am convinced tina
the best interests of the party deman
that tariff reform shall be made tn
principal issue in the present fight, an
: as nothing practical can be accomplishe
| in the way of silver legislation, durin
, the next Congress, there is no use to agi
tate the subject now.,,