The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-05-16

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Our Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. May & 1854.
Well. we'll can it be that after
all of Mr.. Blaine's jingoism as to
our rights in Behring Sea that we
are to humbly back down? That's
the talk here now. According to
my information, Mr.. Blaine has
discovered that we have nothing to
arbitrste and that Russia never set
up any such claims as he has done
when she was the owner of Alaska,
and does not now recognize that
the United States has any such
rights. As the story goes, as-soon
as Mr.. Blaine saw that We had not
the slightest show under the pro-
posed arbitration he began to search
for q hole to crawl out of with az
little loss of dignity as possible
| He began then to lay wires for q
triple international agreement be-
tween the United States, Russia
and England, for the prevention
of the indiscriminate killing of
seals in Behring Sea, and now, it
is said, that pending further nego-
tiations no seals are to be taken at
all this season. Officials at the
State and Treasury departments
refuse to either confirm or deny
this story.
A whole week has gone by with
out q new and entirely different
statement from the preceding one
Of the condition of the Treasury
having been given out Last week
there were three or four of them.
Mum is the word now, while the
Secretary and his expert account
ants are preparing the figures for
the presto-veto- change statement,
which If i meets with Mr.. Har-
rison's approval, and of that there's
little doubt, is to be given to the
public on the first of June. The
intention is to follow Republican
precedent by manipulating the
trust funds in the monthly state
ment of tho national debt in such
a way as to show large availabls
surplus where practically mono
exists.
The first mutterings Of . storm
in the ranks of the Republican
party are being heard here. So
far Mr.. Harrison has apparently
had it all his own way in his march
towards q second nomination, and
mono of his party have seen fit to
attempt to make any organized OPP
position to him, but squalls are
ahead for him. This week Repre-
sentative Farquhar. of New York.
has openly stated here his belief
that Harrison could not possibly
be elected, and an Indiana Re-
publican of prominence has said
that Harrison could not carry that
State. These are straws showing
the drift of Republican sentiment
The Blaine men can not be kept
down much longer; they hate Har-
rison, and every time that Russell
Harrison's newspaper. in its silly
attempts to make glory for Har-
rison casts slur upon Blaine that
hatred is intensified. These men
would rather see Democrat cleo
ted than have to stand Harrison
for another four years, and, mark
the prediction, in six months they
will be shouting that sentiment
from the house tops Mr.. Blaine
may be perfectly willing that Mr..
Harrison should be renominated.
although / have serious doubts Of
of it, bat his friends are not They
hope, of course to nominate Blaine.
whether he consents or not, but
they are determined, as will be seen
before long, that in any event Har-
rison shall not be the nominee, il
they can prevent it, and they think
they can. There's music ahead a.
sure as you are born, and with
good management the Democrats
can march to victory keeping time
with it.
Government officials decline to
express any opinion for publication
| On the report of the New Orleans
grand jury on the lynching of the
Italians, but privately the universal
| verdict is 'sjust what / expected"
| and many people have recalled the
words of Edmund Burke, "A whole
people cannot be indicted"