Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-03-19

to use it. said in my hearing that he ex-
pt cted to see every one of these appoint
ments made before Mr.. Harrison started
on his proposed trip to the Pacific coast
via the south; which indicates that the
next two or three weeks would settle the
matter, for though no date has actually
been set for the trip it is generally under
stood that the party, which will include
the ladies of the White House and ma
jority of the cabinet officers and their
wives, will leave Washington early in
April.
If what Democratic senator said to
me to-day is based upon the truth, and he
thinks it is, there are squally times ahead
for that party unless Cleveland and Hill
will agree to abandon their claims to the
Democratic nomination, which is not very
probable. I" The publication of the Wat
terson letter to Hill," said the senator,
(which by the way happen to know
was never mailed to Hill, was the the
| first move toward carrying out a plan to
kill off both Hill and Cleveland as candi-
dates before the next Democratic ma
tiOnal convention, which is the result of
combine, offensive and defensive, that
Senator Carlisle and Interstate Commerce
Commissioner William r. Morrison have
| formed for the nomination of them
selves for president and vice president,
| (the head of the ticket to go to the one
that develops the greatest strength in@
the convention) upon a platform of free
coinage and free trade, the idea being to
combine the west and south against the
east And the same combination will be
a factor in the speakership contest, but |
don't think it has been fully determined
which of the candidates will be benefit
ed, if its support turns out to be bene-
fit. Mills swears by Cleveland and is
counting upon Cleveland to help him, so
that it is probable that Crisp or a wes-
tern man will be favored by the combine,
which, according to my information, is
daily growing in strength. Certain
things, unimportant in themselves, have
occurred here here recently which add
to the pfausi sibifity OF a -c0lHbffnaelwsbe-
tween Carlisle and Morrison, both of
whom are known to have presidential
aspirations, but whether they can COM
mand enough strength in their party to
overthrow Cleveland and Hill, is horse
of quite another color.
This has been proud week for Secre-
tary Blaine. First, the Brazilian mails
brought to the state department copies of
the official proclamation of the president
of Brazil promulagating the reciprocity
treaty with the United States and
authorizing the free entry of all goods
mentioned therein on and after April /.
OF course this was not news to Mr..
Blaine, but nothing short of the official
documents would convince the g doubt
ing Thomases' who busted themselves
in circulating rumors of the rejection of
the treaty by the Brazilian government
and others quite as senseless. But the
most important event, an event which
places Mr.. Blaine among the foremost
modern masters of diplomacy, was the
receipt of a dispatch from Lord Sails
bury, the head of the British foreign
office, agreeing on the part of his govern
ment to accept Mr.. Blaine's proposition
to submit the questions in dispute be-
tween the two governments relating to
Behring sea to arbitration. This is
great triumph, and what is the most
pleasing thing about it, it was accom-
plished by dignified statement of our
claims, without the least shadow of
bluster. AS secretary of state Mr..
Blaine has delighted his friends aud con-
founded his enemies, and now we shall
hear no more of his trying to get this
country into war with England.
EX-Representative Cannon is prepar-
ing statement showing the senseless-
ness of the Democratic charge of ex-
travagance in the matter of appropria-
tions by the fifty-first congress, and also
explaining the why and wherefore of
each appropriation. which will show
that considerable amount Went to paw
debts incurred by the Cleveland admins
tratiOn.
Secretary Foster is at his home, but
Assistant Secretary Nettleton has made
a statement denying that the treasury
department was in any need of money
or that it proposed using the money now
in depository banks in any extraordinary
amounts.
Quite large number of Republican
senators and representatives are still,
here, many of them very busy transact
ing department business for their con-
stituents, which they couldn't get time to
do while congress was in session.
Electrical Investments
Thomas Edison says there is more than
$1,000 900 invested in the electrical in
dustry in the United States The cleo
trical supply business alone-lhe mere
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