The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-09-04
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. DC. Aug. 81, 1ss

postmaster 10 D0COnt. 81 W . pCdhs al
inspector of all the postofices in that
county and to report to him the con-
dition of all the offices. He holds out
as an inducement that at the end Of
the fiscal year he will report TO the
President those offices which will
reach the highest mark of honorable
mention by the President Of the
United States.
There will be five grades of offices,
perfect, excellent, good, fair, poor, and
at the end of each fiscal year the
Postmaster General will report TO the
President those who rate the highest
for such honorable mention as he may
see fit personally to make"
1t is getting to be commonly agreed
among the leading Republican poll
ticians who are the most active in the
party organization that Mr.. Harrison
will be a candidate for denomination
when the national convention meets.
1t has become evident to him, as it
has to the whole country, that If Mr..
Blaine will accept the nomination it
will be useless for any other candidate
to enter the field.
| 1t is stated that Mr.. Harrison will
endeayor to learn from Mr.. Blaine
himself not if he Eis a candidate for
the nomination, for the President is
said TO be satisfied On that point al
ready that he is not, but whether he
viii accept the nomination. If he
learns that Mr.. Blaine will not de-
cline the nomination, Mr.. Harrison.
it is said, will not permit his name TO
go before the convention.
There appears to be such a general
understanding on this point among
men who are usually well informed
and are generally consulted in such
matters that there is little reason to
doubt that it is based on positive in
formation.
1t is said that Mr.. Blaine is now in
as good health as any man Of his age
can reasonably expect to enjoy, and
that there is nc. more reason to doubt
his strength to endure the fatigue Of
a campaign than there is to doubt the
strength of Mr.. Harrison.
The collector Of customs at New
York city recently submitted TO the
Treasury department the question as
to whether two copies of municipal
publications, required for registration
at Was hington under the copyright
act, may not be allowed to pass
through the custom house without
seizure although sent by mail. Ger
tain New York publishers represent
it as Of the utmost Importance that
new works should be registered with
the least delay possible, and suggest
that copies entered for registration
be permitted to go through" fmark-
ed for copyright entry" Assistant
Secretary Grouse has informed the
collector that dutiable copyright
ed articles if imported through the
males are subject TO seizure the same
as other dutiable articles, but in view
/ of the peculiar circumstances con-
nected with this case he is authorized
to facilitate the delivery Of these
publications so far as may be practi-
cable on the payment of a fine equal
TO the duty.
Senator WashbuTn, of Minnesota,
was at the Arlington Saturday night,
and in conversation he stated that he
did not believe that Mr.. Blaine was a
candidate for the presidency in the
ordinary sense Of candidacy. That he
'sees as plainly as everybody else sees
that the people Of this country are
going to nominate him and elect him
in 1892. Nothing can prevent this
happy consumation. Harrison will
not be candidate at the convention
when he sees the unanimous drift
towards Blaine next spring. He will
cordially support Blaine and do all he
can, in manner compatible with his
position to aid in Blaine's election. [
know that the entire Northwest is for
Blaine and has been for years.
The acting secretary of the navy
has made an order constituting the
commandment of each navy yard, with
the chiefs of the two bureaus employ
| ing the largest number Of men, per-
manent boards to be known as boards
of employment of labor. The duty of
these boards will be to examine and
recommend for appointment appli-
cants for places in the laboring forces
of navy yards.
There are good many farmers who
are getting their eyes open to the
fact that the Alliance and other like
organizations, are schemes concocted
by a few lazy politicians in order to
benefit themselves by drawing upon
their pocket books. 1t will be well
for our farmers to keep aloof from all
new adventures as they need all the
spare change they can get for their
own use.
/ The Kansas PeOple;S marty is Claim