Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-04-18
WASHING TON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.

ma MChihiey Is III IO"u Inis
week, and he has been to the White
House nearly every day. The Presi-
dent is anxious TO have the Major
accompany him to the Pacific coast,
aud although he has not yet consent
ed to go | shall not be surprise if he
does. The present relations between
these two eminent republicans show
the absurdity of the democratic talk
about their being rivals for the re.
publican Presidential nomination
next year. Maj. Mckinley was ask
ed what he thought the returns from
the local spring elections indicated,
and he replied: "They indicate that
the voters of the republican party
are rapidly getting in line for the
great battle next year, and, mark my
words, that the republican party
will elect the next President of the
United States"
Secretary Rusk is the recipient of
many congratulations on his success
in getting Germany to rescind it's
prohibition of American meats and
meat products, and he is proud, as
he has right to be, of what he has
accomplished, but he is still hard at
work, through the State department,
trying to convince the Government
of France that it will be wisdom for
it to follow the example set by Ger
many and open its markets to our
meats, and he believes that he will
eventually succeed
Every republican sincerely regrets
that the state of Senator Edmund s
health has caused him to tender his
resignation to the governor of his
state, and not even the belief that
he will be succeeded by so able a
man and so good a republican as
Secretary Proctor reconciles them
to the loss of Mr.. Edmunds, who
had been u member of the Senate %
years on the 5th of the present
month. 1t is believed, although
neither Of the gentlemen concerned
will talk about it, that it was TO en-
able Secretary Proctor to close up
some matters in his department in
which he is greatly interested, be-
fore leaving the Cabinet in order TO
enter the Senate, that Senator Ed
munds made his resignation to take
effect on the first Of November next.
Some people think that for either
Senator Edmuuds or Secretary Proc
tor to confirm this would be to i'm
ply that an understanding had been
reached with the governor of Yer
mont before il was known that there
would be vacancy in the Senate.
The three days celebration of the
centennial of the United States
patent system, began on Wednesday
with public meeting presided over
by the President and addressed by
Secretary Noble, Commissioner Of
Patent Mitchell, Labor Commission,
err Wright, Hon. Robt. 5. Taylor, of
Indiana, Justice Blatchford, of the
U. 5. Supreme Court and Senator
Plat, closed this afternoon with
military review, participated in by
regular troops and militia. The
celebration has been a success, al
though the attendance of strangers
has been much smaller than was ex-
pacted by some of IT'S over sauguine
projectors.
The question among democrats is,
did Governors Senator Hill intention
ally throw q tariff frebrand into the
speakorship fight? Intentionally or
not his recent letter announcing
that he had no sympathy with free
trade has created q stampede among
the supporters of Mills who is an
avowed free trader, and it now looks
as if there would be a regular mon
Key and parrot time IN the Fifty
second Congress on account Of this
question having been precipitated
into the arena by Hill. Mr.. Cleye-
land is understood to be for Mills