Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-04-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 6, 1891.

'AoiiANuIONi Apiil VI 1O0l.
The crowning shame of the Republi.
can administration occurred, If nv in
formation be correct and | have every
reason for believing that it is, Saturday
afternoon, when ]. Gould accompanied
by his son George called at the White
House and delivered his orders to Mr..
Harrison, together with his ultimatum
as to what he would do if they were not
Obeyed. From there he went to the
Post Office Department and gave
Johnnie Wanamaker a much worse
shaking than that given him by "Ted-
dy" Roosevelt some months ago. Mr..
Wanamaker would have liked very
much to have kicked Gould out of his
private office, but there were reasons,
aside from Gould's ''pull" with Mr..
Harrison, why he dared not offend the
little wizard" of Wall street, who had
in his inside pocket some papers with
the Wanamaker autograph thereon.
Gould told Mr., Harrison that unless
his demands were met he might as
well abandon all hope of a vindication
IN the shape of a denomination, and
from the smile Gould wore when he
clambered into his private car, enroute
for st. Louis, Mr.. Harrison must have
promised him something. What does
Gould want? The same thing he always
wants, his only deity-m0ney Ever
since June 1889, the Western Union
Telegraph Company has been carrying
the Governments kilograms without
rendering bill therefor, because Mr..
Gould refused to except the compensa-
tlon set for the work by Mr.. Wana-
maker. Want number one, is to be
pad for this work at his own instead
OF Wanamaker's price. Want number
two, is to secure liberal slice of the
postal subsidy fund for his Pacific Mail
line, which it seems he had heard was
to be left out in the cold in the grand
divide. Want number three, is the in
crease of the amounts paid to all his re-
Gently acquired Western railroads for
carrying the mails. Modest isn't he?
L shall watch carefully to see how
MANY of these wants are supplied by
Mr.. Harrison administration.
Another scandal has been talked
around town about the new contract
for supplying the Post Office Depart
ment with postal cards. By the way,
the new cards which are to be furn-
ished in two sizes and colors, are to
have a design that would reflect no
credit upon cross-road printer upon
the address side, in the upper right
hand corner or which is to be a portrait
of General Grant. The new contract
has been ostensibly awarded to Al.
Daggett, the Brooklyn politician, not
withstanding the trouble the depart
ment has had with himduring the last
two wears under similar contract, but
the real contractor is Geo. E. Lemon.
the king of the pension lobby, who has
carried Daggett through all his troubles
with Wanamaker. Some say that
Lemon is to furnish the postal cards for
nothing, the price going to certain par
ties who are not to examine too closely
into some of the business methods of
the pension king.
Mr.. Blaine is rollicking in the glory
he obtained by calling the bluff of the
Italian Government, but for some rea-
son he refuses to give out copy of the
last dispatch he received from Rudini,
the Italian prime minister, and all the
information we have had about the
dispatch, said to be stright back-down
on the part ofthe Italian Government,
has come by press-cable from Rome.
1t is said that one reason why this dis
patch is withheld from the public by
Mr.. Blaine is that it raised question
of veracity between Baron Fava. the
recalled Italian minister, and Blaine,
and makes it very plain that one or the
other has been handling the truth very
carelessly. Baron Fava is still here but
refuses to he seen and Mr.. B. says that
the dispatch will not be made public
until his reply is prepared and sent.
Meanwhile the public is we'll satisfied
to know that all danger of serious
complication with Italy is passed.
The one hondredth anniversary of
the patent system of the United States
is to be celebrated here this week, and
great preparations are being made for
three days enjoyment, intellectual
and physical. Most of the prominent
inventors of the country are expected
to take part in the program of enter
tainment in some capacity, and their
presence alone will attract q large
crowd.
Mr.. Harrison will start on his Pacific
Slope trip next week, If the eminent
Canadians, now being steered around
Washington by Sir Julian Fauncefote,
who have come here to talk reciprocity
with Mr.. Blaine and ascertain his po-
sition, if he has one, on the question of
reciprocity with Canada, do not raise
some new international complication.
Nobody seems to want to 60 with Mr..
Harrison, not even his wife and chill
dren.