The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-25
MnshIngton Letter.

wAs111SeTux. d. c. Sept. 18th. 1891. |
secretary FcSter. as shown by his la |
test move. is getting down tn small
change expedients in his efforts to get /
the money to meet the demands beng |
made uron the Treasury Although he I
cocnts the fractional silver coin M the
Treasury as part of his available cash
balance ncbodv knows better tAan he
that this money Is not legal tender eN-
cent in small sums, and Ire has had the
L. :. Treasurer prepare and send out
circular stating that banks and other
fipfruCial institutions and alS0 postoiliceS
viii 81 furnished fractional silver IN
s,1Drs of 5000 or more by express free OF
clr,r7gr. or bv registered mail in sums or
n9Uitiplcs of 500. This Is II rather cost
ly method of getting the eighteen or
-,inetcen million dollars of fractional Sll-
yer into circulation, bat the money n Of
mouse To the Treasery now, except to
swell on paper the total available
cash on hand. and ne probably realizes
that something must be done rs already
about half of the four-and-a- per
cent bonds have been presented for re-
demption, although it Is but little more
than two weeks since they became due.
Mr.. Harrison Is finding his tussle with
the bic men of hts party over the dlstrl-
button of the rich plums now at his dis
posal. a far more difficult undertaking
than ut the beginning of his administra-
ton. as every enemy made now VIII
count in the nominating convention
next wear. Ii is stated that Attorney
General Miller has been compelled IN
self defense TO acknowledge to an In
diana Republican that the rumOr of his
retiring from the Cabinet to accept a
place ON the new Circuit Court bench
/ was true The man wanted the appoint
ment himself and asked Miller for his
support.
After this the Republicans are not to
/ have it all their own way in OHIO, as
/ thev have seemed to do for awhile since
! their campaign has been in full blast
and their speakers have been indUstri
uuslv pushing aside the tariff ques
/ ton. But nov all this Is to be changed
and the Democratic campaign, just
/ opened, i to be made an aggressive one
/ with the tariff rs the euppermost question.
I Representative Mills. who makes his first
/ speech in that State tomorrow, viii be
/ followed 10y Representatives Crisp, Nc
! Millin, Bynum. Hatch and other mem
/ berS Of the House, all loaded To the muZ-
/ zle with facts concerning the billion
/ dollar Congress and the inQuitOus tariff
that Is daily making the poor poorer for
for the benefit OF certain favored classes.
Secretary Tracy has been trying to eN-
plain why 1t Is that only old and worn
ont wooden vessels are in the ASiatic
squadron which Is supposed to take care
of American interests in China. His
explanation Is just about as satisfactory
as those made 10y other members of the
| Cabinet about certainother queer things.
Naval officers know why our new iron
cladS have been doing the seaside sum-
mer resorts while the old wooden YES
sells have made the United States the
laughing-stock of the naval officers
I of other powers which have tirst-claSS
vessels in Chinese waters. 1t Is because
the officers on the new vessels all have a
"pull," and they do not regard assign
ments to the Asiatie squadron as desi-
rable.
The Virginia Republicans appearto be
very much in earnest in their fight
against ex-senator Malone and his
scheme for throwing the Republican
votes to Farmers Alliance candidates for
t&e legislature this year. A meeting at
/ which seventeen counties were repre-
scented was held in Washington this
week, and a call for mass-eonvention,
to he held at Roanoke on Oct. |, has
/ been issued. That convention will, if
1t follows the programme arranged by
the eanti-MahOnites, depose Malone from
the State chairmanship, and name a
committee Of one hundred, or a lesser
number, which shall have exclusive con
troll OF the party interests in the present
campaign.
Ex-Representative Clements, of Geor-
gia, is believed to have the inside track
for appointment TO the Interstate Com
merce Commission 10 succeed the late w.
l.. Bragg, of Alabama. Mr.. Clements
made many personal friends in Washing
ton while a member of the House sub
Committee on Appropriations for the
District Of Columbia.
The newspapers that praised Secretary
Foster for his stand against nepotism,
in refusing to sanction the appointment
of the sons Of Assistant Secretary Grouse
and Treasurer Nebecker To be their faith
ers' private secretaries, were a little pre-
mature, a both appointments have been
made.
Secretary Foster has promised the
high commissioners of England and Ger
many that all tariff restrictions upon the
importation Of foreign goods intended
for exhibition at the Worlds Fair shall
be removed, either by Il departmental
ruling or by special acts of Congress
NJ.