The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From, our Regular CONSIGNMENT.

From Our Regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 81, 1S91.-Wasl-
ington has not had such Il lively week,
politically speaking, for months as the
present one has been, and II outward in,
dlcations count for anything the Blaine
boom has grown INTO such proportions
as to completely overs hadow the Har,
rlson boom, which has up to tins week
apparently had the right OF way on the
republican track, and the prediction is
being freely made that it is only Il ques.
ton OF time when Mr.. Harrison viii
formally the withdrawal oil
his name. What has brought about
this change? Well, opinions differ; the
prominent republicans here, members OF
the National Executive committee and
others attracted here by the meeting Of
that committee, held Wednesday even.
ing, say that there has been no change
and that the present situation is the
logical out come OF the almost universal
demand OF the rank and file Of the re.
publican party that Blame be the nom
inee; others say that the actions OF Ger:
tain republicans favorable to Mr.. Har.
rison in helping to spread misrepresenta
tions OF Mr.. Blaine's actions and health
has done the work. l cannot say which
If either, OF these opinions are correct
but the fact remains that while Mr.
Blame, according to those who are GER
tainlv in a condition to speak for him
will not be a candidate, he will do moth
ing to prevent his being nominated anC
if the nomination ONE to him without
effort on his part he will a%cccptit. Thai
is all his friends wanted, and those re
publicans here this week, including The
national executive committee, appear
to be all his friends and all certain thai
he will be the nominee. Well, we shall
see.
Statistics are not usually intcrestin!
to the average reader, but the state
ments made this week by the Trcasur,
Bureau OF Statistics OF the foreign com
merce and immigration OF the Unitcf
States for the fiscal year ending Jmlc3O
1901, ColllttlHS llSlltS llftI Sliollhu Ill
terest every intelligent person. TIL
total value OF our foreign wa
S1,729,33O,S 500, a much larger amour
than it ever reached before in q singl
year. We imported merchandise to TIN
amount OF SSH, 9O5,l and cxportct
$S44,l25,4O5 worth. The McNinle,
tariff law went into effect October 6
1890 and from that time until June so
1891, Il few days less illun nine months
we imported merchandise to the y;tlut
OF SG30, 20G 900, against &l9S.IGD, sos
during Il corresponding period in the
proceeding fiscal year. During the Same
period the value OF goods ADMITTED Gyc,
Of duty was 500, 963 ,GG5. against
S2oS, 9S3,S73, during the same time j,
the preceding fiscal year. More goIc
was exported during the last fiscal YEA
than in any single year OF our history
Here are the figures: Exported, S}SG,
BOB ,G22; imported, &1S,2l1,5l2. lii
total immigration into the Jnltcd state
during the fiscal year was 555,4Gt
against l5l,2l9 the preceding year, til
increase being largely from the foIIowir
countries Italy, 23,35i: Austria-llul
gary, 14,SG1; Germany, 2l,122: an
Russia, including Poland, 2S,2I5. Stn
and think Il moment oyer these figure.
it will enlarge your ideas Of the immel
sity OF this country.
Secretary Foster has quietly ignore
the letter recently written by Immigrf
ton COMMISSIONS Owen to Representa-
tive N~eidringhaus taking the sroun
hat Welch tin plate workers can !
legally brought to this country unde
contract, and has written another lcttc
stating that the Treasury department
cannot undertake to determine in &C
vance OF the importation OF tin-pl,t
workers the legality OF bringing then
1t IS said that The secretary was yer
much put out by what he consider
Commissioner Owens bad break, an
that he intimated to that gentIcma
very plainly that a letter Of such in
portance Should not have been SCI
without first being submitted to hin
The outcome OF the matter Is to be
series of regulations supposed to GOV,
everything coming under the alien COZ
tract law, which, it is stated. are 500
to be issued by the Treasury depar
ment.
Two other subordinates of Secretar
Foster have been overrulcd by him in
little matter upon which they had sc
Their hearts. Assistant Sccrctar
Crounse and Treasurer Nebeker it seem
found the pleasure of holding Office S
great that they wished their respectiv
sons to get IL share OF it, so each OF thel
appointed his son to be his private Sc,
retary. When the appointments rcache
the Secretary he refused to confirm then
Then the two gentlemen put their heaC
together and the result was that NJ
Crounse appointed Mr.. Ncbcker's son t
be his private secretary and Mr.. Ncbekc
reciprocated by appointing Mr.. Crounse
sont to be his private secretary, but Sc,
retary Foster wasn't to be caught b
any such deal as that, and he agai
vetoed the two appointments.
A reciprocity treaty with San Domine
has been agreed upon, and will go int
effect s%eptembey l.
= The resignation OF Senator Qua,
chairman, and Col. W. w. Dudley, trea;
OF the republican national colnmitte
were accepted by the executive COMM
tee and Mr.. j. S. GARRISON was elccte
chairman and instructed to appoint
treasurer. Mr.. Quay has also resigne
his place on the National committe
which removes him from national pol
tics entirely.
The dedication OF the First Methods
Church of Hertnosa, S. D., VIII tai
place IN connection with the tourt
Quarterly Meeting service, on Sunda.
August o, 1891, morning service {