Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-03-31
From our regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Mar. 2l, 1s

WASHINGTON, d. c., Mar. 2l, 1892.
Secretary Foster was at his desk bright
and early this morning, hard at work up
on the business which had accumulated
during his flying European trip. He looks
well, and says he feels much better than
he did when he went away, and there is
no visible evidence of the black eye he
received by being thrown against the side
of the cabin by sudden lurch OF the
vessel, on the homeward voyage When
asked about the new batch of stories
which have been started concerning the
said: They are simply repettions of
| the stories which have been periodically
started by the Democrats for a year
I two past. The Treasury is all right; it
\ is meeting and will continue to meet every
/ Legitimate demand upon It, and will also
continue the policy of keeping the money of
| the country in active circulation, where
| everybody gets some benefit from it, in
stead of allowing it to accumulate either
in the Treasury or in favored deposit
tories"
\ The President and his Cabinet have
! fully decided upon the policy of the
\ United States in Behring Sea, and it is
| probable that orders have already been
| issued that will send a sufficient naval
force to the sealing waters to prevent any
wholesale poaching during the coming
II a1i b,a
the dispatch sent him two weeks ago to-
/ day, aud there is good authority for say
\ ing that the President Is now indifferent
a to what that answer may be or when it
snail he sent. Great Britain was given a
reasonable time to cooperate with us
iu preventing Illegal sealing, and her ne
grct to DO - is her own affair.
Secretary Blaine continues to improve
short trip, will probably resume his duties
during the present week. He Is in perfect
accord with what the President has done
concerning Behring Sea matters.
Certain Democrats III Congress made a
very shrewd move the other day to neu-
tralze the effect OF the passage Of the Free
\ Coinage bill upon the Interests of their
party il the Eastern and Middle States
and for a time it looked like they would
succeed in trapping the Republicans into
helping them but il no longer looks that
way. II was proposed and very inno
cent proposition it looked, that Rcpresen-
/ fasi t,Ft P.t ti,,.,
Bland Of Missouri, should engage in JOINT
/ discussion of free silver in some Of the big
Eastern cities. As both OF these men are
/ Democrats, representing respectively the
radical sides Of the silver question, no poll
tics was di,cerned in the proposition. But
when Mr.. Bland said he could not take part,
ard suggested that Representative Bartlue
I of Nevada, one of the few Republican, free
coinage men in the lIpuee, should take his
! part, the politics IN the scheme became
at once apparent, and it fairly buged
out when tn the original proposition
WAS added another, that the speeches
of the TWO men be reported and printed
for distribution in the East the speeches
to be printed in parallel columns with
heads r,-,jng "A Republican for tree
coinage" anJ "a Democrat against free
coinage If the Democrats get no help
of this sort until it is given them by
Republicans their case may be regarded a~
hopeless.
In spite Of the complaints of the low
:
les, in many instances than private busi-
ness houses pay their representatives at
the same places-the peanut policy OF
the Democrats in the House has been
applied to the diplomatic and consular
Appropriation bill and the salaries of a
large number Of con>ul> reduced The
committee also struck out entirely the ap-
prupriatiun for the Bureau Of American
to those having or desiring to have husi-
ness with the countries Of South and
Central America.
Notwithstanding the attempt of Senator
Hill to bulldoze the Democrats of the
House election committee into endorsing
the theft by which Mr.. Rockwell Of New
York, holds the seat to which Representa-
tive Noyes was honestly elected by the
voters of the twenty y-tlghth district OF
that state, only one Democrat on that
committee voted against the report declar-
ing Col. Noyes entitled to the seat, which
has been made to the House.
A. last one man has been found who is
not ashamed to be called mugwump. Ii
. is Representative William, of Massachu
sets, the gentleman who has been play
ing me too" to young Sherman Hoar al
this session.
= number Of clothing manufacturer
having given the subcommittee of III,
? House committee on manufactures mos
t glowing description Of the benefits of tht
/ so-called sweating system" of labor, tina
] committee will think it over until the 29ti
E inst, when it will 90 to Boston for furthe
, information
This week will be made memorable b,
g; the debate on the Bland free coinage bill
] and the passage of that measure by tn
, House. About the only part the Repub
iCans will take in the proceeding vii
be to see that the Democrats go on recor'
properly No dodging will be allowed.