The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-06-16

ton of Secretary Blaine continues to be
the all.absorbing topic Of conversation.
1t was not the result of any personal dis
agreement with the President, as the
Democrats would lkeito make it appear,
but was simply the outcome of circum.
stances over which neither the President
nor Secretary Blaine had any control.
With those circumstances every news
paper reader is familiar Seeing that
his name was to be presented to the ma.
tional convention in spite of his Febru.
airy letter to Chairman Clarkson, Mr..
Blaine decided that the proper thing Tor
him to do was to resign, and he did it,
and it was accepted by the President in
precisely the spirit in which it was ten.
tered.
1t has taken the Canadian government
long time to find out that when this
government informed it that it would
retaliate if it persisted in compelling
American vessels with cargoes for Amer
loan ports to pay higher rate of toll for
passing through the Welland canal than
is charged Canadian vessels bound for
Canadian ports, it meant business and
not bluff" but it did eventually find
out, and for several days two members of
the Canadian government have been here
trying to negotiate some arrangement
that will stay Uncle Sans retaliatory
hand. They have had several conferen.
ces with State department officials, the
details of which are, of course, secret,
but it is no violation Of confidence to say
that nothing short of putting American
vessels on exactly the same footing as
Canadian vessels that pass through the
Welland canal will be agreed to by the
administration Secretary Blaine's res.
ignation may postpone a conclusion Of
the negotiations.
In view of the recent statements made
in Democratic newspapers about the
enormous falling off in imports and the
consequent reduction in the revenues of
the government, the following official
figures issued by the Treasury depart.
ment will prove interesting reading
Imports-April, 1892, $76, 800, AVG; April,
1891, SSl, 275, l06; for ten months ending
April 80, 1892, 1856, 6S7, $50, and for the
corresponding period last year, $685..
AGO, 34S. Now for our exports, which
our free trade friends were so certain
would drop to nothing because of the
McKindley bill In April, 1892, they
footed up S74, 7l0,0lS, against 500, $780,.
or in April, 1891, and for ten months
ending April so, 1892, 1884, l29, 5S4,
against $3.50, 426, COZ for the ten months
ending April 80, 1891. Figures of this
sort answer the free trade howls as no
other style of argument can.
The Democratic scheme for throwing
the election of President into the House,
which was first exposed by your cores
pondent, by having the Democrats in a
number of Northwestern States which
that party cannot possibly carry unite
with the third or Peoples party in the
support of third party Presidential elec.
tors, is now so far advanced that the
Democratic bosses have named three
States-Nebraska Kansas and South Da.
kota-in which it is to be carried out,
and they expect to name others. The
Republican campaign committees, Con.
gressional and National, have known
about this movement for some time, and
steps have been taken which make it GER
tain no Republican will be allowed to
cast his vote for third party electors in
ignorance of it, In the States named,
and in any others in which an attempt is
made to work the scheme, it will be
made plain to the voters that the third
party electors are but Democratic DUN.
mics.
The House before disposing of the post.
office appropriation bill sat down several
times very heavily on Mr.. Holman and
some of his absurd cheese, pairing schemes
that would have resulted in curtailing
the mail facilities of the people. Several
attempts to attach an amendment to the
bill repeating the ocean mail subsidy aci
were ruled out on points of order, which
shows that there are some sensible Dem
ocrats.