The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-02
Washington Letter.

WAsHINGToS. d. c. Aug. 29th, 1892.
Secretary Charles Foster brought the
most variegated assortment of political
rainbows with him when he returned
from Ohio that has yet been exposed TO
the gaze of the public. According to
him the national election is already set
tied and all the money that will be
spent between this and the Sth of next
November will simply he thrown away.
His modesty in making claims is some
thing quite as wonderful as his manipu-
lation of the figures which show, or are
supposed to show the amount of cash
surplus in the Uuited States Treasury;
he is positive that every northern (using
the word to represent all except the
southern states) state will be carried by
Harrison and Reid and at least
six of the southern states. 1t Is
clear why he does not claim all of the
electoral votes. Such claim would not
be whit more ridiculous than those he
has made. He should have known that
these absurd claims would cause his
rainbow statements about the condition
of the Treasury, given out at the same
| time, to be discredlted, as stories, like
people, are usually judged by the com
| pany they keep.
Mr.. Fosters rainbows, which are OBJ
viously on par with the small boy who
| is mot a bit afraid" but whistles with
all his might while going through the
! dark places, have had contrary effect
| 10 what he intended and expected.
"RainboY Charley" as Mr.. Foster is
now called, is so we'll known as a tricky
individual, in matters political, that his
! oil Na1
| Republicans, who believe that he has
discovered some new and very serious
danger to the Republican party, and
that his stock of rainbows has been
brought forward in order to distract at
tention from this danger. To Demo-
Gratis Mr. Fosters exhibition is only an
amusing show, which although not pre-
pared specially for them, is being great
ly enjoyed by them.
There are reasons for the belief that
the administration is doing all it can to
have the date for the meeting of the in
ternational monetary conference set SO
late in the fall as to make it certain that
the result of the conference cannot be
known before the Presidential election,
in order that Republican stump speakers
and editors may have an opportunity to
influence votes by pretending TO fore
cast that result. Mr.. Harrison and his
puppets who are managing this campaign
will have a much more exalted opinion
of the intelligence of the American
voters, on the morning of the 9th, of
November, than they appear to have at
the pre- sent time.
According to the official opinion of
the Attorney General, which suspicion
points to having been dictated from
Loon Lake, made public this week, the
good people of Nicksburg, Mississippi,
must continue TO have their city post
officer presided over by the notorious ne
gro adventurer whose nomination the
Republican Senate declined to confirm.
| The Attorney General holds, or at least
pretends to, that failure to confirm the
nomination of n postmaster who is In
possession of a postotfice before the as
sembling of the session of Congress
which fails to act on the nomination
leaves him the legal postmaster until
his successor is nominated. If that be
good law the Postoffice department from
the foundation of the government has
been in similar cases acting illegally.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, is in
town. He is an exceedingly strong
advocate of retaliation on Canada, and
thinks that Mr.. Harrison's proclama-
ton should have prohibited the ship
ment of Canadian goods through the
| United States.
The Revenue Marine Hospital bureau
is taking active measures to prevent the
introduction of cholera into our ports
by any of the steamship lines running
from Hamburg or Havre where the dis
ease is reported to be rapidly spreading.
All steamships arriving from those and
other foreign ports are to be rigidly i'll
spected and if any traces of the dreaded
disease are found they will be quaran
tined and thoroughly disinfected before
being allowed to land their passengers.
The Republicans here are doing lots
of talking about breaking the "solid
south" this year, but when Democrat
made the rounds offering TO wager any
part of S5 600 at odds of two to one that
Harrison and Reid would not get sim
gle southern states electoral votes no
takers could be found. 1t is the belief
| of many shrewed observers that promi
nent Republicans are doing SO much
talking about their expecting to carry
Southern States with the hope of caus
ing the Democratic managers to lessen
their efforts towards carrying the north
| western states. NJ.