Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-01
WASHINGTON NOTES,
Interesting Gossip From the
Nations Capital.
Talk About the Various Presidential
Candidates.
Raster Widely Observed-The Bering
Sos squsdron-The Crops-POlitics.
Paddock,s Pure Food Bill.
Tho Memphis Bridge.

city shed apparently a gladdening influ-
ence on the street. In two hundred
churches the services Of the Lords day
were more joyous because of the Easter
time. The most beautiful adornments,
the sweetest flowers and the most art
istic music made the glad services su-
perb and gave force and sweetness to
the discourses. The streets we're never
brighter. Thousands were observed on
park and avenue, and Easter Sunday
seemed to be the advent day OF spring.
Mrs. Harrison, whose condition Sat-
urday morning was much improved,
caught fresh cold during the day, and
as result, she became considerably
worse, her cough became harder and the
fever increased. The last reports, how
ever, say that Mrs. Harrison's condition
is slightly improved and that there is
no immediate danger.
The United States steamer Ranger
will 60 into commission at San Fran
cisco on the 25th inst, and will be as.
signed to patrol duty in Bering sea.
The other naval vessels selected for that
service are the Yorktown and Adams.
They will be reinforced by the revenue
vessels Corwin, Rush and Albatross
These vessels will comprise the entire
American feet to guard the waters of
Bering sea during the coming season.
They will be assisted in this service by
several British warships of the Pacific
station. The revenue steamer Bear has
been ordered to carry supplies to the
refuge station at Point Barrow, Alaska.
The weather crop bulletin issued by
the United States weather bureau re-
ports that the recent cold snap did little
damage north of Maryland, but in the
latter state some damage to fruit and to-
bacco plants resulted. In Virginia the
peach crop was seriously injured. In
North Carolina frosts killed large part
of the fruit and truck crops. In South
Carolina much cotton and corn was cut
down by hail in the middle and upper
belts, 30 that cotton will have to be re-
planted. FruiSs in West Virginia were
materially injured. The growing crops
were retarded generally in the states
mentioned.
The political aspect is practically un-
changed, and there is but little ground
to form definite conclusion as to the
entire situation. Said a Democratic
member of congress who is by no means
hostile to the nomination of Cleveland !:
"The politicians are almost unani-
mously against Cleveland at heart, how
ever they may talk in public, but the
people are going to force them to nom
mate him. The hold which Cleve-
land has obtained on the confidence
of the masses ia one of the most curious
and astonishing things in our political
history. One great reason of it is, that
the masses believe Cleveland discovered
the issue of tariff reform because he
forced the question on the country in
such striking manner in his wool mes.
sage of 1887. Thousands on thousands of
people had their attention fastened on
the question for the first time by that
message, and to this fact Cleveland's
popularity is in a great measure due.
The people are going to force his nom.
follow? Who will elect him? The peo-
The politicians do that. Who will man
age Cleveland's campaign? German
won't do it, neither will Brice.
1 cannot think of single man
who is prominently identified with
the Cleveland movement, who is capa-
BILE of conducting with any hope of sue
cess a presidential campaign. If Bill
Scott were alive he would be the man.
He had the ability and he could get the
money. Scott's death was a great loss
to Cleveland. He was a true friend of
the ex-president. This question of
campaign management is a serious one."
For some time past it has been ap-
parent that Governor Pattison of Penn
sylvania would not be averse to being
made the Democratic nominee for presi-
dent. Governor Pattison is not only not
running away from the nomination,
but he and his friends have
been rather busily engaged in laying
the political ropes to bring
about such result. True, the Pattison
ring of the Pennsylvania Democracy has
professed strong friendship for ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland, but at the same time it
was unable to conceal its anxiety to ad-
minister the political estate of the New
Yorker.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Democrats of Pennsylvania are in a de-
cided minority, there are two very ag-
gressive factions in the party. and they
are now engaged in lively skirmish.
Ihe Democratic state convention meets
at Harrisburg this week, and, having
used Cleveland'H name to cOnjure with,
the Pattison element will undoubtedly
have minority of delegates. The anti
Pattison men, however, do not give up
all hopes of defeating the governor's
aspirations. They profess to believe
that when the delegates ascertain that
the Cleveland boom is mere blind for
the purpose of advancing the interests
of Governor Pattison, the methods of
the governor and Mr.. Harrety will be
repudiated and general Cleveland dele
CATION sent to Chicago.
The theory of the Paddock pure food
bill is that all articles of food and drink
and all drugs are liableto be adulterated
or misbranded, and that it is the duty
of the United States government to fer
ret out these frauds and punish them.
Az congress has no power to interfere
with the transaction of business wholly
within q state the bill is limited in its
operation to articles of food, drink in
original packages which have been sold
from one state or territory into another
or imported from q foreign country,
thus becoming articles OF Interstate OF
foreign commerce.
The bill defines the term ''drugs" as
i Including all medicines for internal or