Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1892-05-06
WASHINGTON LET
TER.
WAsH1NGroN, April 25. 1892,

WASHINGTON, April IS, 1892.
The president wisely leaves to others
all the worrying about the republican
presidential nomination. He finds
enough, and as Secretary Blaine recent
ly so ably said, more than enough to do
in transacting the legitimate duties per-
tanning to the chief magistracy of the
greatest country in the world He
would be more than human if he were
not gratified by the action of rcpubli.
cans in various states in instructing
delegates to the Minneapolis conven-
ton to support him for IL denomination
but he is doing nothing that might by
the widest stretch of the Imagination be
construed INTO seeking Il denomination.
All the talk about his withdrawing is
the variest bosh. A man cannot with
draw from what he has not entered in
to. The president has never SAID to any
man that he would accept the nomina-
ton again, and his devotion to the
principles and welfare of the republican
party mas been such that 1t is certain
that he will not allow his name to be
presented to the national convention,
unless he is convinced that tho leaders
of the party consider him to be the
most available candidate to lead the
party to victory. If it shall be plain
after ;tll the delegates to the convention
shall have been elected that any con-
siderable portion OF them are opposed
to his denomination, Mr.. Harrison, will,
1 predict, forbid the use of his name as
a candidate, and it would in no sense
be Withdrawal for him to do so, as he
is not by any action of his own, further
than by the faithful performance of his
public duties, q candidate.
The probable early holding of an in
ternational monetary conference to
consider the silver question meets the
approval of Congressman Of all shades
of political belief, except the ultra sill
yer men, who believe that the United
States should take the lead by establish.
ing absolute free coinage. Ei,e senate
has adopted resolution asking the
president for information concerning
the proposed conference.
Senator Hill may be losing ground as
some of the newspapers say he IS,
among democrats away from Washing
ton. but he is certainly not losing any
ground among til. democrats of the
house. On the contrary, he has shown
that he is absolute ruler of the votes of
40 of the democratic members of that
body, and that only 80 of them oare to
vote agaist his villa number of them
Dodge the vote-even to sustain the re-
port of the elections committee, re.
port which was adopted by the votes
of democratic members of that commit
tee. A more outrageous case of politi
cal theft was never endorsed by any
party in congress than when the house,
~ the dictation of boss Hill, voted to
retain Mr.. Rockwell, of New York. in
the seat to which its own committee
had reported that Col. Noyes, was cleo
ted: And what makes the case all the
more pitiable for the democrats is that
the result has been for weeks past
boastingly announced by Hill and the
Tammany Congressman. "Hlll's heel:
ers" is the way those 14O democrats are
new referred to by the Cleveland dem
ocrats in congress.
The president and secretaries Foster,
Elkins, Tracy and Rusk, accompanied
by number of minor officials will
leave here tomorrow night for New
York, where they will take part in the
ceremonies attendant upon the laying
of the corner stone of the Grant monu-
ment, which will take place on We'd
nesday. Secretary Elkins will deliver
an address.
The action of the G.. A. R. post of
Lincoln, Nebraska, Ill sending COM
imittee here to oppose the proposed
congressional appropriation to aid in
furnishing lodging, ETC., for the unusu-
ally large number Of veterans unable to
provide for themselves who will attend
the national encampment is not under
stood in congress, and it has been very
harshly criticised. The state legisla-
lures have almost invariably made ap-
propriations to aid the cities in which
the annual escampments have been
held, and that is all that Washington
has asked for-congress is Washing
tons legislature, and it has been asked
to appropriate $780, one. half to be
paid out of the revenues of the District
of Columbia and the other half out Of
the general Treasury, to- be added to
$50, 900 contributed by privats individu-