Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-06-10
WASHINGTON LETTER
wAsnINeroN. June 8. g.

wAsHINeroN, June O. 1902
Tbe resignation of Secretary
Blaine continues to be the all alb
sorbine topic of conversation. 1t was
not the result ofany personal dis
agreement with the President, as the
Democrats would like to make it ap-
near. but was simply the outcome OF
circumstances over which neither
the President nor Secretary Blaine
had any control. With those circum-
stances every newspaper reader IS
already familiar. Seeing that ms
name was to be presented to the
national convention In spite Of his
February letter to chairman Clark
son and not being disposed to seem
to decline something which had not
been offered to him, Mr.. Blaine de-
cided that the proper thing for INN
10 do was to resign, and he did it..
and it was accepted by the PRECEDENT
in precisely the spirit in which II
was rendered.
Although at this writing the Pres
ident and Mr.. Blaine are seemingly
rivals for the Presidential nomina-
ton there is not the slightest
personal enmity between them, and
either is prepared to Loyalty support
the other If nominated, or to support
anv other man who shall be judged
bv the wisdom of the delegates as
sembled at Minneapolis to be more
available standard-bearer. They are
both of them far more DESTROYS OF
PARTY success than of personal ag-
orandizement, although they both
possess some loud-mouth followers
of whom so much cannot be truth
fully said. The resignation is regard
ed here as equivalent to an announce
ment from Mr. Blaine that he will
accept the nomination if the conven-
tion sees it to tender it TO him, and
majority of the most experienced
politicians here think that he will be
nominated, and many believe that
the President will practically with
draw in his favor, by forbidding the
presentation Of his own nam9 to
the convention.
It has taken the Canadian govern
ment a long time to find out that
when this government informed it
that it would retalitate if it persisted
in compelling American vessels with
cargoes for American ports to pay a
| higher rate of toll for passing
through the Welland canal than is
charged Canadian vessels bound for
Canadian ports it meant business
and not a "blufi9'; but it did event
ually find out, and for several days
two members of the Canadian gov
eminent have been here trying to
negotiate some arrangement that
win stay Uncle Sans retaliatory
hand. They have had several confer
ences, with State department off
Gals, 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 Cam
adian vessels that pass through the
Welland canal viii be agreed to by
theadministration. Secretary Blaine s
resignation may postpone q conclu-
sion of the negotiation.
In view ofrecent statements made
in Democratic newspaperers about
the enormous falling off in imports
and the consequently reduction in the
revenues Of the government, the
following official figures issued by
the Treasury department viii prove
interesting reading. Imports; April
1892, $40, 339,476. April 1891, $8l,
275,lO6. For ten1s months ending
April 80, 1892, Sc es7 100 and for
the correspondent eericd last year
$699 AGO, 34S. Now for our exports,
which our free trade friends were so
certain would drop to nothing be-
cause of the Mckinley BILL In April
1892 they footed up S74TI0,0l8,
against 500 ,7So,077 in April 1891,
and for ten months ending April 80,
1892, 1884, l29 ,584 against $759,426,
607 for the ten months ending April
80, 1891. Figures Of this sort answer
the free trade bowls as no other style
Of argument can.
The Democratic scheme for throw
ing the election Of President into
the House, which was first exposed
by your correspondent by having
the Democrats ina number Of North
western States which Chat party can
not possibly carry unite with the
third on peoples party in the sup
port OF third party Presidential
electors Is low SO far advanced