Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-08-18
Washington Letter
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are here have not lacked for sensation
to discuss since the announcement was
made few days ago that Judge Gresh
am intended to take the stump tor
Weaver and Field. Democrats and re
publicans alike refuse to believe that
the announcement is authentic, but they
agree that it will make hard sleddlng
for the republicans in Indiana, ie Ores
ham really does 60 on the stump for the
Peoples party, owing to the great per-
sonal influence he yields with large
number of voters in that State, and it Is
stated that he could control almost AS
many votes in Illinois where he has
made his home of late years. At the
National Farmers Alliance headquar-
ters, where Peoples Party men usually
NAV be found, no doubt was expressed
of the authenticity Of the announce :
mcnt, which was there regarded AZ a
boom Tor Weaver and Field.
Speaking of Judge Gresham, just be,
fore the Omaho convention met when
all indications seemed to point to him
as the h cad of the ticket to be nomlna-
ted, there Was Il secret conference OF
prominent republicans, presided over
by Mr.. Clarkson, then chairman of the
National Republican Committee, held
in Washington, at which it was pract
cally agreed that in case Gresham was
nominated and he carried enough States
to throw the election into the House the
republican electors were to make IA flank
movement to prevent the election OF
Cleveland by the House, by casting
their votes in the electoral college for
Gresham instead of for Harrison Think
OF what Il sensation would have been
caused by such proceeding as that in
the electoral college that is, if the
agreement could have been carried out
Why should the United States Treas.
ury pay fancy prices to Express COM
panies for transporting large amounts
of its money from one point to another:
is question which has been often asked
since it was known that 500 900 600 IN
gold was recently taken from San Frau
cisco to New York by Government Of
ficals at cost of about $500, while
the express companYs charge fol doing
the same work WAS $4,000. Surely it
is cheaper for the United States to as
sumo the risk of loss than to pay such
enormous profits to the express compa
mics for doing 80. Not long ago the
United States Express company was
paid So 500 for less than three hours
time Of few of its employees, just
enough to load boxes containing ST.
100000 i'll gold on an express car at
Philadelphia and two hours later to
transfer the same from the Car to the
sub treasury at New York. Secretary
Foster Is understood to be IN favor of
the Treasury doing its own transporta
ton when the amounts are large enough
to tempt the express companies to make
such big charges.
From Saturday at noon to this after
noon, when the Secretary of State re
turned from the mo lntaln resort where
he spent Sunday, Washington Was with
out single official member of the nd
ministration. Congress kept the most
Of the cabinet here so late that they are
all taking their vacation at one time.
State department officials seldom give
out news until after 1t has long since
ceased to be new; but have it on ex
cellent authority that they are LITTLE
worried bv the fear that the Gladstone
Government of Great Britain may not
be us friendly towards the International
monetary conference as that of Lord
Salisbury was. The date for the meet
ing of the conference cannot be fixed
until the wishes of Mr.. Gladstone are
ascert ,ined, and should he be dispose
to be unfrieudly towards it, he could
easily cause it to be Indefinitely post
poued by deferring its consideration up
on one or another pIes. without actually
committing himself against tt. The
most that will be said about it at the
State department is that ut is expected
that the new cabinet to be formed by
Mr. Gladstone will give its early atten
ton to the Natter
1t is not cften that a speech deliver
ed bYa republican Congressman is cir
culated In the South as a democratic
campaign document, but the Democrat
ic Congressional campaign committee is
now sending thousands of copies of the
speech attacking General Weaver,
which was delivered in the House, by
Representative Henderson of Iowa, sew.
eral years ago, to the Southern States.
1t il one of the bltterest set speeches ev-