The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-09-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, '92.
Republicans certainly hayeevery reason
to feel satisfied with the political news
brought to Washington from every Sec
ton by level-headed men who know
whereof they speak.
U. S. Treasurer Nebeker, who knows
Indiana politics all through, returned
from visit to that state this week, and
he says OF the situation: Everything
looks encouraging fer us in Indiana now;
the trouble which existed in the Fort
Wayne district is now on the way to
satisfactory settlement. The third party
will amount to very little in the state,
and can hardly be considered as factor
in the result. 1t is true that there is
very little shouting in the campaign out
there, but the little there is, is being done
by Republicans. Indiana is always a
close state and it always requires hard
work to carry it; but it will certainly go
Republican this year"
Senator Hiscock OF New York. who
was in Washington this week, was dis
posed to be jubilant over the outlook in
that imbortant state. "Everything is
coming our way" said he; There arc no
weak places in the Republican line Of
battle, and the tariff issue, which the
annual report of the state commissioner
of labor has brought so prominently
forward, will cause thousands of Demo-
cratic working men to vote for Harrison
and Reid Yes sir, New York is alright. !"
Judge Crounse, the Republican candi-
date for governor OF Nebraska, returned
to Washington this week to close up his
official duties as assistant secretary of
the treasury, preparatory to resigning
and deyoting all of his time to the cam
paign. He says: "The Nebraska Re-
publicans have entered this fight to win.
Two years ago owing to two successive
failures of crops, something unprecedent-
ed in the state-and the consequent feel
ing of discomfort, Nebraska fell largely
into the Alliance movement, one conse-
ouence OF which is, that our state, which
has always been so strongly Republican,
is to-day misrepresented in congress.
This state of affairs we propose to
change. The Alliance. party is making
no gains; on the contrary many of its
members are returning to the Republican
party, some of them having participated
in the late Republican caucuses and con-
ventions. The conditions have all
changed. Two good crops in succession
have put our people in the happy frame
of mind which full cribs and granaries
usually bring. More and letter cam
paign work will be done by the Republi-
cans this year than ever before, and you
may confidently expect Republican
victory, in November, in Nebraska"
Venezuela may feel the heavy hand of
Uncle Sam before long, as it is under
stood that the commander of the United
States gunboat Concord, which has
been ordered to Venezuelan waters, car
ries instructions to make peremptory
demand upon the authorities of Venezu-
Ella tor the return of the political refugees
who were recently taken by force from a
passenger steamship flying the American
flag, if investigation shall show that the
published account Of that occurrence was
correct. This administration is as de-
termined now as it was when Mr.. Blaine
stated its position in the much talked of
Barrundia case to maintain the right of
political refugees who seek asylum under
the American flag to be protected.
1t was reported here day or two ago
that the President was contemplating
calling an extra session of congress for
the purpose of passing a law prohibiting
all immigration during the prevalence of
cholera in Europe. No official confrma-
ton Vt the rumor can be obtained. al
though the Presidents return to Wash
ington causes it to find many believers.