Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-05-05
From our regular Correspondent.
Washington Letter.


The President wisely leases to others
all the worrying about the Republican
Presidential nomination. He finds enough,
and, as Secretary Blaine recently so aptly
said, more than enough to do in transact
ing the legitimate duties pertaining to the
chief magistracy of the greatest country
in the world. He would he more than
human II he were not gratihed by the
action of Republicans in various States in
instructing delegates to the Minneapolis
convention to support him for renomius-
ton, but he Is doing nothing that might
by the widest stretch of the Imagination
be construed into seeking a renomina-
ton.
All the talk about his Withdrawing is the
veriest bosh. man cannot withdraw
from what he has not entered into. The
President has never said to any man that
he would accept the nomination again, and
his devotion to the principles and welfare
Of the Republican party has been such
that 1t is certain that he will not allow his
name to be presented to the national con-
vention unless he Is convinced that the
leaders of the party consider him to be the
most available candidate to lead the party
to victory. II 1t shall be plain after all
the delegates to the convention shall have
been elected that any considerable portion
of them are opposed to his denomination.
a
use of his name a. candidate. and it
would in no sense be a withdrawal for him
to do So as he is not by any action of his
own. further than by the faithful perform
ance of his public duties candidate.
The probable early holding of an inter.
national monetary conference To consider
the silver question meets the approval of
Congressman Of all shades of political
belief. except the ultra silver men who he
lieve that the United States should take
the lead by establishing absolute free coin
age. The Senate has adopted resolution
asking the President for information con
cerning the proposed conference.
senator Hill may be losing ground as
fast a. some Of the newspapers say he is
ton, but he is certainly not losing any
ground among the 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 dare to
vote against his villa number Of them
lodged the yute-eycn to sustain the re
port Of the Elections committee, report
which was adop',d hy thr votes of Demo
cratic members # that committee
more outrageous case Of political theft
was never endorsed ny any party in Con
gress than when the House, at the dicta-
tion Of boss HtI, voted TO retain Mr.
Rockwell. Of New York, in the seat to
which ITS own committee had reported
that Col. Noyes WAS elected. And " hat
makes the case all the more piiiable for
the Democrats j. that he result has be, n
for week. past h"a-tinglv announced by
Hill and the Tammauy Congressmcp
ocrats are now referred to by the Cleve-
land Democrats in Congress
The President and Secretaries Foster,
Elkins, Tracy and Kn~k. accom- panied by
number Of minor tlcial- Will leave here
tomorrow night for New York. whore
they will take part in the ceremonies at
tendant upon the laying of the corner
stone " The Grant monument which will
take place on Wednesday. Secretary kins
will deliver an address.
The action Of he q A r. posts Of
Lincoln Nebraska. in sending a committee
here to oppose the proposed Congressional
appropriation To all in furnishing lodging,
etc, for the unusually large number of
veterans unable to provide fer themselves
who will attend the usti, nal eucampment
is not understood in Congress, and il has
been very harshly criticised. The State
legislatures have almost invariably made
appropriations to aid the cities in which
the annual encampmeuts have been held,
and that is all that Washington has asked
for-Congress is Washington's legislature,
and it has been asked to appropriate $780,
900 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 private
Individuals
little breeze has been caused among
the Cleveland Democrats by the personal
announcement of Senator Palmer that he
intends mskirg fight for the Illinois del
egation to the Chicago convention, and
that he is Preside ntial candidate. Nor
rison's friends say that lis is a breach of
faith on the part Of Palmer.
The House Chinese exclusion bill has
been the basis for some very interesting
debate in the Senate, and there will be
more of it before the bill is disposed of.
1t is probable that there will be some radi-
cal changes made IN the bill before il
passes the Senate.
Since his recent spell of sickness Sena-
tor Hoar has had considerable trouble
with his eyes, and he has asked for and
obtained leave of absence for the remainder
of the session with the intention of going
to Europe for the advice of specialists In
diseases of the eye. He will be greatly
missed by his colleagues, who all wish him
success in getting relief.