Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-06-16

lFrom our regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.


washington Letter.
! WASHINGTON, d. c.. June 6, 1892.
/ The resignation of Secretary Blaine con-
| tinuss to be the all-absorbing topic of con
versation. 1t was not the result Of any
/ personal disagreement with the President,
As the Democrats would like to make ID
appear, but was simply the outcome of
circumstances over which neither the
| President nor Secretary Blaine had anv
control. With those circumstances eyerv
newspaper reader is familiar. Seeing that
| MS name was to be presented to the
national convention in spite Of his Febru-
ary letter to chairman Clarkson ant not
being disposed to seem to decline some
thing which had not been offered to him.
Mr. Blaine decided that the proper thing
Tor him to do was to resign, and he did it.
and 1t was accepted by the President In
precisely the spirit in which it was ten
dered
Although at this writing the President
anu Mr.. Blaine are seemingly rivals for
the Presidential nomination. there is not
the slightest personal enmity between
them, and either is prepared to Loyalty
support the other If nominated or to sup.
port any other man who shall be Judged
by the wisdom of the delegates assembled
at Minneapolis to be m,se aysilable
standard bearer They are both Of them
far more desirous OF party success than Of
personal aggrandizement, although they
both possess some loud d-mouth followers
OF whom SO much cannot be truthfuly
said The resignation is regarded here as
equivalent to an announcement from Mr..
Blaine that he will accept the nomination
II the convention sees tit to tender il To
hun, and majority of the most ex-
perienced politicians here think that he
Will be nominated, and many believe that
the President will practically withdraw in
MS favor, by forbidding the presentation
OF his own name To the convention
II has taken the Can adiEn government a
long time to tind ont that when this gov
crnment Informed it that ii would retaliata
If 1t persisted in compelling American YES
sells with cargoes for American ports to
pay higher rate Of toll for passing
through the We!land canal than /. charged
Canadian vessels bound tor Canadian port,
1t meant business and not bluff" but IL
did eventually lind out, and for several
days two members Of the Canadian gov.
ernment have been here trying to nero-
tiate some arrangement that will stay
Uncle Sans retaiiatory hand. They have
had several conferences with State de-
partment officials, the details Of which are,
of course secret, but it is no violation of
confidence 10 say that nothing short of
putting American vessels on exactly the
same footing a. Canadian vessels that pas.
through the Wrlland canal will be agreed
TO by the administration. Secretary
Baine's resignation may postpone con
clusion of the negotiation.
Ia view Of recent statements made in
Democratic newspapers about the enor-
nous falling OF in imports and the conse-
quent reduction in the revenues OF the
government, the following official figures
issued by the Treasury department will
prove Interesting reading Imports
April 1892, s.6,3a9, ,+16; April 1891, Sel,-
215, lO6. For ten months ending April 30,
1892, $3.50 Isl, $50. and for the correspond
iug period last year $500, 4GO ,34s Now
for our exports, wnch our free trade
friends were 50 certain would drop to
nothing because Of the Mckinley bill IN
April 1892 they footed up S74,7I0,Ol3.
against $50 7SO,o77 IN April lo9l, and for
ten months ending April 80, 1892, se>4,-
i29, 5S+ against S.59, i26 ,601 for the ten
months ending April 80, 1891. Figures of
this sort answer the free trade howls as
no other style Of argument can.
The Democratic scheme for throwing
the election of President into the House,
which was hrst exposed bv your cores
pondent, by having the Democrats in a
number OF Northwestern States which
that party cannot possibly carry, unite
with the third or peoples party in the sup
port of third party Presidential electors.
is now 50 far advanced that the Demo
cratic bosses have named three States
Nebraska, Kansas, and South Dakota-in
which it is to be carried out, and thev ex-
pect to name others. rne Republican cam
paign committees, Congressional and Ma
tional, have known about tnl> movement
for some time, and step, have been takeL
which make it certain Ii, X publican will
be allowed To cast his vote for third party
electors in ignorance OF 1t. In the States
named, and in any others in which an at.
tempt is made TO work the scheme ii will
be made plain to the voters that the third
party electors are but Democratic dunn
mics.
The House before disposing of the post
office appropriation bill sat down several
times very heavily ON Mr.. Holman and
some of his absurd cheese pairing schemes
that would have resulted In curtailing the
mail facilities of the people. Several at
tenpts to attach an amendment to the bill
repeating the ocean mail subsidy act were
ruled out on points of order, which shows
that there are some sensible Democrats.