Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-06-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE MONITOR

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Secretary Blaine" said a gentle
man who had just spent an hour with
Mr.. Blaine, ''will write no more let
tiers. He does not wish the
nominations; but if it comes TO him
anyway it will be a party demand for
his services that SO good party man
as he cannot ignore or decline"
The availability of Senator Allison as
a presidential candidate, in certain
contingencies, is being very much
discussed just now, and no republican
has yet been found who does not CON
slider Allison certain winner.
Once more the band of SCARED c.. A.
r. veterans, a few less in numbers,
little more grizzled, walking little
slower than last Memorial Day, have
paid the graves of their dead COM
rades loving visit. The formal ex-
ercises at Arlington were presided
over by Department Commander A.
F. Dinsmore, the music being furnish
ed by the U. S. Marine band and the
Mozart club. At Soldiers Home SEN
ior vice Department Commander
John McElroy, presided and the third
artillery band and the Mozart club
provided the music. At Compression
al cemetery junior vice Department
Bickford was in charge, the music be-
ing furnished by the Soldiers Home
band and Farragut Octet. The ora
tors were at Arlington, General D. Eel.
Hastings of Pennsylvania; at Soldiers
Home Gen. Cyrus Bussey, assistant
secretary of the Interior, and at Con-
gressional cemetery, Senator CALM
ger of New Hampshire.
The president is expected from
Rochester sometime tomorrow, and
he will not probably leave Washing
ton again until after the Minneapolis
convention is held. He will not, it is
said, make any declaration whatever
concerning his candidacy, believing
that the convention should be I'M
hampered in its selection of the can
didate.
1t is a source of much amusement
to the Senators to note the efforts Of
their colleagues and would-be demo-
cratic candidates. Messrs. Hill and
German, to dodge vote on the silver
question. They have both succeeded
so far, and it is not expected that
they will either of them get caught
when Senator Stewards free coinage
bill which is to come up this week as
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ate, comes to final vote, if it ever
does.
The House committee has complet-
ed the Agricultural appropriation bill
and to the horror of brother Holman
it exceeds the total of last years bill
by more than half million dollars.
This is rough on Holman who has not
yet recovered from the chagrin he ex-
perienced when the House refused by
a decisive vote to support him in
striking out the appropriation for
United States mint building at Phila-
delphia.
4 few fool-friends of the president
and Secretary Blaine have allowed
themselves to get caught in the demo-
cratic trap, set for the special pur-
pose of trying to engender ill-will be-
tween these two eminent republicans
and their immediate and personal
friends, and are saying things for
publication that they will be deeply
regretting by and by. No republican
who has the good of his party at heart
will engage in such silly business. The
services rendered the republican par
ty and the country by Benjamin Har-
rison and James G. Blaine have been
numerous enough and important
enough to raise the hat Of every re-
publican when either name is men
toned.