The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-03-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON March 4. 1892

WASHINGTON LETTER.
IFrom our Regular CorrespondentI
WASHINGTON March 4. 1892.
Senator German is credited with hav-
ing originated q new scheme, having for
its object the capture OF the presidency
by the democrats. 1t IS being already
apparent that in a square fight between
the republican and democratic parties
the chances of success are largely in fay
or OF the republican, party, the democrat
bosses have been cudgelliug their brains
to hatch up some underhand method of
aiding their party. Mr.. German has
found that method, or thinks he has.
The scheme is to give the electoral votes
of four or FIVE of the Northwestern states
to the peoples party, which would ac-
cordiug to the calculations made, throw
the election of President into the House
and of Vice-President into the Senate,
giving the democrats the President and
the republicans the. vice-President. The
details Of the scheme are very shrewd-
this exposure may cause a change in
them, the intention being to keep the
whole thing in the hands of few men,
sworn to secrecy, in each of the states
selected until election day. The usual
process of selecting democratic electors
is to be gone through with, in order to
blind the republicans; but on election
day the democratic tickets are to con-
tain only the names of the electors of the
peoples party. This is nice little
scheme to capture the votes of republi-
can members of the farmers alliance for
the democratic party. but now that it
has become known il is mot probable
that many republicans will be caught.
4. Three thousand men and women hay
ing influence, direct.aHd indirect, with
probably one million voters, enrolled in
the ranks ofyarious labor organizations
OF the country, orrcontrolleA by the
news papers with which many of them
are or have been connected. are anxious
ly waiting to see whether democratic
parsimony is to keep their lives and
health in the danger to which they are
now exposd by refusing to provide for
new government printing office building.
The threee thousand men and women
are the employees compelled to risk their
health and lives in the present building
in order to earn a livelyhood for them
selves and families. ..
Representatives Of more than 800 of
the largest lumber firms in the United
States met here this week to protest
against the passage of the bill placing
lumber on the free list. A resolution
was unanimously adopted reciting that
the lumber industry is the largest single
industry in America, employing more
than any other; that. owing to the Pc
culiar interests of the lumber industry
the formation of trusts, combines and
other organizations injurious to the con-
sumers are not possible; that, today the
American tariff is the only protection
which the country has against absolute
ruin; that, this tariff, if removed would
mean the success of Canadian interests,
and the price of Canadian stumpage
would be increased, not lowered, and
the import duties now part of the rev.
enue of this country would be lost; that
the question therefore, is whether the
lumber resources of Canada shall be de-
yeloped, or the lumber interests of this
country, particularly of the Southern
and Pacific coast section, be protected,
that in view of these considerations this
convention earnestly and respectfully
protests against the passage by Con-
gress of any legislation looking to there
moval of duty on imported lumber.
The democrats of the House are hay
ing hard time getting their free trade
machine 20 work. The three bills plac-
ing respectively wool, binding Irvine and
cotton-ties and cotton bagging on the
free list, which were reported in the
House last week, were to have been call
ed up this week but the sickness of Mr..
Springer, who was to have made the
opening speech for free wool, made a
change necessary, and it is now stated
that Mr.. Mcmillan, who like Mr.. Mills,
isopposed to the homeopathic method
of attacking the Mckinley tariff law,
which is stronger than ever since its ap-
proval by the Supreme Court, will by
the irony of fate, make the first speech in
favor of what he is at heart opposed to.
Odd isn't it?
The republicans have not fully deter
mined what part they will take, next
Monday, when the house is to vote upon
the resolution reported from the COM
mittee on rules naming March %, %,
and "a, for the consideration of the
Stand free coinage bill. Two PROPOSE
tions are under consideration. One to
vote solidly against the resolution the
other not at all. The anti-silyer DEM
ocrats are confident that if they will do
the ilrst the resolution will be defeated,
WEIGH would kill the free coinage bill for
the present. No caucus has beed held
and none is probable. and it is regarded
as certain that few republicans less
than ten-will, in any event, vote for the
resolution, because of their favoring free
coinage. - s-,<--. .
. Just one year from today republican
will be inaugurated president of the
United States. Mark the prediction.
THE death of A. ]. Sawyer Of Mime
apolis. removes one of the most active
and influential grain operators in Mime