The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-06-10
Washington letter.

v-,s,,,>,crox ID C. June /, 1892.
The Rlaine- Harrison rumpus has reach
cd a stage dangerous alike TO oo'l
of them. and many of the prohli.,,c"'
Ranubhcans who have left here Tor Miii-
naanolis within the last forty eight houis
have EXPRESSED themselves as opl'ooile W
nominating either Blaine or Hafflsoh.
! secretary Foster l. much chagrlnheu ~
| the boomerang effect OF the ,hlSSei
document signed by Fred Douglass
! Auditor Lynch, Register Bruce and Ooh-
! r,,o-s,,,an Cheatam. which was sent out
~ his SUGGESTION through one OF the
,,rcss asSociations early this week tor inc
nurpose of injuring Blaine IL Is "o
coriing to information receive" i'3
hurting Harrison more than blihlc'
- among the probabilities that tiie '','.'N
! RIaine fight may toe duplca'teu At N'a
neapolis and dark horse capture "''
| nomination. ,-I--, /
ote efforts to get Blaine to announce
that he will not accept If nomlnateu,
arJ a. an inducement, 1t Is sald tilaI
/ NJ Harrison has Offered TO nominate
ms son-in-law.. Col. COppinger. 10 the
,,,.ancv made bv the reurement Oh
Brig,dier General David :. Stanley,
far. DAYS ago. Mr. Blaine has been very
{ anxious TO get Col. Coppinger promoted
md one of the late reasons for ms late
: cnoIress towards Mr.. Harrison was his
failure TO secure the last vacancy for hlnl
but he is in the sulkS now and the "liT
| may have no effect.
i senator Sherman ; to- day speech against
= the free coinage bill, which the Senate mas
n agreed not to vote upon until a1ter I4le
q 18th inst was an able prcsent'tloH o!
the financial question from his point oi
10 ,icvv Int il will change no votes; indeed,
Is the silver men claim to have mace two
A recruits-Senator Hill and Hunton, OF
: Virginia.-on the day it was finished.
Tho Reuublicans of the House sat like
;" deaf mutes when Representative Moses
2, challenged them to show the beneht re-
IL ceived by the farmer under the Mckinney
n tariff law. and offered to vote the he
RI nublican ticket for the rest OF ms me Il
any one could show him that the NC
Einley act benefited the man who raised
D. a bale of cotton or a bushel of wheat
tie There was one exception among the ne
NJ DuhIicans-Mr Bergen, of New jersey
hnt as soon as he opened his mouth h'
mt his foot in it. and that was the las
ef of him. Impossible tasks are not allur
m ing to Republicans or others.
raj Senator Turpie paid his respects 10 III
ng administration, yesterday, IN a speeci
n- criticising the action of the PRESIDENT Il
issuing retaliatory proclamatons agali's
oh Hayti. Colombia and NeneZuela DecauS
en- of their failure to make reciprocity agree
u ments with us.
ne The House has again run upon III
;,, mo quorum snag, and resoluuo
i"s revoking all leaves of absence except o
ent account of sickness was adopted earl
1t in the week and the Sergeant-at-Arn
APPS has run up a big bill telegraphlng to al
ich sentees. In spite of all this 1t Is not p
Ieved that it will be possible to keep
Z ouorum together for two days at a TN
as during the remainder OF this monti
ield The cause is evident. This Is nations
ses. convention month. At least half OF II
,aca Republican members OF the House a
now at Minneapolis, or on their W.
ny. there, and when they return, which W
ned not be much before the middle OF Il
l in month, about the same percentage
the Democrats will 90 to Chicago, remalnli
zo away from Washington at least a wee
nc Congressmen are only human, and 1t
Ooo perfectly natural that they should desl
This to aid in the selection of the nation
lold ticket Of their party.
,bo 4 notable feature of the exodus OF |
Republican Senators and RepresentatiN
SO to MINNEAPOLIS is the large number
tude private cars which have been placed
has their disposal by the owners. i
but shows, as nothing else can, how close
ging iset'.'o-.rt+ IL d%,,,,i,r 1ts COSTS mon
II OF and lots of it, to mainatln and rui
for private parlor car, and the railroad m
As mates are not doing 1t for fun-they
asira pect to be amply repaid for all fav
shown to these Republican Congressm
7re u Mr.. Cleveland's friends IN Cong
saw there is no good reason to supp
that the Syracuse contestants will
+ on or help anybody's candidacy at Chic
while senator Hills friends contend
the Syracuse convention made bolter
'uon' Cleveland's friends IN that state,
aders that he is now out of the question as
On of nominee.
-r;.l, Commissioners Raum's latest atte
at vindication was to submit long 81
ou'h- ment to the committee concerning
tlzens ST., 600 note which Lemon, the pen
e and attorney, endorsed for him, and his
orner ministration OF the office. The com
boro tee declined to admit the statemel
evidence until the members had al
oloreu portunity to carefully examine 1t.
lecun- There was Iumor this week that
Blaine had resigned and that his resi-
.ts the ton had been refused by Mr. Harrl
after a stormy scene.