Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-08-25
From our regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 10, 1892.

| Capt. T. Ii. Mckee, Assistant Secretary
| of the National Republican Committee, is
now quartered in the same building with
the Congressional campaign committee,
sistants hard at work mailing documents.
Secretary Mcpherson, OF the Congress
sonal committee, who is a veteran of
many campaigns, is at present acting in
an advisory capacity to Capt. Mckee, and
the two Mes make a strong team; but
| little later on he will give his undivided
attention to the Congressional districts
which are marked doubtful on the little list
| be silent in nineteen languages about the
| work upon which he is engaged. but he
| told your correspondent that he thought
the prospect for wrestling the House
from the democrats was good and i'm
proving all the time.
Capt. Mckee says the following are the
documents which he is sending out the
| largest humber Of Better Dead Than
"a,
"A Farmers Appeal to Farmers" Farm
| Mortgages not an Evidence of Distress" I"
| Farm Implements Abroad" The A, B,
| c, of the Tariff" How Protection
Increases the Nations Wealth." The
Tarif Riddle A Key Thereto" Where
| | Spent Ny Money After All" American
| Ideas Conquer Representative ID. b.
| Henderson On the False Cry of a Billion
| Dollar Congress, "A Town Built up by
| Protection, and lngersolls why | am 4
| Republican,. Capt. Mckee also edits
the National Bulietin" Of which thous
| ands are sent out each week. The repub-
| lican campaign text book will be ready
ABOUT Sept. lst; and already orders for an
| enormous number are booked.
"One thing was apparently overlooked
| by those who started and those who ac
| cepted As true the story tnat Judge Walter
| q Gresham would soon take the stump for
| Weaver said an old member of the Su-
! preme Court Bar, land that is, that
Gresham is at this time judge of Unit
ed States Court. Until he resigns that
position, and haven't heard that he had
any Intention Of resigning, there is not the
slig htest probability that he will take the
stump for anybody. do not remember to
have heard of United States Judge max
| iug political stump speech and, think,
| know Walter Gresham's idea of the
| dignity which should ALWAYS be maintained
| BY the National Judiciary we'll enough TO
predict that he will never make a speech
favoring Weaver or any one else for the
| Presidency as long as he remains 'ultsd
! States Judge, and I do not believe he
would support Weaver for President IL he.
were a private citizen"
The greed of the great Wells Fargo Fx-
press Company compelleu the government
10 make AT its own risk the recent shlp
meut of 500 600 600 in cold from San
| Francisco and n may rr.nlt in transfer
ring a very prohtahle line Of business from
| the EXPRESS comnanIes to the government
| the TRANSPORTATION of large sums of poy-
ernmeut money. The United State. made
| that shjnmcnt nf pold from San Francisco
to New Yorg for ahout Al 500 les. Than
tie Wells. Faro cnmnanv CHARGED for do.
| ing it. and il NAV he. that the EXPRESS com
| panies will not b. asked 10 do such work
| In the future. Not long ago the Govern
| ment mid the I-nit,d States ,ynress com.
| pany s3 5O0-mor, than the cost of bring
| Ing $40 900 900 across the continent
| carving s. 900 900. in gold from Philadel
phia TO New York, a lob that was com
! pleted in little more than .wo hours.
The changes In the British a,imlnlstra-
| ton has caused a DELAY ID setting a date