Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-12-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE MONITOR }



The president, like his great pre-
decessor, Abraham Lincoln, never
crosses a bridge before he gets to it,
and never allows himself to be STAN
peded by what is printed in sensation
al newspapers. 1t may be true, as al
legged, that the French Government is
through it's agent in Central America
encroaching upon rights claimed by
the United States under the Monroe
Doctrine, which, as aptly stated by
Attorney General Miller, means that
"no foreign power has the right to
interfere with the autonomy of any
government upon the Western hem
isphere, nor to interfere with the safe
conduct of these governments. For
eign powers have not the right, nor
will they be allowed, to assume pos
session of territory or to invoke the
aid of arms " in interfering with the
management of the Panama railroad,
which was built by American capital
lists; but this government has Min
lister in Central America for the speci-
d1 PURPOSE Vi lOOhAlS aAoCA Jul AAeCA
ests and until his report is made no
official notice will be taken of these
allegations. By virtue of treaty be-
tween the Republic of New Grenada
and the United States, which is still
enforced and which cannot be affect
ed by any change of ownership i'm the
trans Isthmus railroad, our citizens are
given certain rights of traffic on that
railroad and those rights will be main
tanned by this administration, by
force if necessary. That's all there is
to it.
Senator Chandler will head a cru
sade against immigration at the com
ing session of Congress-, which has for
it's purpose the shutting out of all inn
migrats for a period of a least fiveI
years. The fight in Congress will bel
opened when the joint Senate and
House immigration committee shall
make it's report, upon which 1T is now
working, after spending many months
investigating immigration. The ma
tional platform upon which Mr.. Cleve-
land was elected is pledged against
further restriction of immigration in
these words "We condemn and de-
nounce any and all attempts to re-
strict the immigration of the indus
trious and worthy of foreign lands,
but that does not prevent manyN
prominent democrats agreeing with
Senator Chandler that there is need
for a temporary IL not a permanenQ
stoppage of immigration.
Who ought to know best the condi
ton of Mr.. Blaine's health, his family
and his physician, or the newspaper
men who in obedience to orders from
their editors are filing their papera
with alarming and absurd storiea
about it? His family and his physician
say that he is not seriously i'll sincd
his return to Washington, and be
lieve them. 1t is expected that Mr.
Blaine will go to California in few
days to remain until Spring.
General Rosecrans, who although
democrat has remained Register o
the Treasury ever since he was APP
pointed to that position by Mr.. Cleve
land has made himself very solid wit
the clamorous horde of democratic
Office seekers, which has already mad
it's appearance in Washington, by in
Guiding in his annual report TRAD
against the working of the Civil Ser
vice examination. The democratic
feeling against this law, which the
regard as the only barrier betwee
them and the offices, is so strong tina
it will not be surprising If the demo
cratic Congress makes the law deat
letter by Intentionally failing to max
an appropriation to carry it out.
they dared they would repeal 1T out
right, but Mr.. Cleveland has so ofte
pledged himself in favor of the La
that he could hardly afford to approx
it's repeal, although there is reason
believe that he would not be excea
sively grieved to see Congress negled
to make an appropriation for 1T.
Present indications are that Their
will be as bitter a fight among tn
democrats as to whether an extr
session of Congress shall be called M
smash the tariff as there will be owe
the tariff itself when the democrat
Congress does get together, whethe
in extra or regular SESSION. Feelin
on the subject is already running hig
among democratic Senators and Rel