Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-05-19
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Washington Letter.
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ceeds, to become President, even if he
does not receive the nomination from his
party How? BY assisting the third party
to carry enough states to throw the cleo
ton Of President into the House, which
| he has on two occasions shown himself to
prefers to receive the nomination from the
National Convention of his party, but if
he fails to get it, he hopes to reach the
White House by way of the House, not
withstanding the manifest duty of that
body, in the very unlikely event of its
having to elect anybody, to elect the man
who receives the party nomination, in case
it so happens that neither candidate re-
ceives q majority of the votes cast in the
electoral college.
| Hill has given up all hope of the people
electing a Democratic President, and is
only struggling for the nomination be-
follow precedent when it elects him but
all the same he intends it shall elect him
any way, il he can throw sufficient num-
Der OF states to the third party-North
| Carolina is one Of the southern States he
Is counting on; hence his trip to that
| State next week--to throw the election
| into the House. II is said that be is secur-
| ing pledges from members OF the House
J to vote for him, If given an opportunity.
whether he be nominated by the Chicago
! convention or not. Was more audacious
| scheme ever conceived2 II Is, however,
but a waste of time on the part of Mr.
! Hill a a msjority of the votes IN the cleo
torsl college Will, unless all present iudi-
cations are at fault, be cast for the ticket
nominated by the Minneapolis convention.
No one enjoyed the circus more than the
Democratic members Of the House, whose
districts have suffered by reason of the
psrsImony Of Representative Holman,
when ex-Speaker Reed tguratively held
| Mr.. Holman up by the slack Of his trousers
whilc he showed the House and the coun-
try that the economical principles of the
Indiana member did not prevent his sup
porting all appropriations that are 10 be
expended in his district, even an item in
the River and Harbor bill hich had been
adversely reported upon Ny the United
States ngineer in charge OF improvements
on the ONO river.
The Senate committee on pO~t-ofiice and
post-roads does not believe with the Dem
ocratc House that the people of the coun-
try wish the postal service to stand still
waile the country i continually rushing
ahead II believes with Postmaster Gen
other European countries have done can
be and ought to be done in the United
States, and that while the people in large
cities and towns have their mail delivered
at their doors several times a day, it is but
simple justice that the people residing il
the country should have increased facili-
ties for getting their mail therefore it has
reported an amendment to the rost,oilice
appropriation bill appropriatlng $500 ooD
to enable the Postmaster General to con
tinue and extend his free delivery expert
ment- In villages end farming districts.
senator Mitchell Of that committee says
| he ha, every reason To believe that The
Senate will adopt this amendment, aud he
thiuks the House will concur, if its mem
bcr~ will vote as their constituents think.
Republicans in Congress, aud out of ii
too for that matter are delighted to know
that a large number Of Democrats are
coming out from behind the mask of
tariff reform, which they have worn for
so many years. ami are at last showing
themselves in their true colnrs pure and
unadulterated free trade. Representative
Johnson Of Oho, who arranged for tn,
publication OF Henry Georges Free Trade
or Protection" in the Congressional Rec
ord" and who is now ''roping in" his
Democratic colleagues to sending out thou-
sands Of copies Of that book in pamphlet
I form, under their personal franks, is the
Democrat to whom the Republicans are
indebted for this boon. This book is an
argument tor free trade, pure and simple
and if MIR. johnson and his free trade
friends succeed in their Intentions Of dis
tributing one million copies Of the pam
| phlet throughout the country it will bring
such a protection tidal wave next Novem-
Der a. the country has not enioyed for
/ years. In a square fight between protec-
I tiou and free trade, with All side issues
| eliminated. at least -evtn-tenths of the
voters viii be found on the side of pro
lection. The Chinese minister has tiled