Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-07-21
Cherrytield. June l4, 1892.
From our regular Correspondent.
Washington Letter.


| II the House committee which started
| tor Homestead, Pa. to-day to investigate
/ the recent killing Of the locked out work
men Of the Carnegie establishment by
| PInkerton men Is determined TO turn
that dcplorable incident 10 the political
advantage Of the democratic party As
members Of that party in the House and
Senate have shown themselves 10 be no
good result. can possibly follow snythlu.
It may do. Iti, probable that the Senate
viii also send a committee to Investigate
The democratic party has many sins
great and small, to answer for, but none
oi them are more heluous than the attempt
OF the democratic Senators and Reprt-en-
tatyes % make political capital out Of the
blood she'd by Pennsylvania labor /.
shows. as nothing else could. the despera.
tion Of that party, and i bound 10 prove a
boomerang, for no sensible man can
after cooly considering thv matter endorse
this bloody Issue whJca these democrats
are trying 10 make. 1t i little short Of
dlocy 10 charge the protective tarln
WITH beng responsible for the shooting
| down Of worktu-mcn by rinkerton Hired
murdercr- and the democrats who h4yr
male the charg" y wi.l iIvr - regret hayiu.
done 80
The Senate Couferres succeeded in CON.
pcling the House cpntrrecs to agree to all
| of the Senate amendments TO the pension
appropriation bill, except the one adding
so 900 for employment of additional
clerks. The Dill now carries a total Of
sil6. .-37 $40.
Mr., cut-it-dowu-IIolman is temporarily
happy. Afte. being knocked down score
Of time, he mas at last succeeded in
getting majority of the House to vote to
rcjec. the report of the conference com
mittee on the naval appropriation bill, and
to instruct the new conferees - insist up
on striking out the Senate amendment
PROV ling for the construction Of a new
battle,hip also that approp5ia,ing so 90
towards the expenses Of the proposed
International naval display
The Stewart tree coinage bill has been
| fayorably reported to the House, and the
| committee On rules has reported a coutinu-
Ing order for it, consideration. beginning
Wednesday Of TINS week but there is not
as much confidence of passing it, among
| the silver men, as there WAS few days
| ago, The trouble seems 10 be that the
| Cleveland influence Is being welded
| against il, and score OF members here
| tofore ardcntly n favor Of the bill are now
| reported a. being willing to let ii 60 over
until the next session, if it can be done in
a way to blind their constituents
The democratic managers are alarmed
about Louisiana, a the news from that
! State indicates that its electoral votes will
| be cast for Harrison and Reid Ex-
| Governor Yarmouth, of that State, is now
in Washington and, being asked to give his
views, said "Our people want protection
for their sugar, rice and lumber, and the
| free trade plank in the democratic platform
| is a little too hard a dose for them TO
swallow; they are not ready for free trade
The peoples party will poll at low
estimate p 900 votes, which will reduce
the democratic strength just that much
the republicans will stand solidly, and if
We can only get fair count we are bound
to win, and it is not believed that Governor
| Foster VIII countenance frauds on the
ballot"
The makeup of the republican national
| 4
the campaign, is highly commended by
republicans in Congress. Five members
of the old executive committee-De Young
| of California, vice chairman Ciarkson,
of Iowa; Hobart, of New Jersey; Fessen-
den, Of Connecticut, and Payne, of Wiscon-
sin,-occupy places upon the new com
mittee, all of the tried and true sort
and the new men-Manley, Of Maine;
kerens, of Missouri; Bradley, of Ken
tucky; Sutherland, of New York, aud
Tanner, of Illinois,-need no introduction
to the republicans of the country. 1t
only remains for the President to finally
| decide upon the successor to chairman
Campbell, and he will probably do so
during the present week, to put the COM
mittee in position to begin the active
work Of the campaign, which promises to
be aggressive from the start.
Many democrats are shocked at the
brutality and indecency displayed in the
personal attack made upon Gen. Raum in
the report presented to the House by the
democratic members of the committee
which has been investigating the Pension
Office. The personal animus of its word
ing exceeds that of any document present
ed to Congress in many years, and its
unfairness IS shown by accepting as con-
elusive statements made by irresponsible
persons, which were disproved by witness
es of undoubted trustworthiness. 1t is a
fitting end to the bitter personal fight that
has been made on Gen. Raum by certain
democratic Representatives and is bound
to have contrary effect to that wished for
by its authors. The republican members
Of the committee are preparing a minority
report.
Sometimes all that our good resolu-
tons need is little mucilage.