Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-02
WASHINGTON LETT ER.


l Washington May, 13, 1892.
E# Secretary Elkins made the most
gNsnpOrtant political statement of the
Iyeek when he said that Secretary
had repeatedly told the Presi-
4'# ent ami himself, since he wrote the
Nhtter t0 chairman GARRISON, that he
not accept the nomination il
gN8t was rendered him. Chairman
filarkson, to whom the statement
lSsyas ma,ie, still says that, although
lie has not heard directly from Mr..
sssgI.laine since he received his letter de-
llining to become II candidate for the
he has reasons of his
x5 WIS for believing that Mr.. Blaine
s3vOuld not refuse the nomination if it
be made by such al, over
Fayhelming majority as to Indicate
That the party believed his nominal
aaion necessary to republican success.
SEs is noticeable, and is certainly an
sRndication of success whoever is NOM
glnateq at Minneapolis, that the best
t~ClII3SS CAISNo oSC WIFI bttooS ~ 1'
III wish to nominate Mr.. Blaine and
II hose who think the President enti-
III led to the nomination.
n The presence OF so many prominent
" epubljcans has filed Washington
With political rumOrs Ofall sorts, one
III 81 the most interesting of which is,
III that one of the objects of Secrc tary
VI Blaines visit to New York this week,
4 was to get Gen. Horace Porter, who
II mas recently added frt sh laurels to his
II fame by infusing new life into the
II Grant monument association and
IL making it certain that the money to
II build the monument will be in sight
u by Memorial Day. to agree to present
the name of the President to the Ma
II tional convention. That Mr.. Blaine
i personally desires the President to be
Il nominated is certain, and it would be
4 Just such Il thing as only such IL big
\ hearted man as Mr.. Blaine could do
/ to ask Gen. Porter to make the nom
inating speech.
II Tue majority of the democratic
! members of the House found the pres
sure to great for them to stand, so
they voted in u demOera tic caucus to
shelve the anti-option bill and give
the appropria ton bills the right OF
/ way i'm the House. notwithstanding
the protest of Mr.. Hatch, chairman
OF the committee on Agriculture. who
spoke of the almost unanimous tie
sire among the farmers for the pas
sage of the anticipation bill. Mr.
Hatch and other supporters OF the
bill threaten to tillibuster for the pur-
I pose of getting it before the House,
but it is not thought they will dare
to try to upset the degree OF Il party
4 cancus.
i Secretary Pcttigrew wants the Sen
4 ate to adopt an amendment aprrn-
* pria ting $40, 900 for the continuance
I of experiments in the artificial pro-
+ ductiOn OF rain.
/ Chairman Clarkson and other mem
I bers of the National committee left
Z mere totluN loI AiINdSp, w iiti a. HWY
I ing of the executive committee is to
/ be held previous to the meetingof the
full committee, which will be held at
Minneapolis on June 1, to complete
arrangements for the meeting of the
convention on the 18th. Mr.. Clarkson
thinks there will be several ballots
before nomination is made, and
when it Is made 1t will practically be
by reclamation.
The silver question is again prOmi-
neut this week. Senator Morgan
succeeded in getting II motion to re-
fer his resolution, which Senator
sherman says practically in>tructs
the Finance committee to report Il
free coinage bill. to the Finance com
mittcc defeated by Il vote OF ~ to II.
(Senator Hill was present but he de-
clined to vote) and he is trying to get
n direct vote i'm the Senate on his res
olution. Yesterday the Second Ma
tional Silver convention with dele
gates from nearly all the States as
sambled here for the avowcd purpose
OF trying to force silver legislation in
Congress.
Representative Henderson of Iowa,
made IL short but very strong speech
in favoL of an amendment to TIL; Sun
dry Civil appropriation bill, offered
by Mr. Houk. of Ohio, but ruled out
on II point If orocr raj Se'l by MIR.
Holman, appropriating 100000 to
pay for coll, C ting aad publishing sta
tistics showing the industrial adj
vance of the coiur,d riti.eis frc III
Jan. |. '63 to Ja' =, 3. IIesaid th,t
the colored population numbered