The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-11-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, Oct. %, 1892

From Our Regular Correspondent
The President is expected to return to
Washington tomorrow from the saddest
errand of his life. Every body can SYM
pathize, but only the few who know OF
the close and loving companionship that
existed between himself and wife during |
the thirty-nine years of their married life |
can begin to appreciate and understand
his great loss and and consequent great
grief. His friends regard it as fortunate
that Mrs. Harrison died just when the
campaign had reached the exciting stage, |
as long as she had to die, because the
political excitement will, in a measure,
help to take the Presidents mind away
from his great sorrow. The Democrats
of Washington did a kind, thoughtful
and sympathetic act when they removed
their campaign banner, which hangs
across Pennsylvania Avenue, until, the
funeral of Mrs. Harrison had been held
and her remains placed on the special
train which carried them and the funeral
party to Indianapolis.
Mr.. Blaine returned to his Washington
residence this week. Heis looking mucn
stronger than he was when he lett mere
last summer, and is deeply interested IN
the campaign; he expresses the most alb
solute confidence in the triumph OF the
Republican party; and regrets that
throat trouble, making it dangerous tor
him to make an extended speech, keeps
! him off the stump. He is not idle, how
| ever, for IN addition to his published ar
ticles on the situation, he has wr1tteh
hundreds OF letters to his personal
| friends in New York and other doubtful
| states, urging them to the utmost
activity aud bringing out the full Repub-
| lican vote, which is all that is needed to
make the election 0! Harrison and Relr
certainty.
Mr.. Henry D. Hyde, formerly memhe1'
of the Republican National committee
| from Massachusetts, who IS considered
high authority on the politics OF that
State, was in Washington on private
business this week. He takes no stock
in the talk about Massachusetts, being a
doubtful state, but regards 1t as certain
to go Republican.
Gen. Hobart, the New Jersey member
of the Republican national committee,
was also in Washington this week. AS
he has been constantly on duty with
Chairman Carter at national headquar-
tiers since the campaign opened, his
opinion OF the situation is based upon
the best obtainable information. He
said: THE National committee confident
ly expects a victory; there is nothing il
the western situation which gives the
committee any reason to doubt that
Harrison will carry every state in that
section; in New Jersey the Republican:
are certain of electing the State ticket
and hopeful of doing the same with tn
National ticket; New York is large
state, doubtful state. and difficult tc
pass judgment upon, but knowing what
is being done on both sides, and carefully
estimating all the chances, I am satisfied
that Harrison will carry It,"
1t was certainly curious coincidence
that while Mr.. Wayne MacVeigh shoulc
be seated at the breakfast table of {
Washington hotel reading the scathins
denunciation By Senator Hill in his New
York speech of 1.-THE ostentalious zeal O
the new convert, who, after having fol-
years enjoyed the honors and emolu
ments OF positions conferred upon hin
by his party, suddenly assumes to see &
new light, and turns around and bitterly
assails his former political associates
with venomous v1tuperation," which
was intended specially for MacVeigh
Senator Hill should walk in and take
his seat at the same table, directly
across from the gentleman who has
lately assumed Ito she new light.
Hill says he did not know MacVeigh
but it is very certain that MacVeigl
knew Hill and that after reading that
speech he was not pleased to see hin
seated at the same table with himself
at any rate he did not stay long after
the New Yorker came in. While Senator
Hillwas in town an attempt was made
by personal friend to get his opinion
about Cleveland's chances. II have
nothing to do with the management o.
this campaign, and do not care to make
prediction as to it's result was as
near an opinion as the willy Senator
would get.
All the members of the Cabinet went
to Indianapolis, except Secretary Tracy
who remained in Washington because it
was thought best that one of them
should. The Government departments
were not closed on the day of Mrs. Har-
rison's funeral because it was the wish
of the President that they should not do
so; he objected to anything that looked
like an official recognition of his great
affection.
Secretary Rusk was too mach over
w helmed with grief when called here,
from Wisconsin, by the death of Mrs.
Harrisonto talk politics, further than to
express the belief that the State would
60 Republican. Secretary Elkins felt
the same way about West Virginia.
CY WELLINGTON had good house