Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-09-06
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our regular correspond.
WAsHIEetoS, ID. c., Sent

% III no gens,
OF the word a candidate for tia
publican presidential nominate,
1896. The authority for this ca
ment is second only To that Of 2
Harrison himself. 1t comes s;,
ly from Gen. T. L. Mlchenar :,
is associated with Col. w w n
ley IN the practice Of law in Ws.tI
ington, and who managed the H..
rison forces at the Chicago ejpv..
ton of '8S and the Minneapolis =.
vention Of 1872, and who has
many years enjoyed the contide,..
of Gen. Harrison without rese,r
ton. When asked point h..
whether he believed Gen. Harr;s.
would accept the nomination if !,
were rendered him, Gen. Mieban.'
frankly replied that he though,
az ue
would-that any man would In,
that he would not make the 6gh, \.
the nomination, as he did in 'Ss AMI
'92.
This is the way MIR. w. B. Light
foot, a New York banker and c..
talist, now visiting Washington, sum,
up the situation: "The busipo.,
condition of the country is going i,
improve steadily, but not as rapjv
as some people think. The peoDI.
will not be able to transact the trad.
that under normal conditions womb
have been carried on, because Of M
immense shrinkage Of values dp,I
ing this period of prostratlon-
shrinkage that has been estima,aa
at $4,000, 100000, an estimate M
do not regard as exaggersled
The responsibility for most of lbi
vast loss rests on congress, which
took nine months to do what
council or convention of busiue.
men would have done in tbp
weeks, and done better. No wO,
der the people are disguised wild
the democrats. / have belonged
that party all my life, but unless M
views change greatly, shall neye
vote its ticket again. In my ofc
in New York the other day hear
twelve gentlemen assert the SAM
thing. They had all been ifeon!
democrats. The truth is that Their
are only a few good business mel
in congress and they happen to b
republicans.
Representative Tom johnson, th
Ohio free trader, says Of Mr.. Ceyt
lands last letter: cit is commol
place. | believe the president
honest, but he does not know. H
harps on free iron ore and free Goa
but says nothing about the tax o
SUGAR, which will hurt the demo
cratic party worse than anytbu
else in the bill. As far as we GEM
inc free traders are concerned, tb
German bill is better than the Wi
son bill, because the democrat
party would have said the Wllso
bill is all right, while now they wi
be free to repudiate the German bl
and fight for further reduction
Now hear what Representatly
Sperry, of Connecticut, who is
democratic protectionist, says;
was in hopes the president woul
spare his party the infliction OF az
other letter. The tariff bill is dl
tinctly party measure, and accord
ing to the presidents letter to NJ
Wilson, it is measure permeale'
with perfdy and dishonor. Il IDS
is correct description Of the Ol
| do not see on what ground 10
democratic party can ask TO be COZ
tinued in power. 1t seems o. y
second letter, to Mr.. Catchlngs, tna
the tariff fight must be CONTINUES
This position must be very dlsqale
ing to the business interests oil 70
whole country. The democrats 81
placed on the defensive by tho'
two letters--first, in defending
policy of perfdy and dishonor' ''
second, by threatening business
terests with further attempts AZ u
if Legislation. Every democrat
campaign speaker is compelled
defend his party against the SA'sg