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WHY THE COLUMBIA WAS OR
OERED TO BLUEFlGLDS
The President Afflicted with GOut
The Protected Interests viii NOI
Allow the Republicans 10 Ignore
the Tarift-sitiIe Hope of Salts
factory Financial LcgislatiOn.
from Our Regular Correspondent.


factory Financial LcgisIation.
from Our Regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 80, 1891.
Neither President Cleveland nor Sec
rotary Gresham has the slightest desire
to create war scare by twisting the
British lions tail, but upon representa-
tons made to Secretary Gresham by
DIR. Guzman, the Nicaraguan minister
to the United States, the L. 5. Cruiser
Columbia WAS ordered to Blueiields
Nicaragua, to protect the interests OF
citizens OF the United States in that
quarter, and Ambassador Bayard was
cabled instructions to investigate and
il the statements made to Secretary
Gresham were found to, be true to de-
mand an immediate and full explana-
ton from the British government
That is the exact status of the case at
this writing. That England was in
fluenced in its refusal TO recognize the
right OF Nicaragua to exclusive con.
troll over the strip of land known as
the Mosquito coast by its desire to get
its fingers into the building or control
of the Nicaragua canal is merely
plausible surmise. Nothing official or
unofficial is known in Washington
upon which to base positive state
ment that such is the fact No new
question is involved in the matter, it
is only a reopening of an old question
which was thought to have been salts.
| factorily settled long while ago. Not
the slightest apprehension of any
serious trouble with England is felt by
any member OF the administration.
All statements to the contrary are
merely sensational fakes.
President Cleveland ate his Thanks
giving turkey at his country residence,
to which he has been confined for ten
days by very painful attack of
rheumatic govt, and, as he needed all
the time at his disposal to put the
finishing touches upon his message to
Congress, the family had no company
to dinner. Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle
entertained large party at dinner.
Among their guests were Postmaster
General and Mrs. Bissell, Attorney
General and Mrs. Olney and Private
Secretary and Mrs. Thurber.
Representative Catchings, Of Miss,
one of the Democratic leaders of the
House, is in town. lie says: al
would like to see the popgun bills
passed at the short session. But these
will not mark the end Of tariff agita-
ton. Neither will the Republican
victory, despite the declaration Of the
leaders OF that party, to the contrary.
If the leaders could control matters
and remain OF the same mind as now,
perhaps all would be well in that d.
rection. But they are not calculating
on the immense pressure that will be
bought to bear upon them, if they
should regain power, by the protected
interests and their constituents. They
came here to the Fifty-first Congress
with firm intention of revising the
tariff on reasonable basis. But they
found the pressure to strong, and went
to the extreme of the Mckinley bill.
You can be assured that tariff agita-
ton will not cease in this country I'M
iii the whole question is settled upon
Democratic lines"
Chairman Springer, of the House
committee on Banking and Currency,
is not hopeful of any financial legisla-
ton at the short session, although he
fully recognizes the urgent need for
speedy legislation on the subject. He
thinks it absolutely impossible for
either President Cleveland or any other
man to propose any scheme OF currency
reform that will secure the support Of
majority of the members of the
House, not to mention the Senate,
where there is also a numerous assort-
ment of disagreeing financial opinions.
Others think differently, however, and
believe that some common financial
basis can be found upon which all
good Democrats can stand, although
they admit that it will be so difficult
as to make it improbable that an agree
ment can be reached during the three
months that Congress will remain un.
der Democratic control. The i'm
preston is that President Cleveland's
financial recommendations will either
add to the probability of Democratic
agreement or will make agreement i'm
possible.
Many Democrats are pleased with
rumor that President Cleveland will
include in his financial recommends
ton to Congress the repeal of the ten
percent tax on state bank currency
and proposition that will enlarge the
use of silver by making it part of
the basis for the issue of bank note
currency. Your correspondent has
been unable to either verify or dis
prove the rumor.
The most gratifying thing about the
Congressional situation, from Demo-
cratic point of view, is the unanimity
with which Democratic Senators and
Representatives now in Washington
reply to queries as to what will be the
programme of the coming session.
They all say in substances: We will
wait until the President has made his
recommendations; we desire that
whatever is done be done harmonious
ly, if possible. There is little doubt
that many Democrats who have OPP
posed the President, are ready to meet
him half way in any efforts that may
be made for the good of the party. and
if the hot-heads can only be kept quiet
there may be some pleasant surprises
for Democrats. Dem.
Some miscreant burned George
Saxton's two barns, horses, hogs, grain
and hay, near Goldendale one night
recently, leaving him nothing except