The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-11-02
Washington Letter.

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President Cleveland is again at the White
House He is in robust health and,
like all other Democrats, In splendid
spirits. on account of the clearing aspect
of the Democratic skies This has been
u good week at the head quarters of the
Democratic congressional campaign com
mittee. From every direction comes
news of a decided improvement in bus
iness and consequently in Democratic
prospects. Even III New York city,
where ii looked for a time a though
five or six seats In the house were to e
presented to the Republicans 10y running
two Democratic candidates in each dis
trict, the tangle Is being straightened out
thanks to the hard work of Senators Hill
and Faulkner and the good advice of
President Cleveland, and the election OF
Democrats from all the city districts
made certain 'sIf the election could be
postponed thirty days. said "A member
of the congressional committee, 1T
would add at least thirty to the Demo
cratic majority in the next house
Postmaster General Bissell has the
right idea of the postal service. Speak
ing of an order sent out by him thus
week, calling the attention of postal EN-
ployes to that portion of the civil service
law which prohibits forced political con
tributions fiom federal employees, he
said: The post office department Is a
business, not political institution. II
| has been my eudeavor to conduct 1t on
| business principles, so as to give
| the people the best possible mail
| facilities We do not want the service
| crippled or interrupted for political al
vantage Those are ideas that Will make
votes among business men.
Chief Clerk Daniels, of the Interior de
partment. who has just returned from
| North Carolina, Is regarded as high au
| thority on the politics of that state, and
| his view of the situation there widely
| differs from that which pOpullsts and
| Republicans are giving out. He says;
The Republicans and populists have
| affected a fusion. so far as fOrmalltN
| goes, but many in both parties repudl
ate it Together they have 10000 more
votes in the state than the Democrats,
and the problem Is to mass them. If II
| could succeed thev would carry the state.
but it is not universal. My own Opin
| ion is that the Democrats will carry
seven districts The legislature, which
|
| be Democratic on joint ballot. The
| Democrotic judicial ticket will, | think.
be elected, although that isn't as certain
| as Democratic control of the legisla
ture" Members of the Democratic con
gressional committee regard the predIc
tiOns of Mr.. Daniels as very cOnserva
| tive.
Mr.. W. A Croffut. a well known
| journalist, who was lately dropped from
the pay rolls of Tn lie Sam, has turned
| Democrat after losing his office, thus
differing from those who have pretended
to turn Democratic to keep their offices
He is now on the stump in Chairman
! Wilson's district. His reasons for be
coming a Democrat, as told 10y himself.
are good ones. He says: Il went t,
| England. | found that in that country
under free trade they bad lower wages
than here. then thought the protec
! zionist policy a good thing. | ther
| went to Germany, where they have our
! policy of protection. | found thai
wages were lower there than in England
| | then went to France, where they hav,
a high protective tariff, even between
| different divisions of the country. anG
| there | found wages still lower than il
| Germany. | began to think then.
| saw that something was wrong. | fOunC
| that it was in the protective system. and
| that is one of the many reasons why
have changed my views and am now q
| Democrat
Commissioner of pensions LOchren
says of the bureaus letter to a Dostmas
ter, which the Republicans have printed
| as a campaign document: In adiudica
ting a pension case it always has been
the practice of the bureau to call on
pOstmasters in the locality where the
afiiant resides for information as to his
| credibility. POstmasters sometimes ob
ject to giving this information, particu
| larry when the information is derOgatory
| to the character of the afiiant. without
| some assurance that their communica
| tions will be held confidential 1t was
in answer to an inquiry from postmaster
| +. X. Sparkling, at Granville, Ohio. as t.
| whether such information would be held
as confidential that the letter which l.
| being given publicity was written No
similar letter has been sent out unless
J IN answer to Il similar inquiry" No
comment is needed.
Somebody seems to have mixed those
| babies up, in regard to the intentions Of
the administration in appointing Indian
agents Instead of supplanting the ar
my officers now acting as Indian agents
with civilians, as was published. it is in
! tended to supplant the civilian Indian
| agents with army officers as fast as va
| Cancies occur. Quite difference. NJ.