The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-07-19
Washington Letter.

Washington, July Is, 1898. Secretary
Herbert finds himself 50 busy with the
plans for building the battle ships and
tornedo boats authorized 10y the last
congress. and other important business,
that he has been compelled to postpone |
his vacation for time. He hopes to |
have things in such shape that he can |
Ieave about the last of the month.
Everybody is laughing at the Spanish |!
minister, who has been sent on fools |
erraud by his government He has
gone to Secretary OIney's summer resi- |
dence, in Massachusetts, to ask an eX
PLANTATION and an official statement con !
cerning that silly fake purpOrting to be
an interview with Ambassador EustIs,
which was published in a Paris paper
early this week and cabled to this cOun-
try, and which was promptly followed
by denial from Ambassador EustIs
No denial was needed. Everybody
knew that the thing was fake, but the
Spanish government seems to have taken
1t seriously, or, 1t Is so pretending for
some purpose of its own. Secretary
Olney will dispose of the Spanish minis
ter and his silly request in short order.
According to Col. Harvey, OF the New
York Worlds editorial staff. who II IN
Washington, Teddy Roosevelt has
given Tammany ''cinch' on the next
municipal election, by his strict enforce
ment of the excise law. Col. Harvey
said: The result Will be far-reachlng
in a political way and will beyond doubt
damage the Republicans materially IN
New York City. L have no idea that
they will be able to elect single assem-
blyman or senator from the city or from
Brooklyn this fall. Every Tammany
candidate will win People who live at
a distance can't begin to appreciate the
local feeling that has been aroused 10y
this affair, and it Is not a feeling that
will die away in little while. The adj
ministration has gone too far to recede;
it must carry out its policy, and the
more rigidly that policy is adhered to
the more certain and sweeping will be
| the victory of the Democrats.
Evidently Mr.. Benjamin Harrison IL
| becoming frightened at the hammerlng
| Mckinley Is getting at the hands OF the
! friends of the other candidates, as re
! suit of his efforts to keep himself prOml-
nently befor his party as a presidential
/ candidate. Mr.. Harrison is tender and
| he never liked hammering, so he has
| adopted another course. 1t has been
SAID before, but fearing that it might
| have been forgotten, he arranged to have
| Mr. John W. Foster, who was once
| charged with being Mr.. Harrison's spy
! upon Secretary Blaine, and who became
secretary of state himself when Mr.
| Blaine retired from the Harrison admin
| istratiOn, to say again that he was not a
! candidate; was doing nothing to get the
nomination, but would not, of course
| decline should the party insist upon
nominating him. The sentiments are
| absurd, and they fool nobody.
Attorney General Harmon isn't salts
! fed with the decision against the govern
ment IN the suit against the Stanford
estate, and he this week directed the
| United States district attorney at San
Francisco to appeal the case to the Unir
ted States circuit court of appeals for the
! Pacific coast district. 1t Is no violation
of confidence to add that should the
court of appeals decide against the gov
| ernment the case Will be carried to the
| United States supreme court. This suit,
which is for SO, 900, 600 is only against
the Stanford estate, but if the gOvern~
ment wins the estates Of all of the Stan
fOrd'S Pacific railroad associates who,
became rich by their manipulatiOns of a
company that has always pleaded its in
ability to repay money loaned 1t by the
United States government, will have tC
disgOrge to the amount of their stock
holdings in the road, if to no further ex
| tent.
The White House mail gives evidenc,
of the rapidity with which the news OF
the birth OF President Cleveand's thirC
baby has been disseminated. but 1t alsC
gives evidence of the careless manner il
which many people read the news. l
would be natural to suppose that every
man, woman and child who reads tn,
newspapers knows that President Cleve
land and his wife and children are a
their summer residence. Gray Gables, OF
Buzzard's Bay. Well, there are thous
ands who have read or heard of tn,
birth of that third girl who believe tha
the baby was born in the White HouS,
and that Mrs Cleveland is there now
and every mail brings hundreds of let
ters addressed to her at the Whit,
House. This is just as well, however
as there are more clerks at the White
House to go over these letters and seIec
such as are worthy of Mrs. Cleveland
attention than there are as Gray Gables
Still their coming to the White Hous'
Is queer. NJ.