Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-07-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
v.om onr regular Correspondent.

alton. Once more that positive stare
ment is made by gentleman who
presumably enjoyes Gen. Harrison's
confidence This time Il is Hon. ).
w. Foster, Of Indiana, who was Sec
rotary Of state during the closing
months Of Gen. Harrison's admins
tration. Mr.. Foster clinches his
statement by saying that he believes
that the Indiana delegation will go
TO the next republican national con-
yention without state candidate
for the nomination, and not united
on any candidate. He thinks the
delegation will be divided between
Allison, Mckinley and Reed, but he
dosen't express any opinion as TO
what proportion each Of those three
gentlemen will control. MIR. Foster,
who has been in China for several
months, acting as adviser to the
Chinese government in its negotia-
tions with Japan, was given cordial
welcome back 10 his Washington
home, last week, by gathering OF
personal friends which in luded
about all the prominent people now
in town. The Chinese government
was anxious to place Mr.. Foster upon
its permanent pay roll, and made
him very fiattering offer. but he de-
clined, being too good an American
to permanently enter the service 81
any foreign government.
Senator Pritchard, the new repub-
lican senator from North Carolina,
was in Washington last week. He
said he thought the administration
was miscalculating the strength OF
the free silver democrats Of thatstate.
Speaking of his own position, Sena-
tor Pritchard said it was now just
what it had been ever since he reach
ed the years of discretion. II am,
said he, "for protection and bimetai-
lism--protection for the undeveloped
industries and raw materials of the
South, and the use oil D0tn ROlu ana
silver as money metals
1t is estimated by those who have
had access to the figures that the
excess of treasury payments over
receipts has, for the first eleven days
of the new fiscal year, averaged more
than a million dollars day. Much
of this money should have been paid
out before the first of July, but It was
held back so rs to keep down the
total of the deficit for the fiscal year
that closed June 80. 1t is now adj
mitted by intelligent democrats that
legislation for the increase Of the
revenues of the government will be
one Of the absolute necessities of the
next session Of congress. Republic
cans have known it ever since the
new tariff was under discussion in
the last congress, and urged the
democrats then to adopt tariff bill
that would provide sufficient reven-
ues for the maintenance Of the gov
eminent, but the urging was in vain.
The administration Is very much
alarmed at the prospect Of the repub-
lcan congress passing bill raising
the duties on such articles as are too
low in the present tariff law, in order
10 furnish the money to run the
government, and it is resorting to all
sorts 81 schemes to create public
sentiment against any revision of
the tariff and IN favor Of raising the
money by some method OF internal
taxation One of the shrewdest OF
these schemes Is that for the increase
of 81 Il barrel in the internal tax on
beer. They calculate that the tenn
perance element will favor an in
crease in this tax, but their principal
reliance is upon the influence of the
eastern brewers, who will, ii Is said,
favor the increase because it will
have tendency to drive western
beer, which Is now largely consumed,
out of the big eastern cities. The
western brewers already have to pay
the freight and meet the prices of the
eastern brewers in their home cities,
and, it is claimed that with dollar
barrel added To the tax and no in-
crease in the selling price they would
not he able to do this and that the
eastern brewers would gladly pay n
dollar barrel additional If they
could thereby get the eastern trade
now held by western hreweries.
1t is uow stated that falling in his
ambition to secure fourth nomin-
alton, Us he almost certainly will,
Mr. cleveland has about made up
his mind 70 push Secretary Olney as
the administration candidate for the
democratic nomination. The man
that could enthuse over Olney as n