The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-09-23
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. 1S9

President Mckinley has not com
planned because he failed to get any
rest while away from Washington, on
his recent vacation, but he has arrang-
ed for another little trip which he
thinks will give him some rest. He is
going to the Berkshire Hills of Mas
sachusetts, where himself and Mrs.
Mckinley will be guests of an old
friend. 1t is not probable that Pres
ident Mckinley has done harder
weeks work since he was inaugurated
than he has just completed, but he
has got all the matters pressing, he
feels free to go away again and try to
get himself braced up little for the
arduous duties of the winter. He was
surprised to find so many Office
seekers awaiting him when he return
ed, but he saw as many of them as he
possibly could and made a number of
appointments, which, Of course also
made much larger number of disa-
pointments. He is very much inter
ested in the greater New York cam
paign, and willingly listened to those
who had information to impart con
corning it, but he says only enough
to draw them out. He has expressed
no opinion on the subject.
1t was definitely settled at q confer
ence between the President and Con
sui General Lee that the latter should
return TO Cuba at the expiration of
his leave of absence, or eahier if Cir
cumstances should make his presence
there necessary. This indicates that
General Lee will continue as Consul
General to Cuba for some time yet.
His leave Of absence expires early in
October.
Pension Commissioner Evans, EX
Commissioner ("CorporarO Tanner,
and General Biard, accompanied the
Washington members of the Union
Veteran Legion, who left this after
noon on special train for Columbus,
Ohio, where the 18th National En-
campment of the Legion will be held
this week.
Under the new policy OF the Pension
Bureau, to give the papers of appli-
cants for original pension preference,
Commissioner Evans estimates that
two hundred thousand applications,
which have been hung up under the
democratic policy will be disposed of
during the present fiscal year.
Secretary Alger is determined to
find out as much as possible about
the condition of things in the Klon-
dixie region, in order to be able to
carry out his project OF sending food
into that region, if it becomes neces-
sary to prevent suffering among the
numerous Americans who have gone
there, at his own expense, but in the
name OF the Government of the Unit
ed States. AS Il step in that direction,
he has been comforting with Mr. JOS
eph Ladue, of Dawson City, a gentle
man lately from the Klondike and
who has mining interests there. Ar
rangements have been completed for
sending a company of United States
soldiers to St Mich aels. Alaska, for
the purpose of maintaining order and
protecting property at that point.
The free trade press regards it, or
tries to make it appear to the public
that it so regards the matter, that
the compelling of foreign manufacture
erS, who have established a market in
this country for their wares, to start
factories over here or lose their Amer
can trade, is a misfortune, but it does
not so appear to sensible people,
whether they are republicans or not.
1t is clear enough that every estab-
lishment employing labor started and
maintained in the United State must
necessarily add to the prosperity of
our people, and while increased pros
perity for the people may be a misfor-
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tune for the professional calamity
howlers among the democratic and
populist politicians, it will certainly
not be so regarded by those who get
additional work and become sharers
in the increased prosperity. Ifevery-
thing consumed or used in the United
States could be made by our own cit
liens it would be one of the very best
things that could happen to the coun-
try. 1t was largely because we
bought so much stuff of foreign pro-
duction brought in under the low
rates of the democratic tariff, that we
had such long period of business
and industrial depression. These
are facts that should be constantly
kept in mind by the people of the
United States.
1t Saves the Croupy Children.
Seaview, Wave have splendid
sale on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,