The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-10-07
Washington Letter.
rom Orr Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Oct. l, 1897.

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him in Massachusetts, but over the
evidences of prosperity he saw every
where he went. He found the same
state of affairs in New England that
he found in the middle west every
body rejoicing over present prosper
ity and the prospect of greater pros
perity to come. If ever any presir
dent had cause to rejoice over the
condition of the country, surely
President Mckinley is the man, and
what adds to his pleasure is the
knowledge that he can consistently
say, II told you So"
This weeks cabinet meeting was
sort of happy family affair. All had
something to say from personal
knowledge of the great wave of pros
pe1ity that is sweeping oyer the coun-
try, helping the farmers to pay off
mortgages and to purchase luxuries for
themselves and families, which they
were compelled to do without during
the dark years of democratic control,
and giving work, where there has
been no work, to both skilled and un-
skilled labor. The people who have
suffered know where to place the
credit for their improved condition,
and they will be certain not to make
any more disastrous experiments by
voting the republican party out of
power. Republican times will be sy-
nonymous with good times for long
time to come in this country.
After Ex-senator Edmunds, chair
man of the monetary commission, an
nounced the three standing commit
tees on metallic currency, on demand
obligations cf the government, and
on banking the commission took a re-
cess until October II, in order to al
low the committees to consider sug-
gestions which have been made and
to arrange a systematic programme.
Members of the commission are en-
phatic in denying any intention to do
more thsn suggest to congress chan
ges that they may believe would be
beneficial.
Official news received by the De-
partment of State from Hawaii this
week was very differnt from what was
expected by the sensation mongers
who had been circulating stories of
the immediate overthrow of the Dole
government by the Japanese in Ha-
wall. Minister Sewell informed Sec
rotary Sherman that the immigration
dispute between Japan and Hawaii
was in a fair way to be amicably set
tied without even the trouble of arbi-
tration.
Hon. BENJAMIN Butterworth added
new brilliance to the enviable record
he is making as Commissioner of pat
ents when he decided to disbar from
practice before the u. S. Patent
office John Wedderburn Il Co. found
guilty by indisputable evidence of
havin g deceived and defrauded num-
erous inventors who had heed delud-
ed by glittering promises, together
with lottery and other disreputable
methods, into becoming their clients
Wedderburn & Co. by lavish expend-
iture of money obtained by question
able methods, were able to bring
much influcece to bear upon Maj.
Butterworth, but he ignored the infu
ence and decided the case on the evil
dence taken at the exhaustive hearing
before the patent Office, which was
conclusive. Postmaster General Gary
has been requested to put the Nation
al Recorder, Wedderburn & Co.'S pap
or on the fraud list ind to deny it the
privilege of second class mail. John
IWedderburn is the same man that
who persuaded many newspaper pub
fishers to exchange advertising for
stock in the Examiner Claims Bureau
and the Press Claims Co., both out OF
existence, and much stock is held by
them.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Heath, who has just returned from
his home in Indiana tells the follow
ing to illustrate the country he found
there" When I was in Indiana in
February I met farmer who was in
great distress. He was an old friend
with two hundred acres of as good
land as can be found anywhere. It
was mortgaged for several thousand
dollars, and he offered to sell his equi.
ty at an almost nominal figure. Last
week when saw the farmer agaM
and asked him again if he still want,
ed to sell. He told me the farm was
not for sale;that he had made enough
out of it to settle his interest account
pay of part of hi, debt, and to
build a new house, and had renewed
his mortgage at 2 per cent lower in-
terest than he had been paying.