The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-23

1t IL sail tl.u6evefy democratic
editor i'm Maine. with a single eX-
cet ton, is a candidate for Office.
A Washington correspondent,
after a careful canvass of the best
attainahle information from Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois and the South,
considers it reasonably sure that
Blaine Will be renominated for
the presidency i'll 1888,
Senator Dolph calls attention
to the fact that during the first
fifty years of the government the
total number of private bills in
trodueed in the House WAS only
about as many as We're introduced
in the Forty-eighth congress alone,
namely 6,777
The Democrats now propose ms
Il compromise to divide Dakota by
a north and south line and admit
the two states, the eastern under
the name of Dakota, which would
be Republican, and the western to
be called Lincoln and which would
be Democratic.
In the House Committees, Dunn
IS on ship building and ship own
ing, and Pacific railways; Brock
enridge Is on ways and means;
Rogers on judiciary; Peel on In
dian affairs and militia, and Me
Rue on public lands and levees
aud Mississippi river improve
ments.
The Little Rock Typographical
Union has ordered a boycott
against the Arkansas Democrat
and Woodruff's job office of that
city, and has flooded the city and
country with circulars calling up
on all men in sympathy with them
to withdraw their patronage from
theseottices.
The ST. Louis Chronicle says the
belief is pretty generally among
Republicans and it is sustained
by the acts of the President that
President Cleveland is carving out
n party to suit himself. at will
probably be called the Anti-Spoils
party says the Chronicle, land
the leader will appear in the role
Of an honest man.
\ sensation was created in
Washington City last Saturday
afternoon by the announcement Of
the sudden death Of Miss Kate
Bayard, eldest daughter of the
secretary of state. She dropped
dead at home, when about ready
to start for Miss Cleveland's re-
ception. Miss Bayard was Il
prominent figure in Washington
society for her beauty and varied
accomplishments.
1t is well that the present SEES
sion Of Congress is to be a long
one; for long as it is, there is
enough pressing public business
on hand to consume every day of
it, without any allowance for vast
age. Not inthe last tenyears has
The legislation of session been
awaited with greater interest and
anxiety than that which centers in
the acts of the present session.
The question of the day is; "What
is Congress going to do about it?''
These are some Of the graver
question, which await solution and
action; the silver question; the
tariff, of course; the building of a
good navy; the construction Of adj
equate coast defenses; the army
bill; the decline III American ship
ping; the hsh9ry question; com,
mercial treaties with Mexico, Spain
and other nations; the reciprocity
treaty with Canada; the uniform
bankruptcy bill; the labor prob.
lem; the purity of elections; the
Indian question; the internationa'
copyright law, and the scientific
bureaus. If these questions, al
of which are Of grave importanc,
to the public, receive the attention
they should receive, the average
Congressman will have very little
time to spend in doing chores fol
his constituents.