The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-04-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

W ltA lufse hseHltela ul lle
Cabinet aud the Presidents eff
eient private Secretary sick; the
President anxious about his own.
phyaieal condition, oeeasioned by
over work and lack of exercise;
n family quarrel in the Senate be-
tween brothers Logan and Teller;
d feroeious assault upon each 9th
er in the House by two Congress-
mon from Tenn, Messrs. Houk,
and Mcmillan; Treasurer Jordan
and Senator Vance conforming
the civil service law; confrpa-
tons in the Senate in spite of qS
verse reports from committees,
and with full particulars madSto
the public of the proceedings of
the secret Sessions of the Senate,
Star Chamber, to say nothing Of
the Spring floods and laP4r strikes
it would seem that the "times age
out of JOINT"
The fight for the Republican
nomination for 1888 has opened
early in the season and not alto
gother balmy auspices. At least
Senator Logan's presidential
"boom" has proved a very uneom-
Portable thing for him to conduct
personally, Senator's Edmunds.
Eyarets, Hoar, Sherman, Allison
and the rest manage theirs with
less friction. z.5 f5t=
Senator Logan insinuated that
Senator Hale's opposition to his
bill to increase the army was in
spired by a certain historian, who
spent the winter in Maine writing
ON his book, and alternating his
literary labors with tobaggoning,
ice-boating and other healthfQl
recreations. Logan spoke rather
acrimoniously, and the admirers Of
Mr.. Blaine determined to get even
with him. They undertook to
show that Logan wants the army
increased so that it may be used
to put down labor strikes, and that
he wants the pay increased while
he will do nothing for the work.
ingman.
The Ill. Senator was quite as
tonished to have his sarcastic ref
erence to Senator Hale answered
from Colo. Senator Teller is not
a man he should be afraid of, UNI
der ordinary circumstances, but he
succeeded in giving Logan a great
deal of annoyance. He reminded
The great General that a great sol
der is not necessarially a great
statesman, and that making the
Senate ring with personal remA
nences is not necessarially states
ship,
Mr.. Teller's remark that Logan
would never permit the public to
forget that he logan } had served
the army, stung the latter acutely.
Logan said If the remark had
come from a copperhead he
would have understood it, hut
no confederate on the opposite
side of the chamber would insinu-
ate in such low, mean, despica-
Bile way as that. He denied hav-
ing any presidential aspira-
tons; added that he did not
pretend to be a statesman, and
that Mr.. Teller was not states
man because he had served in the
Cabinet. Mr. Logan, at least
made a good point in his remarks
when he said; 81 am not states.
man." Such argument was unan.
swerable.
The House of Representatives
has been on strike, inesmuch as
it has been trying to solve the
great labor and capital problem
There has been an interesting de.
bate upon the settlement of strikes
by arbitration The causes, eff.
fects and remedies were discussed
and criticisms and warnings were
freely given.
Senator Vance took "party" as
the text for a speech which he de.
'livered in the Senate against the
Civil Service law. He avowed
himself a party-man in its mos