The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1888-12-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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WASHINGTON. Dec 4, lssS.

bers Of his Cabinet hive gone IN
to temporary seclu,iOn IN order
u prepare their antual reports
Tor Congress. These r.portS will
differ from those usually made
llnasmueh as they VIII give = gem
eral resume Of the Democratic
administration Of tie atfiurs Of
each fthc Guvernmrntal Depar'-
ments for four years Cope IL
these reports and Of III Pfesi-
dents coming mes~ag based
thereon shouIa be carefully tead
by eyery Democrat in the country.
The President has ,aker a hand
ia the dispute between Snatu,
blackburn and ,Juig Rack r.. He
has no recollection of ever hav-
ing seen Judg Rucker, and is
positive that ne never used any
such language as Buck + ascribcs
EiS hia,, rhe weig oi comm N
sense is "a on Mr. Cl,.vv aud :
sidsnn thls matter, Daes ans
one suppos for uomenf, eyee
lellowiag hat No Cleveland bad
doubts ah1u the sincerity OF
Governor lIili's and Tammany'
Halls support, which Bic never Il
any tin,r had. nor has he now,
thar he wonld have gigrn ex-
ipiessiob Of those dountS Is per-
\ feet stranger, as Judge Rucker
was five DAYS previous to the
election. Mt at all. Ilis dis,
poses Of the que-tiaa at Issue be-
tween Se,a or Blackburn uud
Judge Rucker and proves the
Iaasr to have been III he wrong,
but it does not wIp. out the hard
tninas they have said abcu each
other. il is said that a challengr
has already been sent. Every
body here is anxious to kno
what the outcome will be Both
men are expec ed here shortly.
Il Mr.. Morton, the Vice-P Presi
dent-el ct. paid Washing oil al
, unexpected visit last week H.
came ostens,bly to look after hi.
real estate Investments herc, bu
+ before leaving he held severa
: conferences wit lpromineut Icm
bers of his party.
E Hon. Perry Belmont, recentlr
G appointed Minister to Spain, i
$ here to receive his final lnstruc
: tions from the State Depdrtmen
brfore going to his rot. Ii ha
been iuyimateI that NJ. BlaIt
would attempt to prevent the con
tirmation Of ar Belmunt's noui
Q nation By the Senate, IN order
!. be reye aged upan that gentlema
for the clever manner 10 whic
: be-, as chairman oi the H5us
6 committee on foreign affairs, e,
e pos,d Mf. Blains's manipulaiio
q Of South American aliais durln
Q the Shepherd investigation som
Z years ago. Perhaps Mr.. Blsin
7 would like very much to do s.
y but the fact must be remembere
that there are quite a nna bsr {
republican Senators who heartil
2 dislike Mr.. Blaine. and who wouI
. much -atAee do hiD an iniuF
/ than a favor. Nj. Belmont IS sal
2 to be cJpfrmed, whether NJ
= Blaine tries to prevent it or no
ie Newspaper men here are plea Z
+ at the seleclop Of NJ. HaIfor,
le Edi OF Of tie Indianapolis Journs
Z for PresIdent-,-lect Harrison
private secretary Mr.. Halfo
viii be fortunate if be suc cceeds
making himself IS popular as
Col. Lamont.
7, One would think The Repub
x Cans ought 70 satisfied wish 4
result of the recent lectioa. B
they are not. Qaay and DulIe
IN the fs qua g Of the sire,
want the arm and all therein
Trey will stTempt, through 10
state and federal courts, t0 chae
d, the result 10 Virginia. Ben Bat
I'd and ex-senator Henderson i
IN SAID to have advised this eur
W Little "Billy 8fasone' IS hap
it. over this determination on /
part Of Qaay and Dudley.
in viii Preseni. for a time at lea
G lis return t. the obScu lty VII
.ry he 20 richly deserves, and be d
re hopes to N Ike this case
lily Gpon which to lang MS cxpcs
it ton of future favofs from
est Harrison administration.
for There is new arryal at
die horse of Col i mont. ii L
,ui gif}, aEdsDeen named Fra cis i
il som n holor If Mis-. Clfvel4
her Mf. eieyeisad los soAe I
good j my berisS 20 dispose o
soon - he ge's q ctaAee 10 d.,
.ew wh 81 4 taye tacn There
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