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was taken sick last summer. AL
though he is very weak, he does not
look ill, owing perhaps to his
peculiar resistive constitution and
Scottish energy. He leaves for
Aiken, South Carolina, this week,
greatly to the regret Of the Demo
cratic side of the Senate and to the
delight of the Republicans. Senator
Beck is an army within himself on
the tariff question.
Senator Riddleberger has been at
his old trick of turning the Senate
Chamber into a circus ring. Cause,
too much whiskey.
Democrats here are greatly enjoy
ing the bitter fight now raging be-
tween the Miller and Plat factions
in New York and the Sherman and
Foraker crowds in Ohio. Conser-
vative Republicans here express the
belief that neither New York nor
Ohio will be represented in Harri-
sons Cabinet on account of these
Wrangles. Morton, who it is supposed
went to Indianapolis in the interest
of Plat for Secretary of the Treasury
has, it is said, telegraphed to a New
York member of Congress that
Harrison had positively refused to
have Plat in the Cabinet.
1t was reported that the United
States had demanded the appoint
ment ola successor to Lord Sackville,
and notified the British Government
that Mr.. Phelps (our MINISTRY would
be recalled unless a British minister
was speedily appointed. Upon in
quiry at the State Department it was
learned that the rumor was without
foundation, and that the Department
was perfectly Indifferent about the
matter, whether a minister was Oh
was not sent here.
Blaine still continues to be a thorn
in the side of many Republicans. A
rum0r that he had been offered the
Secretaryship of State by Harrison
and that he had accepted it, created
CONSERVATION among those Repub'
lican Congressman who do not like
him, and there are quite a large
number of them, one certainly, and
many people say two, in the delega'
ton from his own State. These mer
know that if Blaine goes into the
Cabinet they will get no favors from
the administration. No enemy is
too small for Blaine to wreak his
vengeance upon, hence they have
been busy since the election il
bringing all the anti-Blaine influence
of the entire country to bear OF
Harrison to prevent Blaine's getting
into the Cabinet. 1.-THE rumOrs were
true their work has not all been fol
nothing. Hundreds OF message
were sent flying over the wires anC
the anti Blaineites were soon mad,
happy by discovering that Harrison
had not rendered position t.
Blaine. But the thought that hi
may do so hovers over the anti
Blaine men like q cloud. All thi
is fun for the democrats, and it,
about the only fun they have haC
since the election.
The democratic Senators are now
fighting the republican tariff bill
tooth and nail, but as the republi
cans vote solidly on every amend
ment offered, they have no hope o
doing anything better than showing
the country the injustice and absurd
ity of the measure prepared by thu
republicans. At the present rate o
progress the bill will not pass tn
Senate before February.
The democratic House has had ;
bill faVOrably reported toit, placin;
that eminent republican, Gen. Jno
c. Fremont, once the candidate @
his party for the presidency, on tn
retired list of the Army, with tn
rank Of major general; and the re
publican Senate has had q bill re
ported to it, placing that sterlini
old democrat, Gen. WIS. Rosecrans
("Old Rosy, on the retired list G
the Army with the rank of brigade
general. This is as it should be
there should be no politics in prOvid
ing a comfortable old age for sue
men as these, who have given tn
best years of their lives to the coun
try.
The Direct tax bill, as was antici
pated, passed the House, and ha
now gone to Mr.. Cleveland. Demo
Gratis generally expect it will b
vetoed.
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