Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-13
WASHINGTON.

did when here last. He will make
an argument for the Government in
the well-known telephone cases,
which are to be heard by the SUI
preme Court this week. He declined
a public reception rendered him by
the citizens of this city.
Two notable Indianians were in
this city last week-Governor Gray
and Aquilla Jones, postmaster of
indianapolis. They both gave
cheerful statements of the political
outlook in the Hosier State. They
regard the State as certain for Cleve-
land and Thurman.
Mr.. Cleveland got days fishing
on the upper Potomac last week. He
has given up all hopes of vacation
trip this year.
Mr.. Taylor, Ex-Minister to Liberia,
who is in charge of the negro
Democratic headquarters in New
York, was over here Saturday. He
says that every election district of
New York state has negro Demo-
cratic club, and that not less than
24O,O 900 negroes will vote for Cleve-
land and Thurman, in the Northern
states alone.
Representative Wilson, of West
Virginia, says that State will give
Cleveland larger majority than in
1884, and that it will send a solid
Democratic delegation to Congress.
The Republican tariff bill was
taken up today in the Senate. There
is no possible chance to dispose of it
before election. 1t is probable that a
few speeches will be made upon it,
and that sometime between the 10th
and the 25th of this month a recess
will be taken until after the election,
when the fight will be resumed and
kept up in sort of greatly
dependent on the result of the cleo
tion-until the Fiftieth Congress
expires. Nobody expects any kind
of a tariff bill to pass both House and
Senate as at present constituted.
Chairman Barnum was here Friday
and Saturday. He has no doubts of
the election of Cleveland and Thur
man.
Representative Mcmillan, who has
been making speeches in New York
and New Jersey, thinks the outlook
for a Democratic victory in both
states is very encouraging.
The new navy is slowly materializ-
ing. The iron cruiser Baltimore was
launched at Philadelphia Saturday,
and the gunboat Petrol will be ready
to launch in about ten days. The
money appropriated for the navy has
been properly spent under this adj
ministration.
AT least two Notwithstanding
and Stewart, one Democrat and one
Republican, have put themselves
on record as being in favor of the
repeal of the civil service law.
The discussion of a Senate amend
f ment to the general deficiency
appropriation bill, which appropriates
$50, 900 for the Industrial Christian
Home Association of Utah, an
association for the benefit of depen-
dent women and children who desire
to sever their allegiance to the Nor.
mon Church, brought out the fact
that the present administration is the
only one that has ever taken any
practical steps to break up polygamy,
although the Republican party has
since 1856 regularly adopted a plank
in their party platform denouncing ii
as a relic OF barbarism. 1t remained
for the Democratic party through the
present administration to take the
first ste~ towards the extinction OF
polygamy.
: Acknowledgement Garland has re-
: turned from his long vacation much
improved in health.
Senator Beck has returned from
Fortress Monroe ewhatimproved
in health, but not well enough to re.
sumo his Congressional duties.
AS election day draws nearer, the
attendance at the sessions of the
: House gets smaller and smaller
t Business requiringa quorum has long
: ago been abandoned, and if a recess
is not soon taken-all hopes O.
: adjournment having been given W
: there will not be dozen members
in attendance.
! Senator VOORHEES, has gone t.
O Indiana to remain until after the
q election. He will speak every day