Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-06-30
WASHINGTON.
Embarrassing Work of Congress Re
publicans Claim Everything but
Creation of the Earth.
Clevelands Letter Of Acceptance
Any Amount of Money to Stake on
Cleveland Carrying New York.

WASHINGTON, June 25th, 1888
Congressional news of interest has
been rather scarce for the past week,
not that Congress is not hard at work,
but because of the kind of work with
which it is engaged-regular appro-
priation bills. 1t is work however,
which is indispensable and which re-
quires to be carefully and intelligent
ly done.
In its platform the Republican
convention was very modest in
enumerating the achievements of the
party. They do not claim to have
created the earth, but there is little
else that they do not claim. To
people familiar with the political
history of the country, the document
furnishes its own answer.
Mr.. Cleveland's letter ofacceptance,
which has been written, and which
will probably be made public this
week, is said, by a gentleman who
has been fortunate enough to have
read it, to be one of the ablest state
papers yet prepared by him.
The Chicago convention leaves the
republican party in terrible condi-
ton. The jealousies are much worse
than they were in 1880.
Poor John Sherman. Ever fated
to get left.
Mr.. Benz. P. Fairchild, of New
York City, father-in-law of Represen-
tative Stahlnecker, was in this city a
day or two ago. Speaking of the
political outlook in New York, he
said: "My mark is 100000 majority
in the state for Cleveland. People
may think that is wild, but I have
been actively engaged in the politics
of the state for more than half a cen
fury, and ] believe / can come as
near as any man to telling how an
election will go. | am willing to
risk any amount up to $50, 900 on my
judgment. The people of New York
are pleased with the ticket and with
the platform, and they will vote the
ticket like sheep following each
other. For governor, we will
nominate David B. Hill, the most
popular democrat now in the state,
and we will elect him with a rush,
too" With the exception Of the
large majority, Mr.. Fairchild's
opinion is a fair sample of those daily
expressed here by visiting New
Workers. 'H 7n7{ lfb h'
"A committee from Tammany Hall
was in the city a day or two ago for
the purpose of securing prominent
speakers for the ratification jubilee
which the society proposes to hold
on July A. The following gentlemen
have accepted invitations to attend
and make speeches. Senator Vest
and Representatives Mills, Collins,
Ford, (of Michigan) Washington,
Hooker, Grain, McAdoo, Wise,
Shively, Bynum, McCreary, and
Speaker Carlisle.
Washington democrats will send a
very large crowd to Baltimore July
4, to attend the national convention
of clubs. A large number of Congress.
men will also attend.
Representative Fitch, ofNew York
who was elected as a republican,
but who has left that party on &C
count of the tariff, and joined the
democratic party, gave banquet It
Representatives Price, Spinola
Townshend, and Ford, and the
Tammany Committee, on Thursday
evening. Mr.. Fitch made few re
marks explaining why he had lief
the republican and Joined the demo
cratic party. The other gentleman
gave him hearty, welcome to tn,
party.
Since the fact was published tina
Representative Timothy Campbell
of New York, had made bet of So
600 that Cleveland and Thurman
would carry New York, that gentle
o man has been overwhelmed will
: requests by telegraph and mail to &c
q some more bets of that sort, for hi
. constituents, all Of whom know
good thing when they see it.
: Republican Convention.