The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-04-04

| a good many Republicans here who think
the second place ON the ticket should be Civ
/ en- To southern man; and la this connec
| ton they name Congressman Nathan Goff
Jr. OF W. Va; ex-tongressman John $
Wise. of Virginia, and Ex-Governor II. c
Yarmouth. Of Louisiana.
| There is one thing you can bank on-il
Indiana gets place on the ticket, the mar
selected will mol be Gresham, but Harrison
/ reach this conclusion some what reluctantly
as believe Gresham is the best man of the
two-bnt it il Gospel, nevertheless The In
diana Republicans insist that Harrison i.
the stronger man for that S,ate-and they
ought to know
| Time-Mareh 4th. 1889. Place-front door
of the White House. A knock. A voice
within, &C. Cleveland j:
who's yer?n
Echo, B. HARRISON:
"Hoosierm
see that Wharton Barker is a candidate
for National delegate in the Montgomery
Bucks district. | know Barker intimately.
The man who takes him for d-n fool errs
grievously. lie is man of brilliant parts.
However, he lacks-well, | presume you
would call it discretion; | usually denomi-
note it horse sense
Senator Cameron has been in New York
several days. He returned to the Capital
to-day.
Senators Teller, of Colorado, Stewart. OF
Nevada Stanford, of California and one OF
two other western men, seem determined tu
cause the Republican party a good deal OF
unnecessary embarrassment on the eyerlas;.
/ ing silver question.
/ Time-slarch 4th, 1850. Place White
1 House.
Cleveland. What month is this Dan
iel?r
| Lamont: March
| Pepublican party: "March p
Very little business was transacted in
either branch of Congress last week. On
Wednesday nothing Was done, ON account
of Chief Justice Waitc's funeral. and on
friday-Good Friday--the House accom-.
/ plished nothing, while the Senate was moi
in session at all
This week promises to be more exciting
as the war on the Mills bill will probably be
inaugurated before the weeks close
/ There is nothing new in the matter of the
vacancy on the Supreme Bench The gen
eral impression here is that tie President
viii take his time in making the appoint
ment, as there is now no urgent demand for
the filling of the vacancy 1t is impossible
| to formulate any sort of definite opinion
as to who will be the Presidents choice
Minister Phelps has as good cllanceas any
I one.
/ The Republicans of Virginia have a pretty
family quarrel on hand. Their State Com
mittee, at a meeting decided that the State
Convention, TO be held May 18th, shall elect
/ all the delegates TO the National Convention:
utterly ignoring the rule adopted at the last
| National Convention, that all delegates
/ should be elected in the same manner in
which Congressmen are nominated. Anoth-
er set of delegates will be chosen in accord
ance with this rule. The fight is really be-
tween the Mahone and Wise factions. Ma
hone is for Sherman
Major General Alfred II. Terry [. 5. A..
on account of bad health, has asked TO be
ordered before retiring board
Last week was red-letter one for the fair
sex. The Womens international Council
in session from Sunday, March 18th to sun
day, April lst, brought to Washington hun
drcds of the brightest women of America. 1t
must not be supposed that all of them were
woman suilragis,sn The regular annual
| convention Of the Womans Suffrage Associ-
alton began yesterday.
y poem in six words
March I, l&sj
Grover,
In Clover.
March L. lSSa
Grover,
Kicked over.
1t was rumored here few days ago tha
Hon. Lambert Tree. Minister to Belgium,
was TO be recalled. 1t seems that his friends
besought the President to " spare that Tree =
and he was spared.