Richland beacon., 1888-07-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent }

washington, -. u, July =, 1000.
! Cleveland and Thurman arc now rcga, d.
ell by all Democrats and no, few Republic
cans as sure winners. The Republican cons
vcnron by Is acton N nominating Ben jamiu
| Harrison and Lew T. 3,onon virtually 70.
moved al the eIemru;s OF uncertainty from
HE campaign. The general sentiment, Of tho
Democrats IN Congress is that the Republi-
cans could not have put up weaXer i.cke, if
,hey had tried Harrison. has been defeated
time after time in his own State and Morton
Is only an old money bags Doth Of them
are about is far remored from the people u
it is ossible for them 10 be-
Henry George was in his cit" on Satur.
day last. He predicts tina, Cleveland will be
reelected and that he will carry California
and Michigan
| There were never so many Democratic
clubs in existence IN this city as at present,
aud yet hardly night passes tina, new one
is not organized. Washington will send thous
ands to Baltimore on the ith to take part in
the great convention and parade ofclubs.
Last week was very important one po!i,>
ically. First the Republicans nominated
their ticket to be defeated; next Mr.. Cl.ve,
| land was officially notified CT his renominst ION
also Judge Thurman; tie National Der..ocratic
committee Organized for the campaign by re-
eiecilns ex-senator VIM. Ii. Barnum chair.
man, and no, after consultations with Mr.
Cleveland and ether influential members of
the party has announced tue executive cons
mittec, quarters in New York civ have been
secured for the permanent headquarters of the
National committee, and from this time on
work OF the hardest kiad is TO be the watch
word.
Representative Matson, who is the Demo
cratic candidate for governor of Iniana, was
asked wha, chance Harrison had OF carving
that State. He said: 81 dom, see how
he is going TO do it. Grays majority in 1884
was 1892 and Ceveland's G53I. Where
Harrison is TO &c, the votes to overcome hi.
majority, | canno, imagine. He is dis,as,etul
to the Greenback and labor element who
holds the balance Of power
The Republican delegates to the Chicago
convention are still apologizins TO their con-
sti'nents for r:ot having put Blaine up.
To hear republican howl it j, only neces>
sary to tell him tha, the platform of the Chi
cago convention favors free whiskey.
General Sheridan has been carefully re-.
moved to Nonqui,t, Mass, where he has
summer cottage which has jus, been complct-
ed. lie sailed on the H. S. S. Swatara, Ten
dered by the Secretary of the Navy. While
the sailors we've carrying hi n on a suetchcr
up the gangway, photographer attempted 10
take an instantaneous picture of the scene but
was prevented by Captain MCGOWAN, who
threw his cap over the lens. The General
looked very much emacialed and almost as
pale as his pillow.
Senators llison, Sherman, Mannison Col.
quit and Re'ry have been appointed a com.
mittee to represent the Senate at the Ohio
Centennial exposition which opens on, the
9TH inst. A. the last Minute Mr.. Cleyela d
found that it was impossible for him to attend
although he was particularly anxious to be
there.
Hundreds of the employees in the Governs
ment Departments here will take part in the
Gettysburg reunion. Those who took part in
he battle, on either side, are entitled to leave
with pay. Several excursion trains left here
% day for the battlefield.
Some quite lively discussions have taken
place IN the House of Representatives over
he tariff bill in the last few days, and tie
evenue reformers came of best every time