Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-09-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Correspondent. !

tempt to recover the ground he LOST
with the G.. A. r. by the dismissal
that's tne proper word of Pension Com.
missioner Tanner by rendering the ap.
pOintment of ex-Representative Warn.
er, of Missouri, who is ex-eommander.
in-chief of the G. A. r. Warner Is
here, but he has not accepted the ap.
pOintment, and there seems to be con-
siderable doubt as to whether he will
Tanners friends are bringing all the
pressure they can control, to bear on
him to persuade him to decline.
If this Tanner business does not form
q boomerang for President Harrison ]
shall, be very much mistaken. Little
is publicly said by Republicans here,
for all those not in Office hope to be,
but privately the opinions expressed of
President Harrison are anything else
than complimentary to him and they
do not augur well for his getting the
nomination again, and that he is ambi-
tiously looking forward to that has al
ready become plain to the political
student. Tanner has, so far refused to
be placated. He refused to accept a
U. s. Marshalship to New York, and 1t
is stated upon seemingly good authority
that he will be rendered the position of
Recorder of Deeds in this city, notwith-
standing the Presidents promise to the
citizens here that no outsider should be
appointed to local office. Tanners
friends don't want him to accept any
thing more from the administration.
How strong this feeling is may be
judged from the fact that prominent
merchant of this city, Republican of
course, told your correspondent that if
Tanner would refuse to accept Office he
would contribute towards fund for his
support.
1t has been openly hinted for some
time around Washington that there
was a growing feeling ofjealousy be-
tween Senator Sherman and Represen-
tative Mckinley, of Ohio, and the fact
that Mckinley took no part in the re-
ception rendered the Senator upoI his
return from Europe last Friday night,
makes it look very much like there was
solid foundation for the hints. 1t was
given out that Mr.. Mckinley went to
New York to meet the Senator and
missed him. That story may do for
some people, but it will not go down
with the politicians. If Mr.. Mckinley
missed Senator Sherman it was because
he wanted to. Perhaps he has got wind
of that plot to "down" Foraker.
The South is solidly in favor of Wash
ington as the place for holding the great
Worlds Exposition in 1892, and the rest
of the country is rapidly following into
line; In less than ayear from now New
York and Chicago will be ashamed of
having ever said anything about it.
Memorial services in honor of the
late Repl esentative s. s. Cox, were
held in the Jewish Synagogue here
Saturday.
Senator Vorhees has been quite ill at
his residence in this city, but is now
somewhat better. AS soon as he is able
to travel he will 60 to Indiana to remain
until Congress meets.
Republicans are criticising Secretary
Noble quite severely because he de-
clines to make public the report of the
Commission that investigated the Pen
sion Office, which is completed and in
his possession. He also refuses to give
out his correspondence with Tanner
which is said to be very racy. If Mr..
Noble does not steer very carefully he
will find that the fraction of the
Republican party which he has angered
will make it so warm for him that he
will have to follow Tanner. 1t is need
less to say, that to Democrats, the pres
ent situation is highly enjoyable.
The Virginia Democratic association
of this city has turned itself, tempor-
arily into campaign club and invited
Democrats from every where to join it
in bringing Mahoneism in Virginia.
Senator Barbour. who last Thursday
held conference with the State Com
mittee, says that things are in excellent
shape and that a rousing victory is GER
tain to be won in November.
There's going to be lots of fun when
Pension office matters begin to be dis
covered in Congress, and somebody will
enjoy it, but it will hardly be the Re-
publicans.
Ex-speaker Kiefer, who was in Wash
ington last week, nearly paralyzed a
poor newspaper man telling him that
he would not accept the position of
Commissioner of Pensions even if the
salary were double what it is, of course
the President did not offer the position
to Mr.. Kiefer, but the fact that Kiefer
would decline anything in the shape of
an office was too much for Washington.
1t set the town to laughing.
Gen. Ben. F. Butler. in two column |
interview in a Washington paper
vouches for Corporal Tanner" But
who will vouch for Butler?