Nevada County picayune., 1889-01-02
WASHINGTON TOPICS.
Weekly Budget Of News From the
 National Capital.
[From our Special Correspondcnt.l

in Na>hiGKi
 Speaker and Mrs. Carlsi" rerent'y entertained at dinner. Gen. aud Mrs, McCreary, of Kentucky, Mr and Mrs Manson. of Illinois and Represents tive and Mrs. Townsend of Illinois,
 If John Wanamai,er heeomes Post master General. as now seems likely, we may expect to see bargain coah- ters" established Tn every postoilice for the sale of shop-worn postal cards and stamps.
 Said prominent Southern man to me yesterday: "How nonsenslcal IS all this sycophantic and puerile stuff going up daily to Harrison, asking clemency at his hands, toward the South. Did the Northern states come to Mir. Cleveland with such appeals :: No. not at all They, like men, wait ed for the overt act, and we should do the same. -
 Secretary Whitney is very much pleased at the success which attend ed the second warlike expedition he has been called on to send out dur inc his administration of the Navy department, dispatches having been received this week stating that the Havtian Government had turned the American steamer which they re- gently seIzed over to Admiral Luce as soon as he made the demand.
 The Republicans seem to be greedy lot. Not satisfied with hay ing just elected President, some of them have already begun to boom Senator Allison as the candidate for 1892. But probably this premature boom is only intended as q menance to Mir. Harrison, who has possibly al- ready begun to indulge in dreams of again being the candidate of his par ty.
 If the canvass for the Speakership of the next House continues to spread at the rate that 1t has up to this time, when the Flfty-tirSt Congress meets every Republican Representative will be candidate for Speaker. This week has brought out three new can- didates, notwithstanding Christmas and the Congressional recess. They arc: Messrs. Lodge, of Mass, Bavne, of Penn, and Farquhar, of New York.
 It Is proposed to add schedule of inquiry to those allowed by the House bill for the taking of tine eley- enth census. The new schedule is to be a complete census of the Confed- crate soldiers now living, with their terms of service. There is already provision for returns of Union sol diers. The proposition will be con sidcred at the next meeting of the Senate comnittoG on the census.
 The Southern republicans will have fourtenn members of the next House which will enable them to control its organization, fact which, they have already given notice, they intend to work for all it is worth in the way of patronage. They will demand lib- eral share of the House officers, con sisting of the Cerk. the Sergeant at Arms, the Doorkecper and the Post master. They have not yet minated how many of these offices they con slider liberal share, but the fact that they will demand any of them has already created considerable un- easiness among republican aspirants ] from other sections.
 The hotel at which rooms have been engaged for MT. Harrison and his family is a fayorite one with wealthy Englishmen, and its pFoprie, | tor is such snob that whenever he i has a member of the English nobility as a guest, which is quite frequent. ! he always runs up the British flag on ! the flagstaff of his hotel and keeps it ! flying as long as they remain. It will be a little awkward for him if an ! English lord happens to arrive dur ! ing the time Mir, Harrison is there. But Mir, Harrison is great admirer of the English nobility, unless hc ha, greatly changed since he was in the 1 Senate, and perhaps he would not i object to stopping at hotel winch flies the British flag.
 The Blaine fight Is getting to b, very interesting to Democrats, as il has now reached stage which make, it certain that it will go right along for the next four years, no matter whether NIT. Blaine goes into Mir. ]. Harrison cabinet, or gets snuhbed t} the President -elect. Mr. Harri- ] ...n nnI,. I.na tl1n mi, iIn.rn nf ln..il