Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-09-28
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Senator Voorhees,, who, by the way
has been quite sick, but is now much
better, was asked what he thought
of the administration as it had gone
and of the political situation.
"The administration" said the
Senator, "suits me, as l guess it does
most democrats, great deal better
than it does the republicans. Presi>
dent Harrison has only to keep on as
he has begun to make the election of
a democratic in 1892 an absolute GER
tainty. The only thing fear is
that some of the long-headed repub-
licans in Congress will open Presi-
dent Harrison's eyes to the danger
ahead of him."
Public Printer Palmer has appoint
ed his son to clerkship in the Gov
eminent printing Office, and several
REPUBLICANS who were applicants for
the position are busy writings essays
on nepotism which they will probab-
ly threaten to publish if they are
not provided for. Mr.. Palmer is not
at all alarmed, as he has only follow
ed the example set by those above
him officilly.
The French Government has apOl-
ogized for the arrest and discourte-
Gus treatment of two New York la
dies by the public authorities of Men
tone. France, several months ago,
and the officers who made the arrest
have been reprimanded. These facts
were sent by the State department to
the ladies that were arrested, and
they say they are satisfied.
This is likely to go down to poster
ity as the Observation-Disclosures
mouth.
Mr.. Barnard, a well known Gin
cinnati democrat, has been giving
his friends here a glowing descrip-
ton of the democratic prospects for
carrying Ohio. He says: ut will
be awful for the republicans in Ohio
if the remainder of the State gives
the same democratic gains that Ham,
iltOn County promises. Foraker is
particularly unpopular there, and he
will be scratched on all sides. l
have standing offer to wager that
Foraker will poll the lowest vote of
any candidate on the republican state
ticket and that Campbell's majority
in Hamilton County will be over
$1,000"
The Three Americas Congress will
meet in this city Tuesday October l..
AS soon as organization is perfected
the members will start on a four or
five weeks tour of inspection of the
country, leaving the business for
which they meet to lie over until
their return to this city in Novem-
Der. How long the congress will re-
main in session no one seems to
know, but the State department has
rented a large dwelling house for its
use.
Things at the Pension office are in d
decidedly mixed up condition, and
there is much complaint from the at.
torneys doing, or rather trying to dc
business with it. Nothing is being
done that is out Of the routine, and
it is impossible to get anybody
in the Office from the acting Com
missioner down to the humblest mes
senger to say single word relating
in the remOtest manner to the
business of the Office. This state
of affairs is likely to continue unit
the new Commissioner comes in, and
President Harrison determines JUS
how far the methods of eX-cOmmiss
Toner Tanner shall be reversed. The
army of Pension attorneys are all on
r the anxious bench.
Secretrry Tracy is bold man
Notwithstanding the records of his
republican predecessors he decided
that the two 1900 ton cruisers, fol
which the last Congress provided
shall be built in Government Navy
Yards. The reason is that all thu
bids received from private builders
exceeded the appropriations. l
Secretary Tracy can build these YES
sells for less than the bids offered by
private parties he will do more than
has ever been done by his predecess
orS
President Harrison is in a predic
amen t, and ne has asked eX-repre
sentative Warner to help him out b,
accepting the Office of Pension Com
missioner, if only temporarily, al
though that gentleman had alread!
positively declined the office. TIL,