Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-11-28
DEMOCRATIC NORTHWEST THURSDAY. NOVEMBER
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Prom lnr regular Correspondent. !

WAsHINGToN. ID. G., Nov. IS, 1889.
Representative Samuel ]. Randall is |
not making as radid progress towards
good health as his admirers would wish, ]
and many Of them fear that he will
never again be able 10 stand the wear
and tear of active work in the House. |
Mr.. Randall firmly believes that he |
will resume his work as snOn as the I.
House meets, and te lis everybody who !
goes to see him that he is only resting |
now in Difference to his physicians
wish.
President Harr ison took uncerimoni- :
Gus leave Of everything official last week |
and went to Maryland to shoot wild |
ducks. He left Wednesday night and /
returned Saturday night.
The Republicans who have failed to |
get themselves appointed to office by |
President Harrison are rapidly an
nOuncing themselves as candidates for
the three or four desirable offices under |
the House of representatives. Among
the latest in this category are eX-Repre- |
tentative Guenther, of Iowa. and Gen. |
Geo. A. Sheridan, once of Louisiana, |
but now Ofalmost anywhere, or every
where. Both of these gentlemen want |
to be elected Clerk of the House, and |
Mr.. Carson, both of Pennsylvania. |
There is more of q contest so far over.i
these minor places than over the Speak
ership. From the present outlook there |
is but one real Republican candidate for |
Speaker-Reed-the rest are only men
toned TO compliment them. They will
of course, be voted for on one, and pos
siby two ballots in the Republican eau
Gus, hut on the third ballot at the farth-
est Reed will get two thirds of the |
votes.
Mr.. Blaine and Secretary Tracy car
ried the delegate to the All American |
Congress and the International marine |
conference to the Naval Academy at |
Annapolis Saturday. The Congress be-
gan its regular sittings to-day. The
marine conference is making satisfacto-
ry progress in its efforts to lessen the
danger of travel by water.
Who's afraid of being soldier now ?
A committee of Army officers meet
here this week to test our invention
claimed to afford the body perfect pro-
lection from pistol and rifle bullets.
Mr.. Wanamaker virtually admitted
the charge brought against him by
Senator Hampton when he notified
the Senator that the commission
of the new postmaster at Columbia,
South Carolina, would be with
held to give the Senator an oppOr-
tunity to be heard if he desired to OPP
pose the appointment. Whether Sena-
tor Hampton will take any further no.
tice of the matter is not known here,
but the chances are that he will not.
Mr.. Proctor, who has doubtless heard
some of the criticisms expressed by
thoughtless people to the effect that he
was devOting more time to his private
business than to the War Department,
has resigned the presidency of the Yer
mont Marble Company, of which he is
the virtual owner. His was elected to
succeed him, and there are people here
who believe it only little trick to
blind public opinion. We shall be able
to see whether they are right or wrong
later on.
Some surprise has been created here
by the announcement that Judege Nc
Crary, of Iowa, stood fair chance ofre-
appointment to the vacancy
in the Supreme Court. He served several
terms in the House, but is best remem-
bered here as Hayes Secretary of War.
At present he is railroad lawer at
Kansas City. The Jude had been re-
garded as political "back-number."
McKinley's friends are talking of
his name as a candidate
for Speaker on the rather absurd ground
that as a candidate for the Presidential
of his party in 1892 he can
not afford to be defeated for Speaker.
The Civil Service Commissioners
deny that they are making preparation
for Congressional investigation. If
they are not, they ought to be, for such
an investigation is one of the certain
ties of the future.
The pension committee of the G. A.
r. has agreed to ask Congress to pass a
service pension bill that will give every
man that served in the Union Army
during the late war at least So per
month. To make its work complete 7
this committee should tell Congress,
where the money is to come from to
pay all these pensions.
Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio,
defends himfelf to the extent ola COL
umn and half newspaper interview
from the charge of having helped to
"down" Foraker. The only thing about G
this to interest Democrats is the fact
that Foraker is down. No matter how
he got there"
Elk Representative Vance, of Connec-
ticut, is to be one of the New York Sans,
here this winter.
The Agricultural convention ad- =
ourned last Friday. The members 7
we're given reception by Secretary and