Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-01-11
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Regular Correspondence of the Standard.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 90, 1888.

pleased at the success which attended
the second warlike expedition he has
been called on to send out during his
administration of the Navy Depart
ment, dispatches having been receiv
ed this week stating that the Haytiar
Government had turned the American
steamer, which they recently seized
over to Admiral Luce as soon as he
made the demand.
The Republicans seem to he greedy
lot. Not satisfied with having elected
a President. some of them have al
ready begun to boom Senator Allison
as the candidate for 1892. But proba-
bly, this premature boom is only in
tended as menace to Mr.. Harrison,
who has possibly already begun to in
dulge in dreams of again being the
candidate of his party.
If the canvass for the Speakership
of the next House continues to spread
at the rate it has up to this time, when
the Fifty-frst Congress meets every
Republican Representative will be a
candidate for Speaker. This week has
brought out three new candidates, not
withstanding Christmas and the Con-
gressional recess. They are: Messrs.
Lodge of Mass, Bayne of Penn, and
Farquhar of New York.
1t is proposed to add a schedule of
inquiry to those allowed by the House
bill providing for the taking of the
eleventh 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 a
provision for the returns of Union SOL
diers. The proposition will be con-
sidered at the next meeting of the
Senate committee on the census.
The Blaine fight is getting to be
very interesting to Democrats, as it
has now reached stage which makes
it certain that it will 20 right along
for the next four years, no matter
whether Mr.. Blaine goes into Mr.. Har-
rison's cabinet, or gets snubbed by the
President-elect. Mr.. Harrison only
has the privilege of deciding whether
he will furnish the Blaineites with the
sinews of war and have them for nom-
inal friends, or turn them out in the
cold and have them for open enemies.
There is no middle ground to form a
hasis for a compromise. Democrats
are all hoping to zee Blaine "turned
down" by Harrison. as they recog-
nize the fact that he has it in his pow.
er to make Harrison's Administration
u failure, and the defeat of the Repub-
lican party in 1892 q certainty, if he
chooses to fight, and his friends are
stating openly that he proposes war
to the knife If he is not made Secre-
tary of State.
The hotel at which rooms have been
engaged for Mr.. Harrison and his FAM
lily is favorite one with wealthy
Englishmen; and the proprietor is
such snob that whenever he has a
member of the English nobility as a
guest, which is quite frequent, he al
ways runs up the British flag on the
flagstaff of his hotel and keeps it fly
ing as long as they remain. 1t will be
little awkward for him if an English
lord happens to arrive during the time
that Mr.. Harrison is there. But Har-
rison is a great admirer of the English
nobility, unless he has greatly
changed since he was in the Senate,
and perhaps he would not object to
stopping at hotel which flies the
English flag.
If John Wanamaker becomes Post
master General, as now seems likely,
we may expect to see "bargain coun-
ters" established in every postoffice
for the sale Of shop-worn postal cards
and stamps.
Chief Justice Fuller and family
have already become great favorites in
Washington.
The Southern Republicans will have
fourteen members of the next House,
which will enable them to control its
organization, u fact of which, they
have already given notice, they in
tend to work for all it's worth in the
way of patronage. They will demand
a liberal share of the House officers,
consisting OF the Clerk, the Sergeant
alarms, the Doorkeeper and the Post
master. They have not as yet init
mated how many of these officers they
consider liberal share, but the fact
that they will demand any of them
has already created considerable un-
easiness among Republican aspirants
from other sections.
Speaker and Mrs. Carlisle recently
entertained ut dinner General and
Mrs. McCreary, of Kentucky, Mr.. and
Mrs. Manson, of Illinois, and Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Townsend, of Hi
nois.
Said prominent Southern man to
me yesterday; "How nonsensical 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 Mr.. Cleveland with such appealsF
Not al all. They, like men, waited for
the " overt act" and we should do the
same"
THE Stlte of Nevada's total vote ac-
cording to the official returns, is less
than 1900. That is the smallest
showing Of any State in the Union.
Even Delaware having about 3O!OOO,
and" Little Rhoady" over 80 600, votes.
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