The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-09-13
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OUR WASHyNG1OA LEfrLr
WAsHISa1ox. d. e.. Sept. Ii, 1889
"Forakcr Il 70 be Knocked oai.r ala
prominent politician. "and some ~ a.
leading Ohio republicans will helm X.
democrats 10 do II.
| "Whst do you mean General?r 49,.
your correspondent. Exactly VIA,
said, returned the General. Amer
persuasion. and the promise thai Y;
name should not % used The gentlene,'.
agreed TO tell me- HE reasons Tor makinr.
the assertion. lie said "lou are proI
badly aware that the Ohio crop Of woulaN
be-great. men has for some years bee,I
largely in excess OF the demand. An
consequently III State Is full 81 thai Ga n
Iot men and the most Of them are rcpuhI
licans. Foraker has been in the WAY y /
these fellows for some time aud Tied
The fact that il he il again elect
ed governor there will be 30 keepin
him down he will either demand 10
sent 10 Tie Senate or supported for Pres
dent. They have decided that The cn.
lest way 10 get rid of him Is 10 help n
democrats defeat him. and 10 thar en-
the wires are now being laid. Mun
IIolstcad and Richard NTH Of II |
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette are
The plot. as is also Senator Sherman.
do not assert that President Harrison
helping these men 10 down Foraker, b.
III know that he IL cognizant Of thel
plans and has made no objection therJ
10. lie probably would shed few tea
70 see Foraker put Ia position M
r would make him An inpossibili'y in N
race for the republican Fresidentil
: nomination in 1894"
4 The Navy department has several we'd
Y Interesting and complicated questions
: worry over just Ut this time. First. The |
}. Is the big battle ship Texas" bend
built at tho Norfolk Navy Yard, Wild
: many experts contend will not float
. completed by the present plans; and \
ifthat was not enough. there are threl
J new vessels-the Petrol. Vesuvius AL
:. lCharleston-which although completed
q have for various defects not yet been II
cepted BY the Government. The lot 4
q the Secretary Of the Navy is not hapl|
!, !, lone.
II Ii is now thought here that the argl
! lments Of Representative Mckinley ha'|
persuaded President Harrison that n
extra session Of Congress should be callel
~ The National republican commitid
81 has shipped all OF the documents II N
p left over from the late Presidential ele|
\ ton 10 the four new states Tor use in u
y looming campaign. The citizens OF a
" new States have my sympathy.
= Congress will never appropriate mond
"a to buy ground in New York or Chics1
q for the great Exposition Of 1892 viii
liz owns right here in Washington "
best site in the country, aud it's not nV
minutes walk from Pennsylvania avenu
liz 10 to be National and information
affair aud must be held It the Nation
capital.
The movement to make Reed the Nc.
lSpesker OF the House IL regarded by y
mos. knowing republicans as just !
good o. accomplished. The other CA
ldidatet will DO given compliments
Votes, but the bosses have ordered "
Reed be elected.
Five members OF the cabinet are no
1t their desks, but II j. hardly probst
; that they will stick very close 10 bus
y lnese during this mouth. -,
Secretary Window, who probably u
loot forgotten how dearly he wa! nsaI
| Ito pay for owning fine residence ~ M
lefty few years ago, has rented hpni
flor four years. The house that cause
him al the trouble was sold sever
Years ago.
"Sunsetv Cox IL sill in Washing'c
delighting his friends with stories o. y
wonderful things be saw in the Mort
. west. According to Cox, ana ! cann
doubt anything be says, lis the mo
= wonderful country on earth.
Representative Campbell, the dem
cratic nominee for Governor OF ONO,
Extremely popular here. aud good wish
are expressed on every hand Tor him.
Commissioner Tanner Is back. ~
pension certificates are being granted
last O. possible, without regard % "a
Tor evidence. He Is said 10 be fearf
|of 90 big fuss over the re-raiing re
Ie. sion question among Republicans ~ Y
next Congress, that lie may be compeli
Ito retire from the office, and ne WA
Ito give every soldier possible 2 pensi
g. certificate before he goes out. Tie tn'n
The has 81 least three months Of workl
!, time yet before the axe can Dc orous
: Ito cut, and estimates that lCu,uou su'
Itional pensions ought to be issued - .
Isime-or ct the rate OF l,0uo Ga
Whoopla! the surplus goes, and me "
pie who need IL most get hold o. ~ q
lii settles the tariff question, too. Tor -.
revenue will be needed then 70 meet
Is lpension expense OF $20OOCO,OO0 = ye
and that much money spread over
Icountry will mako good times"
some people, and consequently me-
votes. But, how will those v no havs
~ Y! 10 nav ike II? G. A. >