The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-09-05
WASHINGTON WRIT.
Late News From the Seat of Govern
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Late News From the Seat of Govern
From our Regular C5rresponde t.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 2, 1889.
-"Foraker is to be knocked out"
said a prominent politician, land
some of the leading Ohio Republicans
will help the Democrats to do it..
"What do you mean General? ~
asked your correspondent. Exact
lywhat 1 said" returned the General.
After much persuasion, and the prom
Use that his name should not be used,
the gentlemen agreed to tell me his
reasons for making the assertion.
He said: You are probably aware
that the Ohio crop of would-be-great-
men has for some years been largely
in excess of the demand, and cOnse
quently the State is full of that class
of men and the most of them are Re
! nuhlioons Fo.oLer f... been in the
way OF these fellows for some time
and they recognize the fact that if he
is again elected Governor there will
be no keeping him down; he will
either demand to be sent to the Sc j.
ate or supported for President. They
have decided that the easiest way to
| let rid of him is to help the Demo-
Gratis defeat him, and to that end the
wires are now being laid. Murat
Halstead aid Richard Smith of the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette are
in the plot, as is also SenaGo. Sher-
man. do not assert that P. esident
H"rrison is helping these men to
do Nn Foraker, but know that he is
cognizant of their plans and has
made no objection thereto. Heprob-
ably would shed few tears to see For
aker put in position that would
make him an impossibility in the race
for the Republican Presidential NOM
nation in 1892"
President Green, of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, has been
in consultation with the Postmaster
General, and it is understood that a
compromise will be made as to the
price of Government messages. At
the department they refuse to talk
on the subject.
The Navy Department has several
very interesting and complicated
questions to worry over just at this
time. First, there is the big battle
ship "Texas," being built at the Nor
folk Navy Yard, which many experts
contend will not float if completed by
the present plans; and as if that was
not enough, there are three new ves-
sells the "Petrel," "Vesuvius'' and
"CharlestOn"-which although COM
yet been accepted by the Government.
The lot of the Secretary of the Navy
is not happy one.
1t is now thought here that the ar
guments of Representative Mckinley
have persuaded President Harrison
that no extra session of Congress
should be called.
The National Republican commit
tee has shipped all of tht documents
it had left over from the late P-esi-
Dental election to the four new States
for use in the coming campaign. The
citizens of tie new STAGES have my
sympathy.
Congress will never appropriate
money to buy ground in New York
or Chicago for the great Exposition
of 1892, when it owns right here in
Washington the best site in the coun-
try, and it's not five minutes walk
from Pennsylvania avenue. 1t is to
be q National and international af-
fair and must be held at the National
capital.
The movement to make Reed the
next Speaker of the House is regard
ed by the most knowing Republicans
as just as good as accomplished.
The other candidates will be given
complimentary votes, but the bosses
have ordered that Reed be elected.
Secretary Window, who probably
has not forgotten how dearly he was
made to pay for owning a fine resi-
dence in this city afew years ago, has
rented q house for four years. The
house that caused him all the trouble
was sold several years ago.
Representative Campbell, the Dem
ocratic nominee for Governor of
Ohio, is extremely popular here, and
good wishes are expressed on every
hand for him.