The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1889-11-28
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Is not making a. rapid progre-s 90
ward good health as bis admimr
would wish, and many Of them feal
that he will never again Be- able q
stand the wear aud tear Of active wors
IN the House. Mr.. Randall firmly be.
/ lieves that De win resume his work Al
soon a. the House meets, aud TED.
every body who goes to see him that
he Is only resting now in Difference @
his physicians wish.
President Harrison took uncere-
m0nious leave Of everything official
| last week and went to Maryland g
shoot wild ducks. lie left Wednes-
day night aud returned saturday
night.
Tho republicans who have failed ID
get themselves appointed to Office by
President Harrison are rapidly an
nouncing themselves as candidates for
the three or four desirable Offices un-
der the House of Representatives.
Among the latest in this category are
ex-representative Guenther, Of Iowa,
aud Gen. George A. Sheridan, once Of
Louisiana, but now OF almost any
where or everywhere. Both Of these
gentlemen want to be elected Clerk Of
the House. and so do several others,
including Hon. Ed. Mcpherson and
Mr.. Carson, both Of Pennsylvania.
There is more of a contest over these
minor places than over the speaker
ship. From the present outlook there
is but one real republican candidate
for Speaker-Reed-the rest are only
mentioned to compliment them. They
will Of course, be voted for on one,
ana possibly two ballots in the repub-
liean caucus, but on the third ballot
at the farthest Reed will get two-thirds
Of the votes.
Mr.. Blaine aud Secretary Tracy car
ried the delegates to the All Ameri-
can Congress and the International
marine conference 10 the Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis Saturday. The
marine conference il making satisfac-
tory progress in its efforts to lesson thc
danger Of travel by water.
Who's afraid ofbeinga soldier now
A committee Of Army officers meet
here this week 10 test our invention
claiuled TO afford the body perfect
protection from pistol and rifle bull
let's.
MI. 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 withheld to
give The Senator an opportunity to be
heard if he desired 50 oppose the APP
poiuiment Whether senator lIamp-
ton sin take any fmther notice Of the
matter is not known here, but Gae
chances are that he will not.
Mt Proctor, who has doubtless
heard some OF the criticisms express
ell by thoughtlcss people to The effect
that be was devoting more time to
nj, private business chan to the Wm
department, has resigned the presi-
deucy OF the Vermont Marble Cont
pauv Of which he i.the virtual own-
or his son was elected to succeed
him. and there are people here WHO
believe iti, onlya little thick to blind
We shall be able To-
see whether they are right or wrong
later on.
Some surprise has hoen created here
by the announcement that Judge Me-
Crary. Of Iowa. stood a fair chance OF
receiving an appointment to the va
cancy in the Supreme Court. lie
served several terms in The House,
but is best remembered here as Hayes
Secretary Of war. AT present he is
lawyer at Kansas City. The
Judge had been regarded as a politi-
eal "back-number.
McKinley's friends are talking OF
Il Withdrawing his name as a candi-
late for the Presidential nonination
II his party iu 1892 he cannot afford
o be defeated for Speaker.
The Civil Service Commissioners
leay that they are making prepare
ion for a Congressional investigation
Il they are not, they ought 10 be, for
ueh an investigation is one OF the
Of the future.
The pension committee Of the G. A. |
Z. ha. agreed to ask Congress to pass
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