Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-04-06
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, April LIST. 1885,
Have Harrison and Blaine any in
tluence with the Republican Senate?
If so, how much? Since the
Senate, by the very decisive vote of
% to 10, rejected the nomination Of
Murat Hastead, editor Of the Gin
cinnatti COmmercal-Ga2ette, to be |.
minister to Germany, these questions F.
have been asked on every hand and |
many answers have been given. 1t
is well known here that Harrison
and Blaine took occasion to inform
every Republican Senator that they
were very deeply interested in Hal
stead's confirmation and yet the
Senate voted against his contirma-
ton, only nineteen favoring it, and
two of them were Democrats-Messrs
Blackburn and Call.
Therefore the inference is that
Harrison and Blaine have no very
great amount Of influence with the
Senators Of their party. This rejec-
ton Of Halstead by Republican votes
is very queer thing, and is likely
to make trouble for some of the
parties for a long time to come.
That the Democrats should have
voted against his confirmation was to
be expected, but what puzzles people
hereabouts is why such a rampant
bloody shirt waiver as Ingalls, should
have joined them. Halstead's
opinion Of those Republicans who
voted against him will make mighty
interesting reading.
The surprise created by the nomi-
nation of Robert Lincoln to be
Minister to England has not yet
died out, and Republican applicants
for the big appointments still open
are anXiously inquiring if the Gar
field boys want anything, because if
they do there is no reason after the
Fred Grant and Lincoln appoint
ments why they should not get it.
1t looks very much as though that
Senatorial boycott was beginning to
get in its work.
The Senate will adjourn this week,
and President Harrison will be very
glad to see them go away las he has a
few more appointments of the Hal
stead order to make, and does not
banker after other reflections at
present.
Interstate-C Commerce Commission
er Walker has resigned to take
effect today. He has accepted the
management of an association of rail-
roads at an annual salary of S25, 600.
The pleasure trip of the Senate
committee which was to have started
from Chicago on the 9Th. inst. for
six weeks inspection and inveStiga-
tion of the various Pacific railroads
and branches have postponed the
junket until fall.
"Corporal Tanner says no clerks
will be removed in the Pension office
except for cause. We shall see.
"If Whitelaw Reid does not return
to this country in disgrace l shall be
greatly surprised" said well known
> Republican to me today. Upon my
asking his reason for thinking so, he
said; "Reid is heavily interested
in corporation that is moth
,, ing more nor less than a business
fake. One end of it rests in Washing.
ton where it is looked after by one
of the shrewdest as well as most un,
scrupulous men in the country. Both
Reid and this man, who by the way
is now in Europe, were rOped into
this scheme and have now got many
> thousands of dollars tied up in it
They have long ago agreed that thC
best thing to do was to unload thu
. whole thing on European Capitalists
and for that purpose the Washington
. member of the affair went to Europe
about ten days ago, and is now await
. ing Reid's arrival. OF course ReiC
= will endorse the Washington man
and his official position as U. s
Minister to France will cause hi
endorsement to have great weigh
with European tinanciers, and thu
probabilities are that the unloading
u of the fake will be a success. 1t vii
u not take long for the purchasers t.
IS discover that they have been robbed
l. and that Reds endorsement did it
e Then?
e General Black, eX-COmmissioner o
Pensions, has gone to Chicago, wher
d he will resume the practice of law.
g 1t issaid that Gen. Joseph +. John
g son, Commissioner of Railroads, vii
le not be removed by the new admins
le tration owing tO q rpuupst from Gen