The Springdale news., 1889-11-22
WASHINGTON NEWS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., !

NOV. lD. iSS3.
 Senator Blackburn is one of the most popular, if not the most popular man. in public life, with the boys A lit- tie Inc ident that occurred here last week shows how he obtains and how he keeps that popularity. He has a friend here who ia in the tolls of the law. An ap- plication was to be made in his favor to one of the local courts and Joe Blackburn, as nine people out of every ten here call the junior Senator from Kentucky, was asked to join several other lawyers in this move on behalf of the prisoner. He readily consented but at the last minute 1t was discover ed that Senator Blackburn was not member of the local bar. Did he allow that to freeze him out 'f the case? Not a bit of it. He had himself admitted to he bar and took his place with the prisoner other counsels and now the prisoner IS out on Dial.
 This has been a great week for our Catholic fellow citizens. First they celebrated theIr centennial Tn Balti more. Then OH Wednesday they dedi- cated their big University here. The dedication ceremonies were attended by the President, Vi @ r esdent, and the entire cabinet, several justices of the Supreme Court andqulte number of Senators and Representatives.. At the banquet which followed the cere- monies Secretary Blaine responded ta the toast Our Country and ot.r Presi- dent.a in manner that has won tho commendation of everybody.
 The three A America s Congress is back in w tshngton but owing to the fatigue of it's members, regular sitting will not begin until next week. The delegates l ( tl.. in during their forty days trip around the the country
 MT. Wanamaker does not like the name of "Ananlas" which Senator Hampton stinging letter has hung to his coat for the rest of his life.
 In view of the fact that Vice Presi- dent Morton's big apartment house in this city has become, or bids fair to De- come National issue, your correspon- dent Geems it only fair to say that there is no bar-room, as such place is com monly known, in the building, but, in one end of the care there are number of tables at which you can sit and be served with all the liquor you care to pay for.
 Senator Sherman has returned from Ohio i'll the best Of humor. He finds 1t impossible to hide his eldtion over Foraker's defeat. Here's what he said to a newspaper man: We we're de- feated, as every body knows but the republican party has been defeated III 1 Ono before with the result of doing 1t goodn Could anything be plainer than 1 that? As soon as Mir. Sherman arrived here he went to the White House, pre- sumably to congratulate MT. Harrison on the summary removal of what look ed at one time like dangerous rival of bis in 1892. Doubtless President Harrison chuckled as he thought that the Ohio election removed two rivals instead of one as Mir. sherman thinks. For just as certain as Sherman helped 10 remove Foraker in 1889 vii, toraker help to down" Sherman in 1892. It isn't often that your correspondent in- dulpes in making predictions, but this paragraph to be fully appreciated should DC put away until the summer of 1892
 President Harrison's 8 message Is com pletc It will not be printed before it's delivery to Congress, as has been the custom for many years past. Fearing l that it may be prematurely published President Harrison has decided that only two or three typewriter copies or | it shall be made for the press associa- tions, and they are to be made in tue White House and not given out until It is known that the reading ot 1t has been begun at the Capitol,
 It begins to look as if there would be no fight over the speakershir. The only candidate that does not appear to be afraid of big Tom Reed" as the Representatives trom Maine Is gen 'ral ly called here. is Representative Can non. He tried to get the other candi- dates to join him in combination agaist Reed but they all decline. Things may HOW more exciting as the number of members in town increases, but un- less the opposition shall make a great deal more showing than r. has so far done, the big Maine man IS as good as elected speaker.
 One of Wasiihgton's most promi- nent printers has been discharged from the Government printing office because while on the street OH the night of the recent elections, he gave cheer over the bulletiped announcement that Ono had gone democratic.
 If democrats here are correctly ln forbed the next democratic Senator from Ohio will be either John H. Mc- Lean or Calvin $. Brice.