Richland beacon., 1889-04-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 18th, 1889.

(From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 18th, 1889.
Sunset Cox, the ever-smiling
Representative from New York, was
met coming out of the White House
by your correspondent, and asked
what in the deuce he was doing IN
that gang of place-hunters. "Oh, l
simply called to say good bye to my
old friend, Benjamin Harrison, as |
am afraid these fellows may worry
him to death in their mad hunt for
Office before returned toWashington.
Then as Mr.. Cox was leaving he added:
II feel we'll; very much better than a
little while ago. I have been through
the valley of the shadow of political
death with the rest of the Democrats.
and now / am off on lecturing tour
through Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Mis-
souri, and Kansas. Something to
make the folks smile, you know, while
! I gather in a little money. / trust
that l shall get no more eggs than l
pay for.
Mr.. Cannaday, the Sergeant-at-
Arms of the United States Senate,
and good John Sherman Republican,
is charged by Senator Jones, of Ne
vada, ex-senator Malone and Warner
Miller, and Representative West, of
New York, with swindling and for
gery in connection with his manage
ment of the North Carolina Oil and
Creosote Company located at Will
mington, N. c. 1t is also stated that
Cannaday is indebted to other Sena-
tors to the amount of $50, 900 or more
for borrowed money. With the usual
audacity of men of this kind Gamma
day says that when the case is settled
it will have no effect upon his per
sonal integrity
The Republicans have always been
notorious for their willingness to
make use at all times of United States
vessels for private pleasure parties
and being out of power for four years
and without a precedent for that
length of time has not changed them
particle in this respect. On Satur-
day afternoon Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury Tichenor took a party
l of friends from here to Baltimore
where they got aboard OF the U. S
Revenue cutter McL&ne and startrd
on a trip to Chespeak Bay, which
lasted from Sunday morning to Mon.
! day morning. Another government
vessel, the lighthouse tender, Holly
has been lying at the wharf here
waiting for three days to carry Presi
:, dent Harrison on pleasure triI
down the Potomac. This looks like {
rather early revival of the old abuse
: By summer half dozen vessels viii
:. be needed for the various members o
the administration, for their families
and friends. And the people viii
foot the bill.
}, Senator John Sherman has jus
D proved himself to be bigger mai
with the administration than Repre-
sentatives Mckinley and Benjamin
Butterworth combined. Ohio ha'
two candidates for the position o
N Sixth Auditor of the Treasury. On
d was backed by Senator Sherman ant
o the other by Mckinley and Butter
' worth. The Sherman man, Mr.. Coul
ter, has just been appointed.
|. Land Commissioner, Stockslagel
fears there will be trouble in Okla
homa. He says that only about 10
600 homesteads can be entered unde
the Presidents proclamation, and b
has every reason to believe that a
! least 100000 persons will enter tn
= country within thirty days from it
le opening next Monday.