Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-08-31
WASHINGTON.


Atlantic squadron, asking that the
New American minister to Hayti be
sent Immediately, as Legitime
had abdicated and Hippolyte is now
on top in that changeable little is
land. The French and English cap
tains have placed themselves under
Admiral Gherardi's orders in case Of
any trouble at Port-an-Prince. Fred
Douglass is the new minister. 1t is
said that the Haytians object to
Douglass as Minister; they want a
white man.
Permission has been granted by
the Agricultural department to some
of the Knight Templars who will
attend the Conclave in this city next
October to pitch their tents in the
department grounds.
A special train left this city Satur-
day night with large crowd bound
for Milwaukee to attend the G. A. R.
encampment. The business men of
Washington have invited the organ
ization to hold their next annual
encampment here.
Arrangements have been complet-
ed for a grand excursion, extending
from October 3rd, to November
14th, and taking in every place of in
terest from Omaha to Massachusetts,,
to be given by the State department
to the delegates to the Three Ameri-
cas- Congress which meets here Octo-
Der 2. Some unfavorable comment
has been made here because the
South is not to be visited by the eX.
cursionists. 1t hardly seems fair to
leave that section out as long as it is
on trip which has to be paid for by
the Government.
"Mahone's nomination by the re.
publicans" said Virginia democrat
of prominence, "has made the fight
in Virginia a serious thing for us
Malone, as an organizer, has few
equals and no superiors, and We
have got hard fight on hand tC
hold the State" The same views
are expressed by many democrats
here. They believe they can win
but only by the hardest kind o
work.
To think of the International Elk
position of 1892 being held in any
other city than Washington is out o
the question. The Government
owns ample grounds here right dowr
in the heart of the city to erect al
the necessary buildings upon. Fou
fifths of the Congressman heard from
on the subject favor Washington
and there is not the slightest doub
that the Exposition will be hell
here, as it should be.
Civil Service Commissioner Ly
man says that the report sent on
from here stating that the Commits
sioners had talked with Presiden
Harrison about the proposed eXter
sion of the rules to cover the chief
of divisions in the departments is a
error. The subject has not been cal
ed to the Presidents attention, bu
will be, when he returns to this city
as the Commissioners are unan
mously in favor of its adoption. A
open rupture between the Commi
sion and one of the Cabinet is said
be one of the probabilities of the nee
, future.
The navy department has had I
issue new proposals for building tn
, five new cruisers provided for at tn
last session of Congress, because I'll
bids received for those first issue
were all in excess of the amount al
propriated. 1t is feared that vesse
of the class desired cannot be bui
:. for the amounts stipulated by Coz
? gress, and that the matter will hay
to be reterred.back to that body fl
a further action. We seem to have a
sorts of drawbacks in the building
our new navy.
0 Representative Breckenridge,
: Kentucky, was in this city last weel
. He does not think the republican
3 will have any trouble to organize Il
5 House, nor does he think there w
2 be any serious contentious over Il
3 contested election cases unless Il
0 republicans attempt to seat men n
= legally entitled to the seats. Perso
) ally Mr.. Breckenridge is opposed
: an extra session of Congress, but fro
a political standpoint he hopes Of
will be called. He said: "to ha'