The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-23


where they were to be found, and
that he thought he knew who were
entitled to the Offices in that State
as well as any man in it. He is al
so said to have told ex-senator
Malone that he would send foi
him when he wanted his advice
All of these little things add to the
glorious harmony that exists in the
ranks of the Republican party.
BY the nomination of Mr.. G. A.
Bates, of Delaware, to the u. S.
Commissioner to the Samoan Con-
ference to be held at Berlin, Mr.
Harrison virtually endorsed Mr.
Cleveland's position on the Samoan
question:. Mr.. Bates is n Democrat
and was selected in 1886 by Mrl
Cleveland to go to Samoa and
make an investigation of the
trouble which was then just begin
ming. AS Il result of Mr.. Bates re-
port Consul Greenbaum was recall
ed. The other commissioners
nominated to act with Mr.. Bates
are ex-Congressman w. w. Phelps
and eX-Minister to Austria and
Germany John A. Kasson.
There is big fight going on to
decide who shall be the next Com
missioner of Pensions. Mr.. Har-
rison wants to give the appoint
ment to Corporal Tanner, of New
York, but the New York Congress
sional delegation have candidate
of their own-Gen. Poole, Of syra-
cuse-and object to the appoint
ment of Tanner. Tanners friends
have suggested that he beappoint-
ed and credited to some other
State.
Some surprise was created here
when j. S. Clarkson, of Iowa, the
man who would be Secretary of
the Interior or nothing, accepted
the position of First Assistant
Postmaster General.
Senator Chase, of Rhode Island
has resigned, and all sorts of rum
ors are flying around as to the
cause. That most generally be-
lieved is that Harrison snubbed
him in making an appointment of
U. S. attorney for the Rhode Is
land district. His friends say that
he has all along intended to resign
at this time, but that is hardly q
reasonable story. 1t is not likely
that he would have gone to the
trouble and expense of an election
to the Senate just for the glory Of
serving less than one month, he
having been sworn in on the 4th.
inst. for the beginning of his first
whole term. Previous to that time
he was filling out the term of the
late Senator Anthony.
There is probability of some
trouble between the President and
the Republicans of the Senate over
the Southern election question.
Mr.. Harrison had requested as Il
personal favor that the matter be
let alone at the present extra ses-
sion of the Senate, and the request
had seemingly been agreed to, but
the radical members of the Senate
have succeeded in getting the
question agitated again. 1t was
discussed ut Il Republican caucus
last week but was not disposed of.
1t will come up again at another
caucus this week.
The Southern negroes who are
here in search of federal Offices are
very much discouraged over their
prospects of obtaining anything
worth having. The fact is, the
star of the negro in the political
fimament is waning very rapidly,
and it will not be surprising if ii
should in the near future, disap-
pear altogether.
w. w. Dudley, of "blocks offlve"
notoriety, denies the rumor that he
had been snubbed by Mr.. Harrison
He says he has never called at the
White House since Harrion has
occupied it, which makes it look as
though he was afraid he might be
snubbed.
Senator ingalls, has been sued by
a local firm of printers for $l3l for
printing "The Hand Book of Pro-
tectioh," during the last campaign.
The work was not done for Ingalls,
but he promised to be responsible
for the bill which he afterwards
refused to pay, hence the suit.
Wayne McVeagh, who was in
cabinet, was here a day
or two ago. He says he recogniz-
ed among the throng Of officeseek-
ers hundreds Of faces that were