The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-06

succeed under the recent order of
Harrison.
Another negro has succeeded a
prize. This time it is Fred Doug
lass, who has been appointed min
ister to Hayti. The appointment
is creating much dissatisfaction
among the rest of the darkies,with
whom Douglass has been very un-
popular ever since he married q
white woman.
Harrison has compelled Secre-
tary Window to appoint w. M.
Meredith of Chicago superintend-
ent of the Bureau of Engraving
and printing, although Window
had man of his own for the place.
The fight was long and bitter and
at last Harrison informed Window
that Meredith must be appointed
even if he had to have new
Secretary of the Treasury. This
brought BILLY" down on his mar
row bones very quickly, as Star
route Dorsey's wild cat scheme
which he had been trying to boost
for several years offered no induce
ments, when compared with the
salary and perquisites, particular
| ly the latter, of the Secretary of
the Treasury.
Sour Grapes-Don Cameron don't
want to be reelected to the Sen
ate. 1t was his father-Simon
Cameron, now dead, who put him
there and kept him there. Don
would hardly be elected, a county
road supervisor if ability only was
considered. Ditto granny" Blair,
who has suddenly come to the con-
clusion that he will save the New
Hampshire legislature the trouble
of defeating him by declining to
again he IL candidate for the Sen
ate. The Senate will not find it
difficult to survive the loss of those
two men.
This is a "protection" admins
tration! See how it protects Amer
lean labor and capital. In giving
out a contract for 550,OOO enamel
ell bricks to be used in the constuc-
tion of the new National Library
building in this city the contract
was given to an English firm be-
cause by remitting the duty they
can be delivered here II little cheap
er than they can be bought in |
America. So could almost every
thing else, and the question natur-
ally arises, why should the Gov
ernment do what it refuses to let
the people do?
In the language of slang it may
be remarked that there are "nO
flies" on the present civil service
and that it intends to
"run the machine" or "bust" the
boiler.
The indictments against Dorsey,
Brady, ct nj. in the famous Star
route cases which have been cum
bering the court records for seven
or eight years have all been nolle
Blaine has told his man William
Walter Phelps, just appointed
to Germany that he might
take his own time about going to
Berlin. But it isn't his own time
ne is taking, it is the peoples. He
qualified as minister the day he
was appointed and his salary of
$4,000 year began.
The new British minister evil
lently has no idea of making any
such blunder as Lord Sackville, his
successor, did. He has
bought Il farm near this city, and
not satisfied with having become Il
in the United States he
proposes to go with the President
md his party to the Fourth ofJuly
celebration at Woodstock. If Sir
Julian keeps on he will certainly
'e very solid with the "boys."
The New York politicians have
umped on Harrison again. Friday
md Saturday Morton, Hiscock, De-
'ew and a lot more of the "big
.uns" were here in the interest of .
he various candidates for the New
fork Federal appointments. 1t
vas stated Saturday that Il state d
ad been agreed upon, at any rate "
lost of the New Workers. went
ONE, but the appointments haye D
ot been made yet. IL
The Haytian government re- o
emily captured an American il
teamer and for time refused to f,
elease her, but were only too glad =
D do so and pay Al cash indemnity !"
f $4,000 when Commander KellOg
+ the L. S. S. Ossipe, gave them C;
he choice of doing so or having n
bombarded. The
honey was paid and the vessel re-
,ased. What sense there is in