Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-04-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
rrrou ON, rcgular cOrespoDdent. /

WASHINGTON, ID. u, April L, 1893.
Have Harrison and Blaine any infiu-
enee With the Republican Senate?
Ifso, how much? Since the Senate,
by the very decisive vote of % to IS, re-
iected the nomination of Murat Hal
stead. editor of the Cincinnatti Com
gaercidl- Gazette, To be minister to Ger
many, these questions have been asked
on every hand and many answers have
been given. 1t Is we'll known here that
Harrison aud Blaine took occasion to
inform every Republican Senator that
thew were very deeply interested
in HaIstead's confirmation and yet the
Senate voted against his confirmation,
only nineteen favoring it, and two OF
them were Democrats Messrs. Black
burn and Call.
Therefore the inference is that Harri-
son and Blaine have no very great
amount of influence with the Senators
of their party. This rejection of Hal
stead by Republican votes is very
queer thing, and is likely to make
trouble for some of the parties for q
long time to come. That the Demo-
Gratis should have voted against his con-
firmation was to be expected, but what
puzzles people hereabouts is why such
a rampant bloody shirt waver as In
gals should have Joined them. Hal
stead's opinion of those Republicans
who voted against him will make
mighty interesting reading.
The surprise created by the nomina-
tion of Robert Lincoln to be Minister to
England has not yet died out, and Re-
publican applicants for the big appoint
ments still open are anXiously inquiring
if the Garfield boys want anything, be-
cause if they do there is no reason af-
ter the Fred Grant and Lincoln appoint
ments why they should not get it.
1t looks very much as though that
Senatorial boycott was beginning to get
in its work.
The Senate will adjourn this week,
and President Harrison will be very
Glad to see them go away as he has a
few more appointments of the Halstead
order to make, and does not banker
after other rejections at present.
Some very bad news was official re-
ceived here on Saturday afternoon. On
the 18th of March hurrican complete
Iy destroyed the United States war ves'
sells Trenton and Vandalia and drove
the Nipsic upon coral reef in the har-
bor of Apia, one of the Samoan islands
And to add to the disaster As lives were
lost, among them Captain Schoonma'
ker. who was in command of the Van
dalia. The German war ships were lost
with one hundred men at the same
time. The Trenton and Vandalia were
among the best wooden ships in our lit
tie Navy and their loss will be severely
felt. The Cablegram from Admira
Kimberly says they have hopes of be
ing able to save the Nipsic. ..
Interstate-C Commerce Commissioner
Walker has resigned to take effect to
dav. He has accepted the management
ofan association of railroads at an an
nual salary of$25 900. ..
The pleasure trip of the Senate com
mittee which was to have started from
Chicago on the 9Th. inst. for six week
inspection and investigation of thu
various Pacific railroads and branche
have postponed the junket until fal!
tsCOrpoTaln Tanner saysno clerks viii
be removed in the Pension office ex
cept for cause. We shall see. Sst
DIFF Whitelaw Reid does not return t
this country in disgrace shall be great
" surprised, !" said a we'll known Reput
lican to me to-day. Upon my askin
his reason for thinking so, he sale
"Reid is heavily interested in col
poration that is nothing more nor lei
than business fake. One end of
rests in Washington where it is locke
after by one of the shrewdest as we'll 9
most unscrupulous men In the countr,
Both Reid and this man, who by tn
way is now In Europe, were roped int
this scheme and have now got man
thousands of dollars tied up in 1t. The
have long ago agreed that the best thin
to do was to unload the whole On Eur
pean Capitalists, and for that purpo
the Washington member Of the alta
went to Europe about ten days ago, ar
is now awaiting Reid's arrival.
course Reid will endorse the Washin.
ton man, and his official position
U. s. Minister to France will cause h
endorsement to have great weight wit
European financiers, and the probabi
ties are that the unloading of the fal
will be success. 1t will not take loI
for the purchasers to discover that th'
have been robbed, and that Reid's e
dorsement did it. Then?
-, General Black, ex-c0mmissioner
Pensions, has gone to Chicago, whe
he will resume the practice Of law.
It is said that Gen. Joseph r. job
son, Commissioner of railroads, will n
be removed by the new administratio
owing to a request from Gen. Sherms
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