The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-02-21
WASHINGTON WRIT.
THE NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL
i- CAPITAL.

w WAO0lNU1UN Viii.
THE NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL
- CAPITAL.
Prospects of the Tariff and Internal
Revenue Rills.-A Pretty Omce-Seek-
-er.-Harrison and Morton Formally
Elected.-General Gleanfngs.:
[Spectaz Correspondence to the Sentinel
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-Harrison
and Morton were formally declared
elected President and Vice President
by joint session of the two houses of
Congress, as required by the Constitu-
ton, last Wednesday.
TARIFF AND REVENUE.
1t is now generally believed that
the Cowles internal revenue bill will
be reported by the Appropriations
committee. The committee is now
considering the bill, and it will prob
able be reported to the House to-day
Its passage is confidently predicted.
The.report, of the Treasury experts
on the Senate tariff bill shows that
outside Of the internal revenue feat
ures the measure will only make
reduction of from three to five millions
Of dollars Just what will follow the
House Ways and Means COMMITTEES
recommendation that it be rejected, it
is difficult to say. The internal rev.
enue features of the bill are satisfac-
tory to quite number of Democrats
in the House and unless they can be
satisfied that the Cowles bill, repeal
ing the tobacco tax, now in the hands
of Mr.. RandalPs committee, or a sim
liar. one will be Immediately reported
to the House, 1 shall not be surprised
to see the Senate bill adopted. And 1
believe that its adoption would create
far more dissatisfaction among Repub-
licans than Democrats.
A PRETTY OFFICE SEEKER
Miss Bessie McAllister, young wo.
man twenty two years old, and pre-
possessing in appearance, who has for
nearly four years been postmistress of
Florence, Ala, is in Indianapolis to
ask Gen. Harrison to retain her in
office. The Herald says: "Miss Nc
Allister's father was for sixty years a
leading merchant and prominent Dem
ocrat of Florence, and when Cleve-
land was elected he was given the
postmastership. Mr.. McAllister only
lived few weeks after June l, 1885,
when he was appointed, and his or
phan daughter, whose mother had
died some years before, was given his
place The office is now rated as third
class, but does the business of a second
claes office, which it will probably be
made in June. There are many i'm
provements demanded in the office,
and Miss McAllister was anxious to
learn if she would berermitted to keep
the place before taking the RESPONSE
bility of making them, and therefore
she has come to headquarters to find
out. Miss McAllister is accompanied
by Col. James Jackson and Judge
John A. Steele, of Tuscumbia, Ala,
both prominent Republicans. They
had conference with Gen. Harrison
after which Col. jackson assured me
that there was no doubt that Miss Nc
Allister would be re-appoiLted."
| DISMAL SWAMP CANAL. .5
Senator Edmunds introduced in the
Senate resolution, which was agreed
| to, instructing the committee on com
merce tc consider the question of the
expediency of purchasing the Dismal
Swamp cana in Virginia and North
Carolina with a view to making it q
highway between the Chesapeake Bay
and the principal sounds of North
| Carolina with view to utilizing the
| fresh water of the canal and its feeders
in a basin for the metal vessels of the
navy. safl5 .=.
| FOOT NOTES.
G.. A. Hartman has been appointed
storekeeper and gauger at Farming
ton. gDavie county, N. G.
"a Senator Vance resumed his seat in
the Senate last Tuesday, and he expects
to attend the Newbern Fish, Game
and Oyster fair this week.
Miss Mildred Lee is the guest ot
Mrs. Cuttings, of Baltimore, at hel
house on Massachusetts avenue, Wash
| ington, which she has leased for the
season. Between Mrs. Cleveland and
Miss Lee there exists warm friend
ship, aud the latter is one of the mos
frequent visitors at the White HOUSE
upon the occasion of private recep-
tions. iz...s5 ,r.4f-
There is, a movement here which il
said. to have the Presidents approval
to. have. Senator Kenna withdraw
from the contest in West Virginia
The idea is that it is impossible t,
have Senator Kenna re elected, ant
that some other Democrat may b,
elected, thus saving the seat to tn,
party. As a compensation it is pro
j posed that the President shall nomi
1 nate Mr.. Kenna Inter State Commis
sioner, .tsSenatorial courtesy. maxim,
| it certain that he would be immedi
ately confrmed.----.-s-~----e
r. Senator Vest'is going t" have som
fun with the Republican Senator
when the Senate conferees on tn
| Springer g Omnibus bill make thei
| REPORT to the Senate. Mr. Vest will
prove by the Record that in 1873
| when Naw Mavio0 was thouuht IN h