The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-11-13
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

CHAT Or TIE AOhhlDOhoE
There is 3 great furry among the saloon
keepers over the decision of the Commission
ers not TO grant liquor licenses 70 any but
American citizens. This develops tic fact that
very large proportion Of the proprietos OF
the cocktail founlries and beer schooner
docks still owe allegiance 10 some foreign
prince or potentate," and that they are resi-
dents here for revenue only. This comes Of
She nou-political character of the city. Every
where else the gentry who run bars hsTe
aspirations 10 be political bosses, and mou' .the
Rlittcriug ladder Of Official life. Here, how
ever. they have such hopes, and conse-
CueHfly they have cared no more for citizen
Snip than for Sunday school Reward OF
Merit Now they are anxiously inquiTing
what they can do 10 get naturaizcd, and are
not little disturbed by the report that the
Commissioners viii not recognize any papers
which have been procured since filing the ap-
plicatiou for license
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Ex-Minister George b. Loriug says that the
result in Massachusetts simply astounds him.
il looks as if many OF the people in the
smaller places did not vote at ali. and others
seemed 10 take the notion that they had been
on the Republican side long enough, and simply
rolled over 70 the other. They believed all the
nonsense about the tariff talked by the Demo
Gratis and voted against il. They will be wiser
after the tariff has been operated few months,
and return TO their party lines.
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Senator Dolph SAYS: "The manufacturers
Eot what they wanted when the Mckinley bill
was passed. and they did not care any more
about it. They did not come up and take an
Active interest in the fght- i arr satisfied that
Tire result would have been different if the
tariG bill had been delayed until after the
election. The inactivity OF the manufacturers
and tho artificial Increase Of prices hurt uA
an lot greatly disappointed.
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There is a general wonder expressed that the
Bon. Ignatius Loyola Donnelly did not some
how manage TO scramble TO the surface during
The Upheayal in Minnesota. IL is singular that
man who can manage to belong at nearly the
same time 10 the Farmers Alliance. Republic
can, Democratic, Greenback, and Independent
parties was not elected TO at least one If not
more Offices. But he seems to have slipt be-
tween his stools and his picturesque person
Elity viii not revisit his old hants in Wash
tngton.
Senator Mcpherson SAYS that when the
principles and traditions of the country wore
tTampled upon when the wishes Of the people
were dIsregar3ed and extraordinary power put
IL the hands Of one man; when extravaganza
expenditures were resoFted 70, sxtTaordin mary
pension measures were passed giving pensions
60 those who did not deserve them); when
heavy increase or taxation was imposed UnJr
the people, while they were demanding q re-
cuction, II anything; when all these things
had happened, il was 10 be expected that the
people would rise up as body and Tebuke the
party responsible for IT," lie also said that
the election had greatly broadened the field
from which the Democratic party could choose
its next Presidential candidate 1t no longer
depended upon New York, and was not subject
90 the faciional wFangling there, but could even
60 70 Wisconsin, Michigan, or Illinois for
candidate.
Senator Sherman says he is not az all dis
outraged by the result In Ohio the Repub-
licans did remarkably well. They got eight
Representatives where the Democratic scheme
was 70 allow them but six. Mckinley made
n magnificent run, and il would not surprise
the Senator If it made him Governor of Ohio
next year. The Mckinley bill was growing
stronger as the campaign advanced. 1t is
measure which is greatly misunderstood. IL
really reduces taxation. 4nd its workings viii
be found 70 be very beneficial to the country.
This viii be SO plain by the time that tho next
Congress and the President is elected that the
Eepubilr. viii sweep the country. =" have
seen ETch commissions dozen times or more,
but they have had no permanent effect. In
ISIS, when / was Secretary Of the Treasury,
we los. the House and Senate both, but two
years later, in 1850, we rallied and recovered
al that We had lost, and elected Republican
President besides ] do not regard the present
Situation with apprehension. The country
viii De wiser by next year, and better able TO
pass upon the issues" Tie fight in Pennsyl-
vaaia was between political bOsBes-Quay and
lages.
How lucky II WAS Tor Reed, Boutelle Mill
ken, and Dingley that they got their hay in
before Tic storm came up.
The President and Members Of the Cabinet
81. a. IL
ii the great czt2clysm, aud with one accord,
and very properly, refused TO be interviewed
Is to the Whys and 8herefores. They knew no
more o! this than anybody else, aud any ex-
plantations that they attempted would have
been a. lar from explaining as all other sx-
p4snztlOBE" are.
"The Spell Binders ought 70 be Offset BY an
organization Of the % KHockers-Out" It is a
mighty lonesome train that docs not bring back
% tie city at least one gentleman with mature
garments and still more m2tured nose, who
boasts tisat he has ass been Out home znOckin'
oct" Representative This, or Senator That.
IL = strong breath were likely TO be fatal 10
polltical asTiTzuts, there would be more prOba-
bilIty - their claim. The best way 10 take a
census % these political destroying angels would
Be - advertise free lunch somewhere in the
city. 30 iBclemcacy Of the weather OF pre-
rlOus engagement would be allowed 10 keep
One o. them away.
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CiVl-Service Commissioner Thompson, Of
South Carolina says that il is all nonsense "a
attribute any part Of the result 70 opposition V
IigiI-arTvice reform. IL was the Knley
tarlG Bill that did il, and nothing else. The
Com issiOneT fails TO explain how the AcKin
icy bIii brought about The uI,hcaVal ia bis own
State Why the bill which is so agreeable
when j. protects south Carolina rice. should be
~ obnoxious when il protects other things No
Jess deserving But then, no "explaiuer" il
required 10 be consistent
WHOM FOR SPEkKER9
The fret sight that greeted the spectator a,
TIE vapors 81 the battlefield began 20 clea
Awav were bO0Iuets igT the Speaker-hip shoot
ing Up ike asparagus sprouts after a sprint