Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-11-15
WASHINGTON.

OF reasons for believing that he will
beasked to retire, not only from the
craftsmanship of the republican
National committee, but to resign his
membership. 1t would have been
done before now, but that the ques-
tiOn of what to do with j. S. Clark
son has not been decided. Clarkson
is vice-chairman of the committee
and has always been an humble tool
of Quay's, and there is a feeling
among influential republicans against
his being made chairman of the COM
mittee, as he would naturally expect,
when Quay retires. AS soon as a sat-
isfactory solution of that difficulty is
reached Mr., Quay will receive what
the boys call the "grand bounce"
Quay is now in Florida, and Clark
son is also down South somewhere.
They both thought it a good time for
disappearing for awhile.
Mr.. Harrison is having a terrible
time over the Force bill. Mr..
Blaine, whose predictions about the
tariff bill have materialized so soon,
and few other prominent republic
cans are trying to persuade him to let
the Force bill alone in his message to
Congress, which he is now preparing,
and the radical element in his party,
which embraces nine.tenths of its
recognized leaders, are urging him to
insist upon the immediate passage by
the Senate of the bill. Mr.. Harrison
is very badly frightened at the lorna
do of popular disapprobation that
struck his administration and party
on election day, and would most will
lingly take Mr.. Blaine's advice, but
for the fact that he had committed
himself in favor of the Force bill last
Summer.
Senator Blackburn has made pub
lie "a scene which took place in a
Senate committee room last summer
where he was the only democrat
present, ard where Mr.. Blaine stated
in the plainest language that if the
Mckinley bill, which was then be-
fore the Senate committee, was
passed, it would ruin the republi>
can party and prevent its electing
the President in 1892. He became so
excited during his denunciation Of
the measure that he smashed a new
silk hat which was lying before him
on a table. Mr.. Blaine has not
changed his mind.
1t will be many day before the
democrats get through enthusing
over the recent election. Every
train brings in prominent democrats,
and every arrival means a fresh ju-
, bilee. The local democrats fired a
salute of SO guns Friday night, al
though Col. Ernest, in charge of pubs
) lie buildings and grounds, did his
} best to prevent by refusing to give
them a permit to fire them in the
same place that the republicans were
granted a similar permit two year:
} ago, but that didn't prevent it-noth
J ing could. The guns were fired, and
= close enough to the White House fol
Mr.. Harrison to enjoy the music.
? Under this administration Federal
employees are slaves. An estimabl(
lady clerk in the Washington City
: Post Office is now under suspension
because she repeated jovial remark
of fellow clerk to Dick Quay, sol
of the Senator. Dick presented an or
der for the Senator's mail at the gen.
eral delivery window and the lady
went back in the Office and inquired
where the Senator's mail was. "Oh
/. he's dead, and his mails gone to thu
dead letter Office" said one of the
clerks laughingly, The lady walked
back to the window and thoughtless'
ly repeated the remarks to Dick
who, by the way, she did not know
He went to the Post Office depart
ment and reported the lady as having
S insulted him and his father, and al
order was issued to the City Post
master for her immediate suspen'
sion.
Mr.. Wanamaker has not made a
2 popular official, but now that reports
r of the pending failure Of his big Phil
adelphia firm are circulating, grea
deal of sympathy is expressed here
y for him, and it is hoped that tn
claims of his friends-he is not her
e that the rumOr was originated b.
d Jay Gould for the purpose of iniurinI
t. Mr.. Wanamakers credit, because O
his persistence in behalf of a posta
telegraph system, to which Nj
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