The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-22

cans generally have pledged thei
party to make. Time will tel
which statement is correct. Fo
the sake of the country Mr.. Car
Isle would not object to having Mr.
; Cannon prove to be right.
Poor Mr.. Harrison, he is indeed
to be pitied when even Jay Hub
bell can come to Washington ant
abuse him through the medium o.
newspaper interview.
1t is mistake to suppose thai
the Oklahoma bill which passed
the House last week opened the
Cherokee strip to settlement, and
Mr.. Harrison has issued a procla.
nation of warning to people intend
ing to settle thereon.
A resolution passed by the House
calls on the secretary Of war for in
formation as to the money and
facilities he has for rendering aid on
the flooded Mississippi river.
The Worlds Fair bill has been
perfected according to the ideas of
the Chicago folks and it will prob
ably come up in the House this
week. Nothing has been agreed
upon as to date. The Government
appropriation is $1,5OO,OOO.
The wonderful egg is at last
hatchep, and the product-Repre-
sentative Lodges Federal election
bill-has been reported to the
House. 1t is remarkable concoc-
ton, and is claimed to be based
upon the Australian system of
voting.
The everlasting and eternal race
question has been up again in the
Senate. Whenever some Republi-
can Senator has fit of indignation
he feels disguised with himself and
everybody else, and he gets up and
fires off something about the poor
"nigger."
Senator Voorhees, and Judge
jeremiah Wilson will help in the
defence of G. E. Kincaid, the news
paper man, who killed Ex-Con-
gresham Taulbee, of Kentucky.
There's a regular monkey and
parrot time going on in the Navy
department. Secretary Tracy has
forced the head of one bureau to
resign and it is said there are others
to follow. Naval officers accuse
MIR. Tracy of being whimsical in
his ideas.
Republican Senators have had
the nerve to engage in a revolt
against Quay's bossieg. Quay ac-
cordirg to the story, demanded
that the present Sergeant-at-Arms
of the Senate should be put out to
make room for one of his men, and
a majority Of the Republican Sem
ators, not only refused to agree to
this, but intimated in very plain
language to Quay's agent--the boss
being still in Florida-that even if |
there was q vacacy in the Office his |
could not have it. The question |
is now whether he will attempt to
whip enough of the Senators into
line to control party caucus and
attempt to get revenge, or whether
he will quietly pocket the affront.
According to high Republican
authority, they will only require
about $50,oO0,OO0 year to pay the
pensions under the bill that they
propose passing at this session.
That will bring the pension pay
ments up to more than $l5o,OoO,OOo
per year, mere trihe.
A Republican appointed to a
$4,000 Federal Office in New York
last week by Mr.. Harrison is a de-
faulter for large amount to the
Government. The defalcation oc-
cured in this city some years ago.
Secretary noble considers his
greater than that of the
Senate, and has accordingly refus-
ed to furnish certain reports, re-
ating to the Withholding of land
patents in the Union Pacific rail-
road grants, asked for by resolu-
ion of the Senate. He holds that
t is matter for him to decide
upon.
Another attempt is being made
% have the Government adopt
PAPER fractional currency for con-
1enience in small transactions
through the mails.
Senator Eustis convicted Sena-
or Hoar of making wilful mis-
statement on the floor of theSenate
asst week, but that will not pre-
rent the Massachusetts, Senator
loing the same thing again when
'ver it may happen to serve his