Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-30

turned the conversation to the onerous ma
ture of his duties in the official position he
occupies. He stated that paying $4,000
house rent in Washington, out of $4,000
salary, was rather steep for an editor, even
an Iowa editor, and that his interests in
Iowa had suffered seriously in his absence,
both in regard to the shifting of political
matters and majorities. and the excellent
journal he has edited so long, the Des
Moines State Register. He concluded by
saying in so many words that his resigna-
tion would be rendered to the President
within two weeks.
In yesterday mornings DISPATCH the
Washington correspondence quoted Mr..
Clarkson as saying that he would edit a
model Republican weekly in the near
future. This, in conjunction with his
declaration to reporter of this paper that
he intended to get in harness, his statement
made at Mr.. Robb's residence, and his sig
nifcant expressions in his speech at the
Americas Club banquet about dilapi-
dated and circumscribed party press, are
evidences of most positive character that
Mr.. Clarkson means business.
ABOUT THAT NEW ORGAN.
Calvin Wells, proprietor of the Philsdel-
phia Press. will be one of the hackers of the
new Republican weekly, if his four-hour
conversation with Mr.. Clarkson in this city
be taken as reasonable evidence. Mutual
friends who were present at intervals state
that Mr.. Wells arrived at a thorough un-
derstanding with the Iowan. The probable
capital is to be 100000, and the location
New York, according to thesame authority.
The Republican gospel will come straight
and be the pure quill from the National Re-
publican Committee standpoint. Those who
have read the long editorial which the Iowa
editor read at the Americus Club banquet,
or who are acquainted with the career OF the
Des Moines State Register, have no ques-
tion of Mr.. Clarkson's ability to place such
q journal in the top rank of the Gotham
weeklies.
ONE THING NOT A SURPRISE.
Postmaster MeKean's assured advocacy
for the First Assistant Postmaster General
ship will not be regarded as a surprise by
those who know the intimate relations ex-
listing between Senator Quay and himself,
and the high favor with which he is re-
garded by Postmaster General Wanamaker.
pressed with the civil service reform en-
bodied in the candidacy of successful first
class postmaster to the Office of First Assist
ant to the Postmaster General, and despite
the reports of Senator Quay's lost prestige
at the White House, there are those who
say that in such matter the Silent Senator
would avail much, especially when the head
of the department and the retiring assistant
are sturdy Quay men.
Mr.. McKeaa is already a national char
acter, by virtue of the extraordinary upset.
tai of long standing precedent in his
appointment and the bitter fight which ac-
companied his selection. His Endorsement
was strong enough to have secured a much
more important position, and his faculty of
making friends has prepared the way for
just such move as has been mapped out bv
his steadiast friend and political mentor,
Senator Quay.
THOUGHT TO AUGuR WELL.
President Harrison's action. in appoint
ing Mr.. Mexican to his present position in
the face of extraordinary opposition, is be-
lieved to augur well for the chances of the
future.
Senator Cameron, it is reported, will be
active in assisting his colleague in the
proper official presentation of Mr.. McKean's
candidacy, and it is thought that as no
other candidate is as yet announced for Mr.
Clarkson's position, the irst-comer will pos
sess decided advantage
1t is becoming known that Mr.. Clarkson
feels that the Cabinet position which he was
conceded Just after the election is an i'm
possibility, owing to the present complexion
of the Presidents political family. The
facts that Senator Quay is Chairman of the
Senate Committee on Postofices, that John
Wanamaker is Postmaster General, and that
Mr.. Mexican bids fair to be the latter's
assistant, point to Pennsylvania ascend
ancy in the postal affairs of the nation.