The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-02-20
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS.
Especial Correspondence Of the Sentinel

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Mr. Har-
rison has allowed himself to beguiled
by the soft-speaking ofice-seekers into
believing that he might again be the
candidate of his party in 1892. This
is daily becoming more apparent and
accounts for many seemingly queer
appointments. His idea is to appoint
| only Harrison men, and to carry it
out he has already offended nearly
every leading man in his party. 1t is
| only a few days since he refused a
relative of Secretary Blaine postmaster
of Pennsylvania town, nothwith-
standing the fact that Mr.. Blaine had
personally asked that the appointment
be made. This bit of wild lunacy. for
it can be called nothing else, on the
! part of Mr.. Harrison, furnishes lots Of
fun for the politicians here. McGinty
has more show of being nominated by
the republicans in 1892 than Mr..
Harrison has.
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The democratic Congressional Cam
paign committee is now fully organ
| lied for business and in few days
headquarters will be opened in this
city and the machinery started in mo-
ton to capture the next House of
Representative. The following list
of members of that committee was OBJ
tanned by your correspondent from
the Chairman. 1t is absolutely cor
rect, and is the first one given to the
press: Roswell P. Flower, of N. Y,
Chairman; T. o. Towles, of Mo-, Sec
rotary; j. L. Norris, of Washington,
D. G., Treasurer; Members: Oates, of
Ala; McRea, of Ark; Clunie, of Cal;
Grant, Of Colo; Wilcox, of Conn.,;
Pennington, of Del; Davidson, of
Fla; Carlton, of Ga; Wike, of ILL.,;
Mcclellan, of Ind; Hayes, of Iowa;
McCreary, of KY; Blanchard, of La;
Putnam, of Me; Compton, of Nd;
Andrew, of Mass; Whiting, of Mich;
Hit. of Mimi; Hooker, of Miss;
Bland, of Mo-; Hauser, of Mont; Nc
Shane, of Neb.; Cassidy, of Nevada;
Mckinney, of N. H.; Fowler, of n. j.;
Bum, of N. c.; Yoder, of Ohio;
Marsh, of Pa; Lapman, of r. l.;
Dibble, of S. c.; Mcmillan, of Tenn;
Kilgore, of Texas; Smalley, IF VT;
Venable, of Virginia; Voorhees,, of
Washington; Wilson, of w. Va; Bar
wig, of Wis; M. A. Smith, of Arizona;
Stevenson, of Idaho; Joseph, of New
Mexico, and Game, of Utah. No
member of the committee has yet been
selected for either of the Dakota's, or
for Oregon. The Senatorial members
of the committee are German, chair
man; Mcpherson, Blackburn, Cockrill
and Jones, of Arkansas.
The Republicans are not having
smooth sailing in the preparation of a
new tariff bill. They started out with
the intention of reporting the bill to
the House by the first Of February;
now they say they hope to have it
ready by the first of March. The
whole truth of the matter is the tariff
reform idea is spreading 80 rapidly
that it is getting among the Republi-
cans, and unless the Ways and Means
committee report very different bill
from what Chairman Mckinley start
ed out to make, it will never be passed
by the House. The new rules are
pretty far-reacing but they cannot
accomplish everything, as will be dis.
covered before this session ends.
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Politics are to be shelved this week
in the House, and the Worlds Fair
question disposed .of. The committee
has reported two bills, one for holding
the fair at New York, Chicago or st.
Louis, and the other at Washington.
Tomorrow discussion is to begin, and
if possible the final vote is to be ia
ken Friday or Saturday. The fight
will be short but decidedly interesting
as all of the cities have lots of friends
on the ground whooping things up.
If the Senate committee on Privi.
leges and Elections decide the Mon
tana cases, which were heard Satur-
day, on the law and the evidence, the
democrats will soon have two more
Senators. At any rate it is hardly
possible in view Of the poor showing
made by the republican contestants
that the majority will have the efron-
terry to report in favor of seating them.
The report will be made this week.
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Mr.. Harrison will have a somewhat
delicate duty to perform if a bill
which has passed the Senate shall get
through the House. It appropriates
$4,000 to pay legal fees to the firm of
Porter, Harrison & Fishback, a firm
of which Mr.. Harrison was a member.
The question is, will he sign bill APP
propriating money for his own benefit,
or wall he let it become a law without
signing it? It's dollars to brass but
tons that he don't veto it.
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The Blair educational bill is the
football of the Senate. 1t was kicked
aside last week to pass the bill estab-
fishing a territorial government in
but will bob up serenely
his week as unfinished business. A
vote may be reached on it this week,
out it is somewhat doubtful.
Listen, men and brethren. The
pension Office asks for deficiency ap
Of $21 500, 900 to carry it
up to the first of July!
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The gag rules under which the pre-
'ent House will work were adopted by