The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
PRESIDENT HARRISON SAID TO BIZ
ROWLING MAD WITH SOME
OF HIS AIDS.
1t is Thought that the Senate Nay Kill
the Worlds Fair
Bill.

Special Correspondent of the Statesman.
WASHINGTON, Feb. "a, lS9O.-Pres-
ident Harrison is about as mad man
as it would be possible to find in a
DAVIS travel. He has become fully sat
isfied that at least two men, prom
inently connected with the admins
tration-Assistan Postmaster Gener-
al Clarkson and U. S. Treasurer Hus-
ton-have been abusing him at every
opportunity and telling others that
they intended to resigned juts as soon
as they could find an opportunity to
embarrass him by 80 doing. He also
has under suspicion several other high
officials and it will be at all surpris-
ing if several designations were per-
emptorily demanded by him in the
near future.
Your correspondent has the best of
reasons for believing that no Worlds
fair will be held. The senate will kill
any measure that does not locate the
fair at Washington, because they fear
that its location at Chicago would
mean the loss of Illinois, or at New
York city the loss of New York in the
next presidential campaign. This is
in accordance with Boss Quay's Or
ders before he went on his Florida
fishing trip. Mr.. Mills of Texas will
make strong effort to defeat the bill
in the house, but he will fail.
The new styles of postage stamps
| were placed on sale Saturday by the
postoffice department. The improve
ment, if there is any, is hardly visible
10 the naked eye.
For many years one of the regular
congressional jobs has been the prop
osition to have the government buy
all the real estate south Of Pennsylva-
MIA avenue between the treasury and
the capitol. 1t has been knocked out
so often that it was thought TO have
been entirely abandoned, but it is
again on deck, and a bill has been in
troduced in congress. Only a few
months ago, when there was freshet
in the Potomac river, the greater por-
ton of this ground was under from six
inches to four feet of water. Nice
sort of property to ask congress to buy
to put public buildings upon, isn't it?
Notice has been given that as soon
as the house finishes with the Worlds
Fair the contested election cases are
to be called up. There are four cases
ready, three of which have by party
vote reported in favor of the Repub
lican contestants, and one by unani
nous vote in favor of the Democrats
now occupying the seat.
The investigation of the civil ser
vice commission, which was begun
last week, will be resumed this week
Ex-Commissioner Oberly is to be one
OF the witnesses examined.
The chairman of the New York
Anti-monopoly league made an argul
ment against Mr.. Wanamaker's pos
tal-telegraph bill before the House
postoffice committee Friday. He said HI
represented the working people wht
sent few kilograms and who would ge
little ii any benefit if the bill should be
come law, and that the postotfict
department had more business nov
than it could manage satisfactory.
without adding this experiment.
Twelve bids have been made to the
treasury department for the exclusive
privilege of taking seals in the waters
contingent to Alaska for twenty years
and in every one of them the price
named is much higher than the gov
eminent now receives. No award ha
yet been made.
1t is limited in inside Republican
circles that Mr.. Harrison's trip tt
PENNSYLVANIA last week was really TO-
political purpose. He is trying t.
capture the State delegation to thu
next Republican national convention
and while Quay was in Florida hi
thought it good time to visit thu
State and the opening OF the free Ii
brary at Allegheny City furnished thu
opportunity.
I'ho senators, or rather some o
them, &'e lrOwling about the news
paper men finding out everything
they do in secret session, and arr
trylng to devise means To prevent it
II tLov would have their ordinar!
executive sessions open the trouble
would he ended.
Til" REGULAR war on lotteries which
is made in early days of every session
of congress by the introduction OF
bills has begun. It's farce, why not
enforce some OF the laws we row Eave
on the subject instead OF wasting tins
enacting.
The house and ways and meanI
committee are practically at a stanc
still in the preparation of tariff bill
The finance committee of the senate
has decided to report the bill Tor in
creasing the coinage OF silver dollar'
to $4,000 900 a month.
IOngfelloW Day,