The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-02-20
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
Some Things Of Interest in and Around
Washington --Doilgs in Congress,
&C., &C., as Reported by our
Special Correspondent.
Special Correspondence Of the Gold Leaf.


Special Correspondence Of the Gold Leaf.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. II, go.
Mr.. Harrison has allowed himself tx
be heguiled by the soft-speaking Office
seekers into believing that he NIGH
again be the candidate of his party in
1892. This is daily becoming more ap
parent and accounts for many seem
ingly queer appointments. His idea is
to appoint only Harrison men, and te
carry it out he has already offended
nearly every leading man in his party
1t is only few days since he refused
to appoint relative of Secretary Blaine
postmaster of Pennsylvania town,
Notwithstanding the fact that Mr..
Blaine had personally asked that the
appointment be made. This bit of
wild lunacy. for it can be called moth
ing 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.
The Democratic Congressional cam
paign committee is now fully organized
for business and in few days head
quarters will be opened in this city and
the machinery started in motion to
capture the next House of Representa-
tives. The following list of members
of that committee was obtained by
your correspondent from the chairman.
It is absolutely correct. and is the first
one given so the press Roswell P.
Flower, of N. Y, Chairman, T. O..
Towles, of Mo-, Secretary, J. L. Nor
ris, of Washington, D. c., 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 Ia, McCreary, Of KY, Blanchard,
Of La, Putnam, of Me-, Compton, of
Md, Andrew, of Mass, Whiting, of
Mich, Hit, of Mimi, Hooker, of Miss,
Bland, of Mo-, Hauser, of Mont, Nc
Shane, of Neb., Cassidy, of New, Nc
Kinney, of N. H., Fowler, of N. j.,
Bum, of n. c., Yoder, of O., Maish,
of Pa, Japan, of R. l., Dibble, of s..
c., Mcmillan, of Tenn, Kilgore, of
Tex, Smalley, Of VT, Venable, of Va,
Voorhees,, of Washington, Wilson, of
W. Va, Barwig, Of Wis, NJ. A.
Smith, of Ariz., Stevenson, of Idaho,
Joseph, of New Mexico, and Game, of
Utah. No member of the committee
has yet been selected for either of the
Dakotas or for Oregon. The Senate
rial members Of the committee are
German, chairman, Mcpherson, Black
burn, Cockrill and Jones, of Arkansas.
The gag rules under which the pres
ent House will work were adopted by a
strict party vote of 16l to AS.
If the Senate committee on Privileges
and Elections decide the Montana cases,
which were heard Saturday, on the
law and tn 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 Repub-
lican contestants that the majority will
have the effrontery to report in favor
of seating them. The report will be
made this week.
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 taken
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.
The Blair educational bill is the
football of the Senate. 1t was kicked
aside last week to pass the bill estab-
fishing Territorial government in
Oklahoma, but will bob up serenely
this week as unfinished business. A
vote may be reached on it this week,
but it is somewhat doubtful.
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, firm of which
Mr.. Harrison was member. The
question is, will he sign bill appro.
| priating money for his own benefit, OF
will he let it become law without
signing it? It's dollars to brass but.
tons that he don't veto it.
The Republicans are not having
smooth sailing in the preparation of q
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 il
ready by the first of March. The
whole truth of the matter is, the tariff
reform idea is spreading so rapidly thai
it is getting among the Republicans
and unless the Ways and Means Com
mittee report a very different bill from
what Chairman Mckinley started out
to make, it will never be passed by the
House. The new rules are pretty far.
reaching but they cannot accomplish
everything, as will be discovered be.
| fore this session ends.
The regular annual convention Of
the woman's rights people opens here
tomorrow.
| Listen men and brethren. The pen
sion Office asks for a deficiency appro.
priation of $2l 500, 900 to carry it uT
to the first of July TAR HEEL.
Iss Excellent Qualities.
Commend to public approval the Cali
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