The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-11-21
WASHINGTON,
tIfrom our regular eorresrondent,l


Senator Quay has by unanimous con
sent been selected as the republican Jonah,
and there exists the bcst Of reasons for be-
lieving that he will be asked to retire, not
only from the charmanshlp OF the rcrub
lican national committee, but t0 resign his
membership I; would have been done
before now. but that the question of what
TO do with ] $ ciarkson has not been dc
eidet. ClarkSou Is vice chairman Of the
committee and has always beeh an humble /
tool OF Qusy's, and there is feeling a.
mong influential republicans against hls
being made chairman of the committee, /
as he would naturally expect, when Quay !
retircs. AS soon, as n satisfactory solution |
OF that difficulty ID reached, Mr. Quay will
receive wha, the boys call the "graud
bounce" Quay Is now In Florida, and
Clarkson Is also down south somewhere.
They both thought Il good time for dis
appearing for awhile.
Mr. Harrison Is having 4 terrible time
over the Fcree bill, Sir Blaine, whose pre-.
dietions about the ,aliE have materallzed
so soon, and few other promincn, repub-
llcans are Try Ing 10 persuade him to let the
Force bill alone In his message to congress,
which he /. now preparing and the radical
el,ment In his party which embraces
nine ten,hs of its recognized leaders, ate
urging him to Insist upon the immediate
passage by the senate OF ths bill Mr. liar
rison Is very badly frightened a, the tor
nado OF popular disarprchation that struck
hts administration ard party on election
daJ, and would mos, willingly take Mr.
Blaine's advice, but for the fact ,hat hc had
| committed himself In favor Of thr Force
bill last summer.
/ Senator Blackburn has made public a
scene ~ hich took place in q senate com
mi,tre room las. summer where he vas the
only democrat present, and where Mr.
Blaine stated in the plalnest language that
II the McKinley bill, which was then
before the senate committee, was passed II
would ruin the republican party ami pre-
vent lis eleeiing the president in iS9s. lie
became 30 excited during his denunciation
Of the measure that Inc smashed new silk
ha, which was lying before him on table
Mr. Blaine has not changed his mind
twill be many day before the demo
Gratis get through enthusIng over The recent
election. Every train brings In prominent,
democrats, and every arrival means \ iresh
jubilee The local democrats fred a salute
of s. guns Friday night, although Col.
Erns, In charge Of public buildings and
grounds, did his best to prevent II by re-
iusing 10 give them permi, 10 are them
In the same place that the republicans
were granted a similar permit two years
ago, bat that didn't Prevent i;-nothIng
could. The guns were fired, and close
enough to the White House for SIR Harri.
son to enjoy the music.
Under th. administration, federal cgn-
ployrs arc slaves. An es,imAble lady clerk
In the Washington City Post-ofIice Is now
under suspension, because she repeated a
joyial remark OF a fellow clerk 10 Dick
Quay, a son of the senator. Dick present
.snted an order for tho senators mail at
the general delivery window and the lady
" ent back In the ofliSe and inquired where
the senators mali was. ''Oh he's dead, and
his mails gone 10 the dead letter Office"
said one Of the CLERKS laughingiy. The
lady walked back to the "indow and
thoughtlessly repeated the remarks TO
Dick, who, by the way, she did no; know.
He went 10 the post-oflice department and
reported the lady as having insu,ed him
and his father, and an order was issard to
the City postmaster for her Immediate
suspension.
MIR Wanamaker has not made popular
Official, but now that reports OF the pending
failure of his big Philadelphia finn are cir
culated, great deal of sympathy is ex-
pressed here for him, and 1t Is hoped that
the claims of his friends-he Is not here
that the rumor was originated by Jay
Gould for the purpose OF injuring Mr. Wan
amaker's credit, because OF his perslstency
in behalf of a postal telegraph system, to
which Mr. Gould Is opposed, NAV prove to
be true.
II Is not often that the leaders cf polit-
i:al party have - complain because they
are givcE too much by the voters of the
country, but that's about the conditionof
the democratic leaders. They fully ap-
preciatc the emphatic endorsement of the
principles of the party given by the pco-
pie, but they would have anticipated far
less trouble had their majority been about
hundred less in The next house--it Is now
50 large that 1t actually causes arxieiy.
The feeling that the short session of
congress will, In its anxiety TO pass poIiti-
cal legislation, neglect to pass all Of the
regular appropriation bills, and thus make
an extra session of the ffty-second con
gross, in the spring. necessary, TO provide
for the needs of tic government, has pre-
cipitated the campaign for :he speakership
and the other officers of the next house.