The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-09
SPITEFUL RADICALS.
POLICE INTERFERENCE WITH
DEMOCRATIC SALUTES.
Harrison Believed to Have Given the
Order-Blaine and His Reciprocity Idea.
AHorde of Onice seeIters-Quay's Down
faIi-washipgton Notes.

| faIi-washiDgton Notes.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. s. Special. +
The Republicans who are feeling so yesy
sore over their great defeat the other day
have not the grace to even try to appear
good-natured. They take their defeat as
much to heart as would girl who has been
Tilted. They show their chagrin in way
| which is almost childish and certainly ma
licious. The Democrats had decided
that they would fire salute in
honor of what they had done.
SO they got permission from the chief
of police and took a battery to the grounds
lust back of the White House. Fouror five
shots had been fired when a squad Of police
men came up and ordered them TO stop.
The battery was then taken TO the Wash
ington monument grounds, but again were
the preventive police on hand. Finally the
salute was fired on the Potomac flats. TIL e
interference Of the authorities was very
small exhibition OF spite. Never before has
such a thing occurred here. when
the Democrats were III power
Republicans fired salutes almost under the
Presidents windows, and nobody stepped
in 10 interfere. Ii is said that the order
through the army officer who is superinten-
dent of public buildings and grounds, had
its origin in President Harrison himself. Ii
would not be surprising If such were the
case. Ii would be just about Mr..
HarrisOn's size TO do such thing.
Evidently he is in no enyiable
state OF mind, and remark Of the New
York sun to-day concerning him is well
made. The sun says that he will not write
his Thanksgiving proclamation with the
ieryid feeling that such document ought
to breathe. But then, as the sun adds, 1t is
rather hard to expect n turkey to write Il
good Thanksgiving proclamation.
TREASURER HUsToN's DISGUST
United Estates. Treasurer Huston. who did
so much for HarrisOn's election, and who is
one Of the leading Republican managers,
could give the President and the other spite
ful Republicans few points in taking their
defeat philosophically. | asked him to-day
what he thought of the result. His reply
was: "Soup is very good thing to eat, but
do not like to swim around in it,"
APPLICANTS FOR OFFICE.
There are going to be good many eX-
members Of Congress on the list of candi-
dates for places under the next House. EX-
Congressman Clark. OF Missouri, wants tO
be Clerk of the House. Mr. Grsner, of
Georgia, wants the same thing. Mr. Law
Ter, of Chicago, wants to be Sergsant-at-
Arms Mr.. LeedOm. OF Ohio, under whose
former administration Of the office SilcOtt
got away with so much money, is said to
desire TO again be sergeant-at-Arms.
Mr.. Morgan, Of Mississippi, wants
10 be doorkeeper, and Judge Mccarthy, of
New York. has similar ambition. Others
will be added to this list. 1t is a hard thing
for a man who has been in the House to let
90 OF life in Washington. The large ma
iorily Of those who tail of reelection begin
u look around for some business which VIII
keep them here, and il the House is in line
with their politics, a goodly number Of them
enGeayOr To attach themselves to that body
in some official capacity.
QUAY's FALL.
Poor Mr.. Quay What a fall his has
been! He was AN absolute boss and dcta-
tor. Now he is nothing but plain Sena-
tor. the people of whose State have branded
him for lack of both personal and political
integrity and for presuming that they were
as nothing and he as all. And now comes a
blow from the administration itself. Be
fore the elections Mr.. Quay dispensed all
of the Pennsylvania patronage. No one
could get a Federal office in that
State unless he had the Quay stamp
Of approval on him. But times have
changed. The pension agent at Pitts
Ourg, Barclay by name, resigned, and Of
course Quay had man for the place. But
representative DalZell, one of the anti
QUAY men within the Republican party,
had man too, IL. III. BengOugh. The PEN
sion agency has been filled and Dalzell's
man gets it. Dalzell and Quay have had Il
number Of patronage lights about
the spoils that were Pittsburg's
share, and Quay has heretofore dOwned
DalZell. But that was before the
election. In the first bout between them,
after the election, it is Quay who goes down
TO Join McGinty. 1t is evident that il is time
for him TO bid long farewell 10 his great
ness. But he will not be lonesome. lie will
nave Reed and other company too numerous
10 mention.
BLAINE AND RECIPROCITY.
Mr.. Blaine is quick to see the adyan-
tageOus position in the Republican party
which the recent political upheayal has left
him. He, Of all prominent Republicans,
stands up as having been In some measure
endorsed by the events OF last Tuesday. He
was about the only one in the crowd who
had not run Tariff and Force bill mad. lie
was not for the Force bill, and he was
against the Mckinley Dill, ana put INTO II
its only redeeming feature-that OF re-
ciprOcity. And now he is going 10
work that failure as best he can
for the benefit of himself aud party. The
reciprocity clause empowers the President
to make commercial agreements with GER
tain countries. The work necessarily must
be done through the Secretary OF State,
and Mr.. Blaine is going 70 enter upon 1t
heart and soul He homes In the near future
to have arranged commercial dealings
with other countries upon the basis
of lower tariff, for which the people
have pronounced. He thinks that in
this way some of the ground which
the Republicans have lost can be regained.
If anybody suspects that the Hon. james
G.. Blaine is not a shrewd politician a great
mistake is made by that person. The ques-
ton Is, Can he succeed in the task which he
now undertakess The chances and the
fates seem 10 be against him.