The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-08-27
CAPITAL GOSSIP.

CAPITAL GOSSIP.
Why has Mr.. Harrison cut short
h!s vacation and determined TO
return TO Washington early in Sep
tember? is the political coimdrum
of the week. Secretary Foster, who
brought the news of the change of
programme, says that it is because of
important business connected with
the Interior department which re
qnired President narrison's personal
attention. That gave speculation
wide range, and the consequence is
that every imaginable sort of Inn
portaHt business is being put
forward as the cause of this supposed
TO be sudden determination, but the
most generally believed story seems
to be that the 'important business
connected with the Interior depart.
ment" is the selection of some one to
take Secretary Noble's place, as
there is the best authority for stating
that Secretary Noble is extremely
anxious TO lay down his present
onerous burden as soon as he can do
so without embarrassment to his
chief. Many also believe that "a
change is to be made i'll the head of
the Pension Office, the most Important
as far as size and cost are concerned,
of the bureau under the Interior
department., but both of these places
have been changed so often that
there are naturally many doubters
now.
There is another important matter
under the supervision of the Interior
department that may have had some
thing to do with bringing the
President home ahead of the time
he expected to come. That depart
ment has brought all the power ut
its disposal to bear upon the cattle
barons who occupy what is known as
the omerockee outlet in order to get
them to comply with the law enacted
by the last Congress and remove
therefrOm. but if reports received
here are TO be relied upon not one of
them has moved or given the slightest
intimation of any such intention.
The matter will he called to Mr..
Harrison S attention as soon as he
comes back, and it is said that the
department officials will urge upon
him the necessity of removing the
violators of law by force.
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1t may be too that the new
reciprocity treaty with Venezuela,
which is said to need only Mr.. Harri'
sons approval and his official pro
clamaLion to 60 into effect, has had
something TO do with changing his
plans. There are also other things
which neeI attention. For instance,
it is generally conceded that coaling
station in the West Indies is neces-
sity for this Government, and accord
iEg to Fred Douglass our late
Minister to HaytI, we have no pros
pect of getting one from that country
at Mole st. Nicholas. Where shall
we get one! The report that the
German government was trying to
buy the Island OF st. Thomas has
brought to memory the fact that
Denmark, its owner, once as mark
of friendship offered to sell it to the
| United States for a nominal price,
and Secretary Seward, then at the
head Of the State department, agreed
to its purchase, but for some reason
it was never bought. It might be
bought now, If Germany has not al
ready got ahead of us. There is no
lack of important business to occupy
Mr.. HarrIson's attention when he
returns.
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The squabbie in the Pennsylvania
republican convention about the re
solution endorsing Blaine has been
much discussed by few politicians
of both parties who are now il
Washington, and they all agree that
it looks like the Blaine boom is to be
one of the regular features of the
campaign, instead of mere flash Ii
the pan, as some people had beer
disposed to regard it, and there seem!
also to be disposition on the part o.
all of them to believe that Mr.. Blaine
is bound to be nominated unless h.
positively forbids the use of his nam,
and there is growing imp essior
that he will not do that.
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4 New England republican, now il
Washington, has suggested curious
Presidential ticket which he say
would prove strong one if run on
platform which shall have no othe
planks except reciprocity and oppo
sition to sham civil service reform
The ticket winch he thinks wouIt
just fit that platform is Blaine, o
Maine, and Gordon, of Georgia
Truly, that would be a combination
of opposites, and handouts would
probably be required to keep i
together.
We have lots of people in Washing
ton this week, but no politics t