The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-08-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Special Correspondence COLUMBIA HERALD.
WASHINGTON, Aug H.-Representa-
tive Wilson, of West Virginia, the chair
man of the Executive committee OF the
National Association OF Democratic
Clubs, which met i'll Now Ork this
week, and several other members of tie
committee came back to Washington
much pleased. The meeting was Sc
cret one and of course the members OF
the committee will not talk for publlca-
ton other than in ajgeneral way OF what
was done, but it can be stated without
any violation of confidence that the
meeting was in every sense OF the WORD
successful one and that the reports
received were of the most encouraging
nature, showing the rapid growth of
democratic clubs to be without precen-
dent in the annals of political organiZa-
tions, and adding to the confidence
which each member felt before the
meeting that the man nominated by the
next democratic national convention
would be the next President of the
United States.
In the absence of anything more inn
portant the resignation of the negro
demagogue, Frederick Douglass, as
minister to Hayti, was much discussed
here this week. When Douglass was
first Informed by a newspaper man that
his resignation had been accepted, he
was disposed to blackguard the admin
istration and the State department
particularly for having forced him out
of the diplomatic service, but later,
probably on promise OF some other
office, he changed around completely
and insisted that he had been misunder-
stood by the first newspaper man, and
that his resignation had been entirely
voluntary. This is simple rot as it has
been an open secret here for many
months that the State department
wanted to get rid of Douglass, but that
Mr.. Harrison hesitated to dismiss him
for fear of the effect it might have on
the negro delegates to the republican
nominating convention next year. Ac-
cOrding to his own statements Douglass
has spent the greater portion OF his
time in Hayti in pushing through prl
Vate claims againstithe Haytian govern
| ment. Notwithstanding the genera
| belief that Mr.. Blaine wishes to send &
white man of ability to Hayti, In order
| to secure the Mole st Nicholas for
coaling station, half a dozen negroes
have already filed application for the
place, and some are reported TO nave
| made threats that Harrison dare no
| appoint a white man to position tina
| Cleveland filled with negro. A proml
| mont Republican told me TO day that M
appointment would be made until after
| Congress meets.
| Owing to the peculiar distribution o.
the available vessels of our navy thu
| only vessels that the navy departmen
could order to China with any hope o.
| getting them there in time to assist II
| protecting American interests shoul(
| the revolution in that country prove a.
serious as expected, had to be takel
from the Behring Sea fleet. The Char
| lesion, Marion and Alert have oeel
| ordered to proceed TO CHINA. Inc
Charleston is at San Francisco and 1t
| thought at the Navy Department tina
she can sail on the 15inst. She viii
| proceed direct to Shanghai, and he
| commander has been directed to max
all the speed possible. Tho MCnocac.
| l. Ill u
she is too unSeawOrthy to make the trl
to Chinese waters.
One of the important results of th
meeting of Democratic Clubs held Il
| New York city this week, is the open
ing of a bureau of information in Wash
ington, under the management of tina
| committee which shall be ready ant
| willing at all timos to furnish politica
| information to democratlc organlZatlon
This bureau will be opened just as 500
| as the necessary arrangements can b
| perfected and, in the meantime, MI
Lawrence Gardner, the ei1icient Score
tary of the National association, vii
take pleasure in answering ANY IL
| quiries that may be addressed to him d
his office in this city.
1t is reported that Mr.. Harrison ma
made bid for the Pacific Cease delegs
ton to the nominating converting b.
rendering the appointment as minlste
| to China to Senator Squire, of Washing
The Fifty-first annual meeting of tn
Association of American Agriculture
Colleges is in session here. There ar
about seventy delegates present, re
presenting nearly all the agriculture
colleges and experiment stations in tn
country.
The last member of the Cabinet,
the person of Acknowledgement Mile
has gone on a vacation, leaving tn
question of whether citizens OF Chin
will be allowed to land in this oountr
who may wish to visit the World
Fair, which has teen referred TO nm D
the TransnrY denartment, unanswereC