Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-16
WASHINGTON.

travelling, to anything else but a
united official family. Secretaries
Blaine and Foster have been unable
to agree upon Behring Sea matters,
and Mr.. Blaine has also been at log
gerheads with both Attorney Gener-
al Miller and Secretary Tracy on the
authority of this Government to seize
upon the open sea the ship ltata,
which was recently seized at San
Diego, California, and went Off with
the U. S. Marshal on board, but al
lowed him to go ashore after getting
outside the harbor, and which is sup
posed to belong to the CHILEAN insur-
gents. Mr.. Blaine contends that we
have no right to interfere with the
vessel unless she is inside the three
mile limit, and Messrs. Tracy and
Miller that we have right to seize
her wherever found.
Mr.. Blaine has not added much to
his attachment for Mr.. Harrison
since that gentleman has been away,
for several reasons. He has used
language, so l am informed by one
of Mr.. Blaine's friends, in telegraph
ing to Mr.. Blaine, that meant pre-.
cisely what the young Emperor of
Germany so undiplomatically ex>
pressed recently by saying: 81 alone
am master in this country" and as
he has never dared to take such pc.
sition in his personal contact with
the Secretary of State, it very nat
urally offended him that he should
do 80 by wire. Then, as If to add in
suit to injury, came Russell Harri-
sons fool editorials in his newspaper
about Mr.. Blaine having bound him
self before entering the Cabinet to re-
main loyal to Mr.. Harrison. Mr.
Blaine finally became so disguised
that he went to New York and left
orders that everything that came to
the State department was to be kept
until Mr.. Harrison returned.
"And when he does return" said
my informant, "there will be &
mighty interesting conversation be-
tween Blaine and Harrison that viii
either result in bringing Mr.. Harri'
son down from his high horse, or il
taking Mr.. Blaine out OF the Cabi
net and making him the republican
nominee for the Presidency in fac
it may result in both. Mr.. Blaine j,
not the man to allow his dignity t
he trifled with by anybody, and n,
certainly does not propose to stand i
from a man of Harrison's calibre."
The cry of "British gold" has beer
used by the republican party in pas
with such good results that ex-Sena
tor Warner Miller proposes using it t,
boom his Nicaragua Canal scheme
which is at present languishing 70
lack of gold of any kind. He cam
to Washington direct from an in
spection of the canal, which as We
consists of little more than surveyors
stakes, in order to fix up things wit
the administration to push tn
scheme next winter for having thi
Government guarantee the paymen
of $1,000 900 of bonds to be issue
by the company, and to drop a hin
that if it was not done Englan
would furnish the money. Secretar
Tracy strongly endorses the schem
and says that we have either got t
build the canal or build and main
tain a separate navy for the Pacifi,
Nobody doubts the desirability {
having the canal, but it is not at a
probable that the democratic HOus
will be willing to pledge the cred
of this country in order to raise 800
t 100000, to be spent under the dire
+ ton of republican machine. Whe
p. Mr.. Miller and his associates came
Congress to get the charter for tn
l company the statement was mac
over and over that all the none
needed to build the canal had bee
pledged by private parties; nov
after having spent about one-twel
tieth of its estimated cost, the comps
ny is practically at a stand-still fl
lack of funds.
The republican leaders here a
growing uneasy over the news the
are getting of the rapid growth of Il
Farmers Alliance in Ohio. The
=. know that Mckinley on a high pr
!. lection platform will not be swallow
e ed by the Alliance folks.
( Ex.Secretary Bayard is visitil
:. friends in Washington. He DECLINE
!. = to express his opinion of the job !
~ of foreign complications that UnC
4. Sam now has on hand.
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