The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Special Correspondence COLUMBIA HERALD.
MIR. Harrison's enjoyment of his vaca-
ton will not be- enhanced by the knowl-
edge of the fact that he has made big
mistake i'll bargaining with Senator
QUAY for the PennsVlVania delegation
to the next republican national conven-
ton, as 1t is now apparent that Mr..
Quay will not be able to control the
delegation without a bitter fight, If he
can then. Such Il fight always Leaves Il
bad condition OF affairs as Mr.. Har-
risOn well knows from personal
experience in his own State, which
bodies no good to the individual who
benefits by the triumph. This state
OF a1tairs.i is specially dlsquieting to
Mr.. Harrison, because it has been
his policy ever since he openly entered
the field for denomination, to avoid
anything like fight i'll any state. He
wants IL 10 appear that his nomination
is spontaneously demanded by the
rank and file of his party. In tho mean
time patronage and promises are being
used for all they are worth to add TO
this spontaneous" feeling among the
people.
IL is u very difficult matter to keep
anything secret after it has been dis
cuSSe1 with Government official, be
that official the President or one of the
heads of departments. Therefore 1t Is
not surprising that the principal object
of the mysterious visit of Col. 1nger-
soil and John w. Mackay to the White
House last week. should have leaked out.
IL is as yet known to very few, but one
of the number has given it TO me. The
two distinguished gentlemen were Oh u
, subsidy "boOdle' hunt. They had al
ready received the endorsement of Sec
rotary Blaine, and they came here for
that of Mr.. Harrison, and there is rea-
SON to believe they got it. The scheme
is to lay cable between some point,
not yet decided upon, in the United
States and Brazil, and the expectation
of the promoters OF project Is that the
subsidies that will be- obtained from
this Government and that of Brazil will
be more than enough to lay the cable.
The idea Is to be popularized by giving
out the statement that the cable, like
the subsidized steamships, Is ueces-
sary before we can receive the full ben
etits OF reciprocity with Brazil. 1t isn't
considered very probable that any
thing involving the payment Of a sub
sidy will be very popular with the
House of the FiIty-Second Congress.
Secretary Rusk assumed, under act OF
Congress, control of the Weather bu-
reau last Wednesday, and Mr.. Harri-
son appointed Prof. NJ. w. Harrington,
of the University of Michigan, chief OF
the bureau in place OF Gen. Greeley. 1t
is very much feared that this Is the first
step toward making a partisan politi-
cal machine out of bureau that has
hitherto been Kept comparatively Tree
from politics.
Another EEK mas D00n comfortably
provided for by the appointment of EN-
Congressman Simonds, of Connecti-
cut, to be Commissioner of Patents,
in place OF Charles l.. Mitchell of the
same State, whose resignation was
handed in some time ago. This ap-
pointment leaves several heads very
sore, one particularly sore being that
of a Chicago man who thought he had
'cinch" ON disappointment.
Jesse Seligman, the wan street
banker at whose house Secretary Fos-
ter stopped when he went to New York
much interest the Wall Street people
were willing to pay on the extended
over this week to learn why the an
, nouncelnent carrying out his orders had
not been made. He was probably sat
istied when told that the administration
was simply going through the form OF
considering the matter for the purpose
OF BAN boozling the people, and that in
due time the official announcement
would be made fixing the intorest at
the Wall Street figures, 2 per cent,
Mr.. Harrison left to-day for Cape May
Point, where he goes to hear what the
wild waves are saying about his re-
nomination aud other things in which
he is Interested, Private Secretary
HalfOrd informs the public that the
executive Office will be removed to the
same place next week, and that 1t Will
probably remain there for five or six
weeks.
The administration is in pickle with
the Labor organizations. just as Sec
retarY Foster WAS about to capitulate
to the knights of Labor by giving en-
ployment in the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing to the seven knights, who
were discharged by Chief Meredith, the
Federation of Labor steps up ana warns
HIM to do it at his peril, which leaves
him ."between the devil and the deep
sea- as il were.