Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-04-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April q, 1891.

Representative Springer, not to be
behind the other candidates for the
speakership of the House, has given
out, in the shape of a newspaper inter-
view, statement Of his position upon
the various questions now before the
country. Needless to say he stands on
good democratic ground. His opinion
on New York politics, expressed in the
same interview, has excited much com
ment here. He says that Representa-
tive Roswell P. Flower, who was the
chairman of the democratic congress
sional committee last year, will certain
~ be nominated for Governor of New
York this year, and If he is elected by
aphenominally large majority, as he
thinks he will be, he will be the Pres-
dental nominee of the party next year.
Such prominent South Carolinians
as Ex-Governor Thompson, now the
democratic Civil Service Commission
er, say that the telegraph reports of a
movement in South Carolina for the
desertion of the Democratic party by a
large number of white men who will
act with the republicans in future, is
news to them, and they all express
themselves as not believing such
movement possible in that state.
The fact that Harrison has long been
jealous of Blaine, is apparent, but sto-
ry that l recently stumbled upon
makes it out even worse case than I
thought it to be. Russell Harrison, ac-
cording to my information, is travelling
with the Presidential party, took occa-
sion before leaving Washington to in
innate to several people whom he
thought to be unfriendly toward Mr..
Blaine, that he thought it a shame that
his father, who had been forced to al
most resort to compulsion to prevent
MIR. Blaine taking steps towards con-
ciliating the Italian Government,
should be deprived of the credit for the
firm stand taken by this Government
in that matter, when it was to him and
to him alone that it was due. Russell
also said tina" Father may find it nee
essary to break with Mr.. Blaine in or
der to place himself in the proper light
before the people". Poor things!
The republican post-offlce officials
are indulging in great deal of self con-
graduation over the establishment of
post-offices on several lines of ocean
steamers for the distribution of mail
matter in transit, which is exploited as
something entirely new, and due to
the fertile Wanamaker brain. Away
back in the Buchanan administration
similar offices were maintained by the
lake steamers that ran into Chicago,
and If brother Wanamaker will exam
inc the records of his Office when he re-
turns, he will find some useful pointers
on the conduct ofsteamboat post-offices
and mail business in general. The
steamship post-office is an excellent
idea but 1t did not originate with Mr..
Wanamaker.
The grippe has got Attorney Gener-
al Miller, which compelled the govern
ment to ask for weeks continuance
of the Sayard case, which was to have
been called up to-day. This case, it
will be remembered, bears upon the
Behring sea dispute.
Secretary Proctor went to Vermont
to look after his marble quarries, and
incidentally to clinch thei bargain he
is believed to have long ago made to
succeed Senator Edmunds. / should
like to know exactly the number of
days that Mr.. Proctor has spent in his
Office in the War department since he
became member of the cabinet. No
cabinet officer in my time has ever
touched hisrecord as an absentee.
When Secretary Tracy's order for an
alleged competitive examination in the
New York and Norfolk navy yards was
issued, Representative Bowden, of Vir-
ginia, who lives in the Norfolk district
came post haste to Washington to find
out what it meant. Before having a
talk with Secretary Tracy he was very
blue but afterwards he was all smiles
and said "Oh, ali of my constituents
will pass the examination and be re-
appointed" Did Tracy let him see the
inside of the humbug?