Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-06
WASHINGTON LETTER,
(From our regular correspondent.)

| There Is no longer room lor uoupt
that Nr. Blaine's friends propeas
ming war upon Mr.. Harrisonoks'
candidacy. They have come y the
conclusion that there is nof0 other
way OF silenclng the masked Bate
ries of the Harrison fo5ces which
have been pcrsistently sheliing
Blaine at every opportunity. A re-
publican whose relations to the re-
publican machins are intimate and
influential said to a republican friend
knere:. Blaine dosenst want the NOM
,nation,s and he is perfectly willing
that Harrison shall haveit; but his
friends are not. They have receiv.
ed but little recognition from Har-
rlson, and that little under protest,
during bis frst administration, and
they know that they may expect
less should he be again elected, there
fore they propose taking the matter
in their own hands by seeing that
Blaine is nominated, even if it is
against his wishes.
THIS movement is the direct outs
come Of the belief that there has
been Systematic effor. on the part
OF Mr.. HArrison's immediate family
and close friends, first to beiittle the
work which Mr.. Blame has done a.
Secretary Of State. and later taedfise'
him out Of public life BY misrcpre-
sentlng sbe slate Of his health, and
it is difficult to find an intelligent
man in Washington, no matter what
his political opinion may be, who
does not believe that such an effort
has not been made. and not a few of
them believe that Mr.. Harrison was
fully cognizant of what was being
done, notwithstanding his profession
of the most cordial friendship for
Mr.. Blaiae.
Treasury department officials
seem to have no difficulty In interp-
reting the law just as the leaders Of
the republican party wish it interpret
ed. A case in point is the decision
OF the Commissioners of Immigration
that kill5d tin plate workers may
be brough. to the country under
contract without violating the law,
Such a dcIsion was necessary in
order to bolster up the manufacture
of tin plate, which has grown so
rapidly, on paper, since the McKln-
ley bill became law, and it was
promptly gwen, on the ground, to
quote the Official language OF the
Commissioner that the law plainly
intended that skilled labor may be
imported into the United States to
do the work of an industry not yet
established, provided skilled work
mon in that industry cannot be
found among our own peoples 1
that be the porper construction o.
the alien contract law it is now in
order for the Chicago merchant tc
enquire why he was compelled to
send the tAo Japanese Jinritska men
back to Japan. That would, GER.
tainly have been new industry
The continued absence OF Com,
| missioner Raum from his post o.
duty is exciting much uniavorable
comment. Up to July l, he had
been away foroi his Office 240 days
and on the 8, of the month bo wenl
away and has not yet returned. All
this time be is supposed to be devo-
ting to his private business while
he draws . salary of $4,000 year
to devote his time to the business Of
the pension bureau; but it may be
set down as certain that his superior
officers believe that he is also doing
some work for Mr.. Harrison among
the old soldiers or he would not be
allowed to spend so much time away
from his Office,
A number Of republicans Of prom
inence have been here trying to
persuade Indian Commissioner Nor
gan to reverse his recently announ.
ced anti-Catholio policy in running
the Indian schools; they told him
that his action would cost the repub.
lican party thousands Of Catholic
votes, and that it was not justified
by the facts. which show that much
good has been done in the Inoiau
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