Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-11-28
WASHINGTON.

SA~NON. FORAKER, VINO is mere III at
tendance upon the meeting of the
Republican National Committee,
held today, while he refuses
to talk for publication, loses no
opportunity to let his personal friends
understand that Mr.. Blaine has
promised him his aid in the fight he
is making against Sherman. In con-
sequence of the effect of the free
champagne which was plentiful all
day around the hotel at which there
publican committee held its meeting,
one of Foraker's friends related the
following as the BlaineNForaker pro-
gram: "You know, of course, that
Blaine dislikes Sherman and will be
glad to see him end his public career
by being defeated for the Senate; but
you probably do not know that there
IS yet stronger incentive for Blaine
to combine with Foraker, and that is
to prevent Ohio sending a Mckinley
delegation to the republican nominal
ting convention next year. McKin-
ley is Blaine's pet aversion and how
ever the Senatorship contest may
end, Foraker has undertaken, in eX-
change for Blaine's influence against
Sherman, to control the State delega>
ton to the national convention and
to prevent the name of Mckinley
being presented to that convention.
Chairman j. S. Clarkson, of the
Republican National Committee, has
always rather prided himself on be.
ing known as practical politi-
cian," and if the story that is being
told of his action concerning the de-
cision of the committee as to the
next meeting place of the republican
national convention be true, he is
certainly the most practical" poll.
tician ever at the head OF a national
committee. The story is that Mr..
Clarkson let it be known to the lead
ing men in the delegations from the
competing cities, that he would like
to know in writing, how much their
delegation could guarantee as a re.
publican campaign contribution next
year, and that he also informed them
that he intended using his influence
which they well knew was all-power.
full, to have the committee decide in
favor of holding the convention in
the city which promised the largest
campaign contribution. 1t is further
said that this was actually done by
the several delegations or parts
of them, and that the decision
made this afternoon was really il
favor of the city which had, through
its delegation given a written guar
antee of larger cash contribution t
I the republican campaign fnnd thar
was offered by any OF its competitors
What think you of that for "prac
teal" politics. And the man from
whose practical" brain this yer!
practical" plan was evolved wa
: elected by unanimous vote of tn
3 committee to succeed to the vacanc,
t in the craftsmanship made by Sena
, tor Quay's resignation. a worth,
} successor indeed.
l The cares of administration may b
D great and pressing, but Mr., Harrison
3. does not forget to least an anchor t
5 windward" in the propititation of tn
Indiana "nigger" vote. One of then
Y d. f. Roberts, of Evansville-ha
been appointed Recorder Of tn
General Land Office, to take tn
place made vacant by the resignatio
of the negro preacher who went bac
= to Indiana for the openly avowe
= purpose of aiding to get a Harriso
=, delegation from that State.
All sorts of improbable stories con
: corning the Speakership contest ar
being told here for the purpose of aid
ing or injuring this or that candidate
but there has really nothing occurre
here during the week to either en-
courage or discourage any one of tn
candidates or his friends, althoug
it is believed that something ma
have taken place in New York cit
during the latter part of last weeI
O when several of the candidates wei
over there, that may later on have a
@ important bearing upon the resul
:. but even that is suppOsition, for tn
!. conferences which took place in Ne
o York were secret and none of thOs
q who attended any Of them care to sa
% at this time what was done. 1t
q now apparent that the majority ,
v the Members of the House will NJ
# arrive in Washington until aft,
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