Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our + regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 1891.

Mr.. Harrison is certainly unfortunate
in one thing. Only those persons
holding office or those who are reach
ing greedily after office favor his
denomination. Rabert Small, the ne
gro ex-congressman, from South Caro-
lima, who is drawing federal salary
In that state, dropped into Washing
ton last week, and, having succeeded
by some hook or crook in getting him
self interviewed by reporter of re-
spectacle paper, proceeded to euloglze
Harrison and to say if the Southern re-
publicans could dictate the nomination
it would certainly go to him; he cast
Blaine anchor to windward by saying
that the opposition which once existed
among Southern republicans to Mr..
Blaine was now entirely gone and that
they would gladly support him If he
was nominated. The next Harrison
man to turn up in Washington was
x-Representative McComas, of Mary
land, who by his reason of his support
ING the Force Bill was defeated for re-
election In district which is strongly
republican. Mr.. McComas is banker
inc after a seat on the Federal bench;
therefore it is not strange that he
should say that during tour of the
northwestern states he fonnd the peo-
nile all believing that Blaine was too
foval to Harrison to become a candi-
date and that Harrison deserved re-
nomination and would get it. No
such reports have been brought in by
disinterested observers.
If Secretary Noble has not got tired
of saving that he has not resigned and
does not intend to, the people are tired
of hearing it. Just to show how pub
lie opinion regards the matter it may
he mentioned that a sporting man
stood in the lobby of a hotel which
was crowded with people and offered
to bet from $50 to $1,000 that Noble
was out of the Cabinet by January,
and there were no takers.
Senator Chandler, chairman of the
Senate committee on immigration, has
fred the first gun in what might be a
very serious fight in Congress by writ
ing letter to the Secretary of the
Treasury setting forth his views as to
the legality of that officials action In
accepting bonds, insuring that they
should uot become public charge
and permitting the landing of any
prohibited class(the Russian Jews
permitted to land, upon the jews o.
this country giving bond to the
Treasury Opt. that they should moi
become charge on the public, are
the targets aimed att.
Mr.. Chandler says that Congrss new
er intended, when the prohibitory
laws were enacted, to authorize any
such system, and it is fair to pre-
sumo that he intends to have the mat
ter aired in Congress.
The cattle on the Cherokee striI
NAV be the cause of quite an admin
istration row when Harrison comes
back. 1t is said that the proposed
scheme to have them remain ther'
by temporarily transferring the title
to them to individual Indians, wa
first suggested to the cattle barons b.
prominent official of the Interior
and now Asst. Secy. Chandle
says that the ruse is entirely too thin
and that it will not be allowed. w
shall see who wins.
When the Weather Bureau passet
under the control of the Agricultur
al Dept, the statement was made tha
Francis E. Nipher, ofSt. Louis, woult
have been placed in charge of it hat
he not declined to state his politics
This was vehemently denied at tn
time by Secretary Rusk, but it wa
nevertheless true. Prof. Nipher VIII
is now attending the meetings of tn
American Association for the advance
ment of Science, says that after 81:
months persuasion he had agreed t
take the position, but when he receiv
ed telegram from member Of tn
Cab met reading: "What are your poll