The Russellville Democrat., 1891-09-03
FOSTERS VISION
He has a Propensity to See Everything in
 the Rosiest Light.
The Army of ssEx's'' Marching on to Washington and Besieging the
 Department.
WAsnrSeroN, D. O., August %.

NASHINGION, D. I.s August -d. Secretary Foster is in fair way
 of earning the title of the "Col.
 Sellers of the administration" from bis propensity to see everything in its rosiest light. About the first of
 July he was telling every one of the l great benefits which would follow the extension of the S51 1000, 1000 Of 4 1-2 per cent. bonds at per cent !, and how glad the national bauks would be to take all that might be surrendered by private parties in order that they might increase their circulation. Now that the ex ension of the bonds has proven fizzle, no55 half of them having heen pres nted for extension, one would. suppose that Mr. Foster would feel bad enough to at least keep quite. Not he. He is, according to his own statement, not at all disappointed over the failure of his first large financial transaction, ana he breaches from the text of what g pod thing it is for the "dear people" thet S25 ,000, 1000 or $30, 1000, 900 is to be put in circulation by the re- demption of these bonds, and how much good this increase in the circu- lation will do business circles. He reminds one of the young physician who, when asked how he was mak- ing out in family where he was at- tending woman in confinement, said: "The mother is dead and the child is dead, but 1 hope to pull the fatber through"
 Representative Mills has gone over to New York, and it is probl- bic that while there he will make little invC sligation into statement made here few days ago that the New York delegation was divided in it's choice for speaker as follows: Crisp, 16; McMillin, 6; Mills, 1. The statement was made by mem- Der of Tammany Hall, but it's accu racy was at once questioned by Mir. Mills friends, who claim to have the best of evidence to prove that it was wrong in every case. MT. Mills will go to Ohio shortly to make speeches in the campaign.
 The noble army of ''ex's'' is again marching upon Washington, each and every member of it anxious to get the place which is to be vacated by Secretary Proctor, who has been formally notiied that he is to be ap- pointed to serve out the uuexpired term of Mir. Edmunds in the United States senate, and those who fail will at least have the satisfaction of knowing that they have temporarily got out of the obscurity into which they had sunk, by having their names mentioned as possibilities for the vacant seat in the cabinet by the obliging newspapers. If you have a curiosity to see these names get a copy of the last Congressional Direc tory and check off the names ot all the men who retired from congress with the Fifty first congress, and you will have correct list of them. It is said that tue New England senators have demanded of MT. Harrison that he shall appoint man from that sec ton to the vacancy, and that the Re- publicans of the Northwestern states have made like demand. Mir. Har- rison will place the appointment where it will fetch the most votes for Harrison in the next Republican national convention, no matter who it may please or displease, and the belief here is that the place will go to ex Governor Cheney, of New Hamp- shire, unless Gen. Alger can be per suaded to accept it.