Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-10-24
WASHINGTON.

me t1arrlSOn crOWu nave Deen SnaK-
en- up from center to circumference
by Mr.. Blaine's letter explaining his |
position in relation to the Mckinley |
tariff bill, They appear to regard
the letter as Mr. Blaine's pronun-
ciamento, issued to inform his special
friends and followers that he is still
in the political ring. And if repub-
lican opinion here is q fair reflection
of it elsewhere, it looks very much
like a gigantic Blaine boom was
about to be launched on the country,
and that Bre'r Harrison was to be
crowded out of the hurrah, if such a
thing can be done. One thing is
very certain, Mr.. Blaine's letter,
which contains about nine parts en-
dorsement of the Blaine reciprocity
idea to one of the Mckinley tariff
act, is not the work of a sick man,
but of very shrewd, wide-awake
politician, who is more intent upon
pushing his own fortunes than upon
helping Mckinley. The fact is that
Mr.. Blaine will never forgive Maj.
Mckinley for snubbing him by ig-
noring every suggestion he made
when the original Mckinley bill was
being constructed, and while he is
too strict a party man to oppose Nc
Kinley's election he would not grieve
any to see him defeated.
The officials Of the State depart
ment are apparently never so happy
as when deceiving the public. After
repeatedly denying that our minister
to China, who by the way happens
to be a good democrat-Gen. Denvy
of Indiana-had been instructed t.
join with the other powers in the re
cent demand made upon China fo
the protection of foreigners residen
in that country, they now acknowl
edge that such instructions were sen
to him some time ago. There may
be times when these officials woulC
be justified in temporarily keeping
knowledge in their possession from
the public, but there is never an.
time when miscellaneous by official
arc justifiable, and least of all ar
they justifiable in this case, whicl
may involve the country in war.
Civil Service Commissioner Roose
welt is again at his desk, and he i
apparently trying to prevent tn
/, clerks in the government servic
from being bull-dozed into givin
up their money to political collectors
He says he intends to have bill in
troduced in the next Congress t
make it a crime to send circulars t
D office-holders asking them to max
political contributions. Mr.. Roost
welt may be perfectly honest, but h
should not have prolonged his vacf
ton until the departments had bee
"worked," if he really wished to pu
a stop to this evil.
n Mr.. Harrison made an exceller
short speech on international Arb
0 tration to the Methodist Ecumenicf
> Conference Saturday. Secretarit
A Noble and Foster also mad
z speeches.
1 There is a rumor that Mr.. Harr
3 son is trying to make some sort of
: combination to secure the support {
0 General Russell A. Alger, who
2 now in Washington, it is said, by r,
0 quest of Mr.. Harrison. 1t seen
Q queer to see so much trouble bein
Q taken to capture an empty honor.
n A special train carried a lars
crowd of Washington people to Il
funeral of the late Representative v
H. F. Lee, which took place Satu
day afternoon at his late residenc
', Ravensworth, Virginia.
y Rev. James M. Townsend, the i
u d diana colored clergyman who was
a. 1889 made Recorder of the Gener
g Land Office, has resigned, for Il
purpose of returning to Indiana.
was at first rumored that the colort
at preacher-politician was going bat
I, home to fight Harrison's renomin
&c ton, but the fact has now leaked o
that he goes at the special request
= Harrison, to see if he cannot que
the anti-Harrison, feeling which h
of late shown itself to be rath
strong among the colored voters
IL IL that State, as it would seriously j
as terfere with the Harrison pr
r. gramme to have it stated upon t
ct floor of the republican national co
lg vention that any considerable bot
of voters in his own state We're O
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