The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-11-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON ID G. Nov. 2, .fS


ance upon the meeting of the Republi.
can National Committee, held today,
while he refuses to talk for publication.
loses no opportunity to let his person
al friends understand that MIR. Blaine
has promised him his aid in the fight
he Is making against Sherman In
consequence Of the effect of the free
champagne which was plentiful all day
around the hotel at which the republi-
can committee held its meeting, one
OF Foraker's friends related the follow
ing as the Blaine-Foraker programme:
"You know, of course that Blaine dis
likes Sherman and will be glad to see
him end his public career by being tie
teated for the Senate but you proba-
bly, do not know that there is yet a
stronger incentive for Blame to com
bine with Foraker, and that is to pre-
vent Ohio sending Mckinley delega-
ton to the republican nominating con.
ventlon next year. McKinleyis Blaine's
pet aversion and however the Senator
ship contest may end, Foraker has un-
dertaken. in exchange for Blaine's in
fluence against Sherman to control the
State delegation to the national con
vention and to prevent the name Of
Mckinley being presented to that con-
vention.'
Chairman S. Clarkson, of the Re
publican National Committee, has al
ways rather prided himself on being
known as practical politician" and
if the story that is being told of his ac-
ton concerning the decision Of the
committee as to the next meeting
place of the republican national con
vention be true. he is certainly the
most practical politician ever at the
head of national committee. The
story is that Mr.. Clarkson let it be
known to the leading men in the dele
cations from the competing cities, that
he would Ike 20 know in writing, how
much their delegation could guarantee
as republican campaign contribution
next year, and that he also informed
them that he intended using his influ-
ence, which they we'll knew was all
powerful, to have the committee de
eide 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 after
noon was really in favor of the city
which had, through its delegation Civ
en- written guarantee of larger cash
contribution to the republican cam
paign fund than was offered by any of
its competitors. What think you of
that for practical politics ? And the
man from whose practical brain this
very 'practica" plan was evolved was
elected by unanimous vote of the COM
mittee to succeed to the vacancy in
the Craftsmanship made by Senator
Quays resignation. A worthy success
sor indeed
The cares of administration may be
grea. and pressing, but Mr. Harrison
does not forget to ''cast an anchor to
windward" in the Precipitation of the
Indiana ''nigger" vote. One of them
ID. +. Roberts, of Evansville has been
appointed Recorder of the General
Land Office, to take the place made
vacant by the resignation Of the negro
preacher who went back to Indiana
for the openly avowed purpose of aid
ing to get Harrison delegation from
that State.
All sorts Of improbable stories con-
corning the Speakership contest are
being told here for the purpose of aid
ing or injuring this or that candidate,
but there has really nothing occurred
here during the week to either encour.
age or discourage any one Of the can
didates or his friends. although it is
believed that something may have TAX
en- place in New York city during the
latter part of last week, when several
of the candidates were over there, that
may later on have an important bear
ing upon the result but even that is
supposition, for the conferences which
took place in New York were secret
and none Of those who attended any
of them care to say at this time what
was done. 1t is now apparent that
the majority of the Members of the
House will not arrive in Washington
until after Thanksgiving day; there
fore that the Speakership fight will
have to wait until the turkey, etc, is
disposed of befole it can get down to
business.
1t is said that some of the republi-
can Representative will make a strong
protest against giving ex-Speaker Reed
the republican nomination for Speaker.
When they do, it will be time enough
to believe it. There was not a single
republican in the last House who was
not afraid of Mr. Reed, and if there is
one such elected to the new House he
has not been heard of here. Mr. Reed
will rule the handful of republicans in
the House with rod of iron. See if