Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-01
WASHINGTON.

candidacy. They have come to the
conclusion that there is no other way
of silencing the masked batteries of
the Harrison forces which have been
persistently Smelling Blaine at every
opportunity. A republican whose
relations to the republican machine
are intimate and influential said to
republican friend here: "Blaine
doesn't want the nomination, and he
is perfectly willing that Harrison
shall have it; but his friends are not.
They have received but little recog>
milton from Harrison, and that little
under protest, during his first admins
istration, and they know that they
may expect less should he be again
elected ; therefore they propose TAX
ing the matter in their own hands by
seeing that Blaine is nominated,
even if it is against his wishes"
This movement is the direct out
come of the belief that there has been
a systematic effort on the part of Mr..
HarriSOn's immediate family and
close friends, first to belittle the
work which Mr.. Blaine has done
as Secretary of State, and later
to drive him out of public life by
misrepresenting the state of his
health, and it is difficult to find an
intelligent man in Washington, no
matter what his political opinion
may be, who does not believe that
Mr.. Harrison was fully cognizant of
what was being done, notwithstand>
ing his profession of the most cordial
friendship for Mr.. Blaine.
Treasury department officials seem
to have no difficulty in interpreting
the law just as the leaders of the re-
publican party wish it interpreted.
A case in point is the decision of the
Commissioner of immigration that
skilled tin-plate workers may be
brought to the country under con-
tract without violating the law. Such
a decision was necessary in order to
bolster up the manufacture of tin
plate, which has grown so rapidly,
on paper, since the Mckinley bill
became law, and it was promptly
given, on the ground, to quote the
official language of the Commissions
er, that "the law plainly intended
that skilled labor may be imported
into the United States to do the work
of an industry not yet established
provided skilled workmen in that
industry cannot be found among oul
own people," If that be the proper
construction of the alien contract law
it is now in order for the Chicago
merchant to enquire why he was
compelled to send the two japanese
jinritska men back to Japan. Tha
would certainly have been a new
industry.
The continued absence of Commits
) sioner Raum from his post of duty il
=. exciting much unfavorable comment
l Up to July l, he had been away from
i, his office $40 days, and on the Sd 0
l the month he went away and ha'
not yet returned. All this time he il
supposed to be devOting to his pri
vate business while he draws a sala
of $4,000 a year to devote his time t
the business of the Pension bureau
but it may be set down as certain
) that his superior officers believe tina
. he is also doing some work for Mr.
; Harrison among the old soldiers, o
he would not be allowed to spend 81
= much time away from his Office.
A number of republicans of prom
inence have been trying to persuad,
Indian Commissioner Morgan to re
verse his recently announced anti
Catholic pelicy in running the Indial
e schools; they told him that his &C
= ton would cost the republican part.
f thousands of Catholic votes, and tina
: it was not justified by the facts
n which show that much good has beel
/ done in the Indian country by Cath
J. Ollie priests and schools, but he con
4 tinues obstinate, and has intimate
that his course is fully approved {
by the administration.
According to story told here
committee Of republicans of Phils
IS delphia went to Cape May Point
n few days ago for the purpose of sug
l. costing to Mr.. Harrison the advise
d bility of his getting rid of Mr.. Wan
sc amaker, not because they believe
Is that gentleman to be dishonest, BIT
IS because of his misfortune in havin
been on such very friendly tern
with so many dishonest men. The