Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-06-20
WASHINGTON.

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is wide-a-wake democrat, stopped
in Washington long enough to leave
some good news for his party friends.
He says that Iowa can confidently be
counted in the democratic column
for 1892. OF the third party, he said:
"They could have done something if
they had shown more judgement, but
they met there in Cincinnati and
tried to makea party that could stand
on every sort of crank theory that
was proposed. They merely got on
the platform and kissed each other
and let the cranks run the conven-
ton. / do not believe they can Or
ganize now so as to have any in
fluence on the elections in Iowa,
either this fall or in 49," Being
asked who the republicans would
nominate for President, Mr.. Hayes
replied: Harrison. / think he is
the only man mentioned who thinks
there is enough in the nomination to
make it worth fighting for, and the
party has got to take him. If Blaine
wanted the nomination all that Har-
rison or anybody else could do would
not prevent his getting it, but Blaine
understands the present condition Of
the republican party so we'll that he
doesn't want the nomination"
"There's going to be some mighty
lively democratic music before long,"
said a close friend of Senator Cor
man today, if certain class of men
who are trying to dictate the next can.
didate of the democratic party and
who never voted a straight DEM
ocratic ticket in their lives, do not
let up in their undetermined mud
throwing at Arthur German. His
friends have stood it about as long
as they intend to, and as they know
where it all comes from, they will
know where and how to hit back"
The Examiners in the Patent Of
flee, who have made practice of re-
jecting many applications for patents
that should have been granted, in
order to bleed the inventors for an
attorneys fee little later on, when
they shall have accumulated a suffi-
cient number of these unjustly reject
ed cases to justify them in resigning
and going into business as Patent At
torneys, and the eX-EXaminers who
are already in business as Patent At
torneys, with clientage made up al
most entirely of the inventors whose
applications they had unjustly reject
ed when Examiners, are in state o
mind over a ruling of Hon. Charlie.
F, Mitchell, Commissioner of Pat
ents, which prohibits the appearance,
before that Office of an eX-employ,
as attorney or agent in any cas-,
upon which he had passed whil
an employe. Their little gam
which had grown into a mammoth
abuse, is ended, and the inven
tors of the country now have reason
to hope that their applications will il
the first place be honestly dealt with
as they will be if Mr.. Mitchell's ney
and excellent rule shall be as strict.
enforced by his successors as by him
Representative Mills will remai
in Washington the greater part Of tn
summer, engaged in literary work
He is not doing any talking for pub
LEGATION on political subjects, an
thinks that the numerous fake inter
views with him that have recent
appeared in prominent newspapers
are part of plan to injure his pro;
poets of being elected Speaker of tn
House by making him appear ridicr
lous. He!wishes his friends to kno'
. that any interview purporting
give his opinions on the fitness {
any candidate, either for the Speal
ership or for the Presidency is entire
ly spurious, as he has expressed Il
such opinions.
Col. w. w. Dudley says the ant
Harrison republicans made fools
themselves by holding their recel
conference at indianapolis, and tn
the conference amounted to nothir
except an attempt of Gresham
friends to bring him out as a cand
date. This is taken here to mes
that Col. Dudley will support Harr
son, as had been rumored a sho
time ago.
Senator Quay, who was here fe
days ago, told his friends that
would not remain at the head of Il
republican committee during Il