Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-05-23

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| IL responsible for the lrniency cxtcn
dcd to This criminal, although he wal
out of town when the resignation wai
accepted. What puzzles honest pco
pie is why all of the parties concerned
in this steal have not been arrested
and brought before criminal cour
to answer for their misdecds.
MIR. Harrison, when he thinks about
this young mans peculiar transactions
us well as those OF his father, probably
wishes he had never seen the ltaum's
and that he had not been so prccipi
tate in kicking Corporal Tanner out
| No one ever accused Tanner of being
dishonest, The Raums have certainly
tried to make hav while the official
sun shines. The old gentleman as
soon as he became Commissioner be-
gon to look out fer the rest of The fam.
ily. Green b.. Jr., was made assistant
chief clerk. two daughters were given
cerkships, and John, another son, who
docs business rs pension attorney
WAS given n chance to copy the names
of ali pension applicants who had not
emplovcd attorneys. which chance has
probably been worth big money Ia
him. as he proceeded to get out cir.
cular setting forth his facilities for
putting claims through in hurry and
mentioning incidentally his relation
ship to the Commissioner. Tho ltaums
will be heavy load for Mi. Harrison
to carry next year, aud it will not be
strange If he should toss. them over
board.
A determined attempt was made TO
get up an organized reception 10 well
come Mr.. Harrison back to Washing
ton from his long free trip, but II was
a dismal failure. Nobody would have
anything TO do with it except half
dozen of his personal friends; not even
the members of the republican state
association, all OF which are office hol-
ders would take hold of it. so il had
10 be abandoned. and then the state
mcnt was unblushingly made that Mr..
Harrison did not wish TO be met by n
crowd. do not wish to imply by The
above that Mr.. Harrison is lsliked
here, because he isn't. The people are
simply indifferent towards him. and I
believe that feeling is more marked
among members of his own party
than with democrats.
The impression among those famil
inr with the inside workings of the
administration is that Mr.. Blaine is en-
gagtd in playing possum" on Mr..
Harrison Just at This time for reasons
of his own. Mr.. Blaine may have been
i'll, but these people refuse 10 believe
il. and they stated when Mr.. Blaine
left here that he would not return I'M
i'll after Mr.. Harrison got back and
that he had gone away in u "huff."
Circums. anccs seem 10 favor this view
of The ease.
Republicans who have talked with
Mr. Harrison since his return cay that
he has about as well developed n case
of the "big head" as they ever saw.
Representative Grain, of Texas, is
here, seeing that the boom of Repre-
sentative Mills for the Speakership Of
the House docs not get neglected.
Fix Representative Yoder, of Ohio,
says OF politics in that State: ut
looks to me as if the democrats would
unite and re nominate Gov. Campbell.
Ono thing | am confident OF, we will
cleo; the man we nominate. No man
can be elected in Ohio OIL the high tar
i'll issue. Mckinley makes that the is
sue, and lie will be defeated. The far
mers are tired of high taxes. and can
not understand why other nccessaries
of life cannot be chcapcned by being
put on the free list ms sugar hns bcen.'