Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-02-07
WASHINGTON.

Harrison has as hard task before
him in the selection ola successor to
the late Secretary of the Treasury as
his worst enemy could possibly wish
for him; it is task too in which the
country at large is more directly i'm
terested than anything he has yet
undertaken. 1t will by very difficult
to find a man willing to accept the
place who possesses the ability COM
bined with the conservatism of the
dead Secretary; and what will add
no little to Mr.. Harrison's trouble is
the fact that all the prominent re-
publicans in both House and Senate
who have been recently repudiated
by their constituents will be, in fact
are already, clamoring for the place
for themselves. Whoever he selects
he is bound to make new enemies in
his party, and being a candidate for
denomination that is just what he
cannot afford to do. Besides this,
the man selected will have to be sat>
isfactory to the business men of the
country, or financial panic may be
precipitated.
So far the men who are mentioned
for the vacancy are just those who
should not be selected. Represents
tive Mckinley can, it is thought,
have the place if he wants it, but he
has high protection on the brain to
so great an extent that his appoints
ment would be very great mis-
take, and one that would be certain
to bring trouble. Senator Spooner is
talked of, but he is a lawyer and
lacks the financial experience and
executive ability which is absolutely
necessary. The others may be
punched in one bad, very bad lot,
which includes Senator ingalls,, ex-
Gov. ("Calico Charley F oster,
Representative Cannon and that ex-
boss, particularly known for ways
that are devious, Stephen B. Elkins.
1t has been a long time dying and
numerous false reports of its death
have been given out, but this time
the Force bill is dead, dead beyond
all hopes of even a partial resurrec~
ton, owing to the action Of twelve
republican Senators in deciding that
they will not vote for it. 1t is hard
for such radicals as Senators Hoar,
Aldrich, Edmunds and Spooner to
give up the idea of intimidating the
South, but even they acknowledge
that the thing is dead and that
no further attempt will be made TO
revive it. In consequence,th the legiti-
mate business of the session-the
annual appropriation bills-is fairly
humming in both House and Sen
ate.
The Senate by party vote refused
to amend the apportionment bill,
granting what was so clearly the
right of Arkansas, Minnesota and
New York-one additional member
to each, and passed the bill just as it
left the House. Senators Davis and
Washburn, of Minnesota, voted with
the democrats for the amendment,
and strange as it may seem, Senators
Evalts and Hitchcock Of New York
voted against it.
Brother Johnny Wannamaker will
have to get himself new hobby.
His postal telegraph scheme, in spite
of the amount of Government money
he spent in the publication of his
views thereon, is as dead as door
: nail. The House committee on Post
offices will not even report it,
Representative McCreary, who is
regarded as one of the most cOnser'
vative men in the House, paid his
respects to Gar Reed on Saturday in
a manner that was quiet but severe
His committee-FOreign A fairs
having been refused a day for the
consideration Of bills, he said
"Never before in my experience or
the committee on Foreign Affairs
has that committee been refused 6
) day for the consideration of bills re-
ported by it. The refusal to give
, this committee day is but another
, error in the comedy of errors which
has marked the Fifty-first Congress.
1t seems that the republican Sen
atOrs will never finish making per
sonal explanations of their course
regarding the Force bill. Satur
day Senators Blair and Teller haC
their turns. Next!
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cured here today. All of the Gov
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