The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-05-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Old Wade Hampton Possible PreSiden-
finI Timber.

Special Correspondence COLUMBIA HERALD.
WASHINGTON, May 25th.-Mr. Harrl-
son isn't living up to the reputation
given him by his son RusselPs paper
II he is brains as well as the head of the
administration, why doesn't he take
now in an unsettled condition before
the Department of State? Mr.. Blsine's
absence could not have been better
timed if IL had been previously arrang
ed-Which it may have peen-to give
Mr.. Harrison an opportunity 10 SHOW
the country that Mr.. Blaine has moth
ing more than q clerk to him. But the
gentleman from Indiana is too shrewd
TO give himself awayi he finds the mat
terS pertaining to the other depart
ments so pressing that be Informed Mr..
Blaine's assistant, who carried big
bundle Of papers to the White House,
that was so buay that he would defer
foreign matters for few days. In the
meantime he is probably praying tina.
Mr.. Blaine will return before those pa
perS are again brought to him.
II Mr.. Blaine should take into his
head to go away On the sick list, or to
resign entirely on the ground of ill
health, it would not take long for those
IGY ignorant on that subject to dis
cover who has furnished the brains for
this administration.
Mr.. Wanamaker il fathering a schem''
that for pure unaduIteraJed 'g3lP sur
republican, party, and that's saying d
good deal, He wants to make ten year
contracts with taYorite parties for car
rying the ocean mails in various direc-
tons under the mail subsidy act of the
last Congress. OF course that involves
the ultimate expenditure of many mil
lions of dollars, while the appropriation
made, which was for only one year, was
81. 100000. Mr.. Harrison approves of the
scheIhe, and in order to give it better
aspect the question has been referred
to the Attorney General for an opinion
as to whether the Postmaster General
has u legal right to make contracts to
run ten years. OF course he will decide
that he has, and then the country will
nave the pleasure of seeing forty OF
fifty Mullins of its money placed where
it will help to renOminate and re-eleci
Mr.. Benjamin Harrison. Whatever
other people may think Mr.. Harrison
doesn't think that he made mistake
in putting John Wanamaker at the
head of the Post Office.
Another little scheme of Mr.. Wanna
makers was the establishment of reg
ular mail service to Alaska and the
American Commercial company, whose
| steamers have to go there anyway, and
| whose business makes probably ninety
nine hundreths Of the mail to and from
| there. This company didn't make any
money taking seals last year, aud the
administration sympathizes with, it to
the extent of entirely unnecessary
| mail contract.
| A party of prominent democrats were
| gathered in the parlor of private resi-
| dence one evening this week, and al
/ though the circumstances preclude the
| use of names, the conversation was too
/ interesting at times to be entirely lost
| so l reproduce a portion of it herewith
"Did you know" asked Southern
/ Senator, "that the Florence, South Car
/ oJinn, Times, had run up the name o
Wade Hampton for Vice President?
II IN LII l.
| Western Representative.
81 join heartily with you" said al
Eastern Representative, land can
tell you how it can be DONE"
"How" asked everybody in chorus
"Well, you see" he replied, "Tht
prizes to distribute, the Presidency, tn.
ItVice- Presidency, and the Speaker o
| House of Representatives. Now you al
know that am not in favor of section
alism in any form, and yet 1 recognize
the fact that the country is almost GER
tain to be geographically divided int
three parts and that one of the grea
prizes will go to the South, one to tn
East, and one to the West, and 1 dom
think anybody can say that that ism
an equitable method of distribution
All the South has got to do if it wants q
place upon the national ticket is to lei
the SDeakership go to the East Oh
/ West"
ga bird in the hand" laughed ,
Southern Representative who is in the
1 line of the Speakership lightning him
self.
"But have you got it in the hand?'
retOrted the Eastern man.
"You just wait and see," said thu
l Southerner.
"How / should like to see Wade pre-
side over the Senate" said 4 Senate
| who had been an interested listener
"but if he was nominated wouldn't the
Farmers Alliance in the State defea
the ticket as they did him for tn
Senator"
"That is a side of the question tina
bad not occurred to me, "said the gentle
man who started the conversation; "bu
1 would not fear to wager all 1 posses
that a national ticket with Wade Hamp
toms name on it could carry South Car
Il lima against anything that could be pit
ted against it; only nominate him, an'
my word for it he will be elected"