Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-02-21
Political Paragraphs.

Harrison, Mckinley ct al, with one
blow from his reciprocity club. The
popularity of opening the markets of
Brazil to our products, even in the
limited way the present reciprocity
treaty does, gives an idea of how the
country will receive the opening of
the markets of the entire world to
our products.
BY the time Mr.. Wanamaker re.
ceives a few thousands of the criti-
cisms of his annual report which he
has requested from all the post
masters, he will probably conclude
that he doesn't know very much
about running the Postoffice Depart
ment, provided of course, that the
postmasters have the necessary back
bone to express their real opinions of
the report.
The principal object of the manipu-
lators of the recent Indian pow WOW
at Washington seems to have been to
make arrangements in favor of the
Interior Department retaining charge
of the Indians. OF course the In
dams prefer being under that depart
ment, because they know very we'll
that repetition of their recent devil
try would be impossible were they
under the war department. But
why should the Indians be consulted?
Jay Gould is repeating his old time
tactics. He is trying to make the
people of Georgia believe that he in
tends to boom the city of Savannah
by making it the ocean outlet for his
western and southwestern railroads,
and by establishing a fine line of
ocean steamers from that city to some
European port. Perhaps Mr.. Gould
will do all he says he will do, but he
hasn't lived up to his promises in the
past. For several years he annually
told the citizens of st. Louis that he
had almost perfected arrangements
for the erection of the grandest union
railroad depot in the world in that
city, but no union depot has yet been
built in that city by Mr.. Gould.
An investigation of our entire pen
sion system and the elimination of
names not properly upon the rolls,
cannot be STAYED off much longer.
When such republican papers as the
New York Tribune join with the
democratic and independent press in
asking for such an investigation, it is
high time for the small fry republi-
can sheets to withdraw their opposi-
ton. Honest pensioners have moth
ing to fear from this investigation,
which we trust will be undertaken
by the next House, but the dishonest
ones, who are entirely too numerous,
may we'll feel shaky and fear the
just indignation of the people who
have been and are being robbed Of
millions for their benefit.
An item in the naval appropriation
bill appropriates $4,000 and the use
of a Government vessel for the pur'
pose Of making deep sea sounding;
between San Francisco and the Sand
witch Islands, in order to determine
the feasibility of a cable between
those points. A Pacific cable is doubt
less very much desired, but why
should this Government be called
upon to pay any part of its cost
Why should the company which pro
poses to lay the cable be given finan
, cial assistance that was not extended
to any of the Atlantic Cable compa
mics? This idea of private corpora
tons constantly calling upon tn,
Government for help is a most vi
cious one. Such things were neve
heard of until the republican part!
controlled the Government.