Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-07-11
WASHINGTON.

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of knowledge hasn't added any to
his opinion of himself. He has been
Inundated by finding out that he
was after all only a clerk for Mr.
Harrison, The long delay in giving
out the list of Steamship companies
which have been selected under the
mail subsidy law, passed by the bill
lion dollar Congress, to carry our for
eign mails, is at last explained.
Some weeks ago Mr. Wanamaker
stated that he had completed the list
and would in a few days make it
public. Mr.. Harrison at once sent
for Mr.. Wanamaker and told him
not to make the list public before
bringing it to him for revision. Mr..
w. kicked, but he had to give up the
list, and Mr.. Harrison carried it with
him when he went to the summer
capital at Cape May Point. At the
Postoffice department they expect
that Mr.. Wanamaker, who spent the
Fourth and Sunday at Cape May
Point, will bring the revised list back
tomorrow, and that it will at once
be made public.
1t is learned from a source that is
authentic that no lines running out
of Southern ports south of Norfolk,
except Tampa, Florida; Galveston,
Tex; and New Orleans, will get any
of the subsidy money, which is to be
put where it will do the most good to
the republican party.
And that isn't the only time that
Mr.. Wanamaker has been recently
Inundated by the gentleman who is
now so industriously at work to Sc
cure the nomination to the Presi-
dency. The last Congress, among
its other efforts to dissipate the
Treasury surplus, created an entirely
new Office, that of Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General, and the salary
J for the new officer became available
on the first of the present month.
Mr.. Wanamaker supposed, of course,
that he would be allowed to select
the man to fill the office, but he was
quickly undeceived by Mr.. Harrison
who not only selected the man, but
also ordered the P. M. G. to turn
over to him as a part Of his duties
the supervision of the fourth-clasS
postoffices.
This necessitated an entire re-or.
ganization OF the entire department
as the fourth-class postmasters had
been for years under the direct con-
troll of the first assistant. Well, thai
reorganization is now going on. Maj
Rathbone, the new Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General, is a practica
politician Of the Ohio school, anC
what he doesn't know about thu
methods used by the republican!
during the last three national cam
paigns would hardly be worth know
ing. He is relied upon to swing tn,
army of small postmasters into lin,
for Harrison, and instead of the noto
rious dispatch, "How are the depart
ments doing ?" which Garfield, whel
a candidate, sent to Brady, of Sta
route fame, Mr.. Harrison will be tel
graphing to Rathbone: "How ar
the postofices doing?" Meanwhile
Mr.. Wanamaker is, to use a bit O
slang, not sin it,"
The Pension Office is going to b
the cause of some very lively time
in the next congress, between tn
| Investigations that are to be mad
; into this workings and the renew
al of the fight for its transfer to tn
War department, which it nov
} seems will certainly be made, an
there is reason to believe that tn
movement will be more popular tina
! ever before, and that it will G
through.
, The Washington people are 8
! much.puzzled about the real condi
ton of Mr.. Blaine's health as the
: can possibly be. One telegram wi
, say that he is perfectly well, and tn
next that he is dangerously i'll on
! person will inform you that he is j
daily communication with his assi'
tants at the Department of State, an
4 another that he has had no commit
= nication with that department sinC
he left Washington. You can tax
your choice, but it would be safe
= charge nine-tenths of the statemen
| exaggerating Mr.. Blaine's physic
and mental condition to anti-Blair
republicans who fear that he may a.