Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-06-06
WASHINGTON.

pressed by democrats here over a
publication in a New York paper i'm
timating that the National Associa>
ton of Democratic Clubs was using
its machinery to boom Senator Cor
man for the Presidential nomination.
The principal aim of this magniti-
cent organization, which is bound to
play very important part in the
next campaign, has been, from its Or
ganization, to work for the cause Of
democracy, but under no circum-
stances to take any part in the maxi
ing or unmaking of Presidential cam
didates. 1t was because of this aim
that, when the association appointed
its corresponding agents, one or more
of which it has in every county in
the United States, it decided not to
select the men, but to request the
democratic State committees to
make the selections. Now il requires
no argument to convince anyone that
if this association proposed using its
vast influence for any one man it
would have made its own selection
of corresponding agents in order to
be certain of having friends of its
man. BY getting the State commit
tees to do it, all chance of favoritism
was done away with, as it is we'll
known that majority of the COM
mittees of the different States favor
different men for the nomination.
There is no objection here to Sena-
tor German for he is idolized by the
party, but il is the intimation that
the association is trying to force his
nomination that is objected to. The
association proposes leaving the Sc,
lection of the candidate to the dele
gates to the national convention the
work for which it was organized,
and for which it is now planning, is
the election of the nominee, no mat
ter who he may be, and it will con-
fine itself to that work.
Representative Hit, of Illinois,
who has been called Mr.. BIaine's
personal representative in the House
has just returned from a visit to Mr.
Blaine and it is said that he brought
a message to the White House which
gave Mr.. Harrison bad half hour
, 1t was remonstrance against certain
, changes that Mr.. Harrison proposed
making in some of Mr.. Blaine's
plans, and it carried with it a threat
of resignation, and my informan
says Mr.. Hit left with the assurance
that Mr.. Blaine's plans would not bt
! interfered with" Ex-Minister Johl
w. Foster will act as Secretary o
| State while Mr.. Blaine is taking
) rest, but the assistant Secretaries o
State do not take kindly to the idei
, they think they should have hat
. the honor, but neither Mr.. Harrison
e nor Mr.. Blaine thought either 0
g them big enough for the job.
e Mr.. Harrison does not approve o
t Secretary Fosters scheme of extend
r ing the AZ per cent bonds which ma
# ture next September, but the Secre
t tary still hopes to talk him around
S as he knows the necessity of havin
r the money for other uses will soon b
y so apparent that everyone can see il
s State department officials are try
e ing to make the people believe tina
d we are to have a closed season, i
e Behring's Sea this year, but it onl
s raises a smile upon the faces of thos
d familiar with the subject. 1t may b
g several weeks before the British Par
n lament passes the bill now before
y authorizing that government to agre
Il to the closed season proposition pend
A ing the arbitration; meanwhile tn
a illegal sealers sailing under the Brit
l. ish flag are taking seals, and by tn
O time that all the necessary red tap
;e is gone through with and sufficier
v naval force is placed in Behring
n Sea, even granting that Lord Sail;
l. bury finally agrees, to enforce clos
D. ed season the season will be over
Y. looks, at present, like the usual Bri
ish diplomatic trick.
The Pension Office is giving til
administration a good deal of trout
lie. According to good republica
d, authority, Mr.. Harrison utilized h
visit to Philadelphia on Memori
III day by trying to get big G. A. !
y. man to take Commissioner Raum
IL place, hut he didn't succeed. I'll
I Pennsylvania man was too smar