The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-02-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.

| Especial Correspondence Columbia Herald.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. %, 1S92.-Chilt's
| apology has deprived Mr.. Harrison of
| the glory he had anticipated from the
| conducting of a victorious foreign war,
| glory which would in his mind, at any
rate, have resulted in his certain nomi-
nation and in adding largely to his
chances of reelection and it is
betneeR 6im s1d sec gemeS'q BLAINE
that they destroy all of his fondest
! hopes. The story as it is told here says
| that Mr.. Harrison knew that Mr.. Blaine
| had received verbal assurances from
| the Gillian minister that the apology
would in due time be forthcoming from
| the government, before he sent the
ultim tum, but he feared that the credit
OF obtaining the apology through the
ord nary diplomatic channels would all
| go to Mr.. Blaine, so he sent the ultima
| tum to Chilli and the correspondence
| and his message to Congress in order
that he might claim the credit for hav-
1 ing frightened Chilli into apOlOgiZing.
! MIR. Blaine resents this stealing of his
| thunder, and is credited with having
said that it would cost Mr.. Harrison the
| Presidential nomination of his party.
Whether this story be true or not, it is
| highly creditable to the democrats in
Congress that they accepted the Presi-
dents message in perfect good faith
and were prepared to support the de-
mands of the administration, even to
the extent of declaration of war, when
the situation was cleared by Chilis
apology. They recognized the de-
mands of this Government as just, and
that was enough for them as good citi-
zenS and patriotic Americans.
Senator Quay has returned from his
''vindicatiOn" hunt, but he does not
seem proud of what he accomplished.
He told one gentleman that he hoped
never to hear of another libel suit.
The House Committee on Appropria-
tons has favorably reported the reSolu-
ton directing that committee to- en-
quire and report to the House whether
the appropriations already made for
the Worlds Fair have been judiclously
expended. This resolution will certain
ly be adopted by the House, and it is
not probable that the bill appropriating
100000 for the Worlds Fair will bo
acted upon until the committee makes
its report.
The action of the subcommittee of
the House Judiciary Committee, in de-
Gliding to conduct an investigation TO
ascertain whether articles of impe4ch-
Judge Boarman, of Louisville, for his
conduct in office, reOpens that case, up
on which considerable evidence was
taken by the same committee of the
last House.
Senator Georges resolution for the
appointment OF a committee of five to
inquire into the cause of the existing
agricultural depression in the cotton /
SIO"lHS oLdLcSg Is OClhS COholuOA gu ny
the Committee on Agriculture to which !
it was refe. red.
Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona and
Utah are all knocking at the doors of
Congress tor admission to the Union
and as far as the democrats are con-
cerned they ID: ght all be admitted at
this session of ongresS, but the repub- !
lican Senators believe that the ma jOrity ,
of votes in all of them are democratic, /
and tor that reason they have deter /
mined to let none OF them
Representative Mills made his first
speech of the session IN defense of the
new rules. When he arose he was .
greeted with applause from the demo- .
Gratis and FROM the galierie He is not .
bOtheriug his head about the silly re-
ports connecting his name with the ,
leadership of a democratic revolt in the
House.
The Senate adopted a resolution in !
troduced by Senator Morgan, calling
on the President for copies of all the /
correspondence with China concerning |
the refusal of that country to receive !
ex-senator Blair as L. s. Minister. 1t .
is believed that if there is any way to
get AZ tine true inwardness of this mat
ter big scandal Will be uncovered
with which the sanity bloody-sni-t
Shepard, will be found mixed up. 1t .
relates TO the Chinese concessions to
certain Americans to conduct banks,
build railroads, etc, which occupied
considerable space IN American news .
papers several years ago.
the Senate unanimously adopted the
report of the f ectiOn committee con-
frming S. n tor Chilcot's right to his
seat. The question was raised when he
presented his credentials of there be-
ing some irregularity in his appoint
ment by the Governor of Texas to serve
out the uneXpired term of Senator
Reagan, who resigned.
Speaker Crisp has been presiding
over the House this week, although he
is still somewhat weak from his recent
illness. The weakness isn't in his
head, however.