Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-11-03
WASHINGTON LETTER
Mr.. Blaine's Return to his Wash
ington Residence.
Report on Tin and Terne Plate for the
Last Quarter.
From our Regular Correspondent ]
WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. %, '92.

Mr.. Blaine's Homecoming to Wash
ington was simple, unceremonious
affair. Upon his arrival accompanied
by Mrs. Blaine and Miss Hattie, he at
once hailed and entered one of the or
dinary street cabs driven by a colored
man, and drove to their residence in
Lafayette Square. The big house mas
tiff, Lion, was lying on the side walk
waiting to receive them, and made every
manifestation of welcome when Mrs.
Blaine stopped down to pet him. The
two grandchildren, children of the late
Mrs. Coppinger, rushed out, and were
received by Mrs. Blaine and Miss Hattie
with open arms. All then passed into
the house, Mr.. Blaine looking we'll,
though somewhat bowed, perhaps from
the result of chilly spell in the weather
and from riding in the cramped quar-
ters of a small cab.
Postmaster General Wanamaker, w no
visited ex-Secretary Blaine at his house
upon his return, when interviewed in
regard to it said that the purpose of his
visit was purely personal, to express his
qualification at Mr.. Blaine's return. He
said he found Mr.. Blaine very well,
with the old shine in his eye and the
well known ring in his voice. Both he
and Mrs. Blaine" added Mr.. Wana-
maker, suffering from their own re-
cent bereavements, keenly feel and
plainly manifest their sympathy with
the President and his family. Their
tender and fearful inquiries showed
depth of feeling that none could mis-
take. A part of the interview, Mr..
Wanamaker continued, ''related to pol
itics, and Mr.. Blaine will make up by
his pen what he can not do by speech,
while he nurses temporary affection
of his throat. He is evidently greatly
interested in the election of Mr.. Harri.
son and anxious that all his friends
should know it, and he freely expressed
his belief that Mr.. Harrison would be
elected"
Secretary Foster, of the Treasury
Department, has received a special re-
port from Special Agent Ira Aver rela-
tive to the production of tin and terne
plates in the United States during the
quarter ended September 30 last. The
report. says that during the quarter
ended September 30 thirty two firms
produced 1O,952, 1876 pounds of tin and
terne plates proper against 826, ,722
pounds produced by the five firms du-
ring the same quarter of the last fiscal
year, the production of the entire year
having been 19,646,7 ,719 pounds. Of the
total production for the quarter $780,
O82 pounds, or more than "a per cent
were made from American black plates;
3,611, 1857 pounds, or about one third of
the whole, were bright tin plates, of
which $685., ,026 pounds, or more than
90 per cent were of the lighter class of
plates mentioned in the law 7,341, 1858
pounds were terne plates, of which
more than 93 per cent. belonged to the
lighter class.
The announcement that Judge John
P. Rea, Commander in Chief of the
G. A. R., has come out for Cleveland
because of the tariff and Cleveland's
pension vetoes has caused much COM
ment. The trouble about Judge Rea's
conversion, however, is that it is too
evident that he is a disappointed Office
seeker. He was an applicant for the
position of Commissioner of Pensions
after the retirement of Corporal Tan
ner, and was greatly grieved that he
did not get the appointment. He had
very good backing for the place, but
the two Senators from his State refused
to lndorse him, and 1T was urged that
he did not possess the executive ability
for the position. He was elected dis
trict Judge few years ago by the Re-
publicans, but has been three times
disappointed in his efforts to get the
Republican nomination for Congress.
When Dan Lamont reaches home he
will hardly recognize his old chief, so
changed are his associates.
1t may be true that General Sickles
is not much of a Cleveland man, but
he has a wonderful capacity for crow.
Mr.. Croker may be true to Cleveland,
but he protests with alarming fire.
quency. R.