The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-04-01
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Harrison and His lingo POIicy-POIiti.
cal News Of Interest from
Washington.

| WASHINGTON, March, 25.-Jingoism
| has again taken possession OF Mr..
| Harrison, and 1t is said, although the
wording of the communication is care
| fully withheld, that he has sent a very
| saucy note to Lord Salisbury, demand
| ing an immediate and specific answer
as TO whether he proposes to renew the
| mOduS VlVendl, his last communication,
| received this week, not being at all
satisfactory. Some of Mr.. Harrison's
friends call this last communication an
ultimatum, but it's dimes to straws
| that Mr.. Harrison did not intend that
Lord Salisbury should put that con-
struction upon it. There is no occasion
for the sending of an ultimatum.
Nearly year ago this Government was
notified that Great Britain would not
renew the mOdus vivendi this season,
and yet it now preLends to feel great in
dignatiOn because Lord Salisbury de-
clines to change his mind. Let Mr..
Harrison quietly order a sufficient
naval force to Behring Sea to main
| tain the rights We claim there, and the
whole country will back him up, and
Great Britain will not interfere, simply
because it is none OF her business; but
if he continues to try to stir up the
people needlessly he will find himself
deserted even by his party.
Has Secretary Blaine resigned? He
has been well enough to take a long
walk, such as no sick man would have
undertaken, this week; but he has not
been to the State Department, nor was
Lord Salisbury's dispatch or Mr.. Har-
rison'S answer thereto submitted to
him before they were sent to the Sem
ate. This has an odd look; and besides,
All official stated to-day that Mr.. Harri-
son had not called on Mr.. Blaine at all
during his sickness, although his house
is just across the street from the White
House.
Senator Chandler brought out, by
questioning Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury NettletOn in regard to his
connection with the expenditures at
Ellis Island, the Government immi-
grant station, the astounding fact that
the man who has been acting Secre-
tary of the Treasury during the absence
OF Secretary Foster knows nothing
whatever about the business of that
department., but depends entirely upon
a clerk of the department., VINO has been
detailed to act as his private secretary,
for the Information upon which his
official acts are based. In other words,
whenever Gen. NettletOn has been act
ing Secretary of the Treasury, the husi-
ness of that great department has been
completely III the hands of a clerk. If
the clerk IN question knows enough to
be trusted with such enormous re-
SponsibiliLy, he should be made AsSiS
tant Secretary, in order that he might
draw salary commensurate with his
knowledge, and something else should
be found for Gen. NettletOn, if it is alb
solutely necessary that he should be
taken care of.
Senator Cullom, who is basing his
hopes of getting the Presidential nomi-
nation OF his party almost entirely on
his facial resemblance to Lincoln, Ia
said to be trying to get Col. w, w. bud
ley to undertake the management of
his boom and its barrel attachments.
Senator Turpie, of Indiana, made a
personal explanation in the Senate this
week, denying in toto the recent state
ment Of Judge Woods concerning him,
and also denying that friendly personal
relations existed between Judge Woods
and himself.
House to the Senate was more generally
or enthusiastically congratulated by
his colleagues in the House and his
tO-be in the Senate, than has
Senator Mills been this week. Mr..
Mills will not resign his seat in the
House until he has voted for the free
wool bill. Then he will enjoy the
unique distinction of voting twice upon
eaoh OF the greatest questions before
this COnEress-the tariff and silver
once in the House and once in the Sen
ate.
The Senate has passed a bill appro-
priAting SIS, 900 for the improvement
on the Mississippi River, not more
than So, 100000 to be spent in any single
year.
The House Judiciary Committee has
decided that 1t would be inludicious for
the House to pass Representative
nesses in Government employ who
may testify before Congressional ina
Vestigsting committees to Irregularities
existing in the Government depart
ments, because of there being a doubt
Of it's coustitutionality.
The Republican leaders are greatly
disappointed at their failure to get any
campaign material out of the debate On
the bland fTee coinage bill, which they
VainIy tried to MAKE partisan meas
ure of, Members of both parties were
represented on both sides of the debate,
and it was the same when the vote
was taken. Members voted as their
constituents desired them to, without
regard to politics.