Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-05-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.

(Efom our Regular Correspondent
Mr. Harrison has more trouble in his
official family, as If the Blaine shadow,
which crosses his path at every turn,
were not cross enough for any ordinary
President to bear Secretaries Foster,
Elkins, who have jointly managed Mr..
Harrison s campaign for denomination
up to this time, now threaten to desert
| him and cast their influence with the
opposition. The cause of this revolt
is the return to this country of John
g. New, who comes for the purpose of
taking the full control of the Harrison
forces, making Foster and Elkins
merely subordinate figures buring the
| remainder Of the fight. If the threat
is carried out, goodbye to Mr.. Harri-
sons hopes.
The sudden death Of Senator Barbour
of Virginia. on Saturday morning from
heart failure, is a loss to his State, his
] party and his country, that will long
/ be felt. As party leader he has had
no superior in his State, and few in
/ the nation; us a Senator his long ex-
/ perience in public life gave him
/ prestige which the ablest men can in
no other way aeqire, a prestige that
was valuable to his State and his
party, and which was never used for
his personal advantage. Personally
/ he was. as Senator Mcmillan said. .My
ideal OF the perfect gentleman and
was liked by all who knew him.
/ Funeral services were held over the
remains this afternoon in the Senate
chamber. The names OF Gov. McKin-
ney and ex-Gov. Fitzhugh Lee are
! spoken of as candidates for the
/ vacancy iii the Senate.
Chairman Springer is again hard at
work, and he expects several new
tariff bills, including free copper and
iron ores and reduction in the duty on
I steel rails. TO be reported TO the House
sh hortly. Free binding-lwine is finding
friends am ong the republican Senators
from the West anc movement is on
foot to yoke it with free refned sugar
and push it through the Senate.
There is q marked difference of opin-
ion among demo cratic Senators as to
the policy the party should at this
time adopt in dealing with appropria-
tions for new vessels for the navy.
I Senator German takes the grou ld taat
the country should have navy to be
proud of. and that the cry of economy
should not present The spending of
liberal amount of money in building
| new ship. Senator Mills, on the other
hand, says he is opposed to a Cove A.
ment which would today if it were a
! p ivate corporation, be in the hands
of receiver, spending money that it
! has not in its treasury, for something
/ that is not absolutely necessary, and
( lavors striking out all appropi ia tions
! for new ships and letting the govern
ment cO@Ne back to The lesson that
governments, like individuals, must
/ live Within their income. There was
/ the same difference Of opinion when
ths naval appropriation bill, now being
considered by the Senate, was before
] the House. and the bill as passed by
| the House WAS a compromise between
those who wished to appropriate
very large amount for new vessels and
those opposed to making any appro-
/ priation for that purpose
/ $50 far the much advertised battle
royal between Civil Service Commits
sioner Roosevelt and Postmaster Gen
4 eral Wanamaker has got no further
than the harmless you're another"
sage.
Secretary Foster has at last conclud-
ed to assume possibility for the
expenditure Of immigrant head money
upon the improvements ollEllls Island,
and, in a letter that VIII probably
ring forth a reply, he hass informed
the House and Senate committees en-
immigration. which are. jointly in
vestigating the subject His assuming
the responsibility for this expenditure
OF sever al hundred thousand dollars
does not, h, we fer, make the expendi-
tire legal, as he may learn Sefo
Congress gets through with the
investigation.
! Governor Mckinley sneakcd into
town last week for the purposed OF
comforting with some Of his friends
who want him to formally enter the
Presidential race, and tine fact that he
tried to keep his visit profound secret
by failing torsglster at the hotel. and
that he neglected to call on either Mr.
Harrison or Mr.. Blaine makes it look
at though the Major was lending a
willing ear to the siren voices Of iii,