The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-03-24
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The. monkey and the parrot time
now agitating the public household
promises to prove among the greatest
Blooms enjoyed by the democratic party
in the last quarter of century A
large part Of the domestic r4w is CON
centrated in Ohio. There the bitter
ness OF senatorial fight has caused
the faetional interests to cast aside the
assumption Of amity and openly Ell.
hibit the family skeletons, regardless Of
present scandals and threatened re-
Suits Foraker charges Sherman with
buying up members Of the legislature
to insure his return TO the senate.
Sherman denies and ffngs back the
charge OF bribery at Foraker On
either side these claims OF corruption
are maintained by high republican
authority. As Foraker has figured I'M
enyiably in several questionable tran
sactions and Sherman acknowledged
that some tllac=eieIeg atsss@6xeaEfer
him ut the last national convention
had been secured at an advanced figure
by another opulent candidate before
that body, there is general impression
that it was case of diamond cut dia-
mond in the Ohio senatorial conflict
Foraker maintained silence long
after he was satisfied that the admin
istration was taking hand in favor of
his willy opponent, but in the excite
ment Of recent meeting with his fol-
lowing at the Neil house, in Columbus,
the band wagon statesman unmuszled
himself and threw discretion to the
winds. He declared in the senatorial
conflict he was met by an opposition
extending from grandpa's hat to Baby
Mckee, and pointed his denuncia.ion
by practical declaration for Blaine as
the next presidential candidate. His
speech was interrupted by frequent
cheers and the breach created is one
that the bitterness of the struggle and
the sting of defeat will only widen.
3 .cretary Foster has shown his hand
in the fight, and as part of the admin
istration machinery has antagonized
not only Foraker, but that decent ele-
ment of republicanism which clings
to the old-fashioned belief that the
president and his cabinet should take
no part in local political contests. Dem
ocrats in Ohio and the country over
may well enjoy the Kilkenny cat fight
raging in that state.
But there are still further Fremont
tons of an impending smash up. Maj.
Mckinley was quoted as saying that
the secretary of state favored the re-
imposition of the duty on hides. Mr..
Blame could not quietly accept this
blow at his New England chances, and
wrote the major for a retraction. 1t
was made, but the strained relations
between the high priest OF protection
and the patron saint of reciprocity are
not improved Even a more serious
stab is now made at the man whom
Harrison has most to fear. Scandalous
charges against Mr.. Blaine in the mat
ter of the CHILEAN complications are
printed by the Washington Post. 1T
reviews the dinner given by the Chill
ian representatives to this government.
and clearly intimates that the utter
ances of such men as ex-Mayor Grace,
of New York, and Richard Trum bull
fell with weighty influence upon Mr..
Blaine's ear. The significance of this
appears in the fact that Mr.. Grace is
prominently concerned in the owner
ship of Peruvian railroads and CHILEAN
enterprises, including nitrate beds,
while Mr. Trumbull was the active
agent In securing arms for the Itata,
Mr.. Grace materially aiding him.
These gentlemen are interested in pre-.
venting war at any cost, and immedi-
ately after the dinner at Senior Months
Mr.. Grace is said to have cabled to Val
paraiso that Mr.. Blaine alone, of all
the cabinet can be regarded as the
friend of Chilli
Frank Hatton is held responsible for
these grave insinuations, and Mr.. Hat
ton stands in q verysclose relationship
with President Harrison. Hence the
Blaine organs are out in lurid denun-
Citations and call upon the secretary to
speak for his own vindication. 1t
seems impossible for the magnetic
statesman not to mix business with
politics, and Hatton's announcement
will stir up good many unpleasant
recollections,
With the better republicans after
Mr.. Quay in Pennsylvania, and the cor
ruptionists gathered about him as a
body-guard; with Iowa republicans
torn up over the problem of getting rid
of that white elephant of prohibition,
with the president adopting such mis-.
takes as Elkins and Judge Woods, and
with the growing feeling of disgust to-
ward designing leaders of the e. o. p,
the democratic skies are looking
particularly bright = Detroit Free
Press