Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-06-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Attitude of President Harrison and
his Friends.
The Beautiful Parks of WashingtOn--A
New Bill by PeIfer,
[From our Regular Correspondent ]
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Nav 81, '99

They are now for Harrison as against
Blaine OF anybody else. To all intents
and purposes, so far as they are con-
cerned, Mr.. Harrison is not q Presi-
dent seeking the Endorsement of his
party, but private citizen of Indiana,
who proposes to enter the race with
everybody else, and take his chances.
All reserve has been thrown off, and
the Presidents friends, tired of the
continued attacks of the opposition,
and particularly of the Blaine talk
which now fills the air, are in the fight
to win if they can, and to beat every
body else at any cost. The first step in
the plan of campaign as it has been
arranged, is to see that the Harrison
contingent at Minneapolis is kept SOL
! idly on its feet, so that it can not be car
ried away by any stampede in the con-
vention. The object of this is plain.
If Mr.. Blaine will not take the nomina-
ton unless it comes to him unanimous
ly, the friends of the President propose
that there shall be number of dele
gates on hand to see that the unanim-
ity is not forthcoming. All these prep
arations for the Presidents campaign
are evidence that he will not withdraw
from the race. In this case the straws
correctly show the way the wind is
blowing. One of his friends stated
yesterday in most positive language
that the prophets who predicted let
ter of withdrawal from the President
did not know their man.
Government gardeners from the large
propagating gardens under the War
Department, are now setting out the
two hundred beds in the parks of Wash
ington. This work has long been IA
nous for the beauty and novelty of eff
fects attained in both form and color.
Every year the sixteen hot houses in
the propagating gardens produce an
output of over half million plants,
which are used for the spring and sum-
mer's work. Especial care has been
given to the preparations for this sea-
sons planting, because of the Grand
Army encampment next fall. The
150, 900 veterans who will then come to
Washington will receive welcome de-
cidedly novel and pleasant. A large
number of patriotic and military de-
signs have been designed during the
winter, which are now being worked
out in the flower beds in different parts
of the city. There has been some re-
straint upon the work because of the
insufiiciency of last years appropria-
tion, and Uncle Sam will limit his ef-
forts to lesser number of beds than
would otherwise have been the case.
These will be placed in Judiciary
Square, where stands the huge pension
building. In the level lawn south of
the pension building, which is 400 feet
long from east to west, there will be
about forty flower beds, twenty nine Of
which will be representations of the
various army corps badges. One, the
largest of them all, will be Grand
Army badge, with its flag and pendant
star, crossed cannon and muskets, all
worked out in flowers that will dupli-
cate precisely the colors.
OF the many unique bills introduced
in this Congress by the Alliance people,
none is more so than that of Mr.. PETER s
yesterday, which provides for the es-
tablishment of bureau of loans. The
bill was laid on the table for the pres
ent, but Mr.. PETER expressed his inten.
tion of addressing the Senate at flu.
ture day on the subject. The bill pro,
vides for bureau of loans within the
Treasury Department, to be conducted
by three commissioners, with salaries
of 1000 each. This bureau is to estab
lish loan agencies, one of which is tt
be at the capital of every State ant
| Territory. The business of the loca
agencies is to be to lend money to tn,
4 people. The loans are to be for no
less than one year, and no loan is to b,
for less than 800 nor more than 80, 90
to or for any one person OF family, an,
no loan is to be granted unless it be t
procure or to save a home. The fund
II required to carry out the act are to b
e provided by the issue of treasury note
equal in amount to dollar and hal
for every dollars worth of gold AM
u silver coin and bullion belonging t.
|, the United States. The bill prohibit
j banks or corporations from demanding
or receiving more than five per cent. in
u terest, or four per cent. where the loal
4 extends over year.
> Commissioner Raum yesterday aske
the Judiciary Committee of the Hous
Z Z for adeficiencyappropriation of $1,000
n 600 on account of pension payment
a for the balance of the fiscal year. II
said that he had $4,000, 900 on hant
and would need 10000, 900 for the tw
. remaining months of the present fiscs
year. When last before the committe
Commissioner Raum estimated that a
t. the present appropriation would not b