Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-05-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.

certainly lnat Mr. harrison cannot be
nominated at Minneapolis. They
point exultinglv to the nearly six hun
dred uninstructed delegates, and sneer
al the fact that only four states that
the republicans have any reasonable
hope of carrying-ll illinois, Indiana,
Nebraska and South Dakota-have in
structed for Harrison, and some of
them do not hesitate to say that the
majority of the rest of the instructed
delegates, all from the South, could
easily be taken away from Mr.. Harri-
son by cash purchase. If it were neces-
sary to defeat him.
Quay, Platt. Reed and large num-
Der of the most influential republican
bosses met here to congratulate them
selves on the result detailed in the
election of delegates to the Minneapo-
, lis convention, and, what is more i'm
portant to them, to agree upon the
ticket to be nominated. The meeting
whispered that it was practically
agreed to hold out hopes to Sherman.
Mckinley, Alger, Depew and other
dark horses until the last minute, in
order to keep them and their personal
followers from going into the Harri-
son camp, and that when the conven-
tion meets Blaine and Rusk are 10 be
sprung upon it with rush and enthu-
siastically pushed through before the
friends of other candidates have an
opportunity to pull their wits togeth-
ar.
Mr. Harrison is reported to be con-
t 'mplating II withdrawal in favor of
Senator Cullom. In fact it is said that
he told Senator Cullom before the Illi-
nOi5 convention was held that he would
do so, as soon as it became apparent
that he could not be nominated on the
first ballot, and that it was that prom
ise that caused Cullom to get the con-
v.ntion to instruct for Harrison.
Having compelled the Department.
OF Justice to begin legal proceedings
! against the sugar trust, tho House will
now do the same for the National Cor
dage company, the trust which con-
trois binding twiue, by adopting a
resolution offered by Representative
SOnff nf JllinAic ha
who introduced the sugar trust resolu-
tion, which the House passed last
week. 1t may be that the Sherman
| antitrust law. which was enacted by
the billion dollar Congress, is entirely
worthless, as was charged by demo
Gratis when it was passed there are
rea asons for believing that it was in
tended to be-but that makes the
House all the more anxious to see it
put to practical test. If it fails, the
House will pass u bill that will not
fail, and leave the responsibility for
its becoming a law with the trust low
ing republican majority in the Senate
and the republican President.
Repres entative Bailey, who is a
member OF the House subcommittee
engaged in Investigating the affai OF
the Yellowstone Park Association,
thinks Mr. Russell Harrison may find
himself in very unpleasant position
before the investigation is over. owing
to his readiness to loan his Influence
The House committee on Post Off
ces has agreed to report favorably a
bi i appropriating 100000 for the ex-
tension of free mail delivery in agr.-
cultural districts, and providing for
the issue of fractional postal notes.
Again the old cry is raised that Sec
retary Noble has informed Mr. Harri-
son that Raum must go. or he would
leave the Cabinet. This may or may
not be true, but, if the charge be true
that Raum wrote. without Mobiles
knowledge, the letter declining to fur
nish the Pension Office investigating
committee with the papers relating to
| the discharge OF certain special ! en-
sion examiners. and Noble says he did,
II would certainly be about what any
sslf respecting man would do unde.
similar circumstances. The comm it.
tee through the chairman. Rsprese :
tttive Wheeler, asked for these papers