Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regulac CorrespoM lent. Q


M. Blaine is nothing if Mot dra-
matte, and that his resignation was
the cacefuily woi kel up climax of the
| professional dramatist is not for mo-
ment to be doubted. He has recently
concluded that he wanted the nomi-
| nation, and all his actions s;ncs reach
ing that conclusion have beea care
fully planned with that end in view,
aad his ree'gnation. which speaks as
plain as il he said Il am again in the
field was announced just at theatime
when 1t would do the most effective
work witt wavering delegates arriv-
ing at Minneapolis.
Tne Washiogton idea is that the
resigna Goa OF Mr.. Blaine knocks the
last leg / otn under M Harrison's
chance, although there are soma who
believe that Blaine may still be bea-
ten 10 the congeni on, blC it does not
look that way TO your corr espondeat
Democ ,ats are wei pleased over thu
situavon. Mr.. Ha tison will aid Mr..
Blaine, il he is the nominee. to just
abort the extent that President Ar
thur d ID in 1881 Mr.. Ha- :son would
probably have Lost his own state ii he
had been nominase]. and his defeat By
MIR. Bla ne's pecJl'ar IN sthol. viii
place that sJdte in the certain demo-
cratic column, and he has power
enough TO see that the man who
snatched from him at the last m aute
that which he had been foolish eaougn
to think was solely his .pe 'sonal prop
erty, is hut in ouher states. Ia other
| words. Blaine secretly opp )sed by
Iiarrison will be much easier man
TO beat than Harrison supported By
Diaine would ba The two m sn whom
| Mr.. HARRISON ought TO blame the most
are Secretary Foster aud Attorney
/ General Miller. They, by their i'll
advised talk against B.aine, furnished
the excuse for him TO resign, which
he was looking for; but he would OF
course have found some other .exeuss
if they had guarded thoir tongues bet
ter
SANITY Mr. Wanamaker has been
explaining again-his public life has
been very unfortunate in this respect.
This TINA he rises to say to the )m-
mittee on post offices of the House
that the statement made under oath
| by Mr. Samuel G. Leake, of Philadsl-
phia, to the effect that Mr.. Wanam l.
maker had, after making certain
promises to him concerning thu erec-
ton of an experimental pneumatic
tube to be used by thu Philadelphia
City post office, become interested, he
believed, in $500 shares of stock
which another pneumatic company
had set aside for post o1ics Off cials,
and declined to fulfill his promises.
was untrue. He also informs the CON-
mittee that II shall BE- pleased to
answer any call that the COMMITTEES
desires to make upon me, personally
or otherwise. Evil disposed parsons
might place a bad construction upoa
the wording of the sentenco quoted,
but such is not my purpose. deal
with facts; Others may put their owa
construction upon those facts.
| ssS. uc chnuy xu,;ai, ,,,.,., AZ
blows" U. S. Treasurer Nebeker is
so certain that he will have no use for
a residence in Washington after thu
4.h of next March that he has given
up the lease upon the house his family
has occupied sincs he entered office
When asked why he did not renew his
lease, Mr.. Nebeker laughingly replied,
because we shall not need the h )use
year longer.