The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-26
AT THEIR WITS END.
TO FIND NEWS THAT DOES NOT GIVE
THE DOLDRUMS.

Parties, Like Individuals. Have Their Sea
SONS of Ill Luck-The Ups and Downs o
Great Men In washington-Harriso
Astute Friends.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 15.-[Special. i
Politicians at the capital were much anus
led at the announcement made short time
ago to the effect that ex-President Harri
son was not candidate for the Republican
nomination in 1885, The Republicans il
Washington say they think they see the
hidden motive for this publication. The
friends of General Harrison are among the
most astute politicians in the country, and
they know the danger of a premature
boom. They do not wish to have their ia.
vorite posing before the people as presi
Dental aspirant so long before the meeting
of the convention. At the same time it is
generally understood that no efforts in the
direction of quietly tilling the political
soil, with view to Harrison crop when
the proper season comes, are to be neglected
on account of this announcement.
Another theory in Washington is that
the announcement of Mr.. Harrison's lack
of ambition was made for purposes con-
nected with the recent meeting of the Re-
publican national committee in this city.
That committee is not friendly to General
Harrison and never was; at least it has
never been since the inauguration of 1889.
1t was feared by some of the ex-president's
special friends that the meeting of the ma
tional committee might be used in oppoSi-
ton to him in some way, and hence publ
cation of the alleged fact that Harrison was
not a candidate was made seemingly by
authority.
Unhappy, Yet Not Without Admirers.
One of the most unhappy men in Wash
ington is Chairman Wilson of the ways and
means committee Mr. Wilson is polite
quiet, scholarly and studious man. He
has little love for the hurly burly of poll
tics or for the rough and tumble debate
which is often INDUCED upon the floor of
the house. For many months he has worked
ON the new tariff bill as man has rarely
worked before. He has, as he says, been a
slave to duty. Night and day, with all his
strength and endurance, has he tOiled. And
what does he get for it? Nothing but abuse
and Misrepresentation, fault finding, oppo-
sition-not little of it from his own party
from the very men who in the nature of
things would be expected to stand by him.
At one time Mr.. Wilson felt so badly
over the treatment accorded him by his fell
low Democrats that he thought seriously
of resigning and escaping all the annoyance
and trial by return to his books. But
that would have been rather cowardly, and
Mr.. Wilson is not coward. So he stood
his ground, and in Washington it is gen.
orally believed he will find his reward in
An appointment to the supreme court bench
If a vacancy in the right circuit occurs dur
ing Mr.. Cleveland's term.
Awaiting q Turn of the Tide.
The Washington manager of one of the
great Geographic press associations received
a terse inquiry from one of his customers a
few days ago. 1t was, "Why in thunder
don't you give us little Democratic stuff
out of Washington" His reply was equal
ly pointed. "There isn't any," he wired
back. 1t is remarkable fact that for sew
eral weeks the representatives of the press as
sociations in Washington have been at thei
wits ends to find news to send that would
not be discouraging to the Democratic
party. The aim of these press associations
is to be absolutely impartial. and if forced
to send bad news for one party to even it
up by sending bad news to the other party
But of late it has seemed that the onlyn
in town was news which only Republicans
would really enjoy, and it was not surpris-
ing that the Democratic editor finally broke
forth with his inquiry why some of the
Democratic counties could not be heard
from once in awhile.
The remark has frequently been made in
during the past six weeks that
the Democratic party has been in the slough
of despond. The elections went against it;
the tariff bill raised storm of opposition
in the ranks; the Hawaiian business turned
out exceedingly unfortunate. 1t appears
that parties are like individuals in that
they have their periods of i'll luck. At this
capital the Democrats are anXiously but
awaiting turn of the tide.
The Passing of NIr. Gresham.
During all this Hawaiian row the CORE
spondent of San Francisco paper has been
in serious trouble. The San Francisco pa
pers naturally have been keenly interest
ed in everything pertaining to Hawaii.
They have instructed their correspondents
here to get up early and stay up late to
make sure of getting everything going. In
the case of this particular correspondent
the instructions have been followed so lit
orally that he scarcely goes to bed at all.
His paper has both a morning and an after.
noon edition. With the difference of time
between San Francisco and Washington it
is possible to print afternoon news in
newspaper and morning news in
an afternoon newspaper if the correspond
ent is only on the alert early and late. This
unfortunate newsgatherer has thus been
kept on the jump about 90 hours out of the
"a. If the Hawaiian business is not soon
settled, he will have to resign or go to
hospital.
Politicians, like parties, have theirups and
downs. A few II ago Mr.. Gresham
was the rising the Democratic
party. 1t was he W. ID the silver COM
promise scheme, anu when that prettily
laid plan went to pieces Senator German
retired to his tent a bitterly disappointed
and badly defeated man. Germans end of
the teeter board was way down, and Gresh-
ANS was aloft. Now the thing has swung
the other way. 1t is Mr.. Gresham who is
waiting for the clouds to roll by, while the
senator whose little compromise bantling
had it's head cut off by the big secretary of
state now takes keen delight in posing
more or less sincerely, and more or less in
a Pickwickian sense, as the friend of the
in the upper branch of con-
gress.
Whenever Mr.. Hoar or some other Meme
sislike Republican introduces resolution