Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-03
HARRISON TIE NOMINEE So Says Our Washington Cor
 respondent, UNLESS A MIRACLE OCCURS The Ex-Presideut Will Stand by the "Exs" if He Is Elected. CONGRESSMAN < SCAR W UNDERWOOD Is Being F $ ably Re0oiv0d--His arnnd- father q nited States Senator From F $ lcky-Alabama Members
 . at Their Post of Duty.
CONGRESSMAN N SCAR w. UNDERWOOD


 sT - ence.)-Benja Harrison of the state where the Hoosier, fiourisheth will be the nominee of the republican party for the office of president of the United States of America. Benjamin Harrison will, unless a miracle or some manifesto tion of unthought-of, marvellous interfer- ence intervenes be inaugurated as the chief executive of the greatest republic in the world on the fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. If the foregoing be a rash assertion, the Washington repre- sentative of the State Herald stands ready to hereafter abstain absolutely from making any prediction whatever of events political that are to transpire.
 During the past week the ex-president has been in New York, and from more than one source has come the informa- tion that his mission was political and investigative. The opinion in Washing ton is that MT. Harrison is the man Speaker Reed and MT. Mckinley are to beat if they would pluck from the repuo- lican tree the luscious fruit of presi- dential nomination.
 The same reasons and the same causes that gave to Grover Cleveland Tn the Chicago convention in 1892 the over wh6lmlng vote that nOUll1dted uiiA OAA the first ballot, and the same reasons anu the same causes that prevented James C. Blaine the most popular man Tn ms party, from receiving the nomination III that same year and gave to Ben]amh Harrison the large vote by which he was nominated, will give again to an ex- president enough votes to make ms 'calling certain and his election sure.
 Had it been known before the election of delegates from the several states to
 
 MT Cleveland, when elected, Wouiu, as his first official act, veto the application of all "exs' for appointment to ofnce take 1t that not near so many votes would have been cast for the gentleman from Buffalo on the first ballot; ana what a difference would exist today Tn the ranks of democracy. MT. Harrison will take means to have it. known that should he be elected no such rule would be promulgated.
 When you come to think of 1t that In every state in the union, by past favors shown. Mr. Harrison has a nucleus around which an organization can and will be formed it does not seem near so rash to assert that he will be>the nom inee of his party for the presidency. MT. Reed, MT Mckinley and MT. Allison may effect an organization in a state here and state there, but MT. Harrison has an organization in every state and terri tory in the entire union, and 1t would be passing strange if he did not carry great proportion of them.
 Yes. like Cleveland like Harrison-his- tory will repeat itself next year and Har- rison will receive at the hands of his party nomination for the presidency for the third time, and having been nom- mated will be elected.
 Personal and Pertinent.
 Several Alabamians were in New York during the past week and the register at the Fifth Avenue hotel bore the following inscriptions: Gaston A. Robbins, Selma; James E. Cobb, Tuskegee; George P. Harrison, Miss Mamie Harrison, Baby George and nurse.
 Miss Mamie Harrison went to New York to pursue her studies. General Harrison and his family, with Judge Cobb as his guest went to New York in President Smiths (of the Western of Alabama railway private car: They had a pleasant trip and reached Wash ington Friday night.
 R. A. Moseley of Birmingham arrived in the city Friday and Is registered at the Metropolitan.
 w. F. Aldrich. T. H. Aldrich and Pey-- ton G. Bowman are in the city at the Ebbit.
 J. s. Alton of Birmingham is at the Metropolitan.
 Miss Ella Wise, who has been visit ing friends in Virginia. spent few days in Washington during the past week.
 The Post has the following about the Ninth's popular representative:
 The new member from the Ninth Ala bama district, Hon. Oscar w. Under wood. who is stopping at the Metropolis tan is but little past 30, and, being inno- cent of beard and fair complexioned. looks a good many years younger. He is Kentuckian by birth. and comes of Q distinguished family in the Blue Grass State, his grandfather having served in the United States senate. MT. Under woods handsome face and winning man. ners are apt to make him one of the popular men of the house. He is a law yer and his ability at the bar brought him his congressional honors.