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Niue prisoners escaped from tlia
Glynn county jail 12th, inst., and
are still at large.
It, is thought tire limied. States
vrill have Ilia finest navy in the
world. So much fr America,
Vien. Alger of Michigan, says he
has received no appointment, and
does not expect a place in Harris
son’s cabinet.
There may yet be some chance
for Mahons. Harrison says his cab
inet shall be represented by a
“Confederate general,” Is Ma
hone the man?
Jackson, Miss., has again went
wet, after two years of prohibition.
The whiskey men carried the coun
ty by 3,GSO. it was thought at this
wri ing the dry ticket is deeply
snowed under.
It was an Ohio man who set/ire
to his store, cut his throat and laid
himself down among kegs of pow
derin the burning building, yetis
in a fair way to recover, although
the bilding was shattered.
The joint committee of the Pres
byterian churches, North and
South, at their recent meeting in
New York, reached no definite con
clusion upon the subject of union
It is said another meeting will be
held in Atlanta in April.
Sens. Edmunds and Sherman
are fighting against BUine. They
are urging the president to keep
him out of his cabinet, They think
if Blaine is given a place, he will
stock the cards on Harrison and
run the administration to suit him
self.
It turns out that some of the slan
ders of the campaign concerning
the private life of the president
were circulated by the Woman’s
Industrial League, with money fur
nished by the Republican National
Committee. Nobody is surprised
at the part which Quay and Dud
ley’s committee took in this dis
graceful business, and it looks as if
when women once go into politics,
it is not long before they are but lit
tle batter than the men,—[Ex.
Secretary Fairchild recently sent
to the senate the report of his spe
cial treasury agnt delegated to in
vesgitate the sugar frauds in the
Customs and Appraisers’ offices of
New ''fork and Chiladelphia. The
loss to the National revenue, by
Close frauds, amounted, between
,<one 1.1883, and June 1, 18S5, to
C-1,045,309. A list of officials rep
ie>< iked for summary removal;
and officicals, it may be re
marked, are some ot the very re
p J dican rascals whose removal
ine democrats deman led nearly
four years ago.
Washington, Feb. B.—ln talk
ing with Congressman Dingley of
Maine, about the policy of the new
dm in ist ration yesterday, Mr.
Blaine expressed himself in favor
cf the annexation of Cuba, He has
two reasons for this, the first, be
cause Cuba is the hot bed ot the
yellow fever, and he believed if it
was the property of tbe United
Mutes we would discover some
means of stamping out the curse,
and thereby benefit tho gulf and
south Aflantic states. His second
reason is because it will settle the
sugar question. Mr. Blaine furth
er said he would advise tho pur
chase of Cuba when the new ad
ministration gets info power.
Washington, Feb. 12.—There
will be no tariiflegislation thisses
sion. Mr. Mills is my authoaity.
He says thasfariff bill will be re
ported back to the house, but he
dees not expect any agreement
between the two houses this ses
sion. He says th© democratic ma
jority in the house being small and
there being such a division and dis
cord in the ranks, he can not hope
for an agreement.
“However,” he said, “I am a
party man through and through,
and will agree to whatever the par
ty decidss upon. We shall prob
ably call a caucus very soon and
submit the whole matter to it for
decision, lam opposed to taking
out the internal revenue features
of tli© bill and passing them sep
arately and exclusively; as 6ome
have advocated. My position is
first to reduce the cost of the nec
essaries of life, and then attend, to
tobacco and fruit brandies. If we
repeal the tobacco tax first, then
we throw aside the wheel-horse
which is to assist us in reducing
the cost of the necessaries of life.
I fear we shall do nothing this ses
sion.”
Indianapolis, Feb. 10.—United
States marshals to-day arrested
Fremant and Ward Hildebrand
and B. Emerick and John Deal of
Carroll county, upon indictments
charging them with the crime of
having fooled their old grandfath
er out of hia vote last election day.
George Beyers, the grandfather, is
85 years old, and has voted for six
ty-one years in Carroll county
without ever missing a presiden
tial election. Ho is an uncom
promising democrat, but his four
grand sons are republicans. Last
election da}'- they voted early,
promising to take their old grand
father to the polls in the wagon af
ter dinner. In the afternoon they
did take the old man into the wag
on, but instead of driving him to
(he polls they started off in the di
rection opposite. He protested, but
they told him it was all right and
that they were only giving him a
little nde before he voted. After
awhile the old man began to pro
test again, and even tried to climb
out of the wagon, but they held
him in and promised that he
should not lose his vote. Finally
fhey did drive around to the poll
ing place, but it was feo late, and
Grandfather Beyers had lost his
vote for president for the first
time since he was 21 years old.
The old fellow's anger lasted well
and when the grand jury met he
went before it and entered com
plaint against hia grandsons for
having kept a vote away from the
polls.
Blaine is growing uneasy with fear
'.bat he may yet get left /or a place in
Harrison's Cabiiut,
What a wender it would be.
Wakhioglun Letter.
[From the Journal's Oerrespendent.J
Soeretary Bayard is a patient man,
bat he can’t stand He
allowed biraxclf to ba misrepresented
and criticised by the newspapers about
this Samoan affair a long time, bnt he
has turned on the sensation mongers
by taking the public into liisj confi
dence and showing just how small a
foundation thc.o really was upon
which to build a great war sonijation.
He shows that Germany hai violat
ed no treaty with the United states;
that no American property hs* been
destroyed nor the rights of any Ameri
can citizen iuterferred with; that Ger
many has given tho United states ab
solutely no cause for war, and that by
express agreements with Germany and
England this country is prevented
from attempting to maintain a protce
torate over the Islands. In faot, Mr.
Bayard’s statements make it very
plaiu/bat be has upheld tho honor of
the country in this matter, and now
be lias turned it over to congress to
decide whether wo shall inaugurate a
new policy in relation to this insig
nificant little group of islands in the
Suuth Paeilic Ocean. Tho absurd ru
mor that Mr. Bayard and Secretary
Whitney has fallen oat over this ques
tion, bad no foandation whatever. The
administration is harmonious.
The senate have decided that to re
port Mr. Springer’s “Otanibue bill’’
witb ameadmeuis shutting out New
Mexico, and providing for immediate
admission of North and South Dakota,
Montana and Washington. It is not
believed that the democrats of the
house will ever agree to any measure
that dees not admit New Mexico, so
that there is no probability ot any leg
Elation on this .vabjest at this session.
W. W. Dudley wants Harrison to
appoiat him Commissioner of patents,
but it has been suggested that it might
be well for him to wait and hear tbs
be verdict concerning certain charges
against him before ho applies far an
office.
The democratic senators held a cau
cus this week to determine whether it ii
possible to get the republicans to agree
to take some actioa upon the large
number—over 400, of nominations
mow pending before the senate.
Nothing is expected to come of it, as
the republicans seem determined to
“hang up” these nominations until
Harrison comes in.
The senate tariff bill has been referr
ed to the treasury department for a re
port as to what effect it would have on
tb© rsvenue of the government. Mr.
McMillan of tb© House Ways and
Means Committee, thinks that the
tariff portion cf the bill would result
in an increase of the revenues instead
of a reduction.
If Harrisoc'a administration is to be
controlled by republicans of the Billy
Chandler type, there ate rrcubions
times ahead tor the Sonth. Chandler
is one of those republican taints who
is always suffering with that very
disease, “nigger” on the brain. He
•san not talk fire minutes on the floor
oi the serate or elsewhere without
drugging in tho negro. Ho has rath
er overdone himself by an interview
this week, ia which ha takes occasion
to virtually advise the negro to aria
himself and fight. Such men as Chan
dler bavo been responsible for every
drop of blood that has been shed in
die South since, the war, and the
r-..ub10 has only just begun if th y
are to be allowed to rule the nest ad
ministration. Fortunately Harrison
ntinself i a conservative man at*d not
likely to tako advice from seek faua.-i
es au Billy Chandler.
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