Show attorney general millers fate OPPOSED FOR THE SUPREME COURT agather embarrassing 0 for mr miller correspondence ot the the cabinet meeting held today to day was a little strong pension affairs raised a small cyclone and before that passed away the vacancy on the bench of the supreme court brought about a hurricane at least two members are bitterly opposed to the appointment of attorney general mil ter which president harrison seems determined upon it must have been a rather embarrassing position farmr miller who waa present president harrison is still wrestling with the problem of trying to find a man for pension commissioner who can satisfy the applicants for pensions without creating a financial deficiency the thing is impossible but of course its none of our business if the administration wants to hearit self out in that way let it go ahead the latest man named as likely to have an opportunity of declining to occupy corporal tanners Tanner 8 shoes is ex governor hartranft Hart of pennsylvania two men stand ready to occupy the position brown of ohio and campbell of kansas but their readiness makes president harrison shy of them mr blaine is at last president not of the united states but of the three americas congress he was elected to the position wednesday when the congress met and organized ex senator henderson of missouri was elected president pro tepa poro mr blainer Bla inea speech of welcome to tho congress was a model of its kind and is highly praised here by members of both parties immediately after adjourning jo to november the congress called on the president with whom the members took lunch thursday morning they left on a special train for a tour of the north east and west they are certain to be impressed by what they will see and will return to washington pro pared to discuss more intelligently the matters brought before them it is thought at the state department that the congress will sit about three months democrat a here express considerable disappointment over the results of the elections in the new they had been led to expect something different secretary tracys difficulty in getting a naval officer to command the kearsarge Kear sage which started from new york tuesday for bayli with fred douglass our minister to that country as a passenger has been the subject of a great deal of joking around washington this week As soon as it was known that the commanders cabin had to be dived up to fred nobody who knows the personal habits of that individual mamed the naval officers for getting out of the dilemma in any way possible secretary tracy got very mad but all the same ill oat a big red apple tracy would not entertain douglass five or six days at his private residence for a years salary douglass is a aneiro for all that and no white man who respects himself will care to be closely associated with him in a social way I 1 am inclined to believe with the kentuckian that theres as much in the blood of peo pie as of horses ex representative harris of virginia who had just made a trip through that state says the democrats will have a walkover and that mahone will neve ragain be heard from politically r have it on good authority that several members of tha administration have given up all hope of mahones election senators hampton of south carolina and harris of tennessee are very wide apart in their ideas of a correct solution of the race problem senator Hampton has for a long time advocated the purchase of land in mexico or of an island and the colonization thereon the southern states senator harris being asked what he thought of such a scheme replied tt do not consider it practical at all the negro want to be colonized and if the devil only had those who are trying to make practical capital out of him there would be no trouble to speak about senior harris is one of the large number who believe that the business of congress has grown to such dimensions that continuous sessions ought to be held breckinridge Brecki of arkansas thinka all the Be publican talk about the bales of the house is intended to wake the courage of the weakened republicans up to the point of beating all eighteen of the be publican contestants charges have been filed at the department part ment of state against beed lewis of pennsylvania consul agent at morocco he is accused of having attempted to extort a large of money from a vice consul as the price of his retention in office mr reed ia one of president harrisons the knight templar are begin to arrive for the conclave they will remain here ten days washington D 0 october |