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Show WASHINGTON l.KTTI R I'mm our regular Coiif-.pui,,.el. Tliere is considerthli ind j-na'ioii ei-piessed ei-piessed by democrats here ovi-r a jinbl.-i cation in New Yak p;i)c-r nnim -1:113 thaMJie National A suction .. Demo cr.itic Chios was using its machii.eiy to' j bxm Senator G ini m ( r the Presidential Presi-dential nomination. The princip.il ai n vJT this. magnitirieut organization, which Uj bouiiAio plav a very inxpoitant part in the next- campaign, has been Mom in, organization, to woik for the cause of democracy but under 110 circumstance to tke any p-rt in the making or un-pnkini un-pnkini of Presidential candidates. It was because of this aim that when ' the association apposite i its correspond nc agents, one or 111 re ol w hich it has in every county in the Ui.iled Slates, it decided de-cided not to select the men, but u request the democratic Stale committees to make the s-Jeetioiis. Now lt ,clll,es no argument to convince anyone man it would have made its own Mecti m of Cr eH' ."ling agents in outer to be Cetl'tiiof hiving fiiendsof its mM l!y Ijatin,; tire St ite committees to do it all chance of lavoritism was done auny with as it ii wi ll known that a m ijoiiiy of thr-committee-.: of the different States favo; di'l-rent men f r the nomination. There is no objection he e to S nutor Gorr.i..n. lor he is idiilirv.i h.. tt. but it is ;he intimation that ih association associa-tion is trying to force his, nomination that is objected too, The association proposes leaving tha selection of the candidate to the deleft !s to the nation, al conventian; thf work lor whith it was' organized, and for which it is n w plan Lng. is the election cf the nominee, ha matter who he rray bo, and it will con-fcit con-fcit itself to that work Representative Iiitt, of Illinois, who has been called .Mr. Blaine's personal reprcsentrtive in the Hcuse, h;.s just returned from a visit to Mr, Blaine, and it is said that he brought a messete to the hite house which gave Mr. Harrison Har-rison a bud half hour. It w,-s a remonstrance remon-strance against ceriain changes that Mr. Harrison proposed making in some o? Mr. Bluine's plans, and it cairied with it a threat of resignation, .mdmy inlur"iim says Mr. Hut left with the assuraure tluu wir. tsiame s plans would not be inter-ferred inter-ferred with Ex-Minister ohri W. Foster will act as Secretary of State while Mr. , Haine is takinga rest, but the assistant Secretaries ol State do not tike kindly to t.ie idea they think they should, have had the honor, but neither Mr. Harrison nor Mr. Blame thought either of them b enough lor the job. Mr. Harrison does ut-t approve of Secretary Poster's scheme of extending the 4! per cent, bonds wind mature" n;xt September, but the Sccieiaiy stik ,hoD,es to talk him around, as he knows-ithe knows-ithe necessity of having the money for other uses will be so appaient that every, one can see it. State department officials are tryinc to make the pcopls believe that we are to havea,cl.osed4SeHson in Bering's Sea,' this season, bu n only raises a smile upon tlie faces of those familiar with the subject. It may be several weeks betoie, the British Parliament passes the bill now belore it authorizing that government govern-ment to agree to the closed season proposition pro-position pending the arbitration;, meanwhile mean-while the ll!eg.d sealeis sailing under thy orillsh flag are taking seals, and by thd nine that all the necessary red tape vi. gone lhr..i!ri-ii with and a sufficient naval lorce is placed in Bering's Sen, even graiifng that Lord Sahsbuiy finally agrees, to enforce a closed seso.i the jserfson will be over. It looks at present like the usual Bitisn diploma: r rick. r x The pension offr e is giving th? ai imiiistratiou a good deal ol Uoiibie AccoiAmg to good Republican atnhoiiiy I lr. ILrrisoii utilized his visit to fuila-idelphia,ou fuila-idelphia,ou M-inio.iHlday bytiying t0et a b.g G.A. Ionian to take Comni.ssiunts iKaum s place, but he d.dn't succeed I the fennsyhanianian was too smart He wasn't looking for that sou ol an. office. There is lots of tyilk. about resignations, these days, and atiange a it may stem, some i3gaiations. ihe Ctinm.ssioiier of patents has discovered that cll.ee-holdiiig cll.ee-holdiiig isn't his lorte and has resigned-the resigned-the Sureon General of the Marine Hos pital Service has also resigned he got J4.000 a year, and thought he ought to ,hawef6.ooo Cabinet rumors aie also again current, one of them' puts Bob-Lincoln Bob-Lincoln at the head of, the War Department Depart-ment and sends; Seetetaiy iUjb,a to' Fngland as our Minister. The agony as. to who iial!, ait. on she. snew land Coutltench.ilJ. be over in a !lm 4vs-,.probably this week. 1 he At-tomey-Geiieial is reported to have said' that onof. theiutlges will be a Democrat. |