Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-04-04
Correspondence.
Letter from Washington.

WASHINGTON. u. &. March -, ISIS
The spiief1l things said Of Tilden since Judge
Blaichford's decision by some OF the Bourbon
leaders here. who are UNDERWOOD to have allcd
their pock cts with the ''usufruct' in circulation
Al the -. 10 us Convection. who defended that
bArgAin and sale and hi. income tax cheat dur
ing The war. all through the las, Presidential
campaign, seems 10 Indicate their total LACK Of
gratitude. their incoustan, affections. and that
they regard Uncle sammy" somewhat a. We
DO, an Old shoe, 10 be put on or Of at pleasure
TIE iAc, appears 10 be that large majority al
Ways dctestsd him, but their cupidi,y and de-
sire for partisan triumph 50 tar ou,weiSssd
their scrupies that they checrfully .uppoSsd
him for President, though As certainly oouvine-
cd then now Of his mo-al unfi,nc.s for any
position Of public trust.
The >enale Committee on Appropriations
has, IN revising the Consular aud Diplomatic
appropriation bAl recently passed By the fIou-e
restored salaries Of foreign representative.
cut down b. the Hous~ 10 the amount. now
Fixed by law. The salaries OF our Ministers 20
Great BFiuan. France, Germany aud Russia
are fixed at 1880. Minister, TO Span, Aus
ira, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Japan aud china,
are restored 10 $1,000 each; Minister. to Chill
AMI Peru. to $1,000 each. The Committee oou-
cHrs in the prov. Of the House bal. nxins
sslsrlcs Of Ministers 10 tho Argentine Hrpub-
lie. trAguAy, Paraguay. sweden. Norway. Tur-
Key, Venezuela. Hawaiian l.land., L. :. OF o.
unhia and Bolivia. The senate Committee ha.
srnended the blI 10 create Consulate. 81 south
ampton. s;etln. Turk. I.lArd. Nsnter, Valen-
cia, swallow, Saata-Cruz. MATsnhAm. Milan
and Venice, al salaries Of 81 90 each. The
item for relief u America .e2uen in foreign
countries : increased from dfiy TO sixty thou,-
and dollars.
The Committee Ia, struck from the bill the
item allowing The President TO expend $1,000
II hi. discretion for diplomats anu consular
service.
The newest sens alton Ia, grown gu, Of the
selection Of Glenni W. >~hoh..d L. Register Oi
the Treasury, vacated by the death VI Mr.
Allison few day- since. The story i, told ~
tie local pa pers and uew.mouger. somewhat
In tht. vein When it wa learned that the
appointment was to be given 10 PeunsylS Anla.
two Republican members OF Congress. from
that state, M~s,r-. Whit and Thompson,
called on Secretary sherman ami requested the
appointment Of Collector sullivan OF the Ale
shAny distract, submitting papers to show that
their preference was shared by almost the en-
tire Pennsylvania deIeg alton. Amer pleasantly
discussing the matter, The Secretary suggested
thai ihey call aud make their wishes known to
the Pre.ideni which va. accordingly done
Tuesday morning. II ]. alleged that the Pres
dent listened attentiyely. taking eopious
notes, Of their responses 10 variou. interroga-
tories A. to the qualifications of several Penn
sylyanians, among them sullivan. They left
the President with the feeling that Mr.. Suli-
vans chances were first class, 10 again consult
with Nr. sherman As advised BY the President.
They were naturally astonished when the sec
retsry greeted them with the announcement
that the place had been tendere5 10 Mr.. scho-
aeld the day previous Monday and tina, his
acceptance had been received. II is under
stood that Mr.. Thompson eorroboraies the
truth Of the story, up to this point, but denies
that either he or Mr.. White characterized the
Administration IS tricky, lying, and hyp-
| ocriticaT' as telegraphed all over the country.
| and as appeared in the Tribune and other
lesding papers. Secretary Sherman has also
made, what seems to be generally regarded a.
/ 4 very diplomatic denial. In which specific con-
/ trsdictons are avoided. II is no exaggerstion
to say that political ireles are profoundly
moved over the matter and it is big with pos.
I sibilities,
| The economists Of the present House have so
| far hsl to vote several million to make up the
| deficiencies that resulted from the niggardly
| policy Of the ith Congress, There is probably
4 not bureau that has not suffered from the
/ liberty taken with the estimates OF men who
know next TO nothing Of the requirements Of
/ the service. Large additions will likely have
/ to be made to the clerical force in the Depart.
I men,s here; and the measures Of the PROPOSE
/ ton TO make 1t up in cutting down clerks sal
4 aries while they leave their own intact, ha.
moved Mr.. KEYS, p. NJ. Gen'l., and the Wash
/ ington Post DEM 10 protest.
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