Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-10-15
Our Washington Letter.
Special .ponaenee Of rnr IIraAlDl

Aopechi Ioffesp 0nnehce Of The HERALD.
Matters political and things in gener-
al have been rather lively this week.
The cool weather appears 10 have put
everybody on his metal and as a conse-
qusnce strange things have happened
and important discoveries made.
i With the influx Of so much genuine
coin, there has been considerable of The
i spurious metal or queer as / believe
1t is called in the language OF the espro-
fession," put upon the market A gang
of counterieiters have been discovered
but owing to the bungling manner
IN which the case was worked up, the
heart and handspring of the conspiracy
has as usual managed to get off unhurt
For some months past counterfeit sill
yer has been passing rather freely in
our ''bon tom market, and suspicion
hnally rested upon an Italian fruit ven-
der, whose regular ''mellow eyed
visitors always seemed flush with the
sllyery dollars. Chief of the govern
mont detective service, Brooks, and our
local detective corps put their heads to-
gether and one day this week arrested
our Italian friend and his four visitors
before the latter had time TO get out OF
the wagon, in which they had come
from their quiet home four miles ont in
the country to market. Their stock in
trade consisted of very much coin bear
ing the stamp Of rs and '76, and the
imitation was so perfect as to indicate
that skilled workmsn had hand in the
coming The quiet retreat in the
country was visited but no dies or facil-
tiles for making the money were found,
nor any more of the coin The detect
ives are chagrined at not finding the
outfit, and now say that so much of the
coin was being circulated that they were
obliged TO make the arrests to prevent
further impostions upon the public.
There is something wrong about this
whole detective system. and if it must
at all exist, the very best experts to be
had and no others should be employed
In striking contrast with the mag
nilicent house of Senator Palmer, with
It's Kitchen on top and all the other
latest improvements in ARCHITECTURAL
planning, stands the house of Senator
Edmunds with q bay window made of
sheet copper and plate glass, and aa
entrance like that to mill The house
is altogether curious looking structure
and will attract the attention because
it is believed to have style of archi-
lecture peculiar to itself The Senator
IS profound expeunder of constitu-
tional law, but is no architect II shows
the hotch potch that even a wise man
will make when he is foolish enough to
NEEDLE with things he knows nothing
| about
| A fourteen hundred dollar clerk in the
Pension Office was assume enough the
other day in speaking of the Presidents
civil service letter to publicly say the
President was an ass in attempting to
run Democratic administration on
Republican principles. The clerk is
now IN search of some Venerable en-
/ pioyment, and realizes that the Govern
ment mule kicks hard when els pricked
with the goad. Moral-That an ass
should never bray in street car.
The act of Congress providing that no
/ ex-clerk or official can practice before
the office in which he was employed in
prosecuting any claim pending while
he was in the office has been a dead
letter for some years past. 1t has been
put into force again, by Secretary La
mar in the appeal of the late Assistant
/ Commissioner Of the Land Office from
the dicision of the present Commission
er refusing to recognize him as an at
tornev in certain cases there pending.
The Secretary holds that the act was
Intended to apply to any and all claims of
whatever kind, and is not restricted to
those of monetary character. This.
ruling will injuriously affect number
of late officials in the Interior Depart
ment who are now practicing before it,
and who claim to possess information
regarding claims that will be Invaluable
to the claimants.
The widow of the lato Gen O. Z.
Babcock who figured SO prominently in
the whisky ring cases under Gen.
Grants second term, has filed bill in
the courts here for permission to sell
piece OF land located just outside the
city and valued at gil 900. She sets
forth that the value of che personal es-
tate is $4,000, and that claims amount
ing to $4,000 have been presented
against the estate. She wants to pay
the creditors all that can be realized
from the estate. There are some honest
people still in the world
Secretary Endicott stands like a
''Stonewalf against ths assaults of
Gen. Sheridan, Hazen, Schofield. POPE
and Howard, to have rescinded his
order sending back to their regiments
the officers which these generals have
had detailed for years as member. of
their stats. The Secretary is immov-
able in his determination that no
officer shall be on detail duty for q
period OF more than four years, and
that all such must go back to their reg
iments and their places be filled by
others The Secretary says it is de-
moralizing for the officers to be on such
duty for longer period. and that if the
line suffers Tor the purpose of making
it pleasant for the staff the evil must be
remedied
The Commissioner of Pensions has
made ruling that no soldier against
whom there is charge of desertion can
be placed on the pension list. He re-
grets the hardships that may follow
from his ruling, but says that he has no
authority to change the law. Hereafter
all such eases viii be referred to the
War Department, where relief can be
/ had