Weekly Phoenix herald., 1885-02-26
CLEvELAND's DILEMMA
Au hur HLights Out" on The
 Third of March.
The Silver QuestfOn-TwO Extra Pockets in UncIe's Pants Capable of Holding
 &72 2.O0O,OOO.
WAsH1NeroN. Feb. 21

the Treasury portfolio, then Alex
 ander Mitchell, of Milwaukee, vii
 no doubt be the man; but if tn
 Treasury IS slated for New York, q
 1 suppose it is, then Colonel Villas
 of Wisconsin, will be named for tht
 Secretary of the Interior" said Rep
 resentative Jones, of Wisconsin, this
 morn ing. The speaker gives Vilal
 a high record.
 The development of sentiment 1T
 Congress relative to the new admin
 Istration is very interesting. While
 the Senators on the Democratic side
 are busy with the Cabinet, the mem-
 bers are engaged in the effort to
 shape MT. Cleveland's policy on
 financial and economic questions.
 MT. Randall wants to prevent the reduction of the tariff, and MT. Bland wants to scare MT. Cleveland out of
 his opposition to silver coinage
 Representative Reagan sent peti- tion signed by one hundred Demos
 cratic members of the House 10
 President Cleveland asking him rot 10 commit himself in hls inaugural address on the silver question.
 MT. Cleveland is confronted with multitude of conflicting forces, all
 exerted to control his action as Pres ldent If he puts Mir. Mcdonald
 into his Cabinet both Bayard and Lamar will be left out of it. Of one thing we may be sure, that as long as Mir. Cleveland holds the office of
 President neither MT. Hendricks or
 any otEer man will control his ac.
 tion in national affairs.
 The British Minister gets threat> ening letters almost daily. Of course they are anonymous and cons tain dynamite declarations to blow up the legation building. Mir. West is man of courage and not easily disturbed, but such letters cannot add to the pleasure of anyone.
 The President has but few oner~ ous duties remaining in his presi. dential term. His final public re- ception will occur some day next week. He will pay due heed to Lenten requirements, and after res ceiYing MT. Cleveland, he will res turn to New York March 3d.
 Naval officers who have the well fare of the service at heart are de- sirous that when the new admins tration comes in 10th the Dispatch and T allapoosa shall be gotten rid of. The talk about the use that has been made of these vessels las been constant injury to the servIce. Neither ship is n, eded for the duty it has been employed on during the past few years. The Despatch might ss we'll be sold, or she could be utilized as surveying vessel, and the Tallapoosa could be turned to good use as steamer to patrol the
 
 American interests are constantly in need of protection.
 Uncle Sam, to keep his silver mines in busine ss, has bought 182, 380, ,829 | standard silver dollars, but in spite of his provebial ingenuity he can not persuade the people to absorb but 39,S01, ,955 of them, or 21 8 per cent. of his stock. But Uncle Sam is not discouraged. He has had two extra pockets sewed into his panta- looms capable of holding 72,000,000 more of these dollars, and proposes to i'll them up.
 Leading Democrats are at work perfecting a new sche Me for spring. A commission Of three persons to each of the great departments will be appointed to ascertain the actual fitness of each clerk to perform the duties belonging to his grade in the service. It will look closely to the age, health, habits, and character of the employe. Every man and woman will be examined separately under bath. After that the records will be gone ever for evidence, and other available testimony taken 10 show he clerks roal service to the gov- ,rnment. The commission will then regrade the clerks thought to be it to remain in the service, and report for discharge those found unfit, the vacancies to be filled through civil service Examinations or otherwise. The report of the inspectors will be final and binding upon all, from the President down. The result of such { Tn inspection will doubtless be the discharge of 25 per cent. of the traded clerks and a reduction in 2 grade of 10 per cent. of those re- aimed. Tariff reform will become the of the majority in the z ext Congress, and it was reported o>0ay that President Cleveland has evoted a considerable portion of ( message 10 this subject. 70 two of the Democratic leaders, vho have recently met him, he read : his portion of his message last week n nd it was approved, for these men re in accord with his views of tariff D evision. h A well known lobbyist about the |, npi,al said this morning: "The :, awy CTS have almosi spoiled the e rade of the professional lobbyist. W hey take fee, as they call it, and lat's respectable. These lawyers are lways on the watch for fees of that ind, and when they drop on a game