The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-07-08
Washington Letter.

Republicans in office have long look
ed forward to the coming LIST of July az q
day of doom. 1t will be the beginning
of the new fiscal year, and they con.
lecture the Democrats will want to be.
gin 1t with new men. How sweeping
the changes may be no one knows, but
all believe that some changes will be
made, and that large number will he
dismissed, and their places left vacant.
Attorney Gen. Carl and has taken the
initiative and made clean sweep in
the Department of Justice. Hereafter
there will be none but Democrats on
guard In at least one Cabinet officers de.
partment.
In the ninety days since Commission
er Miller took charge of the Internal
Revenue Bureau, out of the eighty
four Internal Revenue Collectors in the
country he has appointed sixty new
ones. The remaining officers to be
changed are one each in Colorado, Del.
aware, Florida, Indiana, Maryland,
Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire,
New Mexico, Ohio and Wisconsin,; five
each in Illinois and New York, and
three in Pennsylvania. These will be
taken up as rapidly as possible, and soon
there will not be a Republican Internal
Revenue Collector in the country.
Representative Springer was to see
Secretary Manning to-day. He says he
sjust from the people. He finds there
are three classes expressing different
opinions about the Administrations
who are in say it is too fast; those who
are out and want to get In say 1t is too
slow; and the great masses say it is Just
right. Mr.. Springer agrees with the
masses.
Mayor Grace of New York is in
Washington, and has been in consulta.
ton with the Secretary of the Treasury.
His business here is I'm regard to the
New York collectorship, and to give
some valuable advice concerning all the
New York patronage. His presence
here is taken as significant that the
time for making those appointments is
close at hand.
In view of the circulation of reports
to the effect that the Agricultural de-
partment had been parslyzed in all its
work by the exhaustion of the cur
rent fiscal year under the administra,
ton of the late Commissioner Lor,
ing. 1 to-day made inquiry of the chief
officials of that department as to the
extent of the embarrassment for want
of funds, and was informed that the
seed division under the present re.
gle, had not been able to do anything
because there was not dollar of the
funds belonging to it left to operate
with. 1t was found necessary to fur.
Tough the employees Of the statistical d.
vision because the money appropri-
ated to it for the current fiscal year had
all been expended. The laboratory
fund had been used under the late
Commissioner for the purchase ofseeds,
and hence that division was left with
out any money, which made the fuI-
Laughing of some of its employees nec-
essary. Notwithstanding the disad,
vantages imposed, considerable work
has been done in this division under
the new Commissioner. All the d.
visions except the three named have
been regularly at work, and while the
forces of some have been reduced more
has been accomplished within the same
length of time than hitherto.
have talked with a number of Re-
publican Senators during the last two
weeks, and do not think from all
can learL that there will be any organ.
lied opposition to the appointments of
President Cleveland. The Republican
Senators are old politicians, and accus.
toned to acquiesce in the fortunes of
politics. The majority of them respect
the President, and concede that his APP
pointments are in the main excellent.
Few Senators will have more influence
in the next congress than General Lo-
gan. and 1t is known that he is on am
icsble terms with the President and his
Cabinet. The same may lbe said of a
majority of Republican Senators per-
haps the only exceptions are the two
Senators from Virginia, Malone and
Riddleberger.