Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-07-10
WASHINGTON Letter.
From oar Regular Correspondent.

looked forward to the coming 1st of
July as a day OF doom. 1t will be
the beginning of the new fiscal year,
and they conjecture that the Demo-
cra;s will wan. to b, gin it with new
men. How, sweeping the charges
may he no one knows, but all believe
that some changes will be made, and
t!Iat large number will be dis
MISSED, and their places left vacant.
Attorney General Garland has taken
The initiative and made clean
sweep i'll the Department of Justice.
Hereafter there Will be none but
Democrats tn Guard in at least one
Cabinet oiliccio' depar ment.
In tie hinety days since Commits
sioncr Mills look charge of the In
teiual Eevcnu9 Bureau. out Of the
eighty four III 'ernui revenue collec-
tors i'll the Ceun'ry he has appointed
sixty new ones. The remaining Off
GERS to he changed are one each in
Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Indi-
ana, Maryland, Missouri, Montana,
New Haml shire, New Mexico, Ohio
and WIS consin; five each iii Illinois
aud New York, and three in Penn
syivania. These will be taken up as
rapidly Us possible, and soon there
viii not be a Republican internal
revenue collector III the country.
Repres,n,ive Springer was to See
Secretary Manning today. He SAYS
he is just flom the people. He inds
there ale three classes expr ssing
different opinions about the Admin
i,,ratioDs; these who are in, say it is
too fast; those who are out say 1t is
TOO slow; aud the great masses say
1t is Jusi right. Mr.. Springer agrees
with tie masses.
Mayor Grace, of New York, is in
Washington, and has been in con-
sultut!on with the Secretary of the
Treasury. II = bu-Iness here is in
re, ard to the NV York Collector
ship, and TO give some valuable ad-
wee concerning all the New Yolk
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 re-
ports to the effect that the Aslicul.
tural Department had been paralyzed
in all it's work by the exhaustion of
the current fiscal year under the ad-
ministration of the late Commissioner
Loring, 1 to-dly 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 pre-
sent regime, bad not been able to do
anything because there was not a
dollar of the fund belonging to it
left to operate with. 1t was found
necessary to furlough the employees
of the statistical division because
the money appropriated to it for the
current fiscal year had all been ex-
pended. The laboratory fund had
been used under the late Commits
sioner for the purchase of seeds, and
hence that division was left without
any money, which made the tur-
loughing of some of its employees
necessary. Notwithstanding the dis
advantages imposed, considerable
work has been done in this division
under the new Commissioner. All
the divisions 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.
l have talked with q number of
Republican Senator's during the last
two weeks, and l do lot think from
oil l can learn that there will be any
organized opposition to the appoint
ments of President Cleveland. The
Republican Senators are old politi-
clans, and accustomed to acquiesce
in the fortunes of politics. The ma.
jority of them respect the President,
and concede that his appointments
are in the main excellent. Few Sen
ators will bave more influence in the
uext Congress than General Logan,
and it is known that he is on AMIGA
bic terms with The President and his
Cabinet. The same may be said of
Il majority of Republican Senators.
P'rlaps the only exceptions are the
two Senators flom V rgiuia, Malone
and Riddleberger. Dem.
A NAN who set Tacoma wild few
months ago by the promise OF the
erection of 81 ,OO0, 900 iron works,
has since figured as wife-beater,
and at the last term of the Commis.
sioners Court, cast CONSERVATION
over the whole community by max
ing application to become a county
charge. The individual who sports
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