The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-07-03
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, ID. G., June 25,

An eminent French Statesman, when
asked how he accomplished such pro-
digious amount Of work each day, re-
piled "by doing one thing after another.
President Cleveland seems to UNDER
stand this art as well as III he were its in
ventor. lie examines all the papers in
each and every case that comes before
him. He will act on all the cases only
as be reaches them in the course Of his
personal examination. II seems as If he
had an almost endless job before him, but
il Is his way, aud be seems determined to
go Oh as he has begun. The candidate
who depends largely or entirely on ver-
bal recommendation or influence Of out
side parties will certainly get left. The
cases largely depend upon the kind OF
papers that are filed, and the President
holds responsible parties who recon-
mend man, 10 a strict account.
II Is 70 be feared that in the discussion
OF appointments TO Office. the great and
silent reform work which the new ad-
ministration Is carrying on may be over
looked Though less than four months
In office, and laboring. under great dis
advantages, the public plnnderers are
being attacked and routed al every point.
Stealing OF the public domain has been
to considerable extent stopped, though
much remains to be done. Secretary
Lamar has proved the worst enemy the
railway land. d.grabbcrs have ever met,
and he has had the earnest support OF
Gen. Sparks, the new Land Commits
sioner II is safe to say that no more
unearned grants will be patented to the
monopolists, and that as much
as possible OF the land already stolen in
one way or another will be recovered
and thrown open for settlement. The
great Maxwell grant il only one Of a
series of enormous frauds which have
been perpetrated through collusion be-
tween the claimants. tile territorial land
officers, and the rings Of Department
officials. There is every reason TO expect
tla, this whole system Of plundering will
now be broken up.
Hon. Geo. jerks who has just been
appointed assistant Secretary OF the In
terror, and given special charge of all ca
ses Of the forfeiture of land grants
shows that this work Is to he undcrta-
ken in no half-hearted way. While on
The Judiciary Committee Of the House
Mr.. jerks showed himself TO be thor.
ough lawyer and his arg n,ent before the
electoral commission was not inferior
TO the efforts OF the great lawyers oI
National reputation. Carpenter, Black
ani Merrick, who vainly tried 10 meet
with logic In that deplora-
bic crisis
Mr. whitney. the new Secretary of The
Navy, j. steadily growing in popularity
with good men { fall parties. Both the
Navy and the country hail him as q de-
liverer from the regime OF rings and cor
ruption that has preyed upon The coun.
try since the war and left our coasts In
a defenseless condition. The exposure
of the Dolphin fraud will be to the Ma.
val establishment Of as great importance
as were the Star route exposures 10 the
Post Office Department.
The action Of the Post Master Gener.
al regarding the Pacific Mail steamshir
subsidy Is very significant II will bs
remembered that the Republican major
lity in the Senate forced the passage Of I
bill giving $4,000 to the Pacific steam
ship company for carrying the mails
Mr.. villas finds that there Is no need D.
paving more for carBing ocean mail'
than Is now paid. Since the act o
Congress is not mandatory but merely
gives permission to spend the money
the Postmaster will, with the appro
val Of the President, take no action IA
the matter, but remit the subject to Con
gress for more explicit legislation. ]
is not probable that the Republican
agents Of the lobby in the Senate vii
be able to again pass the bill, and th'
sum Of 100000 will be saved to the tax
payer.