New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-11-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.

for political supremacy the State OF
New York, the frightened Democracy
appealed to the Administration for aid.
The President sent his check for 81 900,
and said he intended to go to Buffalo
to vote. Secretaries Manning, Whit
new and Col. Lamont did likewise. The
propriety and wisdom of their laying
aside at this time the pressing duties OF
Office to go home and vote, is a ques.
ton to which the thinking mind can
only give one answer.
MIR. Smith of New York, who has
just been appointed to succeed Mr..
Coon as assistant secretary of the Trea-
sury, is we'll known Democratic poll
tician of the Tilden school. The ap-
pointment is admirably timed so far as
relates to influence in State election.
1t would seem that the State of New
York has a lien on the important posi-
lions in the Treasury Department. It
now has the Secretary and his two as
sistants, the Treasurer, the Solicitor,
and other prominent officials. Con-
sidering that the Empire State has the
Presidency and the Secretaryship of
the Navy Department, it is not surpris-
ing that other states are displeased with
New York's patronage.
Whatever else may be said of this last
appointment civil service reformers
cannot fail to note the time and man
ner of Mr.. Coon's retirement, as well
as that of the filing of the vacancy.
DR.. Curry. the recently appointed
Minister to Spain, is called here Minis
ter pro tenn to Madrid. This is because
it is believed that he cannot remain
there permanently as U. S. Minister.
The Madrid papers of recent date cred
it Secretary Bayard with saying that
the Cabinet of the Spanish Government
is not Catholic. They speak ofithe ig-
norance of the Cleveland Cabinet, par
ticularly that of the State Department.
If you study the characters appoint
ed to diplomatic and consular positions
by the present administration, you will
find them much the same in one par
ticular. They are disappointed or worn
out politicians. In nine cases out Of
ten they have held public offices and
their popularity with their constituents
has waned, or they have been unsuc-
cessful Office seekers. Most of them
are disheartened fellows. A record of
the private and public career of every
man in the service has been kept at the
State Department, and the service
might appropriately be called the
heaven for blasted hopes.
The Presidents invitation to office
seekers to stay away from the White
House for the next month causes a
great deal of distress and profanity
from the ..Kunnels' and ''majahs" and
| 'jedges'' and from the whole class at
which the order was aimed. They
will have to tell their stories now to
the heads OF Departments, while under
the past arrangement they had the
liberty of boring first the Secretaries
and then telling the President what
they wanted. Friday was the last DAY
the President was to allow personal
interviews with place hunters. So
many took advantage of their fast fad
ing chances that Mr.. Cleveland could
only spare few minutes to each one.
Another of the great commanders Of
the army has been called to that bourn
from which no traveller returns. The
sudden death OF Gen. Geo. 8. .McClel
Ian is keenly felt, not only by his large
circle of friends who appreciated his
excellent qualities of mind and heart,
but by the thousands of surviving vet
Grams who served with him in the war
and by the country in general, which
gratefully remember his services. Prob
ably no one of the great generals of tn
Union Army has been so severely crit.
cised for apparent failures in the &C
complishment of definite results, but n.
question has ever been raised as to his
skill in organization, or courage in tn
field.
The Bureau of Economic Ornitholog,
is one of the newly established branche
of the Government service, concerning
which little is known by the genera
public. The bureau was established b.
special act of Congress atits la st SEES
sion and as at present organized is a di
vision of the Department of Agricul
ture, and under the able supervision Q
DR.. G. Hart Merriam, is doing excellen
work. The fact that birds are influen
tial factors in checking the increase Q
insects injurious to vegetation has Ion!
been recognized, but the extent of thes
services have never been positively as
certained. Great difference of opinio
!. exists, particularly among farmers, q
to whether certain well known specie
are on the whole beneficial or injurious
!. and many kinds which are really {
!. great practical value. are killed wher
u ever opportunity offers. The Who'll,
sale slaughter of small birds has bee
i, known to be followed by serious II
i crease of noxious insects, while upo
{ the other hand invasions Of jnsec1
which threatened to devastate lare
tracts Of country have been cut sho
by the timely services Of some Of Q,
: native birds. It is the purpose Of tn
bureau to undertake q comprehend,
investigation of the INTERPOLATION
/ birds and agriculture, and it is expec
ed that its results will be Of great Vali
To farmers and horticulturisfs. Circl