Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-03

WASHINGTON LETTER.
our Regular Correspondent.

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WASHINGTON, Sept. Is, 1885.
No full Cabinet meeting has been
held since the Presidents return, but,
at the three incomplete meetings, the
Austrian Mission, the Chinese massa-
ere in Wyoming, the silver policy and
minor matters under the Interior and
Treasury Departments were discuss
ed.
First Auditor Chenoweth of the
Treasury Department, has returned to
Washington from Texas, ready to
continue his attacks on the coast sur
vey. He claims that the develope-
ments yet to be announced are fully
as striking as those already madepub-
lie. The subject is one on which there
is much difference Of opinion in Off
cial circles.
Admiral Jouett's case, in which the
Treasury charges him with 500 for
money expended In a luncheon to Wis
itors On board his flag ship, the Tenn
essee, atthe New Orleans Exposition,
is undoubtedly a hard one. In most,
if not all foreign nayies, allowances
are made to commanding officers for
necessary OF reasonable official hospi-
t~alities. But the second Comptroller
certainly appears to have the bast of
It in the discussion under the law Of
the matter. He contends that icon
tingent expenses allowed by law,
are Incidental expenses necessary to
the proper performance Of the duties
required by the Department, and he
can find no regulation of the Depart
ment requiring admirals to give lun-
checn OF their fag-ships.
One Of the hardest fought contests
w a postoi1ice since the Adnlinis-
tration came into power was decided
yesterday in the appointment Of Mr..
Lemuel 3. Fowler to be postmaster at
Augusta, Maine. The principal appli-
cant, and the one whose name has
been most intimately connected with
the Augusta Office, was Col. Charles
3. Morton, and it was this fact that
caused the ultimate decision in the
case to be looked forward to with es-
pecial interest. Col. Morton is one Of
the proprietors Of the Augusta New
Area, and during the Presidential e
lection Of 1884 he made that journal
famous by his stalwart adherence to
the defence of Mr.. Cleveland. When
the well remembered stories were
circulated against the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency, Colonel
Morton was one Of the first to take
up cudgels in his defence. The arti-
cles he printed had the more weight,
insomuch as they originated from Mr..
Blaine's own home, where his youth
full career was well known to nearly if
not all the older residents.
Soon after President Cleveland's
inauguration Mr.. Morton's name was
prominently mentioned as a candidate
for the position of postmaster of Au-
gusta, and his friends urged as his
strongest recommendation, the service
he had rendered the Democratic par
ty through the medium of his paper.
About this time MI. Blaine and both
Of the Senators from Maine took up
the matter and wrote letters to MI.
Cleveland, asking is a personal favor
to themselves, that the appointment
be not given to Col. Morton. This
action on the part of the republicans
stirred up the democrats of Maine
and from that time nothing could
have pleased them better than the APP
pointment of Col. Morton. A few
days ago the latter came to Washing
ton. He called on President Cleve-
land at the White House and in the
course of a very pleasant interview he
withdrew his application. It is as
serted that, while the President IA
yored Col. Morton personally, the
charges of having indecently malign-
ed Hon. James G. Blaine in a news
paper during the recent campaign
had to be regarded, and he decided
that, in view Of the emphatic protest
Of the Maine Senators, the appoint
ment Of Col. Morton would be inju-
.icious. Col. Morton readily agreed
to Mr. Fowler's selection, with view,
it is said. Of securing the appointment
as deputy postmaster.
SERVED HIM RIGHT.