Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-11-26
THE FIELD OF POLITICS
THE PLUMED KNIGHT Training
FOR 1883.


FOR 1883.
An lnapudent officer of tHae Treasury
Department. isumnsarilY Kickcs
Out by Secretary Manning. .-
I. ts
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.-Henry N. Gas
saway is assistant chief of the interna
revenue and navigation division of tn,
secretary's office, presided over by Mr.
Darius Lyman. Mr.. Schoonmaker, tn,
prominent New York politician, som,
time ago wrote to the navigation division
on o matter Of public business and got
very unsatisfactory reply. He wrot,
again and complained and got no repl,
at all. Mr.. Schoonmaker got here to-da,
and called upon Mr.. Gassaway and wal
treated very cavalierly by that gentleman
The former went Immediately 70 the chiei
clerk of the department, Mr.. Youmans
and made statement to that effect, re-
ferring to Mr.. Gassaway.
The chief clerk sent q messenger to Mr.
Gassaway with the statement and Mr..
Gassaway told the messenger, irritably, ,to
tell Mr.. Schoonmalxer TO Ego to hell. y
In a short time the impudent official
was sent for by Secretary Manning, Al
first he denied the charge against him, but
finally confessed that he had said some.
thing of the kind, but hoped il would be
overlooked this time.
"Such impudence will not be over.
looked in this department, sir. You have
no business here. Do you wish to re-
sign2"
''N-no."
''Send me your resignation, sir"
thundered the secretary, waving him out
of the room.
There will be no monkey business in
the treasury department.
Stephen B. Elkins called on James G..
Blaine, at Augusta, last night week, and in
relation to the visit New York Herald
Augusta special says: The most reason
able supposition is that his errand is
more of political than of business
character. In fact, politics was the staple
topic of conversation of the evening at the
dinner table as well as afterward, when
Mr.. Elkins and ex-Postmaster Manly
withdrew with Mr.. Blaine to his cosy
library, where they could talk over mat
ters In greater privacy. The Presidential
possibilities were freely discussed, and
this affords sufficient grounds for the
hypothesis that the precise mission of the
adroit chieftain of Mr.. Blaine's strategic
forces at the Chicago convention is in
reference to putting Maine's idol in the
race for another Presidential nomination.
Mr.. Elkins finds Mr.. Blaine in excellent
health and never in better spirits. That
both are taking an observation tonight of
the political horizon and calculating what
the chances are TO secure another nomi-
nation for the magnetic statesman"
seems altogether too probable to be
doubted. At least that is the conviction
Of the political prophets, who also
believe that the job will be matured
before Mr.. Elkins takes his departure to-
morrow.
The legislature of Oregon began to
ballot for United States senator Tuesday
week without effect. Yesterday week ]. Ii.
Mitchell was elected on the third ballot,
the Democrats joining the Republican
minority in voting for him. He received
IL Democratic votes, which gave him AZ,
or one more than was necessary to elect
II is said ''he has pledged himself to sup
port the Democratic national administra-
tion in whatever may be required of him."
Senator Mitchell is o Pennsylyanian,
and has already served one full term in
the United States Senate. He will be re-
membered as the senator who was scam
dalized some years ago for serving in the
senate under false name, his real name
being John Mitchell Nipple, instead of
John Nipple Mitchell. He left Pennsyl-
vania more than a quarter of a century
ago under cloud, but he gathered him
self up, worked his way to the head of
the Oregon bar, and made the one mis-
take OF lacking the courage to declare the
truth about his name and history until it
came out as o sensational scandal. He is
q man of more than ordinary ability, and
the high character he has maintained in
his long residence in the Northwest justi.
fies the trust and respect accorded him.
The Washington National RepaJlican
says; "The President, in conversation
with a Republican senator last week,
told the latter that he would esteem it a
great favor If senators knowing anything
Objectionable or detrimental to public in
terests about any person or persons ap-
pointed by him would apprise him of the
facts. The President expects that
fight will be made on some of his ap-
pointments, but believes that the ma
jority OF Republican senators will oppose
any attempt to defeat any confirmation,
except in cases where uniinpeachable
facts are presented, and that if such cases
exist, the objection will be called to his
attention before there is any organized
opposition"
congressman William L. Scott of Penn
sylvania served eight years in the House
as page. He was appointed in 1910.
He is the third ex-page now holding
seat in Congress. The others are Senator
German and Congressman Dick Towns
hend of Illinois.
New York dispatch says that the
friends Of William Walter Phelps, who have
looked forward with delight TO his nomi
nation for governor as giving fair pros
pect of a liberal distribution of his millions
to the free veters of New Jersey, will
be slightly astonished TO learn that two
large tracts of the congressman's Bergen
county domain are advertised for s, le by
Thomas Russell, collector of Englewood
township, for non-payment of taxes.
The chief clerk of the treasure depart
ment, Mr.. Youmans, has been made re-
sponsible for the safety of the building
and the enforcement of its discipline.
He has reduced the list of tardy clerks to
nine and hopes soon to have the list
wiped out entirely. He dismissed yester-
day week protege of Vice President
Hendricks, Richard M. Schell of Indiana,
who was the lieutenant of the watch.
Mr.. Schell was reported by the captain of
the witch as coming on duty when intoxi-
Gated.