Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-10-28
WASHING TON LETTER.


| From our regular correspondent.
The President has been off on
another fishing and hunting trip to
the very great disappointment of
crowd of Democratic office seekers
who have been waiting and watch
ing for an opportunity to get at him
There was melancholy and angry
crowd about the White House when
they found Mr.. Cleveland chad skip
ped by the light of the moon" A
large delegation from New Hamp-
shire turned up last night and when
they found Mr.. Cleveland had gone,
they packed up at once and left on
the 2 o'clock train in high dudgeon.
Senator Barnum, ex-Chairman of
the Democratic Committee, also ar
rived here for little talk with Mr..
Cleveland, and was very much "put
OUT to find that he had gone away.
Congressman Stahlnecker, of New
York, came on to talk to Mr.. Cleve-
land about Hewitt running for May
or Of New York, and Ermentrout,
of Penn, came on to consult about
Blacks canvass They met at the
| White House and were so mad at
being left that they walked down
town and did not go back to the
treasury even to see Manning.
Judge Chew, of Prince Georges
county, Md, came in to see how
things were looking for his appoint
ment as Internal Revenue Collector
at Baltimore. He was very much
disappointed to find not only the
President, but Commissioner Miller
and Acting Secretary Fairchild gone
too. Besides all these there were
politicians from Ohio, Penn, Mich.
Conn, VT, N. j., 5. c., and No, all
on hand. Indeed the hotels have
filled up remarkably of late, and
politicians are returning at least
otlice-seekers are. Manning refused
to see the disappointed, and so il
was a dreary day for all.
The President surprised his friends
by appointing young Benjamin Fol
som, cousin of his wife, to the
important consulate at Sheffield
England. The surprise was caused
by knowledge of the Presidents
dislike for appointing the relatives
of high officials and influential PEG
pie to office. 1t was only the other
day that he rebuked Auditor Shelley
in most caustic letter for appoint
ING the sons of Senators Pugh anC
Harris to clerkships in his office
although they had passed civil ser
vice examination. The Presiden
forced Mr.. Shelley to revoke thes,
appointments. This letter of hi,
called forth words of burning praise
from the Mugwump press, The ap
pointment OF the youthful and mex
perienced Folsom TO an importan
office, where thorough commercial
knowledge is n ecessary to satlsfac
torily perform its duties, will giv'
Secretary Manning an opportunit,
to make a good point on the Presi
dent.
it is not generally known that Mr.
Manning was very much disappoint
ed over the appointment of a post
master at Albany. He thought, a
a matter of course, that he woul'
be permitted to control the appoint
meut in his own town, He spok
to Mr. Villas about it, and the latte
said it was ali right, of course. Mr.
Manning recommending Mr.. Della
hauty. The commission was about
to be made out 10y the Presiden
when the latter discovered that thu
Delahanty recommended BY Mr.
Manning was the father of tn
latter's souin.law. When he mad
this discovery he refused to max
the appointment 1t would not Dc
at all, he said, and then appointed
some one else in whom Mr.. Mannln!
was not At al interested. The Pres