Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-01-14
WASHINGTON Letter.
(FRoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
Washington, Jan. II, 1886.

The committee list WAS finally an
nonnced Thursday, and the speaker
and members are doing as well as
could be expected. There We're few
surprises in the ASST gnments, and few
plumbers. The House is organ zed nee
essarily on southern and western ba9
is, the only three important chairman
ships going to the east ern states being
those of appropriations, foreign affairs,
and banking and currency. The ways
and means committee is made up in
sympathy with the tariff views Of its
chairman, Mr.. Morrison, and the coin.
aye committee is in favor of continuing
the coinage of the silver dollar as now
provided for by law. 1t is said that in
the selections for the foreign affairs,
postoflice, and public lands committees
the policy CT the administration on
those subjects was carefully consulted.
There are so many new members in
the present Congress Tat assisnme' is
must be made somewhat blindly b It
MIR Carlisle ha, proited by his expert
cnce as Speaker Of the Forty eighth
Congress to place the old menb, rs
with view to their special liabilities
There viii be much dissatisfaction with
the list among the high tariff and anti
silver men, but the Speaker has organ
lied the House on representative bus.
is, and he cannot properly be criticised
for doing 50.
The papers have started story
about the Cleveland IA Iily that is like
ly to grow as it travels. The truth is
that Mr.. Clevoland's brothrr-in-l
Mr. Bacon, a mugwump, has been APP
poi ted supervising architect of a new
Government building at Toledo, and
Neil Cleveland, nephew and a demo
crat. has been appointed deputy by
tn" collector of customs at Cleveland.
Ohio. No other relative of the Presi
dent holds any Offices The further
truth is that Congressman Hurd urged
Mr.. Bacons appointment on accoun OF
his peculiar fitness as an architect for
the place be holds; that he was not an
applicant, and hat the President only
conseu ed to have the appointment
made by tie Secretary Of tie Treasury
when it was shown that the good of the
service at that place actually required
it. Neil CIeveland's appointment was
made on account Of his own deserts, and
the President neither knew that lie
was an applicant nor that he had been
appointed until recently. Chas. Clcve.
land, of Cleveland, nephew by mar
rage, did think Of applying for a posi-
ticn in the mail service and had fiat.
terng home endorsement, but when it
came to his knowledge, the President
wrote him advising hi,l to continue in
mrrchantile pursuits and to avoid office
holding
The bill to suppress polygamy in
Titan WIS debated AMI passed in the
Senate last week Mr.. Brown amend.
ment to strike ont the provision to
compel husband or wife to testify against
each otEe, was rel acted, and that pro-
vision was retained.
MIR. Morgan did mo- think Congress
had authority to appoint trustees to /
manage church business He char
acterized such trustees as mugwump
Mormons. They would be occupied |
necessarily, he said, in promoting Nor
monism-a9 he interpreted the bill I'm
der consideration for they We're to
exercise all the powers granted by the
territorial government laws creating
the corporation.
Mr.. Edmunds replied that they had
nothing whatever to do with church
matters or matters of faith, but only !
with property; to see that the church
moneys which were enormous, were
not applied to the propagation of rolyg-
amy Not one quarter of the Nor
mons, as Mr.. Edmunds understood,
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