The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-11-24
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10Th, 1885,
Cabinet making continues to be the
most popular industry at the Capitol,
but it is very safe to say that up to
the present time General Harrison
has not finally decided upon even
single name for stated position. If
you care to know who are mentioned
here as probable members Of the Cab
met, you have only to make list of
every prominent Republican in the
country-they are all mentioned. AT
the present stage it is all speculation
and guess work Of the widest sort.
The friends of the several candi-
dates for Speaker of the House in the
Fifty-first Congress are already be.
ginning to work hard. 1t was at first
supposed that the main contest would
be between Mckinley, of Ohio, and
Reed, of Maine but Ohio has anOth-
err candidate in the person of BENZ.
Butterworth, who has made rapid
strides to the front of late, and his
friends are confidently predicting his
election. A noticeable feature of the
contest as far as it has developed, is
the good feeling prevailing between
the friends of the various candidates.
The household effects of Lord
Sackville, the deposed British Min
lister, were sold at auction here to.
day. The sale was attended by
perfect jam of Washington's swell So
ciety, and the prices paid for the ar
ticles were in nearly every case far
beyond the original cost, to say moth
ing of the present value. But then,
you know, they were desired as souv-
enirs of his lordship.
The local committee to arrange for
the Inauguration of Gen. Harrison.
has started in with a vim that prom
ises to make it a very successful event.
It is now thought that the ball will!
be held in the hall of the new Pen
sion Office.
Gen. R0secrans, in the name of the
Army of the Cumberland. has deliY-
cred to the widow of Gen. Sheridan
the resolutions expressing the sorrow
of the society at the unexpected
death of her iluStriouS husband, and
testifying its admiration, esteem and
| fraternal regard for his military abil-
ity, public service and personal char
acter. Mrs. Sheridan has written a
| letter of thanks for the resolutions.
There is a rumOr here to the effect
that a printer named August Do.
nath, who is connected with the
Craftsman, of this city, a paper which
claims 10 be the official organ of the
international Typographical Union,
will be Public Printer. The rumOr
says that the place was promised
| Donath in the event of Harris0n'S
election, in consideration of the sup
port of Of the Craftsman. 1t is lie
/ cu tie ldcc vi It, III VIC hioO pi"'S,
/ Mr.. Harrison has made no promises
| of positions to anybOdy-this | know
! to be true. In the next place, Mr..
Donath, though a clever sort OF fell
| low, is about nine sizes too small tC
fill the position, and his friends are
probably only mentioning his name
in the hope that he will thus be en-
abled to secure one of the foreman
ships in the Office.
Mr.. Cleveland has appointed Rep
resentative Perry Belmot, chairman
of the House committee on foreign
affairs, U. S. Minister to Spain. Bel
mont has accepted, and will immedi-
ately resign his seat in the House and
sail for Europe. Just why he should
have accepted this appointment is
somewhat puzzling. He has made
himself so obnoxious to the Republi-
cans that he cannot hope to remain
longer in his place than it will take
Gen. Harrison's Secretary of State to
decide upon his successor. Perhaps
he only wants to take little excur-
sion to Europe at Uncle Sans ex-
pense,
Many members of Congress are al
ready in the city, and more are con-
stantly arriving. A meeting of the
A s,NtNe,
is called for Wednesday, for the pur-
pose of getting to work on the regu-
lar appropriation bills. The general
impression here is that no tariff leg
isiation will be taken up at the COM
ing session, and that the whole ques-
ton will be left for the Fifty.first
Congress.
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