The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-01-20
WASHINGTON Letter.
tfrom our regular corrcspondcnt.l
WASHINGTON, JAN. 16, 1888.

given to the sport in which their patron,
Isaac Walton, so distinguished himself,
and also to that still larger number who
are fond of fish. but not OF fishing-the
| bill i'll question being TO pay The United
States Fish Commissioner salary OF
S., 600 year arei providing that he shall
hold no other Federal Office. Heretofore,
the position has not been n salaricd place
the late Professor Spencer +. Baird having
thus served the country gratuitonsly sew
cral wears. 1t is thought the measure will
become a law, as the President is known
to have friendly interest i'll piscatorlal
matters and to be favorable to the develop
ment of the fishing industries of the coun-
try. While on this subject, il may be well
TO mention Il new complication that Will
have a disturbing influence upon the de-
liberatiens Of the International Fisheries
Commission. nov in session at the Capital,
and that is a complaint of our fishermen
ON the great lakes similar to the grievance
of the New England fishermen against
their Canadian ncghbors. The matter
was presented to Secretary Bayard by Rep
resentative Chapman, of Michigan, and the
State Department tclegraphed an immedi-
ate protest to the British authorities
There came near being 4 sectional con-
treverSy in the Senate the other day, the
provocation being a short speech OF Sena-
tor Chandler ON his resolution OF inquiry
as to the alleged suppression OF colored
votes in the recent municipal election at
Jackson, Mississippi After few com
mon-plaee comments from three or four
Senators, and the passage OF theresolution,
Senator Riddlebergcr remarked that there
was no concaaimcnt of the fact that the
resolution was intended to affect matters
that ought to be considered only in eXecn-
tive session; and he gave notice that, as to
himself, he would vote for the confirma-
ton of Mr.. Lamar This is the second
shock to Senatorial dignity within week,
as Senator Stewart, of Nevada, has made
declaration similar to that announced by
the Virginia Senator. 1t IS now thought
that Mr. Lamar's confirmation is assured,
as it is assumed that all the Senators OF
his own party will support him; he will
then need but two Republican votes, and
Messrs. Stewart and Riddleberger have
pledged these. The case is very likely to
be considered to-day--hkewise the nomi-
nations of Messrs. Villas and Dickinson.
No issue is raised against the two latter
gentlemen, aud it is supposed that their
nominations will be confirmed without
further delay after Mr.. Lamar's case is
disposed of, as it comes first on the Senate
calendar.
As foreshadowed in my last letter, the
President has appointed Gen. Edward A.
Bragg, of Wisconsin, to be Minister to
Mexico, and though Mr. Stockslager has
not vet been made Commissioner of the
General Land Office, am inclined to think
he will be given the place Immediately
after Mr.. Villas takes charge of the Inter
Tor Department Several officials of that
Department are in dread of the probable
changes that the new Secretary may make,
for experience has taught them that an in
coming Secretary must provide few Of
fees for his friends. There has been a
Chief Clerk of the Interior Department in
ten months; upon the resignation OF the
Chief Clerk at that time, Secretary Lamar
appointed an acting Chief Clerk, but he,
after serving six months, resigned, aud
then another was appointed and he is still
acting. These facts are given to illustrate
the one predominating characteristic of
Mr.. Lamar, and a single word-procrasti-
nation-tels the story. This is his great
failing - constitutional Incidence. Mr..
Villas will appoint Chief Clerk before he
himself is in office a week.
Last week Senator Beck received the
cordial congratulations of his friends and
admirers on his third election to the Sen
ate-an honor that Kentucky has conferred
upon no other man. The Senator is
tower Of strength to his party, and is re-
garded as somewhat of an oracle on ques
ton. of finance and tariff The scholarly
and satirical Senator Ingalls,, President
pro tempore of the Senate, has been receiy-
ing the condolences of his friends upon the
loss by fire OF his fine dwelling and valu-
able library in his Kansas home-the dis
aster involving the destruction of the bulk
OF the Senator's savings, about SEQ, 900, as
the Insurance was that much short.
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