Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-05-18

Uech fnuuiSlhg III 4 slhIul Suuuay tA
cursinn. But such is the fact. Piou
Benhy left Washington Saturda
morning on board OF the Govcrnmeu
vessel Despatch and the sailing MAJ
tiers orders were TO keep going nigh
and day until the return to Washing
ton tonight, And to make matter
worse he has led of with him such in
noccuts as Secretary Window, VIII
has not yet entirely recovered frot
the effects of his own indulgence a
the late New York celebration, Score
rotary Rusk. who by the way, need
salt air very much since he Wa
" fresl. enough to think that he wa
welding a scy:hc for five minutes il
the presence Of several newspapc
correspondents was sufficient enough
TO popularizc him with the Agricltur
lists and working people of the coun
try, and lastly but by no means least
Joe IIawlcy, who although born il
tho State of North Carolina, can ant
does constantly give the tricki0s
citizens of the State which he rcpie
sents'in the United States Senate
Conncticut-points in all manner o
things. Mrs. Harrison was along, buI
SO also were the two Mckee children
who probably fully occupied her time
leaving the four-mnrk the number
pious gentleman 10 indulge in thcil
favorite game to as great MI extent as
they might wish. What was done
will probably never be known m
neither OF tho four concerned arc like
ly 10 tell any tales.
Chief Justice Fuller finding the res
dcnec in suburbs which he now occu
pies under lease to be too far from
Capitol for him TO walk to and iron
the Supreme Court room in the Capt.
tol. was purchased ono of the most dc,
sirablc private houses in this city. 10.
Gated almost in its centre. The price
paid was 100000 cash.
Mr.. Palmer the new Public Printer
took charge of the Govcrnmcn,
Printing Office this morning. Mr.
Benedict, the retiring Public Printer
has not been = popular official no maj
can be, in that Office, who properly
looks out for the interests of the Gov.
mcnt. but no has nevertheless been
one OF the very best Public Printer.
We have ever had. There has been
less waste and more work turned out
for the amount paid than was ever be.
fore known in the history OF the of
flee.
At last the colorcd man aud broth
er has captured appointment. The
lucky man was Rev. j. NJ. Townsend.
Of Richmond, Indiana, and the Office
was Recorder Of the General Land
Office, not a big office by any means
but inst now the ace is extremely
thankful for anything it col get.
Corporal Tanner is getting to mag.
inc himself the biggest man con.
meet with the administration. Some
Of his personal friends have already
began TO talk of him as a Presidential
candidate. If less than two months at
the head of the pension bureau has
had this much effect, what may be ex.
pccted of four years!
The $l90,000 900 in the United States
Treasury has all got TO be counted in
order that Nj. Hyatt, the retiring
Treasurer may take the receipt Of the
new Treasurer, Mr.. Huston, for same,
The count began TODAY, and is ex-
pcc,ed to last something like three
months. Nearly ionr.fiIths OF the
money consists of standard silver dol
lars.
Its dollars to ginger cakes that some
New Hampshire paper mill gets its
work early in the administration of
the New Public Printer. My reason
for thinking so is that little "Billy"
Chandler helped Palmer fix his bond
and also went on it himself. Now
Chandler never does anything tor
nothing, and his long experience in
manufacturing Government contracts
in which he has been silently interest
ed causes me to believe that in this
case he will stick to the same line OF
tactics that have made him q rich man
The next Congress will have sixteen
contested election cascsta determine,
thirteen Of thea from the South. Tho
papers in several OF these cases are
now at".thc Government printing Of.
flee being put in tyne.
The appointment OF Ex-Governor
Thompson of South Carolina as the
democratic and Mr.. Theodore Roosc-
welt of New York, az the second re.
publican member of the Civil Service
Commission, makes the board com.
plete tor the first time in many months
One OF the first things that the Com.
missioner intends to do is to contest
the recent decision OF the Interior De.
partment that appointments in the
Census bureaus would be made with
out civil service examinations.
|. Mr.. Wanamaker is opposed 10 ONO
cent postage. lie seems to have al.
ready become u victim TO the fcvor
that Postmaster Generals always gel
soon after their appointments and sci
surd desire to make the Post Office
Department self sustaining.