The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-08-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.


Washington, ID. c. Aug. 80 80;
The Navy department has received
csblegram from Rear Admiral Cher
srdi, commanding the North Atlantic
squadrom, asking that the New Amer
can minister TO Hayti be sent immedi-
ately as Legitime bad abdicated and
Hippolyte is nov on top 10 that change
able little island. The French and
English captains have placed them
selves under Admiral Gherardi's orders
10 case Of any trouble at Pori-au Prince.
Fred Douglass is the new minister. 1t
is expected that he will start this week.
1t Is said that the Hsytians object TO
Douglass as Minister; they want a
white man.
Permission has been grant.d by the
Agricultural department 10 some Of
the Knight Templsrs who will attend
the Conclave in this city next October
to pitch tLeir tents in the department
grounds.
The Postmaster General is alone in
his glory this morning and he only ar.
rived in town today, and it is doubtful
whether he will remain. No other
member of the cabinet 10 expected be-
fore next week.
A special train left this city Saturday
night with large crowd bound for
Milwaukee TO attend the g. A. II. en-
csmpment. The business men OF
Washington have invited the organic
alton 70 hold their next annual encamp-
meDt here.
Arrangements have been completed
for grand excursion, extending from
October 3rd, TO November 14th, and
taking 10 every place of interest from
Omaha TO Massachusetts, to be given
by the State department TO the dele
gates to the Three Americas Congress
which meets here October 2. Some
unfavorable comment has been made
here because the South is not TO be Wis
tied by the excursionists. 1t hardly
seems fair to leave that section out as
long rs it is on a trip which has TO be
paid for by the Government.
"Mahone's nomination by the repub-
licsus' said Virginia democrat of
prominence, "has made the tight 10
Virginia serious thing for US. Ma
hone, as an organizer, has few equals
and no superiors and we have got a
hard fight on hand to bold the State
TIE same views are expressed by many
democrats here. They believe they can
win but only by the hardest kind of
work.
To think of the International Exposi.
tion of 1892, being held in any other
city than Washington is out of the
question. The Government owns
ample grounds here right down in the
heart of the city to erect all the neces-
sary buildings upon. Four ffths of the
Congressmen heard from on the sub
ject favor Washington and there is not
the slightest doubt that the Exposition
will be held here as it should be.
Civil Service Commissioner Lyman
says that the report sent out from here
stating that the Commissioners haf
talked with President Harrison about
the proposed extension of the rules to
cover the chiefs of divisions in the de-
partments is an error. The subject
has not been called to the Presidents
attention, but will be, when he returns
to this city as the Commissioners are
unanimously in favor of its adoption.
An open rupture between the Commis-
sion and one of. the Cabinet is said to be
one of the probabilities of the near
| future.
The navy department has had to issue
new proposals for building the five
new cruisers provided fr at the last
session of Congress, because the bids
received for those first issued were all
in excess of the amount appropriated.
1t is feared that vessels of the class de-
sired cannot be built for the amounts
stipulated by Congress, and that the
matter will have to be referred back to
that body for further action. We seem
to have all sorts of drawbacks in the
building of our new navy.
Representative Breckenridge Of Ken
lucky was in this city last week. He
does not think the republicans will
have anv trouble to organize the House
nor does he think there will be any
serious contentious over the contested
election oases unless the republicans at
tempted to seat men not legally EMIT
led to the seats. Personally Mr.. Bre-
ckenridge is opposed to an extra ses-
sion of Congress but from political
standpoint he hopes one will be called.
He said to have discordant elements
together is an element of weakness"
Frank Hatton has "let up on the
Civil Service Commission. Perhaps
he is waiting for Mr.. Roosevelt to re-
turn, and perhaps---he has oeen six
ed"
A new democratic weekly paper is to
be issued here 10 a few days. 1t is
understood that the principal stock
holders are New Workers.
II republicans here know anv thing
of the Presidents intentions in the mat
ter, the idea of calm 7 an extra session
| OF Congress has been abandoned.
The Ohio republican Office holders
here are already being notified that
their presence at home at the coming
state election isan imperative necessity
and that if they stay away they do so
at their own risk.