The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-07-05
WARRINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
Washington, July I, lS8


From our Regular Correspondent
Washington, July I, 1889.
Harrison's conscience or the force OF
the criticism he has recently received
for Sunday junketing, don't know
which, perhaps little of both, caused
him to spend yesterday in the White
House, Notwithstanding tho fact that
up TO FRIDAY morning he had Intended
to spend the day at Cape May. lie
could not however, Withstand the temp
tation of taking fun ride to Balti-
more and return Saturday afternoon to
meet his wife and grandchildren. This
week the family go to Deer Park and
he goes to Woodstock, Connecticut, to
assist in celebrating the Fourth of July.
Lots more free railroading.
AT last an anti-Mahone Virginia Re-
publican has got something John s.
Wise has succeeded 10 getting his son
appointed cadet TO West Point
Now that the new fiscal year has be
gun Republicans here are looking for
the speedy discharge of every Demo
crat in the Government service, who is
not protected by the civil service law,
and as many of the latter as displaced
Union veterans can be found to sue
ceed under the recent order of Harri.
| son.
Another negro has succeeded in get
ting prize. This time it is Fred.
Douglass, who has been appointed
Minister to Hayti. The appointment
is creating much dissatisfaction among
the rest of the dsrkies, with whom
Douglass has been very unpopular ever
since he married white woman.
Harrison has compelled Secretary
Window to appoint w. M. Meredith,
OF Chicago, superintendent of the Blu.
reau of Engraving aud Printing, al
though Window had man of his own
for the place. The fight was long and
bitter, and at last Harrison informed
Window that Meredith must be ap
pointed even if he had to have a new
Secretary of the Treasury. This brought
Billy down on bis marrow bones very
quickly, as Star route Dorseys wild cat
scheme which he had been trying to
boost for sever i years, offered no in
ducements, when compared with the
salary and perquisites, particularly the
latter, of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sour Grapes-Don Cameron don't
want to be reelected to the Senate. 1t
was his father, Simon Cameron, now
dead, who put him there and kept him
there. Don would hardly be elected a
county road supervisor if ability only
was considered. Ditto. granny" Blair,
who has suddenly come to the conclu-
sion that he will save the New Hamp.
shire legislature the trouble of defeat
ing him by declining to again be can
didate for the Senate. The Senate will
not find it difficult to survive the loss
of these two men.
This is protection" administration!
see how it protects American labor and
capital! In giving out contract for
$4,000 enameled bricks to be used in
the construction of the new National
Library building in this city the con-
tract was gwen to an English firm be
cause by remitting the duty they can
be delivered here little cheaper than
they can be bought in America. So
could almost everything else, and tn.
question naturally arises, why should
the Government do what it refuses to
let the people do7
In the language of slang it may be
remarked that there are mo flies" on
the present civil service commission
and that it intends to run the machine
or bust the boiler.
| The indictments against Dorsey.
Brady ct. a.. in the famous Star route
cases which have been cumbering the
court records for seven or eight years
have all been nolle pressed.
| Blaine has told bis man William
Walter Phelps, just appointed minister
to Germany that he might take his own
time about going to Berlin. But it
isn't his own time he is taking; il is
the peoples. He was qualified as mid
lister the day he was appointed and bis
salary of $17,5OO year began.
The new British minister evidently
has no idea of making any such blunder
as Lord Sarkville, his immediate sue.
oessor, did. He has bought farm
near this city, and not satisfied with
having become q payer in the
United States he proposes to 60 with
the President and his party to the
Fourth of July celebration at Wood.
stock. If Sir Julian keeps on he will
certainly be very solid with the ''boys."
The New York politicians have
jumped on Harrison again. Friday
aud Saturday, Morton, Hiscock, Depew
and lot more of the "big guns" were
here in the interest of the various can
didates or the New York Federal ap.
pointments. 1t was stated Saturday
that a slate had been agreed upon, at
any rate most of the New Yorkers
went home, but the appointments
haven't been made yet.
The Haytian government recently
captured an American steamer and for
a time refused to release her, but were
only too glad to do so and pay a cash
indemnity Of $5,000 when Commander
Kellogg of the U. 3. s. Ossipe, gave
them the choice of doing 80 or having
Port au- Prince bombarded. The money
was paid and the vessel released. What
cense there was in keeping news of
this character from the public cannot
see.
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