New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-02-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington. D. G., Feb. 10th. i

pective cabinet officer. Some go so fal
as to say that he has been asked to be
come Secretary of the Treasury. Mr.
Plumb discreetly keeps his own coun
sci, but some of his closest friends have
been talking, which accounts for tht
matter having gotten out. Senator
Ingalls,, in reply to a question, said tina
he did not know whether General Harri
son had made such an offer to Senator
Plumb, but he doubted very much
whether Mr.. Plumb would accept it i
it were made.
Representative Thomas, of Illinois
will be the next Secretary of the Navy,
unless my informant, who by the way
gave me the first news Of Mr.. Blaine's
acceptance of the State po1tfolio, is
mistaken. Mr.. Thomas is member OF
the House committee on Naval affairs,
and is the designer of what Naval off.
GERS consider to be one of the best plans
yet submitted for an armored cruiser.
Those who know Mr.. Thomas best,
think that he will make model Secre-
tary Of the Navu, and that no better
man could have been found to superin-
tend the building of the new Navy.
Desperate efforts are being made by
many of the officials under the present
administration to get themselves quar-
tered on Uncle Sam in some permanent
capacity. The friends of Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Thompson
have succeeded in getting his name
sent to the Senate as Civil Servic Com
missioner, in place of Commissioner
Edgerton, whomC Cleveland peremptorily
removed in order to get Thompson a
chance of being confirmed by the Sen
nate The removal of Edgerton leaves
only one Commissioner, Lyman a Re.
publican-and the friends of Thompson
will endeayor to persuade the repub-
lican Senators that he should be con-
tirmed, and that the other vacancy will
be left for Gen. Harrison to fill with q
A very ingenious plan
but what effect it will have is yet to be
seen.
Then First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Stevenson Is sitter lifetime job.
Owing to a recent death. there is a va.
cancy on the Supreme Court Of the
District of Columbia, and Stevenson
has made dead set at the appoint
ment. Mr.. Cleveland may nominate
him, but there is little probability that
the Republican Senators will confirm
the man who openly regretted that the
official day was not longer 50 that he
might remove more republican post
masters.
Democrats of the House say that the
Senate tariff bill will be reported from
the committee on Ways and Means this
week, Lively times are expected
over it.
Mr.. Blaine has taken.a long lease on
the residence which was formerly occu-
cupied by Hon. H. H. Seward. 1t is
peculiarly appropriate that the resi-
dence occupied by the Secretary Of
State of the first twenty-five years Of
that party's power, should be now, at
the beginning of the party's second
quarter century of ascendancy, be again
occupied by the same official. 1t is a
good omen.
The conferees on the Springer .'om-
inbus' bill failed to come to an agree
ment. No report has yet been made
to either house, but caucus of repub-
lican Senators have decided to stand by
the Senate amendments, but Mr..
Springer still thinks the bill will pass.
He says that three republican Senators
will vote with the democrats to admit
New Mexico. Perhaps they may, but
if so it will be the first time that re-
publican Senator has voted against a
party caucus, in my recollection.
Secretary Bayard has again put his
foot in it. Heshas forced Mr.. ssewell,
U. S. Consul General TO Samoa. to re.
sign because that official gave the for.
eign committees of the House and Sen.
ate true statement of affairs in those
islands-a statement that was necessari-
ly uncomplimentary to the State de
partment. The removal of Mr.. Sewel]
at this time is regarded as particularly
unfortunate, because it will appear tc
the natives of the islands as though i,
was done through fear of Germany,
and as a rebuke to him for bravely IN
sisting on American rights. 50 stroug
does this view of the case strike Sena-
tor Freye, that he says if he mas any in