The Magnolia gazette., 1889-11-16
WASHINGTON LETTER

contributions for the
iemocratlc National committee IN
1883 from the clerks in the Treas
ury department while he was As
slstant Secretary of that Depart
ment. Mr.. Youman, who was
chief clerk OF the Treasury at the
TIM, makes the following state
melt, which is corrob0rnted by
number of other officials, some Of
them republican,:
During the lncumbency OF MIR.
Thompson as Assistant Secretary .
Of the Treasury, / was the Chief
Clerk and Superintendent OF the
Treasury building, and charged I
with the enforcement of allorders. |
remember distinctly during the
campaign of 1888 one of my sub
ordluates, without my knowledge,
had collected or received from the
employees some soventy-five dol
lals aud informed me of it, and
wished to turn the money over TO
nc TO be forwarded to the demo
cratic committee. declined tp
receive 1t, and atonce reportcdthe
facttoAssistant Secretary Thomp-
son, who distinctly and emphatic
ally told ma that such ar act was
illegal and must not be permitted
in the department, and directed
IN to send for this subordinate
and order him to return the money
to the persons from whom he had
received it, upon pam of dlsmlssal
(Which | did aud the money was
so rcturnedD, and further to stop
all that kind of work in the de-
partInent.
This silly charge was brought
Against Mr.. Thompson by r.puh-
lIcans because he has taken sep.
to prosecute members of Nlr-
gina republican club of this city
for Collecting money from GOV
crnmcnt employees for the Mahon'
campaign fund.
|. A committee Of negro preach
ers called on Mr.. Harrison las
week and endeavored to get hin
to commit himself to the absur,
scheme, proposed by the recen
convention Of negro Baptlsts hel
: at Indianapolis, of asking Con
gres, to appropriate $50, 900, 90
to aid the negroes of the S,ut
in emigratlng to the west. Th
same committee afterwards calle
on the Attorney General and pres
ented a long strirg of alleged pol
: tical outrages at the South. Frul
all that can be learned they ii
: not receive much consolation froi
!" either Of the gentlemen vlsi:e'
They only gotso very indofnil
g and diplomatic promises.
I l.. 3. Prince, the Governor {
= New Mexico, makes stlon
] showing in his annual report
q 1, the Secretary of the Interior,
= favor OF the admission Of tn
!, Territory as Il state. 1t is e,
= pectcd that the democrats in Co
e gress will make a determined iigl
- = during the coming session for Il
d h admission of New Mexico al
y ~ Idaho.
n The Government directors
J. the Union Pacific railro ld, in the
r annual report, say that the into
ne ests of the United States dsnal
"a, early action by Congress to secu
Of the payment by this company
! its Indebtedness to the Cover
Is ment. They lndorse the %.
hwate) bill, which was pendi
nd when the last Congress adjourne
.ut Ii remains to be seen whether {
id millionaire lobby will be succe
ful IN again defeating this mu
,rc needed Legislation during the co
he ing Congress. Representa-
rk OJLhwaite proposes to re-Int
dpce the same bill as soon asC'
80 gress meets, and to use his
~ most emdenvor to push il throu
N the House. There is little dol
30 of It's being passed by the ilou
% but the danger lies in the S4na
" which has always been nclin
'" for obvious reasons, to be
~ tremely lenIent IN It's dellil
with the Pacific railroads.
Mr.. Harrison is understood
ins have sat dowR somewhat heav
die on Secretary Noble in regard
tys the dismissal OF those employees
his the Pension Office whose peEsl
len were re-rated by the late Conn
ow sIoner Tanner. The Secret
and wanted to dismiss them all,
the the President ha'g ven him ord
ess that none are lobe dismissed