Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
lTOn Ou,TesuI.r coresposaenl.
WAsHINoToN, D. G.. Nav 9, 1889


Ex-President CleveIand,s celebrated
seal brown carriage horses together with
his carriages, harness ETC., were sold to.
day at auction. When Mr.. Cleveland
left here he had not decided whether to
sell them or carry them TO New York.
The prices realized were satisfactory.
The Pacific coast has captured the
biggest thing yet given out by the pres
ent administration. 1t is the contract
to build the mammoth armOred coast
defense vessel that was provided for by
the last Congress, which has been
awarded by the Navy department to
the union iron works of San Francisco.
Ex-Secretary Whitney is entitled to
the credit of having made 1t possible to
build such vessle on the Pacific coast
by the recognition he gave to the enter
prise of the California capitalists that
established this plant for the building
of iron and. steel vessels. The price of
the new vessel is to be 81 1928, 900.
when the cats away the mice will
play" John Sherman has gone to
Europe and the Foraker wing of the
Republican party of Ohio, with For
aker at the head, has swoOped down oil
Washington to see what Harrison can
be coaxed or bull-dozed into giving
them. John Sherman has by his. self
ishness seemingly committed political
suicide. He got two or three offices for
his own personal favorites but he has
made enemies in the entire Ohio Con-
gressional delegation thereby. Repre-
sentatlves ButterwOrth and Mckinley
have long been able lieutenants of
Sherman's but now they train with the
Foraker crowd, with whom they have
made league. offensive and defensive;
and unless the signs are greatly at fault
John Sherman is now serving his last
term in the Senate.
The United States officials that went
into the land-grabbing business in Ok
lahoma have been called upon to ex-
plain their actions to the Interior De-
partment.
Ex-senator Malone is still here. He
made another piteous appeal to Harrison
last night and as result he was allowed
to name the United States District
Attorney for the eastern district of Vir-
ginia. There was quite a howl from
the anti Malone Virginian Republicans.
Let 'em howl.
Among the few appointments that
Harrison has found time to make since
his return from the New York celebra-
ton was that of his brother, Carter B.
Harrison, to be United States Marshal
for the middle district of Tennessee. IfI
Mr.. Cleveland had appointed his broth
er to aposition every Republican editor
in the country would have roared for |
months, but they will discreatly over
look this little bit of nepotism. Verify |
it does make difference whose OK is |
gored.
Army courts seem to have rather
queer ideas in regard to making the
punishment fit the crime"
Maj. Lydecker, who was the engineer
in charge of the Washington auueduct
tunnel has been found guilty by a court
martial on several counts of having neg
lected his duty as an official, etc. And
the said neglect has cost million dol
lars that has been spent on the tunnel
which has now been abandoned. Pretty
serious crime one would think and de-
serving of severe punishment. What
does the court martial say? That Major
Lydecker shall be fined 500 per month
for nine months and be repremanded
In general orders. Could anything be
more ludicrous. An officer by neglect
and carelessness sacrifices ST. ,00O, 900 and
deprives city of a much needed in
crease of water supply, and is fined
5000 therefore. Reader perhaps you
may wonder why this sentence was
made so light. 1t can be answered in
,wo words, social influence which is the
strongest of all powers in Washington.
Senator German it Is generally
thought, will succeed the late w. FL.
Barnum as chairman of the Democratic
national committee.
Republican office-seekers say that Pres
dent Harrison has much trouble to ar
i've at definite decision as to making
IN appointment as did the hungry ass
hat fable says starved to death between
;wo bundles of hay because he could
not decide which to go to.
According to Senator ingalls,, Presi-
lent Harrison will call an extra session
If Congress to meet early in October in
order to get the House organized and
n working order before the Chist-
mas recess. ingalls, speaks as though
he matter had been definitely settled
~ the President.