Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
fFrom our regular Correspondent !

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 20. 1889.
Corporal Tanner is getting along
swimmingly in his avowed purpose of
turning the Treasury surplus into tile
pockets of the eX-soldiers nfthe country.
So we'll is he progressing that the pen
sion appropriation fnr tisr'al year end
ing June 30. Is already exhausted, not
~ithstanding its immense amount
SSl, ,I5O, 900 The payments made hv the
Treasury departments ending last Sat
urday, amounted to the enormous sum
of Sll ,3S0,000. Where this thing will
end no mau can say, but unless am
very mnch mistaken this pension ques-
tiOn will raise II big rumpus in this
country before long; IL may be started
in the House Mt the next session Of Com
gress, or it may be postponed for a
while longer, but it's got to come
eventually. The taxpayers are bound
to draw the lines somewhere.
Senator Harris, of Tennessee, does
not think Mr.. Harrison iSIovprhurdened
with consideration for Senatorial
Courtesy" He came here last week
for the special purpose of protesting
against the appOintmentof l.. G. Hine,
q WI llllS VII bllt wi Tie
Commissioners, of the District of
Columbia aud the day after his arrival
Mr.. Harrison appointed Mr.. Hine in
the face Ofthe Senator's protest. So it
can he set down for Il certainty that
there is at least one Democratic Sena-
tor ready to join the Combine" of Re-
publican Senators if they should con-
clude to make war on Mr.. Harrison as
many people think they are certain to
do next winter.
The cnl0red brother is feeling very
much cheered. Mr.. Harrison has ap-
pointed another one of them to a good
position. The lucky "brOther" is eX-
Congressman Lynch, of Mississippi, who
is to sucreeed that genial Alabamian,
General Shelly, as Fifth Auditor of the
Treasury. should like to hear Shelly
described his feelings on turning his
Office over to a cOlored man. There
were several Alabama Republicans
white men-after this appointment.
John Janette, the labor agitator has
got his reward for selling out the work.
ing-men during the last campaign. He
has heen appointed L. S. Consul to
Birmingham England.
Jimmy Blaine has captured one of
the best paying berths under the Gov
ernment for his private secretary,
Thomas. H. Sherman. 1t is the U. S.
Consulship at Liverpool, it is said to be
worth $4,000 a year.
The Ohio men who have not gone
home in disgust are beginning to talk
out loud about the administration, and
their language is such that Mr.. Harri-
son would hardly enjoy it should he
happen within hearing.
EX-Secretary Bayard, whom rumor
has married so many times during the
last two or three years is at last really
going to have the ceremony performed
by an orthodox minister. The fortu-
nate lady is Miss May Climer, daughter
of naval officer, residing in this city.
The engagement has been formally an
nounced, but not the date of the mar
riage, but the friends of the lady say it
will take place very soon.
The administration has taken action
in the matter of the alleged frauds by
the U. S. Marshals and their deputies
in Oklahoma. There We're two Mar
shals there, one Democratic hOld-over
and the other newly appointed Re-
publican. The Democrat has been re-
moved and the Republican eXonerated.
How's that for partizanship?
Justice Miller Of the U. S. Supreme
Court is going to retire this winter if he
can persuade Mr.. Harrison to appoint
as his successor his friend George w.
of Iowa.
The clerks in the office of the First
Assistant Postmaster General have been
required since the 4th, Of March to work
three hours extra every day in order to
hurry up the changes in the fourth class
postofices. They have made such
progress that an order was issued Sat
urday lessening the over time to one
hour daily.
The preachers of Cincinnati don't
seem to have much influence with Mr..
Harrison. They sent delegation here
to oppose the appointment of eX-Mayor
Amor Smith of that city, as surveyor of
the port, on the ground that while
mayor he had been controlled by the
saloon keepers and the law-breaking
element of the community. Friday
Mr.. Harrison appointed Smith.
Mr.. Harrison deserves thanks of all
decent people for refusing to appoint
W. E. Haskell, editor of the Mime
apolis Tribune minister 10 Denmark.
is the only man ever known to
have said a word derogatory of Mrs.
Cleveland. He printed in his paper an
editorial that earned him the contempt
IF everybody that knew him.. G. B.
Carr, of Illinois, got the appointment
Haskell asked for.
Sam Small is coming here to preach
for two weeks.