Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
T. WAsHINGTON. Feb. Is 1889.

Nfrom our Regular Correspondent.)
e. WASHINGTON, Feb. Is 1889.
S4nator Manderson has introduced
a bill, which, if adopted, will give
women the right to vote in any State
or Territory for Delegate or Repre-
sentative to Congress. OF course
there is no probability Of the bill pass
ing at the present session.
I he last official act necessary to
proclaim the election of Harrison
and Morton to the Presidency and
Vice Presidency respectively, took
place in the hall of the House of
Representatives Wednesday after
noon, when the Senate and Honse
assembled in joint session to count
the votes Of the several states as cast
in their electoral colleges. Senator
Ingalls, presided over the joint ses-
sion and everything went offsmooth-
ly ii the presence Of as many people
as t be galleries and the vacant space
on The floor ( occupied by ladies }
would hold. Ex-senator Ferry, who
presided over similar session when
the, vote Of IS (Hayes and Tilden)
was couuted, was al interested spec
tatot.
The report that Gen. Harrison had
sett1 ed on Representative Thomas,
of II pinois, for Secretary of the Navy,
has aroused considerable opposition
to Mr.. Thomas. Senators Chandler
and Hawley are outspoken against
him
7 be Cabinet>talk here this week is
all guess work, and I take it for
granted that you can guess as we'll
as the next one, so I will spare you
the Washington guesses'
Mr.. Cleveland tried hard to provide
for two Of his friends under tht next
adm nlinistration, when he nomlnatey
ASS lstant Secretary Of the Treasurd
Tho ompson to be Civil Service Com
missioner in place Of Mr.. Edgerton
removed; and Assistant Postmaster
General Stevenson to be associate JUS
tice Of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia. 1t was very clev-
erly arranged, and but for certain
little unforeseen circumstances, might
have succeeded. Here was the lit
tie s.scheme..za as arranged for Mr.
Thompson: The removal of Edger-
ton leaves only one Civil Service
Commissioner and he is a .Republix
cam &,Il'hf.. law says that not more
than two members Of the Commiss-
ion shall belong to one party, which,
ma Ses It necessary that one the
vacancies now existing shall betilled
by \ Democrat. Why not Thomp-
son? The answer to that question
is that the Senate will not confirm
him and the reasons are, First, be-
cause of his South Carolina record
as bull dozer Of the worst sort;
Secon ID, the vigorous opposition Of
the Senators from Indiana. AS for
Stevenson, his political record in the
Post Office department. is such that
mo- Republican Senator would vote
to confirm him, so that Mr.. Cleve-
land fails once more to accomplish
his purpose.
Ex-senator Mcdonald is one of the
lobbyists employed to fight against
the Oklahoma bill in the Senate.
VIII bether he is employed by the Cher
okees or by the cattle syndicates Is
not positively known, but some peo-
pie say he is getting pay from both.
Senator Plumb, speaking on the
naval appropriation bill, took occa-
sion to pay Secretary Whitney a
high compliment for his admins
tratlon of the Navy department.. He
was followed by Senator Hale, who
stated that while he had no desire
to take away any of the credit due
Mr.. Whitney for his excellent man.
agenent of naval affairs, yet he gave
credit to Senator Chandler for lay
ing the foundation of our present
navy. = This question Of a irstcclass
navy is one that contains no politics;
every patriot sees the necessity of
having it, and have it we will in
few years more.
Secretary Colman has the honor
Of being the first Secretary of Agri-
culture. His official life as Secre-
tary will be extremely short, but his
record as Commissioner of Agricul-
ture has been such a good one that
the members of the Senate thought
he deserved the honor Of a confrma-
ton.
!. President elect Harrison cannot be
blamed for trying to get man free
from Wall Street connections as his
Secretary Of the Treasury, and the
difficulty of getting such man from
New York is shown by what follow
ed the appointment of Manning and
what follows Fairchild's retirement.
Mr.. Manning went out to become
president of a New York bank, and
Nh. Fairchild has already accepted
the presidency of a financial institu.
tion in the same city. 49,"
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