Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-08-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
[Erom our reEuIar Corespondent. /

OF the happiest men in the country.
He has succeeded in getting the repub-
liean National committee to take a
hand in the political muddle In his
State, and the result Is that the willy
Malone il moro firmly seated as the re-
publican bore In that State, than ever.
This result was not however obtained
without an effort, may be judged from
the fact that the subcommittee of the
National committee composed of Quay,
Dudley, Clarkson, Fresendin and Ho-
bart was in continuous session one en-
tire day and night, and afterwards had
a long consultation with Mr.. Harrison.
The only thing that the antl-Ma-
honeites get as far as can be seen on the
surface is q share In the federal offices
in the State, and some people here are
uncharitable enough to say that's about
all they wanted. At any rate the de-
cisions of the committee In Mahone's
favor was closely followed by the ap-
pointment of Col. ]. Brady to be col
lector of internal revenue for the Sec
Ond district OF that state. Col. Brady
has been about the bitterest opponent
Malone had in the state. His salary
will be $4 800 year, which is not to
be sneezed at by man out in the cold.
He accepts the situation and said in an
interview here that Malone could have
the denomination for Governor II he
wanted 1t.
Mr.. Harrison reached Washington
last week, stayed several days and
turned out surprising number of ap-
pointments. surprising to the fell
lows who were only expecting disap-
pointments. He also took hand in
the deal between the National republi-
can committee and the republican fac
tion of Virginia. A proceeding which,
while it enhanced his reputation as a
politician, caused him to be more or
less harshly criticised by a large num-
ber of people who think the President
should keep out of partiZan politics.
He has now gone back to Deer park
For the present he will divide his vaca-
tion into periods of fortnight each;
he will remain away two weeks, return
here for two or three days, then go to
Mr.. Blaine's cottage at Bar Harbor,
Maine for two weeks stay, then back
to Washington for a few days after
which he will go to Deer park to stay
until October.
Mr.. Blaine will not return here before
October, and it is announced that the
half-a-dozen unimportant consular ap-
pointments made Saturday are all that
will be made before his return.
Ex-Land Commissioner Sparks will
feel good when he learns that Secretary
Noble has sustained that the decision
made by him that eight years must
elapse from the planting of trees on the
public lands before patent can be OBJ
tanned under the timber culture law.
The ex-funny man of the House of
Representatives, Roosevelt G. Horr, of
Michigan has written a letter to the
State department declining to become
U. s. Consul at Valparaiso, Chill, not
withstanding his recent appointment
to that position. He did not
see the joke in the appointment
to So 900 position when he was appli-
cant for one at $4,000.
Ex-Congressman Nichols, of North
Carolina who made such strong fight
for Public Printer has taken quite a
tumble and accepted an appointment as
chief of the mail division in the Treas
ury department.
Indiana has captured another nice
position. M. M. Hurley, formerly post
master at New Albany has been ap-
pointed Third Auditor of the Treasury.
All the auditors are now republican.
Charles G. Austin has been appoint
ed U. s. Marshal for the northern dis
trict of Alabama. There were only
twenty two applicants for this position,
and the man appointed was not one Of
them either.
Public Printer Palmer has been wor-
ried to such an extent by the Office
seekers that he has gone to Pennsyl-
vania to get few day rest.
Secretary Noble is very much dissat-
isfied with the methods that have pre-
vailed in the pension office, in regard
to the re-rating of pensioners. He has
ordered all supplications to be held up
until he can make ruling to be follow
ed in the future. Several discharges
have been made on account of these re-
ratings.
The opposition to the present Civil
Service law is formidable. Not that
the people do not believe reform is nec-
essary in our civil service, but because
they have found out that there is no re-
form in the present methods, nor do
they believe any reform possible under
the law. 1t would.not be surprising if
an effort was made to repeal the law at
the coming session of Congress.
The British Minister has much larg-
er stock of politeness than the Persian
Minister who took "French leave" the
other day, and has notified the State
of his departure for Eng
land and his intended return in Octo-
ber.