Mower County transcript., 1889-10-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom our Regular Correspondent,
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tFrom our Regular Correspondent.1
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. 1889,
The President having disposed Of. the
perplexing question of who should be
commissioner of pensions to the satifac'
ton of himself and Of all the party lead,
ers SO far as heard from. has devoted his
entire time this week to preparing his
message to Congress-. I say his entire
time, by that mean his entire official
time-he has considered no other official
business.
Gen, Raun, the new commissioners Of
pensions. is moving very carefully: i Is
not his purpose to make any changes ,un-.
til certain of his ground. Just now he
is engaged, and is likely to be for some
time to come, in acquainting himself
with the work of the Office. It is gener-
alv believed that as soon as he gets things
in shape many official changes will be.
made, several OF them involving the most
important positions in the bureau. Gen.
Raum's record as Commissioner Of Inter
nal Revenue, leaves no doubt that his ad-
minlstration of the pension Office will be
entirely successful. ~.
Secretary Blaine has devoted consider
able time this week to a rigid investlga
ton of charges made against W. H.
Lewis. q. S. Consul to Morocco, of extort-
ing money from certain parties for United
States protection in Algiers. Mr.. Lewis
and his accusers-natives of Algiers-
have been present at the investigation.
the result of which has not yet been made
public.
The President has been compelled by a
press of important business here to de-
| cline an invitation TO attend the laying
of the cornerstone Of the soldiers and
sailors monument at Brooklyn, n Y,
| which is to take place on the 30th inst.
Representanve:electT Taylor of Illinois
| is here with his bride. He says the Hi
no,s delegation is solid for Mr.. Cannon
for speaker, and that they believe his
one else's.
Mr.. Halford, the Presidents private
secretary, has gone to Fortress Monroe
for a few days before actively resum-
ing his arduous duties. His health is
very much improved, and his physician
thinks the sea air will complete the cure.
May the doctor prove true prophet.
Chief Justice Fuller evidently knows a
good thing when he has possession of it,
hence his positive refusal to allow the
| use of his name in the scramble for the
empty honor Of the Democratic presi-
| Dental nomination IN 1892 Ten thou
sand five hundred year for life is not a
| snap picked up every day. and the
| shrewdness acquired by long residence
in Chicago has made the judge fully ap-
prove of the ancient adage, "a bird in
the hand" etc.
| Representative Houck. of Tennessee,
who is one of the bitterest opponents of
the present civil service law. loses no op-
portunity of expressing his very decided
opion on the subject. He says: Among
| the subjects that will come before con-
gress to be leglslated upon. lis the civil
service humbug. I am not opposed to
any meritorious method of conducting
| the civil service, but the methods of ex-
| animation adopted by the civil service
commission are positive outra They
talk about spoilsmen. but there are not
| three worse spoilesmen in the country
| than the three men who run the civil
| service machine. If have the power l
intend to force vote during the coming
| session, on bill that shall introduce re-
pealing the civil service law. THIS is plain
language, and there are good many mem
bers of the House who agree with Mr..
| Houck, bat whether enough to repeal
the law remains to be seen. ~.
Mr.. Houck also thinks the time has ar.
rived when every man who has been hon
| orably discharged from the army or
navy should receive . service pension Of
$12 or SIS month.
Washington's real boom for the World'a
Exposition Of 1892 began on Wednesday.
when representatives from nearly every
state in the union met here for the pur-
pose of arranging memorial to be pre-.
sented to Congress in favor of this city
IS the proper location for the great cele'
bratlon. The memorial sets forth q
length the special advantages Of Wash
inpton and the national character Of the
proposed exposition. The board called
on the President in q body, and were
very cordially received. There II nc
doubt that the President favors Wash
ington, but of course good taste prevent,
his publicly saying SO at this time.
RErROsPECTIv4.
Looking back over the years that have
elapsed since 1925. - on the 18th day o.
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