Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-08
WASHING TON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.
WAsHfNGTON. August 2, u

wAsHiNGToS. August ?, 1889
The President has returned to the
White House, where he will remain
until next Tuesday when he starts
for Bar Harbor to pay Secretary
Blaine a visit. He will spend the
entire day of Wednesday in Boston
where he will be met by Walker
Postmaster General Wanamaker
has received the resignation of
Postmaster Paul of Milwaukee,
whose administration of that Office
was so severely scored by recent
report Of the Civil Service Com
mission.
The news Of tie seizure OF the
Canadian sailing vessel "Black Dia-
mond" by the United States Cutter
crush" for taking seals in Behring's
sea is being discussed with great
interest here, and there are plenty
Of people who believe we shall have
a row with England if we do not
back down. I don't know about
that, but it's dollars to ginger cakes
that there will be no repetition Of
the dlsgraceful backdowu INDUCED
in by the Cleveland administration
when similar seizures were made
three years ago. The law says that
all vessels caught illegally taking
seals in Behring's sea shall be seized,
coniscated and sold, and it is the
intention Of the present admins
uation to see that the law is obeyed.
The President issued a proclamation
in March. If England does not like
our laws, so much the worse for
England.
Hon. William Mckinley, the pop
ular Representative from Ohio, is in
town this week. lie has been quietly
resting in the mountains Of Penn
sylyania for some weeks lie does
not say SO, but from his manner l
think be is confident Of being
elected Speaker Of the House. lie
says there is no doubt about Ohio
electing Gov. Foraker, the state
ticket and Republican majority in
the Legislature, ensuring a Republi-
can successor to Senator Payne
Maj. Mckinley will take an active
part in the Ohio campaign.
While the opponents Of the civil
service law are hitting some hard
! licks, the Commission is not idle. II
proposes to ask the President tc
place all chiefs Of divisions in the
classified service. Iii is not probable
that the request will be even ser
iously considered, to say nothing OF
being granted, by Jhe President, for
the fact cannot be denied by any
careful observer that the civil ser
vice law is steadily growing more
unpopular.
1t has been decided by the Com
mission engaged in investigating
the rerating Of pensions to make
/ preliminary report to Secretar!
/ Noble next week and leave it to hin
whether they shall continue. Durin!
the month Of December 1855, whel
the office was in charge Of Genera
Black, they found the total numbe
of reissues to have been 500, o
which about in 10 were rerated
and during the month of May, 1885
when Mr. Tanner was in charge tn
reissues were $500 with the PEI
centage of reratings slightly il
creased The object of this CON
psrison WAS to discover whethe
there had been any radical chang
/ in The methods of making reratingI
The preliminary report will sa
that there has been no gross viois
ton Of law, nor any discoveries O
sensational or serious obsractei
I This viii be good news to every
body, except the newspaper CORES
pondeuts who have been diIln
their papers up with stories Of th
terrible condition Of things IN th
/ Pension Office
When Governor Foraker was j,