Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-09-30

tangled up in it. The daily paper IN
forms US that young Blaine Elkins
gives swell party at which Baby
Mckee is the honored guest, and
these august infants pledge each 9th
er eternal friendship. And this pre-
cious scion of the Elkins tribe un-
doubtedly adroitly swells the head of
the young Mckee while more ex-
perienced Elkins swells the skull of
the Baby's grandfather on the front
porch. The President might do
worse than come home and take up
the burden of state again. 1t is not
too warm to sleep in the White House
now and the cold nights have killed
the mosquitoes.
If the President were here he might
have better opportunity to consult
with the leaders as to a successor to
Corporal Tanner as Commissioner of
Pensions. He did not feel it neces-
sary to come here to secure the Cor
porals resignation, but allowed his
haste to get the better of him in sup
posing that EX-Representative War
ner would jump at the appointment.
1t is most likely that Gen. Warner
will not accept the office at all, al
though the President sticks to the
idea of his acceptance with all the te-
nacity of man who has once solved
a problem to his own satisfaction and
cannot get the result verified.
Geo. S. Merrill, of Massachusetts,
would doubtless be willing to accept
the position, but in stating an inter-
view for publication that man must
be selected for the position who is
''not committed to service pensions,
he killed his chances, unless he can
explain the language satisfactory.
Anyone who wants to be a Commits
sioner of Pensions should avoid q
newspaper reporter as he would a
plague, for the administration has
not yet determined upon its pension
policy and may not until we'll along
in the next Congressional session.
In the meantime, silence is insisted
upon.
We have the notable example of Mr..
Hiram Smith, deputy commissioner
of pensions. No sooner was Corpo-
raj Tanner bounced and the charge
of the Bureau given him pending the
appointment of a successor, than the
deputy Smith swelled up with impor-
tance. He at once, under a mistak-
en- notion that the administration
would be pleased with the general
reversal of all of Mr.. Tanners plans,
rescinded several orders that had
been promulgated by the Corporal.
On last Wednesday, Secretary Noble
sat upon Smith with a dull, sickening
thud and he has not been heard to
uc5er sound since. His indiscretion,
together with the fact that he had
his own pension re-rated during the
wholesale grab by the Pension office
clique of clerks, will doubtless cause
his removal. In the tender and ex-
pressive language of the street, Mr..
Smith has been "too fresh.
The sheep who wait until their lead
er goes through the gap in the fence
are not such fools as they look. If
Corporal Tanner had waited to see
what his leader intended to do, he
would be in the Pension office vet,
and if Mr.. Smith had not blindly
started in for himself he would not
be so chop-fallen this evening.
Frank G.. Carpenter, the well
known newspaper correspondent, has
returned from his trip around the
w O1lu ANU oStOiCd uOWH " IHS sea-
sons grind. Mr.. Carpenter left in
September last for Japan and went
thereon to all the oriental countries.
He had with him a photograph outfit,
a typewriter and his wife to operate
the typewriter. The amount of work
he supplied to syndicate during the
trip and the amount he brings back
are tremendous. firmly believe
that Mr.. Carpenter would contract to
write history of the moon in thirty
days. He would, doubtless, draw on
his imagination for his facts, but the
supply of "copy" would be inexhaus-
tible.
All the preparations for the con-
clave of Knights Templar are being
carried on the most extensive scale.
The final arrangements are being per-
fected and all will be in readiness in
good time. Additional notifications
from commanders that have not here
tofore signified their desire to be
present at the conclave, are being re-
ceived daily, but no fear of exhaust
ing the accommodations of the city is
feared by the committee of arrange
ments.
Meeting of the State w. @. II. u.
The fifteenth Annual Convention