The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-08-03
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
CFrom our Regular Correspondent.)

the week as he has number of i'm.
portant matters to submit to the
President.
Attorney General Miller has re-
turned to Washington. His visit to
the President gave the old rumor
that he was to be appointed to sue.
coed the late Justice Matthews of the
Supreme Court fresh start. / have
the very best of reasons for believ.
ing that Mr.. Miller will not go upon
the Supreme Court bench, although
there is not the slightest doubt that
the President had at one time almost
FULLY determined to make the ap
rvfutnent. The change OF mind is
understood to have been brought
about by strong protest from a
number of leading Indiana Republi-
cans. OF course it is always possible
for the President to change his mind
again. but l think he has been made
to see that the appointment of Mr..
Miller, however much he might like
to make it on personal grounds,
would be bad politics. and the politi-
cal sagacity of the President is too
great for any apprehension to be felt
by his friends that he will make any
bad breaks of that sort.
Secretary Rusk and the Attorney
General are the only members Of the
Cabinet in town today, but several
of the Others will be at their desks
tomorrow.
Secretary Noble has appointed w.
G. Elan, of Virginia. Chief of a
division in the Interior department.
Mr.. Elan has for years been hard
worker for the Republican party.
While Editor of the Richmond Wing
he fought several duels on account of
his fearless editorials. He is at
present a member of the Virginia
legislature.
Col. Emmons Clark, of New York.
who was recently appointed consul
at Havre, France, has declined the
appointment. The position is one of
| great commercial importance, and it
is said that the principal! cause of Col.
Clark's declination was his fear that
he lacked the business experience
necessary to a successful administra-
lion of the Office. IF that is true he
deserves great credit, for the men
who know how to guage their own
ability are very rare.
Notice has been given the clerks in
the Record and Pension division of
the War department that no more
leaves of absence will be granted in
that division until the back work is
disposed of. In that division there
are 10000 pension cases in arrears.
They dispose of about 800 per day.
but as the Pension Office sends up
several hundred new cases every day
1t will be sometime before they can
catch up.
Secretary Window has concurred
in an opinion given by Solicitor Hep
burn that a book-keeper brought
over to New York by an English
firm with a branch house In New
York City will have to be sent back
to England as his coming there I'm.
der contract was violation of the
alien labor law. The complaint was
made by the American book.keeper
who was discharged to make place
for the Englishman.
A committee representing the
"New Era Exposition" TO be held
In September and October next at
st. Joseph. Missouri, called on Sec
rotary Rusk Saturday and presented
him with handsome and unique in
vitation to attend the Exposition,
which, by the way, is to be held in
honor of the establishment of the
Department of Agriculture. The
Secretary informed the committee,
that he could not, at this time def.
nitely accept the invitation, but that
he would try to so arrange his en-
gagements as to attend.
Commissioner of Pensions Tanner,
has ordered a big pension agency
with headquarters in New York and
Chicago to stop sending out circular
headed Corporal Tanners Policy"
as the said circular had never been
submitted to the Pension Office for
approval, according to the rules of
that Office. Among the Objectionable
features of this circular is a state
ment said to have been made by
Commissioner Tanner to newspaper
correspondents expressing his oppo-
sition to the policy of paying small
pensions of 50, So and 81 per month.
Mr.. Tanner never made such state.
ment.
Secretary Noble says the rumors
affecting the war record of Gen.