Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-04-12
Written and Compiled for the HERALD
WASHINGTON, April 8, 1889.

net. Senators and party leaders,
and they are the men who, by
their opportunities, are slowly kill
ing him.
To those who see the President
every day little change is perceptl-
bic. bnt he does not look like the
same man who came to Washing
ton a few days before the inaugu-
ration. a personal friend OF his
who saw him on Saturday for the
first time since February assured
me that lie was dreadfully shocked
and alarmed by his appearance
and that he told Gen. Harrison
that he must take few days OF
rest. absolute rest. This he prom
ised to do. He will probably
take a steamer and 60 down the
Potomac to Chesapeake Bay, re.
naming away from Washington
three or four days.
The American Commissioners to
the Samoan conference at Berlin
are in daily consultation with
Secretary Blame. They will sail
from New York on tie 18th inst.
A good part of last week was
given by the President to the selec-
ton of the Federal officials for New
York city. Only two of them have
vet been decided upOn-Echard,
to be Collector of Customs and
VanCott, to be postmaster, but the
general satisfaction with which
these two appointments have been
received by New York Repu0Il'
cans here proves that Gen. Harrl-
son still preserves the happy
faculty that has up to the present
time silenced all criticism in the
party. The members of the Ca0l-
net have found it necessary, IN
order to get any time to devote to
the affairs Of their several Depart.
ments, to adopt the following rules
as to the reception of visitors
Senators and Representatives will
be received everyday from 10 to II
O'Clock. Private citizens will be
received daily at II o'clock, except
Tuesdays and Fridays, which are
the days for the regular Cabinet
meetings.
Ex.Gov. Alger, of Michigan, is
here for few days. In response
to an inquiry he said : ~ am not
here to discuss politics. Up in
Michigan the people are letting
the administration alone The
logs are coming down the streams,
navigation Is open on the lakes,
the ice is out of the Straits, the
wheat Is looking finely and bust
ness is booming. What more can
You ask 1 was over in New York
aud felt lonely, so l came down
here to see some friends
Although the Senate adjourned
last Tuesday most of the Republi-
can members are still here trying
to get something tor their cOnstitu-
ents.
Somebody asked Representative
Cannon, OF Illinois, when he was
going home? HIS reply was GAS
soon as every postoflice in my dis
trlct is presided over by a good
Republican"
Ohio Republicans seem to be
getting tired Of waiting for their
share Of Offices. So far that state
has only received the Second AS
sistant Postmaster General and a
Division Superintendent of the
Railway Mail Service. Represen-
tative ButterwOrth, who has visited
tue White Honse almost every day
since the 4th, of March, says, the
reason Ohio has gotten so few ap-
pointments is that she has so many
GOOD men that the President is
unable 10 decide between them,
and therefore he has passed the
appointments on to some other
State that has not quite so many
prominent men Of equal merit.
Said Republican Senator yester-
day: ",yhen you hear anybody
telling about what Harrison's
policy will be, on any subject, pnt
him down for either fraud or an
lenOramOus. Harrison has no
policy. He decides everything
lust as 1t comes up, on its merits
and that is why he makes no mis-.
takes. 1t is only a narrow minded
man who sets up a policy and then
tries to make every thing dovetail
into 1t. The broadgauged man
like Harrison takes everything
separately and is governed in the
settlement Of each case by the
particular circumstances surround
ing 1t"
"Resigned to enter private busl'
ness Is the chorus Of the Demo
cratic chiefs of Divisions in the
Departments here as they are daily
stepping out to make room for
Republicans. 1t is of course super
huous to inform the public that this
sudden desire to enter private
business usually follows conf
dantial talk with the he ad OF the
Department. "Reslgned,0 sounds
better than "discharged' you
know. and of course when a man
resigns flee to enter private bust
ness his resignation IS entirely