The Southern herald., 1889-03-30
Our WashIngtOn Letter.

teels that having Deen elected sole
ID because he was q grandsOn he is
obliged % recognize the CLAIMS Of
eminent fathers. II was for that
reason probably that hegaveWalkeT
Blaine his present prominent posi-
tion, and has now nominated Fred
Grant TO be United States Minister
to Austria. But no matter what
influences caused him to make
these appointments it is truly to
be hoped that he will make nc
more Of the same sort. Neither oi
these young men have ever succeed
ed in making living for them.
selves, and while there would be
little objection to giving them
81 200 positions, there is a very
decided objection to seeing them
given positions ont Of all pro-
portions to any ability ever die
played by them.
Mr.. John G. New, Dudley's
partner in the Indiana steal, has
gotten his reward. He has been
appointed Consul General of the
United States at London, a position
which is said to pay better than
any other under this Government.
AndWhitelaw Reid, the editor
of the New York Tribune, has OBJ
tanned the wish of his heart. He
has been nominated Minister to
France. His appointment has STIR
red up considerable feeling among
a certain class OF Republicans who
have never forgiven him or the
Tribune for supporting Greedy in
1872. It is also remembered that
in 1876 Reid in his fight on Blaine
printed the Mulligan letters and
everything else discrcditably to
Blaine that he could get hold Of.
However, if Blaine can forgive
all others may hold their peace.
Wanamaker poses as head of the
Postoffice Department but Clarkson
is expected to do the work. The
Office Of the Postmaster General 10
nothing more than the private
Office of John Wanamaker's Phila-
delphia store. The two are con-
nected by private telegraph wire
so that "cheap John" may be kept
informed as to the state Of business
at the "five cent counter" and other
bargain departments Of his es-
tablishment. A gentleman who has
known Wanamaker intimately for
many years says of his appoint
ment to the Cabinet: "John Wana-
maker knows the value Of news
paper advertising better than any
man living, with probably the
single exception Of P. T. Barnum,
and the whole business from the
5000 campaign contribution TO
the present is, / am satisfied, re-
garded by him as a strictly business
transaction whereby he pays out SO
much money and obtains in return
an unlimited amount Of valuable
advertising in every newspaper in
the United States. He don't care
a snap about being Postmaster
General except for the newspaper
advertising it gives him. When
his name begins to drop out of the
papers during the coming dull
season, | expect to see him create
a big sensation by having some
sort Of a row in the Cabinet and
then resigning, thus giving himself
another boom in the advertising
line." Wanamaker's first appoint
ments we're ex-Postmaster General
Tyner, Of Indiana, to be Assistant
Attorney General for the PostOffice
Department, and ]. Lowrie Bell,
of Pennsylvania, to be Superin-
tendent ofthe RailwayMail Service.
TheRepublican 'clean sweepers"
are already disguised with Harrison
for his slownessin making appoint
ments. They are particular as to
where they do their complaining
as they are not anxious to have
them get back to the White House
just yet. They still hope.
The latest Republican scheme
for reducing the Treasury surplus
is TO double the salaries ofSenators
and Representatives. The Senate
has been already sounded on this
question, and it is in favor Of it, as
might be expected.
The employees of the Agricultural
Department have presented ex-
Secretary Coleman with a handsome
antique oak hall clock, eight feet
high, as a token of the esteem in
which he is held by them.