Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-08-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
fFron oar regular cons.posarnt.

friday anu OUT again Saturday amer
noon. The horde af pop hunters scent
ed the game from aflr and made n
charge on the White House. There was
weeping and walIing and gnAshIBg OF
teeth when tlIe hungry crowd was in
formed that the President could not be
seen, and the agony wns piled on when
they discovered that this was probably
the last time President Harrison would
come t0 WRshtngton before October.
Saturday AFTERNOON ab0ut the time
President and Mrs. Harrison and pri-
vate secretary Halford were starting for
Deer park in the private car Of Presi-
dent Meyer OF the b. &. o. r. r. half a
dozen insignificant appointments were
announced.
The President and wife 60 to Indian
ap0lis this week for the first time since
the head Of the house became chief
magistrate. don't know how the old
man Is Telling about the trip, but 1t is
no violation of confidence TO say that
Mrs. Harrison Is delighted and she
would be more delighted il she was re-
turning to stay, for she has never ceased
to be homesick and to pine for her rquiet
house In indianapolis.
The commission appointed to nego-
tiate for the purchase of the Cherokee
stip in Indian Territory has notified the
Interior department that nothing else
can be done until their offer of 81 .25 per
acre is submitted to the Cherokee an
nual council which meets in Novem-
Der.
lam Informed by one who 1 think
knows, that the extra session Of Con-
gress will be called for October q or 25.
1t Is likely to be a memorable session.
already the prophecy has been made by
a well known Democrat that if the Re-
publicans of the House attempt to
change the rules so they can admit all
the contestants belonging to their party
it will cause continuous session to the
4th, of March 1891. when the Fifty. first
Congress expires by limitation. That
Is probably an extreme view, but all
the signs indicate very bitter politi-
cal wrangle over the rules of the house.
Commissioner Tanner reiterates that
the personal relations between himself
and Secretary Noble are the pleasantest
He admits that there are official differ.
ences. 1t would be useless to deny it
when hardly day passes that the Sec
retary does not in some manner over
rule or change some decision of the
Commissioner. Just previous to the
| first of July Mr.. Tanner decided that
pension agents might make needed in
increases in their clerical force in excess
of the money appropriated for that pur-
pose and that he would ask Congress
for an appropriation covering the def
cheney. AS soon as the Secretary's at
tention was called to this he notified
the Pension agents that their clerical
forces must be reduced to correspond to
the appropriation by Congress and that
he did not consider 1t lawful to make a
deficiency by employing additional
! clerks. The next move by the secre-
ltary that seems to reflect upon both the
commissioner Of pensions and the com.
mission now engaged in investigating
the re-rating of pensions was to order
all the evidences in the re-rating of Sen.
ator Manderson's pension brought to his
office when he could make a persona
examination oft. 1t seems very Ger
tain that unless official relations O
these two men are soon changed ,tha
one or the other will have to retire t
private life. As it is now their Opin
ions are too wide apart for anything ap
preaching harmony.
If the Democrats throughout tn,
State are as enthusiastic over the ticKe
renOminated at Richmond last week a!
are the Virginia Democrats who fire.
quent Washington, a victory is certain
this fall.
Big Tom Reed is booming for tn,
:; speakership of the House, and If it il
true as claimed now that he is to be
backed by the Republican national com
mittee and the administration he cal
be put down as certain winner. If tn,
Democratic members had the selection
for a Republican for speaker I thinl
Mckinley, of Ohio, would be the man
He is staunch Republican but is ex
tremely liberal and fair minded. 81
much can hardly be said for Reed with
out seriously stretching the truth.
An odd story has leaked out about NJ
M. Hurley, the Indiana Republican VIII
recently declared the position of thirt
auditor of the treasury. At the time i
,, was stated that he declared he had beel
: rendered more lucrative position by :
railroad, but according to the story nov
! told he declined because he was request
ed to by President Harrison, and tn
) reason he was asked was the discover,
: that the government was now suin
! him for money claimed to be due iron
! him when he was removed by MI
!; Cleveland from the postmastership q
New Albany, Indiana.
> Most administrations have been NOR
: or less influenced by group of me
: ;. known as a "Kitchen Cabinet" but tn
: nursery has been substituted by tn
= present one for the kitchen and bab
Mckee Is Lord High Chancellor.
u Nearly all Of the Departments are sail
|, ing along under acting hands.