Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1889-03-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(Fron onr Regular Corresrondenr)
WASHINGTON, Mch. 18th, 1889.

w AShlNUION, MCN. lStn, 1859,
Harrison is just now catching it OF
every hand from the Office seeker
because of his siowness in making az
pointments. Including the Cabinet
the total of the administration t,
date are less than sixty. This is
state of affairs that the hungry ant
greedy gang of would be public of
6cials find it hard to. understand
They expect hundred Or more nomi
nations every day. This hardness or
the part Of the new authorities arise;
from no consideration for the Demo.
Gratis now holding the petitions, but
results from inability, owing to the
unprecedented wrangling among the
Republican politicians, to decide
whom to appoint
! Mr.. Harrison has been talkina
rather plainly to some of the gang
He told some Indiana Republicans
that the best thing they could do was
to 90 home, that if lie wanted them
he always knew where thew were to
be found, and that he thought he
knew who were entitled to the Of
fees IN that State as well as any man
IN 1t. tie is also said to have told
Senator Malone that he would
send for him when he wanted his
advice. All Of these little things add
to the glorious harmony that exists in
the ranks of the Republican party.
BY the nomination of Mr.. G. A.
Bates, of Delaware, to be L. S. Com
missioner to the Samoan Conference
to be held at Berlin, Mr.. Harrison
has virtually endorsed Mr.. Cleveland's
position on the Samoan question. Mr..
Bates is a Democrat, and was selected
in 1886 by Mr. Cleveland to 90 to
Samoan and make an investigation Of
the trouble which was then Just be-
ginning. As result of Mr.. Bates
report Consul Greenbaum was recalled
The other commissioners nominated
to act with Mr. Bates are ex-Congress-
man W. W. Phelps and ex-Minister
to Austria and Germany John A.
Ka.son.
There is big fight going on to de-
eide who shall be the next Commits
sioner of Pensions. Mr.. Harrison
wants to give the appointment to
Corporal Tanner, of New York. but
the New York Congressional delega
ton have a candidate of their own
Gen. Poole, of Syracuse-and object
to the appointment Of Tanner. Tar
ners friends have suggested that he
be appointed and credited to some
other State.
Some surprise was created her
when J. S. Clarkson, Of Iowa. the
man who would be Secretary of the
Interior or nothing, accepted the pc
sition of First Assistant Postmaster
General.
Senator Chace, of Rhode Island has
resigned, and all sorts of rumors are
flying around as to the cause. That
most generally believed is that Harri- |
son snubbed him in making an ap-
pointment of L. S. attorney for the
Rhode Island district. His friends
say that he has all along intended to
resign at this time, but that is hardly /
a reasonable story. 1t is not likely
that he would have gone to the
tronble and expense Of an election to
the Senate just for the glory of serv-
ing less than one month. he having
been sworn in or the 4th inst. tor the
of his first whole term.
Previous to that time he was filling
ut the term of the late Senator
Anthony.
There is probability of some
rouble between the President and
he Republicans of the Senate over
he Southern election question. Mr.
Harrison had requested as a personal
avor that the matter be let alone at
he present extra session of the Sen
tie. and the request had seemingly
'een agreed to, but the radical men,
'ers of the Senate have succeeded in
'etting the question agitated again.
t was discussed at Republican eau
us last week but was not disposed Of.
t will come up again at another eau
us this week.
Russell Harrison is working tho
ederal patronage of Montana in q
ray that he hopes will make him
United States Senator from that State