The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-14
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent

left Mrs. Harrison in Philadelphia |
the guest of Mrs. Wannamaker.
Finding it impossible to return there
the President telegraphed Mrs. Har.
rison and she came on to Washing
ton. Saturday the first Cabinet
meeting for quite while was held
all the cabinet were present except
Secretaries Blaine and Rusk who are
nut of town. The extra session, last
ing several hours was given up to the
discussion of an extra session of Con.
gress. and it was finally decided
not to call an extra session. When
the meeting opened the only out.
right opponents of IN extra session
were Secretaries Window and Tracy,
but they were 30 well fortified with
unanswerable arguments against the
extra session that the decision was
finally arrived at unanimously. 1t
was generally expected that several
other important matters would be
taken up at this meeting but owing
to the unusual length of the session
they were POSTPONED, The Demo.
Gratis appear to be disappointed be.
cause no extra session of Congress
has been called. They have been in.
dulging in the. hope of its being call
ed and OF some mistakes being made
by the Republicans that would
change the Enthusiastically favorable
sentiment which the country enter
tains at present for the administra-
ton.
The President has appointed long
list of postmasters, also the follow
ing: Thomas H. Anderson. of Ohio.
to be minister to Bolivia /; Edwin
Dun. to be Secretary of the legation
to Japan; Arthur w. Barrett. of
Massachusetts IA brother of the edi.
tor of the Boston Advertiser). to be
secretary OF the legation to Venezu.
ella : w. r. Gardner. Jr.. of Indiana,
to be second secretary of the legation
! to Japan. and the following Consuls !:
Joseph r. Mason. of Virginia, at
Mannheim; Bernard Macauley of
New York (son of Gen. Dan Macau-
ley. ex-Mayor of Indianapolis). at
Managua. Nicaragua; Aulick Pal
mer. of the District of Columbia, at
Dresden and John HI. Delille, of
Texas (son of Olive Logan. the fam
Gus newspaper correspondent, at
Bristol, England.
Secretary Proctor has gone to Yer
mont. and Gen. Schofield is acting as
Secretary of War.
Quite a number of officials and sew
eral members of the diplomatic corps
went over to Philadelphia Saturday
to witness the launching Of the new
cruiser "Philadelphia." A daughter
OF Postmaster. General Wannamaker
christened the new boat.
Judge Houck, the plain.spoken
Congressman from Tennessee and
Civil Service Commissioner Lyman
had a good.nat ured argument day
or two ago as to whether the Civil
Service Commission should be abol-
ished. Judge Houck took the at.
firmative and succeeded in easily de-
molishing every reason that Mr..
Lyman could furnish for the exist.
ence of the commission. 1t ia more
than probable that the Judge will
repeat his argument upon the floor
of the House early in the next ses.
sion.
A meaner or more undetermined
and contemplate fight than that
which is being waged against Com.
missioner Tanner, has never been
seen. Almost every crime which
bitter malice can invent has been
charged against him no lie is toe
ridiculous for those papers fighting
him to print. / am no apologist fol
Commissioner Tanner - he needs
none. He has committed errors. but
they have been In every instance Of
the heart and not the head. The
only trouble with Tanner Is that his
heart is entirely too big to suit a lot
of close listed curmudgeons. who
would like to see all the old soldiers
turned out to Craze. instead OF being
pensioned from the OVERLOOKING
! treasury of the country which they
saved. Tanner isn't the kind of
man these fellows want at the heae
of the Pension Office. They want 6
man that will pile as many obstacles
as possible In the path of the poor ap
plicant for a pension and give the
wealthy government instead of thu
poor applicant the benefit of every
doubt which may arise in proyini
disability. But there Is one consola
ton for the veterans-the only mau