The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-03-27
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON, March 90, 1889.
The President has so regulated the
calls OF the office seekers, or the hours
during which he may be seen by them,
that he is beginning to get some little
breathing time. He is moving very slow
ly so much so in fact that some are al
ready beginning TO murmur at his pace.
But he says that 1t is betlerto go slow and
be right than TO go fast and he wrong.
Among the prominent appointments
made by Gen. Harrison since my last let
ter are the following: Jas. s. ClarksoD, Of
Iowa, 10 he First Assistant Postmaster
General; Smith A. Whitfield, of Ohio to
be Second Assistant Postmaster General;
John W. Mason, Of W. Virginia, to be
Commissioner of Internal Revenues s. r.
Thayer, OF Minnesota, to be minister to
the Netherlands; Chas. f. Mitchell, OF
Conn, to be Commissioner of Patents;
Nathan o. Murphy, Of Arizona, to be
Secretary Of that Territory; W. b. Deacon
to be U. s. Marshal Of New Jersey; j.. s.
Burton to be U. s. Marshal for Mississip-
pi e. j. Kursbeedt, U. s. Marshal for
Louisiana; B. d. Slaughter, U. 8. Marshal
for N ebraska; Whitelaw Reid, editor OF
the N. Y. Tribure, to be minister to
France; Frederick D. Grant, son Of Gen.
U. s. Grant, of New York, to be minister
to Austria; John @. New, Of Indiana, to
be Consul General at London, and Julius
Goldschmidt, Of Wisconsin, to be Consul
General at Vienna. This Is not a long
list, but Il Is everywhere conceded 10 be
a good one.
Mrs. Harrison has been quite Ill this
week with severe cold, but Is now much
better, though still confined to her room.
The republican Senators and Repre-
sentatives who have been here since the
adjournment of Congress, looking after
their quote Of the offices, are beginning TO
turn their faces nomeward. The most Of
them appear to be satisfied with the out
look, but of course there are some grum-
blers.
The nomination Of Eugene Schuyler, OF
New York, to be Assistant Secretary OF
State has been Withdrawn from the SEN
ate, Mr.. Schuyler having declined the
office.
A discussion or perhaps II would be
better to say general expression OF views,
during recent secret session OF the SEN
ate. as to why the salary Of Congressman
should not be doubled, has caused good
deal Of discussion here. The Senate is In
favor Of II by large majoIity,but whether
a majority would vote for a bill en-
acting such a law, Is somewhat doubtful.
Public sentiment here undoubtedly favors
such q change; it Is argued thatno Repre-
sentative or Senator can keep house In
this city on less than $4,000 year, and
keep up the style and appearance that Is
expected Of him. 1t is further argued
that the cos; Of living In Washington is
ow much greater than II was when, the
present salaries were fixed, but there Is
another side to the question, and although
its upholders are in the minority here,
they probably have large majority OF
the voters Of the country with them.
They argue that the present salary, $1,000
a year, is enough, and that the people do
not send their Representatives and Sena-
tors TO Washington to ape the manners Of
the European nobility, nor to try to out
do the coierie Of millionaires who have Of
late years set the pace for Washington
society, but TO work. II any Of them
finds 5000 year insufficient to live on,
let him resign the place to a more econ
ical man.
The country is certainly TO be congratu-
lated on the prospect Of increased EN-
cheney In our postal service. Postmaster
General Wannamaker and his capable
ASST stanis. Clarkson, Whitfield, and
Hazen are all bending their energies u
accomplish this much desired reform
Que good result is the appointment Of ]
Lowris Bell, OF Pa, as Superintendent O
the railway mail service. to
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