Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-08-10
THE BLACK DIAMOND.'
Her Seizure Being Discussed in Wash ington.-The Ohio Election---Pen- sion Matters.--News From Wash ington-
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WASHINGTON. D. C.. Aug. ?. 1889.
 The President has returned to the White House. where he will remain un- til next Tuesday, when he starts for Bar Harbor to pay Secretary Blaine a visit. He will spend the entire day Of Wednesday in Boston, where he will be met by Walker Blaine.
 Postmaster General Wanamaker has received the resignation of postmaster Paul. of Milwaukee, whose administra- tion of that office was so severely scored by recent report of the Civil Service Commission.
 The news of the seizure of the Cana dian sealing vessel, Black Diamond, by the United States cutter Rush, for talk ing seals in Behring's sea, IS being dis cussed with great interest here, and there are plenty of people who believe we shall have a row with England if We do not back down. I don't know about that, but its dollars to ginger cakes that there will be no repetition Of the dis graceful backdown indulged in by the Cleveland administration when similar seizures were made three years ago. The law says that all vessels caught illegally taking seals in Behring's sea, shall be seized. confscated and sold, and 1t Is the intention of the present admin istration to see that the law IS obeyed. The President issued proclamation of warning in March. If England does not like our laws, so much the worse for England.
 Hon. Wm. Mckinley, the popular Re presentative from Ohio, is in town this week He has been quietly resting in the mountains of Pennsylvania for some weeks. He does not say so, but from his manner. think he is confident of being elected Speaker of the House. He says there is no doubt about Ohio elect ing Gov. Foraker, the State ticket and a Republican majority in the legislature, ensuring Republican successor to Sen ator Payne. Mai. Mckinley will take an active part in the Ohio campaign.
 While the opponents of the Civil Ser vice law, are hitting some hard hcks, the commission is not idle. It proposes to ask the President to place all chiefs of divisions in the classified service. It IS not probable that the request will be even seriously considered. to say noth- ing of being granted, by the President, for the fact cannot be denied by any careful observer, that the Civil Service law is steadily growing more unpopular. Dit has been decided by the commission engaged in Investigating the re-rating of pensions to make a prelimiLilry re- port to Secretary Noble next week and leave it to him whether they shall con tinue. During the month of December, 1888, when the office was in charge of Gen. Black, they found the total num- Der of reissues to have been 1,500. of which about l in l5 were .re-rated, and during the month of May, 1889, when Mir. Tanner was in charge the reissues were 1900 with the percentage of re-rat ing slightly increased. The object of this comparison was to discover whether there had been any radical change in the methods of making re-rating. The preliminary report will say that the c has been no gross violation of law, nor any discoveries of a sensational or ser ious character This will be good news to everybody, except newspaper cores pondents who have been filling their papers up with stories Of the terrible condition of things at the pension office.
 When Governor Foraker was re-nom- mated there were lot of smart aleck" democrats running around Washing ton saying that Senator Sherman would sulk and remain in Europe, where he IS now. until after the election. They feel like fools now that the Senator has written to say that he will be home in time to take an active part in re-electing Governor Foraker. Of course no repub- lican ever believed that John Sherman would sulk He isn't built that way. He is republican because he believes in the principles advocated by the party and not because it does or does not nom mate any particular man for any office.
 Postmaster General Wanamaker has requested the Secretary of the Treasury to suspend the payment of all telegraph bills until the question of rates is set tied. The telegraph companies object to the proposed rate-one mill per word but will go right along doing the govern ment business, trusting to getting fair prlce for it.
 Secretary Tracy has appointed board of naval officers to make recommenda- tions for the building up and maintain ing of an efficient navy.
 The President will go to Indianapolis on the 22nd, inst, when the ceremony of laying the corner stone of the new soldiers monument is to be held.