The Republican., 1889-05-18
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


Senator Hawiey, of Connecticut, or
as most people hereabouts call him,
"Joe" Hawley, is not a native down
easter but. this. few people who know
his peculiar faculty for always "get-
ting there" would believe, so well
has he imbibed the shrewdness which
seems to come natural TO most citi-
zens of his adopted State. 1 am re-
minded of this by the manner in
which Senator HaWley stole march
on all his Republican colleagues by
getting invited to accompany the
President during three days pleas.
ure trip on the U. S. Despatch. When
the fact is remembered that great
trouble is constantly being under
gone by Senators. Members and 9TH
er influential Republicans in order
TO get the Presidents ear for a few
minutes it can be fully understood
what very fortunate man Senator
Hawley is in being able to speak to
the President at any time he may
desire for three whole days. The
other members of the Presidential
party which left here Saturday morn
ing bound for Chesapeake Bay and is
scheduled to return some time to-
night were Mrs. Harrison, the two
Mckee children and Secretaries Win.
dom and Rusk. There are number
of men in Washington who would
have paid big price to have taken
Senator Hawley's place.
To-day the count of the cash in the
United States Treasury begins, 1t is
expected that it will take nearly or
quite three months to complete it.
The count is made necessary by the
charge in the Office of Treasurer. The
count will be made under the per-
sonal supervision of committee of
three, two representing the Treasury
department and the third Mr.. HUI
ston, the new Treasurer. The money
which is to be counted is S10,935, 1877
in United States notes, S3,53S,5 in
National bank notes. S14S, l99, ,51l
standard silver dollars. S2,092, GAS in
fractional silver. S25 ,544.7O6 in gold.
$702. .240 in gold certificates and S778,-
412 in silver certificates.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Clarkson has gained the goodwill of
all thu lady clerks in his Office by
issuing an order prohibiting smok-
ing by employees located in rooms
where lady clerks are employed. To
most people it would seem that such
an order should have been unneces-
sary. But it wasn't. Hence Mr..
Clarkson's order.
Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt. of New
York, the newly appointed civil SER
vice Commissioner, arrived here to-
day and at once assumed his duties.
The new Democratic Commissioner.
Ex.Gov. Thompson, of South Caro-
lima. was qualified the day after his
appointment, which he had been
anxiously awaiting ever since the
4th of March, The Commission is
now full for the first time in many
months, and it is said that one of the
first things it will do will be to en-.
deayor to get the President to re-
verse the decision of the Interior de.
partment putting the appointments
in the Census bureau outside of the
civil service rules. But in this mat.
ter the Commissioners are almost
certain to be disappointed, as the
decision was made strictly in accord
ance with the act of Congress that
created the Census Bureau.
The Presidents departure on his
little three days holiday was an en-
tire surprise to the office-seekers.
some of them being selfish enough
to "kick" about it in a wild manner
among their personal friends.
The honor of being the first color.
ed appointee of the President has
fallen to Rev, Jas. M. Townsend, of
Richmond, Indiana, who has been
appointed Recorder of the General
Land Office. Mr.. Townsend was a
member of the fifty.fourth Massachu-
setts regiment during the rebellion.
Since the war he has been a member
of the Indiana Legislature. and is at
present the Missionary Secretary of
A. M. E. Church. He has been a
warm personal friend of the Presi.
dent for many years.
Postmaster General Wanamaker
does not believe that the time has
quite come for one cent letter
postage, so he has adopted as his
motto, "Don't reduce the rate. but