Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-08
WASHING TON LETTER.
W;sIrSGroN, Feb. Z. 1880

Dan matter. They have made the
greatest bully OF the nineteenth
century -BiSnlarli get down on
his marr0w bones and acknowledge
himself i'll HE wrong. and promise
10 Ito better in tho future. What
is To come out OF this Samoan
remains To he seen. but up
TO the latest date American rights
and honor were intact, and likely To
remain 81.
The refusal Of HcnatOr Allison to
bury his presidential aspirations by
becoming Secretary of the Treasury
l'r Harrison, has knocked the cab
met makers silly. They Ito not
seem able to pull themselves to
sether yet, Or 10 know what 10 say
next. Ii is believed that John Shcr
man chucklcS to himself every time
llr gets in IL dark place over Mr..
lialriSons trouble in making up his
cabiuct.
~ strong appeal to the public in
favor OF American shipping wis
"'""N ~ WV AHiti ltiI 'oHlpplUp
League which held its annual SEES
sion here last week. Friday even.
ing Il public meeting WAS held ut
which IL number of prominent Dem
"crats and Republicans made
speeches commenting the work I'M
dertaken by the League. a nota
hlc feature Of the speeches WAS the
complimentary manner in which the
Republican speakers alluded to See.
rotary Whitney. Representative
Bonlclle. of Maine, called him the
contemplating and wide awake See.
rotary of the Navy" etc. When one
ut all familiar with the Navy De
partmcnt under previous admins.
trationS look, at what Mr.. Whitney
has accomplished. and how little it
has cost. comparatively, he cannot
help commenting the hard working
Secretary for he good he has done,
AMI regretting that the country is
81 SOON to lose the services of such
Il man.
The number Of nominations un
acted upon and now pending before
the Senate is over 4DO. When II
Republican Senator is asked whrth
er his party proposes to chang up"
all these nominations for COOL. he
Will begin to talk with great inteI.
est about something else.
The Agricultural Department hill
is nov ready for the Presidents
signature and there is little donbt
about that being promptly affixed.
II President Cleveland appoints n
Secretary of Agriculture, Commits.
sioner Coleman will be the man
Representative Houck. of Ten
neSser, who is trying to boom Ma.
hone into the Cabinet, has iucei, ed
Il letter from Ben Butler endorsing
Malone for Postmaster General
Stop II moment aud think, dear
reader, Of the combination. Butler
and Malone. What pair they
wonld make. 1t would he exceed.
!nglv hard to make it three of IL
kind, and to make it tnurs would he
impossible. Butler endorses Ma
hone but who endorses Butler, that's
the Interesting question.
The'H0uSe committee on WAYS
and Means will cndpavor to uct mn
Il compromise tariff bill embmlying
those features of the Mills and Sen.
ate bills that both sides can accept
without too great Il back down. But
owing 10 the short time lett to the
Fiitieth Congress it is doubtful if
anything comes Of it.
1t is said that John Wanamakcr.
the man who is to get IL seat in the
co.AinS cabinet because he raised
$4,000 for the Republican corrip.
ton fund. has bought IL residence in
this city for $4,000. He Is max
ing politics quite an expensive
luxury.
The advance guard of the grand
army of Republican bread and but.
ter patriots has arrived in Wash
lngton. Every man of them wants
an office. IN less than six months
some of them who are now asking
for big positions Will be trying to
compromise on place as messen.
ger or Waterman in some of the de.
partmentS.
The House Committee on Terri.
tories vii. decide on Wednesday MS
to the advisahi'ity of reporting the
bill admitting Utah; also Mr., Snring-
er's second "omnibus" bill admitting
Arizona, Wyoming and Idaho.
Speaker Carlisle says he looks
forward with pleasure to giving up
the cares of the Office he has held
so long. 1t is generally conceded
that lie has made one of the most
impartial Speakers the House has
ever had.
Mr.. Cleveland has had to send i'm
another veto He could not see
why Il widow whose husband died
in 1888 Of typhoid fever could be
entitled to receive pension.
The Senate's rejection of tbe