Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
CFrom our Regular Correspondent

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hotels ever since Inauguration waiting
for the distribution is taking heart
Every day new arrivals swell the rank:
and hope beats high. The candidates
are of all classes. There are Jews anC
Gentiles. down-east Yankees and PEG
pie who cant speak English; ward
heelers and students; editors, lawyers
and ministers. Preachers lead the var
so far as numbers are concerned, anC
of the candidates who are not in the
city, the large majority are superanu
ated ministers. All the candidate:
have filed voluminous papers, includ
ing the most lavish endorsements by al
sorts of people. One member of the
Kentucky legislature, indorsing anoth
er for consular appointment, writes
Ellis appointment would be the rite
man in the rite place. When he adds
that the candidate is very "literery'
one feels assured that this is the yer.
dict of an expert in such matters.
AS there are only $50 consulates to be
distributed among 700 applicants
several gentleman will be disappointed
The applicants for the Paris consulate
are said not to be so numerous as und.
er Mr.. Cleveland's administration, when
they reached 5000. 1t is understood
that the present incumbent will be re-
tanned until next fall.
In the possession of the First Assis-
tant Secretary of State is an alphabet
cal list of consulates, with blue check
against the name of every place which
somebody has been decided upon by
the State department subject to the ell
dorsement of the President. 1t is the
frequent failure of the President to
approve of the blue marks that have
thus far delayed the appointment of
the entire selection of consuls. The
list is occasionally flashed on a too i'm
Fortunate candidate to show him that
the place is already "mortgaged," but
inasmuch as the candidate generally
expresses his willingness to accept any
other consulate the remedy has no
efficacy.
In the speculation concerning the
appointment of this or that candidate
to the vacancy in the Supreme Court,
the unwritten law of custom seems to
be disregarded. Vacancies have, by
this law generally been filed by ap-
pointment of Judge of the circuit
from which the last incumbent was
chosen. In that way the Supreme
Court becomes representative of the
several circuits and where State and
National laws conflict some one can
always be found on the bench to ex-
pand them from an intimate know
ledge. The only exceptions to this
rule grew out of the civil war and the
reorganization period. Therefore to
appoint Attorney General Miller or
Circuit Judge Gresham or District
Judge Woods will be a violation of a
reasonable custom If President Har-
rison follows precedent, lie will look
for Justice Matthew's successor in
Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee or NIiehi-
gan.
Pension Commissioner Tanner has
decided that ander the law pensioners
who have lost both an arm and leg
are entitled to S72 per month, the same
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The number so far known affected by
this decision Is 81. While it is mani
testify wilfuE miscons tructiOn of the
law which unfortunately admits of no
such reading, the rat ing is. just and
equitable. 1t was sug gested to Com
missioner Tanner tina he wait until
next winter and let Congress pass law
allowing the rate, but he preferred to
do his own leg,slating.
Local society is on delightful tip toe
of expectancy over semboflicial an
nouneements and run dors of marriages
to be-. Justice Horace Gray, he of the
handsome face anCt the renowned
hatred. for his court brother Lamar, on
June 9Th, will wed the daughter of
his recently deceased colleague Justice
Matthews. Owing to the fact that
Justice Matthews has been dead SO
short time the fulfillment of the vows
that were pledged during his illness
will be rigidlY ceremonial and the wit
nesses confined to the immediate rela-
tives. The groom is bachelor Of six
ty-two years over six feet four inches
tall and an unusually handsome
man. Indeed he is deemed the hand
soonest member of the Supreme Court
He is of old Massachusetts, stock, his
ancestors having burned witches and
aft into the Revolution" in true ortho-
dox style. The bride, Miss Jean Mat
thews is also of Revolutionary lineage
and is a lady of fine abilities. The
honeymoon will be passed in Europe
and on their return the couple will oc
cupy the Justices fine residence here
a brick reproduction of the New Eng