The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-03-15
DUB WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHING TON, March IL. 1889.


Harrison will be IA dead man in les,
than three months if the horde of greedy Of
flee seekers do not cease prosecuting him. AL
ready his ri ht arm is famed and his complex
| ion has The suspicious chslky white appeaIan,c
OF i'll health. But the crowd still CONES
marching on, fairly falling each other III
their eagerness 10 reach the eal III the pi-sl-
dent. Such gang was never before seen in
Washington. II was thought al the he ginning
of Mr. Cleveland's administration that the
pressure for Office was great compared with
that now going on, IL WAS as 4 summer zephyr
| 10 All Unframed Dakota blizzi rd. Every man
except those that have died. that ever held of
tice under republican administration is here
clamoring for vindicaiion in the shape of an
appointment TO his old place or 10 a better one,
and in addition there are thousands of men
who are after getting their first taste Of ofli :ial
! life. These last think the Government service
needs liberal infusion of new, blood. provid-
ed, OF course, that they furnish il. Be
| tween them they are making torment for
Mr.. Harrison as great IS any that ever existed
on this earth, and there is little chance of a
| change until everything worth scFamb!ing for
| is given out. In the meantime Mr.. Harrison,
worst enemy could not wish him worse pun
ishment than he is daily undergoing.
Senator Hampton thinks that Ex-Governor
| Thompson will be nominated as the demo-
| cratic member of the Civil Service Coums
sion He was nominated by Mr.. Cleveland,
| aud would have been confirmed had his name
been sent in before the republicans passed a
caucus resolution against any more political
combinations.
EN-Secretary Whitney has sold his Wash
| inetuil residence Ia Postmaster General Wanna
maker foI $4,000. Mr.. Whitney will take
| two months trip 10 Europe before settling
| down 10 work in New York. The rest OF MIR.
| Clevelands Cabinet except Mr.. Endicoti, are
| still here. Mr. Dickinson Went To New York
| with Mr.. Clevcand's party last week, but lie
| has returned.
| There's big row in the republican camp
already. II is question Of veracity between
Harrison and Ex-Governor .Al.er. Alger told
| the Michigan delegation that Harrison had eN-
| pressed great regret on account of having to
leave him Alger) out of the cabinet, and that
| As a slight compensation the President had told
him he might name man for Solicitor General.
He named IL. VI. Dufiisld, whom he asked the
| the delegation Ia endorse. at the same time as
| surfing them that il was only Formally: that
| The appointment would he considered personal,
| and would not charged to the State. The
| delegation endorsed the application and carrie
| ed j, Immediately to Mr. Harrison. The del
| egaiion was struck dumb when the President
| told them he knew nothing about the matter,
| and that they had better file the application
| with The Attorney General. What transp ired
when the delegation got back TO Alger is not
| yet known.
Representative Townshend, Of Illinois, died
| suddenly on Saturday. He caught a severe
| cold last week. and on Tuesday il had devel-
| o. e into pm, MIA. He was one of the most
popular men III the House.
Mr.. IIarrison's cabinet, with the exception
Of Mr.. Blaine and Mr.. Window. is regarded as
| very weak. 1t is Blaine all over. All the
members are intense Blaineites except two
Miller and Wanamaker, and these two can
hardly be said to count, Mr.. Miller being APP
pointed solely because he was Harrison's law
partner AID personal friend. and Mr.. Wanna
maker because he held Mr.. Quay's order for
the Postmaster Generalship. for which he
had paid 500, 900 in cold cash.
gentleman says lie asked Mr.. Harrison if
he Intended To call an extra session of the
Fiftieth Congress, and that the President re-
piled. No indeed. wan, to get these fell
lows away. not to give them All excuse for re %.
manning.
Queer lot. these republicans. The man who
helped Mr.. Quay in all his underground wol K
j. ). Ciarkson--is not good enough To re-
ceive an appointment in the cabinet, aud he
was turned down, not outstanding the able
backing lie received from such men rs Senators
Allison and Quay.
The extra session of the Senate mas as yet
done nothing except confirm the cabinet Off
GERS, but number of nominal, ions are expect
ed this week. Ii has been about settled that
no other business will be touched. This is
| somewhat Disappointing To the bloody-shirters.
| who wanted to pass the Hoar Southern elec
| ton investigation resolution.
IL will De long time before any admins
| tration aitains the social success Of the last
one. Mrs. Cleveland as the popular idol is
not likely to have successor for many years
tai come. if ever.