Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-10-12
WASHINGTON.

questions to he asked at an examina-
ton held in this city by the Civil
Service Commission was furnished to
a party here. The list was sold by
an employe of the commission, who
is brother in.law of Commissioner
Lyman, and to clinch matters he has
printed letter from ex>Commission-
er Edgerton to President Harrison,
written last April, containing the
same charge. A congressional inves.
tigation is now foregone conclus-
ion. Even the Commissioners, at
least the new ones-Messrs Roose-
welt and Thompson-admit that such
an investigation is necessary, and
Hatton claims to be prepared to
prove other things equally as damag-
ing against the M ethods that have
been used by the commission. Every
one is wondering why President
Harrison did not at once order an in
vestigation upon receipt of Mr.. Ed
gerton's very plain letter. Such
things will hardly help the Civil
Service Commission in getting from
Congress the largely increased APP
preparation which will be asked for
at the coming session. tt3
There is no truth in the sensation
al statements sent from here to the
effect that the representatives Of
Chilli refused to attend the organiza-
ton of the Three Americas Congress,
because they did not wish to vote for
Mr.. Blaine as President The only
! reason that Chill was not represented
was because the delegate, who is to
serve with Senior Don Varas, the
CHILEAN minister here, has not arriv-
ed with his own and the minister's
credentials, and without them the
minister, although here, could not
take his seat in that body. This
statement is made by the minister.
Washingtonians are outdoing
themselves in entertaining the quarS
ter Of million strangers now here in
consequence of the triennial Conclave
of the Knight Templars. Every one
seem determined to show that stran-
gers are better treated here than in
in any other large city in the world,
The town is as lavishly decorated
as if it was Inauguration times; our
public schools give holiday, and the
stores and banks will close as far as
possible tomorrow, to enable every
one TO see the largest parade O
Knight Templars that ever took
place. The President has caught the
Washington spirit and will hold {
special reception tomorrow night fol
the Knights and their ladies. The
knights are already enthusiastically
, in favor of Washington as the plac,
for theWorld's Exposition of 1892, a
! we knew they would be.
The new Commissioner of the Lane
, Office holds in a decision made a day
3 or two ago thata strict construction
; of the law requiring an actual resi-
4 dence to be established on a home
| stead entry within six months from
3 date of entry should not be taken il
4 the cases of those settlers that Civ
: evidence of honest intention to com
0 ply with the law.
Appointments have been few, an,
|. unimportant, aside from the lon
list of Presidential postmasters, sine
e. President Harrison came back to tn
White House. There are prObabl
several things which will account TO
D. this. First and foremost is the seem
G. ingly endless hunt to find a man 70
Pension Commissioner who stand
well with the G. A. r., which tn
President greatly fears, who wi
lie take the place and promise to run I'll
n. Office on the lines laid down by Seer,
s. tary Noble. Then President Hariso
had considerable worry in connectiO
: with the organization of the Thrt
!. Americas Congress here last weel
The foreigners wanted to elect NJ
lie w. H. Prescott of South CarOlir
one of the L. S. Members, Presiden
Is but President Harrison objected to
because Mr. Prescott was connectt
with the late Confederate COVER
ment and suggested Mr., Blaine, WI
: was elected. When to these thin,
is added the labor of getting thini
IN in shape for his annual message it
not strange that appointments ha'
- been fewer than usual.
10 Considerable curiosity is felt he
to know whether Pres. Harrison W
in say anything in his massage to Co
or. gress about Civil Service reform.
.o is generally thought that he will !
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