The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-30
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom our Regular Correspondent.)

portion of Oklahoma Territory cOv-
cred by the bill passed during the
last hours of the Fiftieth Congress.
The land thus opened to settlement
embraces nearly 100000 acres. The
proclamation has been nearly ready
for a week or ten days, but the pres.
sure of other matters prevented its
completion.
The nomination of Corporal" Jas.
| Tanner, of New York, to be Com.
missioner of Pensions, is enthusiast
tically received by the old soldiers,
particularly those who carried mus.
kets in the ranks. They regard the
appointment as special recognition
of themselves. If the sentiments
expressed by ex-soIdiers, from large
number of States. temporarily in
Washington, are a fair sample of
those existing throughout the coun-
| try, this appointment bids fair to be
one of the most popular ever made
/ by any President.
i &Ae only obiectioned.r aised to the
A appointment of Corporal" Tanner
was that he was too friendly to the
old soldiers. Gen. Harrisonxquickly
told the parties vino had the bad
taste to make such an objection, that
1t was for that very reason that he
proposed to make him Commissioner
of Pensions. No man should ever
fill the position who is not friendly
to the old soldiers, and it would be
difficult for him to be too friendly to-
wards them.
The important appointments are
being slowly and carefully made, and
now that the President has had time
to show the politicians that he does
not propose to do anything hurriedly,
there has been perceptible "let up"
in the pressure upon him. He hears
the claims of all patiently, and after
careful consideration, appoints the
one who, all things considered, he
thinks will best fill the position.
Among the more prominent APP
pOintments made last week were
Edward Willet, of Michigan, to be
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture !;
]. M. Shackleford. of Indiana, to be
Judge of the U. S. Court tor the In
dian Territory Thos. B. Needles, of
Illinois. to be U. S. Marshal for the
Indian Territory; M. G. Moore and
o. G. White, of Washington Terri
tory, to be Governor and Secretary Of
that Territory H. N. Blake, of Mon.
tana, to be Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court of Montana Frederick
D. Grant, of New York. to be Minis
ter to Austria; John G. New, of In
fdiana, to he Consul General at Lon
don; Whltelaw Reid. editor of the
New York Tribune, to be Minister to
France julius Goldschmidt, of Wis
consin, to be Consul General at Wen
ma; w. w. Thomas. of Maine, to be
Minister to Sweden and Norway S.
r. Thayer, of Minnesota. to be Min
lister to the Netherlands; Mr.. Whit
field, of Ohio, to be Second Assistant
Postmaster General, and A. d. Ha-
zen, of Pennsylvania, to be Third
Assistant Postmaster General Mr..
Hazen filled this position for many
years until asked to resign by Cleve.
land in 1856. besides number of APP
pointments to similar places, and
postmasters, collectors of customs.
and promotions in the Army and
Navy.
Gen. Harrison stated in CONVEX
sation day or two ago that the West
must have the Public Printer. This
has had the effect of knocking out all
the Eastern candidates and of bring
ing in several new ones from the
West. 1t is very important posi-
ton, and the President does not pro-
pose to make mistake in filling it.
AS it now stands it is thought the
appointment will 60 either to Mr..
Merridith, of Illinois, or Mr.. Osborne,
of California.
1t is understood that the Minister
to England has been selected, and
has accepted the appointment, but
no announcement will be made of it.
nor will the commission be made out
Iyr.asatil the new British Minister to the
United States shall arrive here and
PRESENT his credentials. This action
, lis taken rs a mild retaliation on the
British foreign Office for its refusal to
appoint a Minister in place of Lord
Sackville until after the change of
administration in the United States.
II is generally believed here that
Chauncey Depew, of New York. is
the man who has been selected for
the British Mission.
! Secretary Tracy has made deci.