Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-09-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Written and Compiled for the HERALD
WASHINGTON, Sept. D.


STAY. He left Mrs. Harrison IN
Philadelphia the gnest ct MIS-
WanamaKer. Finding II impossl'
BILE to return there the President
telegrapbed Mrs. Harrison and she
came on to Washington. SatHr'
day the first cabinet meeting Tor
quite a while was held all the cab
met we're present except Secreta'
ries Blame aud Rusk who are out
of town. The extra session, lasting
several hours was gwen mp 10 the
discussion of an extra session OF
Congress, and it was finally decld'
ed not to call an extra session !;
When the meeting opened the on
w outright opponents OF an extra
session were Secretaries Window
and Tracey, but they were SO well
fortified with unanswerable argu-
ments against tue extra session
that the decision was finally ar
rived at unanimously. 1t was gen
orally expected that several other
important matters would be taken
up at this meeting but owing to
the unusual length of the session
they we're postponed. The Demo
Gratis appear to be disappointed be-
cause no extra session OF Congress
has been called. They had been
indulging ia the hope of it's being
called and of some mistakes being
made by the Republicans that
would change the unmistakaOly
favorable sentiment which the
country entertains &C present fer
the administration,
The President has appointed a
long list of pOstmasters, also the
following: Thomas Ii. Anderson,
of Ohio, to be minister to Bolivia
Edwin Dun, to be Secretary of the
legation to japan; Arlh1r W.
Barrett, of Massachusetts,, a brother
of the editor Of the Boston Adcer-
tiser, to be Secretary of the lega'
ton of Venezuela W. h. Gardner,
Jr. of Indiana to be second Score
tary of the legation to Japan, and
the following Consuls Joseph L.
Mason, of Virginia, at Mannheim ;
Bernard Macauley Of New York
son of Gen. Dan Macauley, ex'
Mayor OF indianapolis, at Managua,
Nicaragua; Aulick Palmer of the
District of Columbia, at Dresden
and John d. Delille, OF Texas, son
OF Olive Logan, the famous news
paper correspondent, at Bristol
England.
Secretary Proctor has gone TO
Vermont and Gen. Schofield Is
acting Secretary of War.
Quite a number Of officials aud
several members of the diplomatic
corps went over to Philadelphia
Saturday to witness the launching
of the new cruiser "Phiadelphia."
A daughter of POstm aster General
Wanamaker christened the new
boat.
Judge HOuck the plain spoken
Congressman from Tennessee and
Civil Service Commissioner Lyman
had a good natured argument a
day or two ago as to whether the
Civil Service Commission should be
abolished. Judge Houck took the
affirmative aud succeeded in easily
demolishing every reason that Mr..
Lyman could furnish for the exist
ence of the commission. 1t is more
than probable that the Judge will
repeat his argument upon the floor
Of the House early IN the next ses-
sion.
a meaner or more undetermined
and contemplate fight than that
which is being w I'd against Com
missioner Tanner, mas never been
seen. Almost every crime which
bitter malice can invent has been
charged against him ; no lie is two
ridiculous for those papers fighting
him to print. | am no apologist
for Commissioner TaDner--he needs
none. He has committed errors,
but they have been in every in
stance of the heart and not the
head. lie only trouble with Tan
ner is that bis heart is entirely too
big to see all the old soldiers turn.
ed out to Craze, instead of being
pensoned from the oyerfOwlng
treasury of the country which they
saved. Tanner isn't the kind Of a
man these fellows want that will
pile as many obstacles as possible
in the path of the poor applicant
for pension and give the wealthy
Government instead of the poor
applicant the benefit of every doubt
which may arise in proving disa-
bility. But there is one consola-
ton tor the veterns the only man
who has the power to remove
"Corporal' Tanner is Benjamin
Harrison and he IL known to think
pretty much rs Tanner does on
the soldier question.
Policeman Kearney. the man
who arrested the assassin Guiteau
AZ he WAS running TO a carriage
after the shooting Of President
Garfield, died mere last Friday.
Wednesday the IL, inst will be
the one bundreth anniversary of
the organization of the United
State Treasury department. Secre