The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
A MOVE FOR THE WORLDS FAIR
At THE CAPITAL.

The Ohio BaIlot-Box Case-Civii Service
Reform-Tannei's succe.sor-A Ccsored
Immigration Observation-Disclosures in
General.
WASHINGTON BUREAU
RICHMOND DAILY TINES.
December II. 1881
Senator German, who is one Of the
shrewdest politicians in the country. intro
duced bill i'm the Senate to-day 10 provide
for the Worlds Fair and celebration Of
1892 at Washington. This subject has been
gathering interest for several months. and
between New York and Chicago the con-
tlicting claims have seriously initiated
against the great achievement which could
accomplish so much good in bringing to-
gether the kindred people Of all the Ameri-
cas-, and gaining a result in commerce such
as the great centennial Of 1876 reached in
the advancement of taste and architecture.
| Logic and common sense point TO Wash
ington as the place for such a great celebra.
accommodations invite the broadest con.
struction Of the governments power to ap-
propriate the necessary funds. Chicago Is
too far inland, and New York is two crowd.
ed to accommodate the vast crowds that
would flock to the Worlds Fair. Washing
ton is open, and halfof the year the city has
only a fourth Of the people that it can ac-
commodate. 1t is only forty minutes from
Baltimore, and as great railroad centre
it can gather and distribute daily more peo-
PIE than New York city.
And the fact is that Washington is the
point in which all the people can agree in
consideration Of the fitness OF the thing, that
the National Capital is the proper place for
the great celebration Of the discovery Of
America.
COLORED EMIGRATION.
Senator Calls move onCuba was supple
mented to-day by senator Gibson's resolu-
tion 10 inquire into the practical ways OF
establishing colonies for American negroes,
and how far the government could aid the
freedmen in seeking foreign homes.
Ii is evident that there il a strong sentl-
ment towards cOlonizing the negro, AT least
so far as to get rid Of the surplus amount Of
labor and also to free the South Of the dis
cordant elements in that race. The idea OF
senator Gibson ia the sound one brought to
bear on the subject. but there is likely to be
"A full discussion Of the question IN the
Fifty-tirst Congress.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
I-.. U.e.r,.,.,. n,..apaft hoe l..p ppf
ting the civil service i'm beautifully
PAINTED balloon. and sailing il before the
admirins eyes Of the Republican hypocrites.
But all the time he has been charged with
mere picturesqueness and sham, and there
were many who even limited that civil
service examination could be given away
to farOrite, and diploma Of excellence
accorded on an examination that was
couched behind the curtain.
But RefOrmer Roosevelt found his long
sought opportunity when D0llie Johnson
came up as cadidatc for cook to the White
House. II was civil service appointment,
as the examination covered all the require
ments. from hOe-cake to turkey and from
lamb to goose, which latter might have been
cooked in the fullest sense Of the word
if DOllie had not passed the eXamiaa-
ton. There was diplomatic complication
last August about the White House cook,
who was "A chef ne cuisine Of high degree,
and called the French legation to his aid
when the President undertook TO discharge
him. 80 that the White House cook is an
important parsonage, who may at times rise
TO the dignity Of an international issue.
Dollie johnson, however, has been by
great Roosevelt set up as precedent. and
hereafter the Presidential kitchen will he "A
department Of the civil service.
COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.
Raum. former commissioner Of revenue.
was confirmed to-day as Tanners sue
cessOr.
IL is regarded as a partisan appointment.
and as the rehabilitation of one Of the worst
specimens Of Radical ring rule. Ii will be
remembered that this same Raum was a
"side partner Of Malone and his gang
when he was commissioner Of internal reNe-
nue., and all the time he has been nothing
but "A jobber and pettifogger.
The retrogessiye tendency OF the admin
istration is shown in this as in everything
else that it has done, and day by day the
contrast il displayed between the Harrison
rule and that Of Cleveland.
II cannot be denied that the Harrison adj
ministration has worked itself and its party
more harm in the few months of lis rule
cused of by its worst enemies.
Mr.. Harrison was regarded as a gentle
man and a grandson OF an honest President,
and the country, irrespective OF party,
heralded him as an honest man.
The honesty has become an abstract
theory, and the independence has become
the mere mOckery of nepotism and .yste'
matte violation Of the famous promise iol
civil service reform.
THE HOLIDAY RECESS.
Congress adjourned to-day until Monday,
and il is likely that on the 18th they VIII
adjourn over To January 9Th. which viii
leave the statesmen ample time to feel the
pulse of the country on the questions that
are put forward IN partisan sense.
The difficulty in Washington VIII be IN
the society which opens its grand carnival
on New Years Day, and expects all the
official power OF the government 10 JOIN II
the pageant. New Year receptions have
gone out, to "A great extent, except IN wash
ington, where the day is one OF ofilcia
character, when everybody entitled u
wear uniform or decoration, puts OF
everything that the law allows and goe'
scaling
THE OHIO CASE.
Mr.. ButterwOrth, that luxurious Buck
eve statesman. succeeded in getting his res
oiution passed for an Investigation OF the
| Ohio ballot box forgeries. He was ably see
onded by Mr.. Breckenridge. Of Kentucky
and it is likely that the investigating com
mittee will bring out some ra y scandals
The signatures to the alleged ballot-boA
contract include the names Of sherman ane
others of high degree, and as these states
men declare the thing to be forgery th'
interesting point will be TO find out who pu
I'D the lob.