The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-04-05
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHING Ton, April /, lSS9

Have Harrison and Blaine any iiluence
with the Republican Senate:
Ii SO. how much 4? Since the Senate. by the
very decisive vote oil - To 10, rejected the
nomination of Murat Halstead, editor Of the
CINCINNATI Commercial Gazette, to he miuis :.
ter TO GERMANY, these questions have been
asked on every hand anu MANY answers have
been given. IL Is we'll known here thai Har.
| rlson and Blaine took OCCASION To inform ey-
cry Republican Senator that they were very
deeply interested in Halstead's confirmation
anu yet the Senate voted against his coufirrna-
ton, only nineteen tavorIng II, and two of
them Were Observation-Disclosures. blackburn
and { all.
therefor" The Inference is that Harrison and
Blaine have no very great amount of influence
with the Senators OF their party. This reec-
ton of Halstead by Republican votes is a very
queer thing. and is likely TO make trouble for
some Of the parties for long time TO COME
That the Democrats should have voted
against his confirmation was to be expected
but what puzzles people hcreabou,s IS why
| such a rampant bloody shirt waver as Ingalls,
should have have joined them. Halstead's
opinion of those who voted against Inn will
| make interesting reading.
The surprise created by the nomination of
Robert Lincoln to be minister 10 England has
| not yet died out. and Republican applicants for
The Dig appointments still open are anxiousiy
| inquirins Il the Garfield boys want ANYTHING,
because If they do there is no reason after the
Fred Grant and Lincoln appointments why
| thay should not get il.
IL looks very much as though that Senato-i-
| al boycott was beginning to get i'll its work
| The Senate VIII adjourn this week. and
| President Harrison viii be eIaS. 10 see ,bem
go away As he has a few more Appointments
| vi the Haistead order 10 make, and does not
| banker alter other reflections at present
Some very bad news was officially received
here on Saturday afternoon. On the 10Th of
| March hurricane completely DESTROYED the
l nited States war vessels Trenton and Van
| daia and drove the Nipsc upon a coral reef
IN Tue haroor OF Apa, one of the Samoan is
| lands. And to add TO the disaster I6 lives
were lost, anon. them Captain Schoonmaker,
who was In command OF the Sandalia. Two
German war ships were lost with one h,,ndre,
men at the same time. The Trenton aud
Nandalia were among the best wooden ships
IN our little Navy and their loss will he Sc
| verefy felt. The Cablegram from Admiral
| hlmderiy saYs >:sey ha' = hopes If being able
| TO sage the \ .1sic
lnterstais' commerce Commissioner Walk
er has resigne,, TO take effect today. lie has
| AccePieu the management Of an association OF
| railroads at ali annual salary OF So5.UpD
| which was To have started from Chicago on
the 9th inst.ior 4 six weeks inspection aud in
vestigation OF the various Pacific railroads and
branches have postponed the junket until IA
| "CcTporai Tanner SAYS no clerks will be
| reno, Ell in the Pension Office excep for c.use
| We shall see.
| III Whitelaw Reed does not return To this
country in disgrace shall DE greatly surpris-
ed, said well known Republican to me to-
| day. Upon my asking his reason for thinking
SO, he said ''Reid is heavily interested in a
corporation that is nothing more or less than
| a bushes fake. One end of it rests in WASH
| inston where tits looked after by one Of the
shrewdest as we'll as most unscrupulous men
IN the country. Both Reid and this man. who
| by the way is now i'll Europe; were rope.l in
/ 10 this scheme and have now yot MANY ,bou-
sands OF dollars tied up in it. They have long
| ago agreed that the best thing 10 do was TO
unload the whole thing on European Capital
| ISIS, and for that purpose the Washington
| member oil The affair Went TO Europe about ten
| days ago, and is now awaiting Reii's arrival.
| vi course Reid will endorse the Washington
man, and his official position As L. ). Minis
ter TO France Will cause his endorsement tn
have great weight with European tinanciers,
| ard the probabilities are that the unloading of
| the lake VIII be i succ IS II will not take
long for the purchasers 10 discover that they
have been robbed, and that Reid's endorse
ment did it. Then?
General Black. ex-Commissioner of Pea
sions. has gone to Chicago, where he will re-
sumo the practice Of law.
II is said that Gen. Joseph f. johnson.
Commissioner of Railroads will not be re-
moved by the new administration. owing TO a
| request from Gen. Sherman asking for his re-
| ,ention.