Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-07-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
rFrom our regular Correspondent. !

From our regular Correspondent
WAsHINGToN, d. c., July is, 1889.
Secretary Rusk, or as he is oftener
spoken Of as "Uncle jerry" seems to
stick closer to his desk than any other
member of the administration, and the
result is that while the other depart
ments are beginning to be enveloped in
the usual summer stagnatiOn the de-
partment of Agriculture is "hustling."
This Of course may be only the result Of
the old saw ga new broom sweeps
clean" Among the transactions of a
week may be mentioned: The estab-
lishment of new division for the pur-
pose of editing the scientific reports of
the department into language that can
be understood by plain, everv dav sort
of folks; the publication of a sixteen
page pamphlet explaining the work
done and results accomplished by the
experimental stations In different Sec
tions of the country; the removal of the
State agent for Maryland and abolish
ment of the Office, and the sending of
an agent to the Rocky mountain section
to examine into the methods used in
collecting Agricultural statistics.
According to kilograms received here
ex-congressman Roosevelt G. Horr of
Michigan, considers his appointment to
be U. s. Consul at Valparaiso, as an in
suit. He was an applicant for foreign
mission, and will refuse to accept the
smaller place. One of his friends said
to-day that Mr.. Harrison was offended
with Horr because he stuck to Alger, at
the Chicago convention.
Ex-coDgressman Hart, of Ohio the
man that caused Senators Sherman and
Quay, to have quite serious falling
out several months ago, has at last re-
ceived the office which he at the time
accepted. He has just been appointed
Solicitor of Internal revenue.
Commodore Schley, who is to be the
commander of the new steel cruiser
"Baltimoren which made its trial sea
trip last week, pronounces that vessels
to magnificent, and says "she will be
able to lick anything afloat." If we
had thirty or forty such vessels we
would have a navy to be proud of.
The printers are jubilant over the
removal of the steam plate printing
presses from the Bureau of Engraving
by order of Secretary Window, who de-
clined to allow the Company owning
them to accept the ridiculous compen-
sation of one cent per thousand i'm
presions as royalty for use of presses,
which Congress had provided for with
the expectation of course that the own
ers would refuse it.
Postmaster Gen. Wanamaker has
dumped on" the telegraph company
by notifying them that in the future
the government would pay only one
mill per word instead of one cent, as at
present. Representation of the tele-
graph companies while recognizing the
legal right of the postmaster general to
say what the compensation shall be for
this work, claim that they lose money
by doing the work for the present price,
and say that if Mr.. Wanamaker will
not change his mind they will carry the
messages for nothing as it will be
cheaper than to keep the accounts and
make the collection at the rate of one
mill per word.
The usual number Of "reformers" in
the methods of transacting the depart
mental business which always follow a
new administration are now in full
swing. Ifall these reformers had been
Improvements, the business system OF
the various departments would long
ago have reached perfection. But alas
'what is one mans meat is another
mans poison" so what one man calls
reform another call nonsense.
Mr.. Harrison went to deer park Fri
day afternoon, he is expected back in
time to attend cabinet meeting Wed
nesday.
The office seekers are having tough
time with the thermometer in the nine
ties and only an hour or two in the
week to see the dispensers of patronage,
But still hang on, at least great many
of them do. ...
There are no new developments in
the Misunderstanding between Secre.
tary Noble and the Pensioner Commits
sioner which it was believed at one
time came near resulting in Tanners
resignation.
The Persian minister who was so con.
structed that he failed to see the humor
in the newspaper paragraphs as to his
master, the Shah's personal habits etc.,
has shaken the dust of America and
gone home to stay. He accuses us OF
tdiscourtesy, and yet he left without ev.
en- notifying the State department Of
his intention.
1t is stated here with great positive
ness that the state of Mr.. Blaine'S
health is so bad that he will not return
to Washington, and that he will resign
don't believe word of it, and vet in
all probability Mr.. Blaine himself, is re-
sponsible for the report; he is mono
maniac on the subject of his health, anG
the "finger ache" causes him more wor
ry than serious attack of sickness
would the average man.