Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-02-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
rFrom our regular Correspondent. !

ltobh AfOdNht
Carolina, to succeed him. Mr.. Thomp- |
son is assistant Secretary Of the Treas
ury at present and very warm friend |
of the President. The removal of Mr..
Edgerton was not surprise to anyone
familiar with the workings of the Com
mission. It had several times been in
timated to him that his resignation
would be accepted, but he refused to
take the hint, and finally when the
President asked him in plain language
to resign he declined to do so, and the
removal followed. MFR. Edgerton is a
good man, but holding the opinions he
does he should never have accepted the
office in the first place. The removal
leaves only one Commissioner in office,
and he is Republican. For that reas-
on it is thought that the Senate will
probably confirm Mr.. Thompson, as
the law provides for Democrat on the
board, and there is another vacancy in
to which Gen. Harrison can put Re-
publican.
Representative Springer thinks his
"Omnibus" bill will yet get through in
spite of the fact that the conferers have
failed to agree upon it. He says that
three, If not mole, Republican Senators
will vote with the Democratic Senators
to admit New Mexico. | shall only be-
lieve it when they do it.
The report of the Treasury experts on
the tariff bill shows that outside of the
internal revenue features the measure
will only make reduction of from
three to five millions of dollars. The
House Ways and Means Committee
will report the bill this week, with a
recommendation that it be rejected.
Just what will follow if it be rejected it
is difficult to say. The internal rev.
enue features of the bill are satisfactory
to quite number of Democrats in the
House, and unless they can be satisfied
that the Cowels bill, repeating the
tobacco tax, now in the hands of Mr..
Randall's committee, or similar one
will be Immediately reported to the
House, shall not be surprised to see
the Senate bill adopted. And believe
! that its adoption would create far more
dissatisfaction among Republicans than
Democrats.
Senator Vest is going to have some
fun with the Republican Senators when
the Senate conferees on the Springer
"Omnibus" bill make their report to
the Senate. Mr.. Vest will prove by the
Record that in 1875, when New Mexico
was thought to be Republican. that
many Republicans now in the Senate
voted in the House for the admission
of that Territory along with Colorado.
Now he wants to know why these same
men opposed the admission of that
territory. The inference is plain to
Senator Vest and everybody else. New
Mexico is now Democratic. What care
these Republican Senators for consist
ency when party interests are at stake.
There is movement here which is
said to have the Presidents approval,
to have Senator Kenna withdrawn
from the contest in West Virginia.
The idea is that it is impossible to have
Senator Kenna reelected, and that
some other Democrat may be elected,
thus saving the seat to the party. AS a
compensation it is proposed that the
President shall nominate Mr.. Kenna
Interstate Commissioners, Senatorial
courtesy" making it certain that he
would be Immediately confirmed.
Secratary Bayard has once more be-
come target for criticism. He has
demanded the resignation of H. H.
Sewall, U. S. Consul General to Samoa.
Mr.. SewaIl has recently been witness
before the foreign committees of the
House and Senate, and in his testimony
regarding Samoan matters he took
occasion to express opinions criticising
the Department of State in a somewhat
severe manner. Whether Mr.. Bayard
has done right or wrong in compelling
him toresign at this time is question,
but like the rest of us, Mr.. Bayard is
human, and has punished his subordi.
nate officers for indiscretion. Anybody
else might have done the same thing
under the same circumstances.
So after the fourth of March Mr.
Cleveland will resume the practice o
law, in New York city. II is said thai
this is the preliminary step to his being
sent to the Senate as successor to Sen
+ ator Everts whose term will expire ir
1891. This is very probable if the Dem
ocrats can succeed in capturing the leg
islature of New York as they expect t
| do. At any rate it is safe to say that {
; man of Grover Cleveland's experience
: pluck and backbone will not be allow
e ed to remain in private life. Such met
= are too rare, and too badly needed il
s public life.
The President has sent the bill max
: ing an Executive Department of tn
f department of Agriculture to the At
f torney General for an opinion as to it
y constitutionaIity. This action has caus
f ed the circulation of the report that h
: was contemplating a veto of the meas
4 ure.
= General Longstreet and Colonel Mos
+ by are here presumably fixing up thing
s to get something from Harrison.
! Wapak has natural gas, and they'v
u u had it for few months. Already on
. of their philosophers has discovers
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