Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-23
News Of Interest from
w ashington,
Washington, MAY II, 1880.

him, Joe" Hawley, is not native
down easter but, this, few people
who know his peculiar faculty for
always getting there" would
believe, so we'll has he imbibed
the shrewdness which seems to
come natural to most citizens of
his adopted state. [ am reminded
of this by the manner in which
Senator Hawley stole a march on
all his republican colleagues by
getting invited to accompany the
President during a three days
pleasure trip on the U. S. S.
Despatch. When the fact is
remembered that great trouble is
constantly being undergone by
Senators, Members and other
influential republicans in order to
get the Presidents ear for a few
minutes it can be fully understood
what very fortunate man Senator
Hawley is in being able to speak
to the President at any time he
may desire for three whole days.
The other members of the Presi-
dental Party which left here
Saturday morning bound for
Chesapeake Bay and is scheduled
to return some time tonight were
Mrs. Harrison, the two Mckee
children and secretaries Window
and Rusk. There are a number
of men in Washington who would
have paid big price to have
taken Senator Hawley's place.
To-day the count Of the cash
in the United States Treasury
begins. It is expected that it will
take nearly or quite three months
to complete it. The count was
made necessary by the charge in
the office of Treasurer. The
count will be made under the
personal supervision of commit
tee of three, two representing the
Treasury department and the
third Mr.. Huston, the new Treas
urer. The money which is to be
counted is SIo,935,I57 in United
States notes, $3,538,522 in Nat
ional bank notes, SI48,Io9,5II
standard silver dollars, $4,000, 648
in fractional silver, S25,544,7o6 in
gold, S7o2, 24O in gold certificates
and SITS, 4I2 in silver certificates.
First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral GARRISON has gained the
goodwill of all the lady clerks in
his office by issuing an order
prohibiting smoking by employees
located in rooms where lady clerks
are employed. To most people
it would seem that such an order
should have been unnecessary.
But il wasn't. Hence Mr.. Clark
sons order.
Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt, of
New York, and newly appointed
civil service commissioner arrived
here to-day and at once assumed
his duties. The new democratic
commissioner, Ex-Gov. Thompson,
of South Carolina qualified the
day after his appointment, which
he had been anXiously awaiting
ever since the 18th of March. The
commission is now full for the
first time in many months, and it
is said that one of the first things
it will do will be to endeavor to
get the President to reverse the
decision Of the Interior department
putting the appointments in the
census bureau outside of the civil
rules. But in this matter the
commissioners are almost certain
to be disappointed, as the decision
was made strictly in accordance
with the act of Congress that
created the census bureau.
The Presidents departure on his
little three days holiday was an
entire surprise to the ofice-seekers
some of them being selfish enough
to "kick" about it in a wild
manner among their personal
friends.
The honor of being the first
colored appointee of the President
has fallen to Rev, Jas. NJ. Town
send of Richmond, Indiana, who
has been Amounted Recorder of