Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-04-11
Washington Letter.
from Our Regular Corresp0ndent.)
Washington, April 1, 1889.

Washington. April 1, 1889.
The President is very much vexed,
and most Republicans think be has
! good right to be, on account of the Sen
/ ate's rejection of the nomination of
/ Murat Halstead. editor of the Cincin-
/ natl Commercial Gazette, to be minister
10 Germany. A few Republican Sem
/ ators, on account of personal illwill
towards Mr.. Halsiead, joined the demo-
/ Gratis un Ter the leadership of STANDARD
/ oil'' Payne, of Ohio, and succeeded in
bringing about this rejection of the APP
I pointment 1t will be strange il they
do not all live TO regret their action.
and it will be stranger still If the re-
publican editors of the country do not
resent this attempt on the part of GER
! tain senators to establish n senatorial
censorship OF the press, for there is no
/ use 10 miDce matters, that is just what
! the rejection of Mr.. Halstead means
He was not rejected because of his in
ability TO fill the position to which be
/ was appointed with credit to himself,
the republican party and tie country,
but because in the conduct of his paper
he has seen fit to express his hone st
! convictions in IFS editorial columns, OF
certain things affecting certain senators
/ particularly those who are generally
believed to owe their seats TO question
able practices.
I When the people Of this country APP
/ prove of the punishment of fearless
editors like HalStead, if such a time
shall ever come. the days of republi-
can form of government in the United
States will be numbered II is TO such
men AS he That the masses always look
to expose corruption in high places,
and God forbid that the day shall ever
come when they shall look in vain
Two democratic senators, Black burn
and Call, voted for the confirmation Of
Mr.. Halstead, and Mr.. Blackburn made
strong speech in favor of it, but they
could not break the hold STANDARD
/ or PAYNE had ON their democratic
colleagues. The following republicans
voted against MIR Halstead: Evarts,
ingalls,, Plumb and Teller Senators
Stanford, Stewart. Jones and Culom
did not vo'e y. all although it is openly
stated that they would have voted
against confirmation had their votes
been necessary to reject
The news of the total loss during
hurricane AT Apia, on the Samoan
islands, on March 18th, Of the u. s.
steamers Trenton and Vandala and the
partial wrecking of the Nipsic. together
with The drowning of 46 officers and
seamen. has cast a gloom over Wash
ington. Owing to the recent canard
about the blowing up of the Nipsic,
this news received but little credence
/ when ii was first received here on Sal.
nrday But later, Secretary Tracy, of
the Navy, received cablegram from
Admiral Kimberly giving particulars
and a list of the men drowned Ii is
truly, as the President says. national
calamity, and this country could ill
afford 10 lose two, and possibly three
of its vessels of war, 10 say nothing If
the lives of the gallant men who
persisted in the storm. Better that we
had never heard of the insignificant hut
troublesome Samoan islands.
The following is list of the most
important nominations made by the
President since my last letter: John
I. Abbott, of New Hampshire, to be
minister 10 Columbia; +. II Terrell, of
Texas, to be minister to Belgium; Robt.
Adams, of Pa, TO be minister to Brazil;
l.. h. MINER, of California, TO be min.
ister to the Central American States;
W. l.. Scruggs, of Georgia, to be minis
Ter to Venezuela; w. o. Bradley, of
Kentucky, TO be minister to Corea; G.
Chandler, of Kansas to be First Assist
ant Secretary of the Interior; Geo l..
Sharp. of Idaho. to be governor of that
Territory; L. j. Curtis, of Idaho, to be
secretary of the same; Robt t. Lincoln,
OF Illinois, 10 be minister to England;
Murat Halstead, of Ohio, minister TO
Germany; Allen Thorndyke Rice, of
New York, minister to Russia; Patrick
Egan, of Nebraska, minister to Chill; |
Thomas Ryan, of Kansas, to be minister
10 Mexico; John Hicks, of Wisconsin, |
10 be minister to Peru; Geo. B. Loring,
OF Massachusetts, 10 be minister TO
Portugal; I. T. Warren, of Wyoming,
10 he governor OF that territory and b.
+. White. of Montana. TO be governor
there.
The President has unoflcially notified |
the Senate that after tomorrow he |
should make no more nominations for |
the present, so that The adjournment |
will certainly take place this week.
Mrs. Harrison Is said 10 be suffering |
from an aggravated case of homcsick- |
ness. She does not find The White |
House rs pleasant place to live in as
her old home in indianapolis.
Corporal Tanner, the new Com
missioner of Pensions, has been hold |
ing almost a continuous reception ever
since he took charge Of the pension
office. lie has recommended 8 number
of changes among the chiefs Of divisions
in that Office TO Secretary Noble, but he
say that no ordinary clerk will be re-
moved except for cause.
memorial from Union soldiers has /
been presented 10 the Senate. asking |
that hOnorabiy discharged soldiers be
exempt from the civil service examina- |
ton. Howell
Merchant traveller: I'VE had a cane
presentation down at school to-day"
said William, after an unusually long
silence at The supper table.
"Ah. indeed And VINO got the
cane?'
IL did.
the SAME p"
Herbert, who is the author of The |
line Hail oantla snrinOi Efharnal |