Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-10-24
THE NORTHWEST
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, ID. o., Oct. ii, 1857.
Senator Ransom, of North Carolina
is keeping up the reputation he has ha
for many years of keeping 'solid" witt
the administration. He believes that
pays to be consulted about the Fedora
officials to be appointed in his State
even If they have to be taken from tn
ranks of the opposition. If he canno
name the men, he can at least proven
an unusalIy bad mans being appointed
1t was Just after visit of Senator Ran
SONS that Mr.. Harrison appointed
Charles A, Book to be U. S. Attorne,
for the Eastern district of North Caro-
lima.
Secretary Blaine has heard from hi
friends in the South, and now an
nounces that the members of the Three
Americas Congress will visit the prin
cipal cities of that section early in the
new year. Mr.. Blaine says that such
has been the intention of the State De
partment all the time, but some Other
people, probably on account of preju'
dice, say that the vigorous kicking Of
Southern members of Congress is what
paved the way for this tardily announc'
ed trip through the South.
Hon. J. V. T. Findlay, of Baltimore,
has been selected by the two Commits
sioners appointed by Venezuela and
the United States for the settlement of
claims against the former country, as
the third commissioner. Mr.. Findlay
is an able lawyer and good Democrat.
Senators Spooner and Manderson it
is said have "read the riot act" to Presi-
dent Harrison because he removed
Tanner before having fully arranged
matters as to who should succeed him
as Commission of Pensions.
Nearly all the knights Templars have
gone home. They held undisputed
possession of Washington all last week,
and devoted every hour to having a
good time.
The fall term of the United States
Supreme Court was crowded to-day.
The only vacant chair was that of the
late Justice Matthews. Immediately
after the Court met it adjourned to pay
the usual visit to the President. 1t was
generally supposed that the vacancy on
the bench would have been filled before
the term began, but President Harrison
seems to lack the nerve to appoint At
terney General Miller in the face of the
opposition to him among the leaders of
his party; and so far the opposition can
not agree on man for the place.
The Washington dudes, who date on
everything English, are just now enjoy
ing all the delights of the Oriental's
seventh heaven. Sir Julian Paunce-
forte, the British minister, has arrived
at the legation building in this city ac-
companied by six single daughters, all
old enough to be married. There will
be a great scramble among these dudes
to get themselves preseted to the Eng
lish lasses.
Chief Justice Fuller has great difficult
ty in getting q house arranged to suit
him. His family are now in their Sec
ond house since they came. 1t is proba-
BILE that he will have a house built next
year after his own designs.
The International Maritime confer
ence meets in this city day after to-mor-
row. Nearly every country in the world
will be made to have code of marine
signals, covering every contingency.
adopted for universal use. The confer
ence is expected to sit about three
months.
Secretary Noble has nerve whatever
else he may lack. He has decided that
the re-rating of Senator Manderson's
pension by Tanner was illegal, and or
dered the Senator TO return the money
more than $5,OO-paid him as average
on the re-rating.
Representative Breckenridge, of Ar
kansas, says that as far as the Demo
Gratis shall need leader on the floor of
the House ex-Speaker Carlisle will as
sumo that function.
The knights of Labor are trying to
get the Superintendent of the Census to
instruct his agents to obtain the neces-
sary data for the preparation of table
showing what percentage of our popula-
ton owns the houses they live in, and
what percentage of the homesteads are
free of mortgage.
Next week the National board of pro-
motions of the Worlds Exposition to be
held in this city in 1892, will meet here
to map outs plan for bringing the matter
before Congress at the beginning of the
session. The meeting will be largely
by represensativesmen from
all sections of the country.
Hon. Sam. J. Randall, who has been
reported as being very i'll at his Penn
sylvanian home, has arrived at his
Washington house. His health, while
not good, is such that he can take an
active part in the coming session
of Congress.