Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-07-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, july 10, 1889.

The President returned to Washington
Wednesday, held cabinet meeting on
Thursday besides transacting a'consider
abe amount Of other business and this
| afternoon or tomorrow he will go to Deer
Park again, and the chances are that
some weeks he having almost decided
to hold the few cabinet meetings that
will be necessary between now and
September at Deer Park. He finds that
he can do a great deal more work at
Deer Park than in the White House.
Mrs. Harrison came with the President
She is not feeling very we'll and thought
the trip might benefit her, and besides she
wanted to look after some domestce
matters.
Pension Commissioner Tanner has de-
cided to reorganize the medical division
of his office Several medical examiners
who were democrats We're dismissed this
week and more are to follow shortly. 1t
| is needless to say that their successors
will in every case be good republicans.
There IS no mugwumpary about Com.
missioner Tanner
Attorney General Miller will keep
house during the remainder of his term
He has leased a residence next door to
ore recently leased by Chief Justice
Fuller.
Judge Tyner, law officer of the Post
office department has been quite ill for
some days. He has been taken TO Deer
Park by order of his physician.
Hon. ". B. Richie, Of Lima Ohio who
was in Washington this week is demo-
crat but he openly acknowledges his
fear OF Foraker in the coming gubernato-
rial election, and he does not stop there.
He says that if Foraker is elected he will
be the republican candidate for President
in 1892. 1t IS very kind of this gentle
man to save the republican party trouble
OF selecting its candidate in 1892 It's
rather early to be making predictions,
but from the way things look at this
time, the name of the republican candi-
date in 1892 will be BENJAMIN Harrison.
The Ohio republican association held
an enthusiastic Foraker ratification
meeting this week. Sixth Auditor
Coulter, the man who recently demanded
the resignation of every democratic
chief of division in his Office, was the
speaker that pleased the "boys" most.
Secretary Noble says that all the talk
about the cattle companies making a
lease with the Cherokee Indians and
preventing the Government from opening
the Cherokee strip from settlement is
the veriest bosh.
Senator Quay IS here engaged IN hunt
ing house for his family to occupy
next winter. But that is not all he has
been doing. He had long conference
with the President on matters political
and several with Mr.. P. F. Herwlg,
chairman of the Louisiana State COM
mittee on the same subject, besides he
and Assistant Postmaster General Clark
son have, as representatives Of the
National republican committee, settled
the wrangles in the ranks of the party in
Virginia, at least as far as 1t is in the
power of that committee to settle it.
The Civil Service Commission has
dumped a nice mess into the lap of
Postmaster General Wannamaker. It
consists of lot of evidence taken by
the Commission in regard to violations
Of law by the post office officials at Grand
Rapids, Michigan. 1t is as choice lot
of swearing as anybody ever saw outside
OF the pages of sensational novel. For
instance, two men make affidavit before
the Commission that they were compelled
by an official to pay political contribu-
ton in October 1888, under threat of
dismissal. The official charged with
making this forced collection turned
over to the Commission affidavits made
by these men stating that they had not
been asked to make and had not made
any contribution during the last cam
paign. The commission can hardly be
blamed for wanting to get rid of this
case.
The attempt on the part of Secretrry
Blaine's enemies to make him out such
a sick man that he must resign proved as
big failure as its predecessors of the
same kind. These absurd rumors are
becoming monotonous.
Secretary Window will spend his
vacation at Deer Park in order to be
where the President can easily consult
him about important financial matters
while preparing his message to Con-
gress.
BEAVER LAKE CAMP