Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-04-05
WASHINGTON LETTER
Written and Compiled for the HERALD
WASHINGTON, April L, 1889.

yeXed, and most l'ephOllcdHS lhl""
he has a good right to be, on ac-
count of the Seuate's rejection OF
the nomination of Murat llalstead'
editor of the Cincinnati Comm"c'dt
Gazette, to be minister to Germany
A few Republican Senators, ON ac-
count of personal i'll will towards
Mr.. Halstead joined the Democrats
under the leadership of "Standard
Oil" Payne, of Ohio, aud succeed
ed in bringing about this rejection
of the appointment. 1t VIII he
strange if they do not all live TO
regret their action. And it will be
stranger still if the Republican
editors of the country do not re-
sent this attempt on the part OF
certain Senators to establish a
Senatorial censorship of the press,
for there is no use to miace mat
tiers, that is Just what the rejection
of Mr.. Halstead means. He was
not rejected because of his inability
to fill the position to which he was
appointed with credit to himself,
the Republican party and the coun-
trv. but because in the conduct OF
his paper ne has seen fit to eX'
press his honest convictions IN its
editorial columns, of certain things
affecting certain Senators, partic-
ularly those who are generally be-
lieyed to owe their seats to ques.
tiOnable practices.
When the people OF this country
approve of the punishment Of
fearless editors like IIalstead, if
such a time shall ever come, the
days of a Republican form of
Government in the United States
will be numbered. 1t is TO such
men as he that the masses always
look to expose corruption in high
places, aud God forbid that the
day shall ever come when they
shall look in vain.
Two Democratic Senators, Black
burn and Call, voted for the coniir-
nation OF Mr.. Halstead, and Mr..
Black burn made a strong speech
in favor of it, but they could not
break the hold "Standard Or"
Payne had on their Democratic
colleagues. The following Repub-
licans voted against Mr.. Halstead {:
Evarts, Ingalls,, Plumb and Teller.
Senators Stanford, Steward, Jones
and CullOm did not vote at all al.
though it is openly stated that they
would have voted against couiir-
nation had their votes been ncces-
sary to reject.
The news of the total loss during
hurricane at Apia, on the Samoan
islands, on March 18th, of the L.
S. Steamers Trenton and Naudalia
and the partial wrecking of the
Nlpsic, together with the drowning
of 4G officers and Scamen, has cast
gloom over Washington. Owing
to the recent canard about the
bio wing up OF the Nipsic, this
news received little credence when
it was first received here, on Sd'ur-
day. But later, Secretary Tracy,
of the Navy, received cablegram
from Admiral Kimberly giving
particulars aud a list Of the men
drowned. 1t is truely, a; the
President says, a national calamity,
and this country could III afford TO
lose two, and possibly three OF its
vessels of war, to say nothing Of
the lives Of the gallant men who
persisted in the storm. Better that
we had never heard of the inslg-
nlfcant but troublesome Samoan
islands.
The following is a list Of the
most important nominations made
by the President since my last
letter: John +. Abbott, Of New
Hampshire, to be minister to Col
umDia; Z. II. Terrell, Of Texas, 90
be minister to Belgium ; Robt.
Adams of Pennsylvania to be
minister to Brazil l.. b. Mlnicr, Of
California, to be minister to the
Central American States; w. i.
Scruggs, OF Georgia, to be minister
to Venezuela w. O. Bradley, of
Kentucky, to be minister to
Corea; G.. Chandler, Of Kansas, to
be First Assistant Secretary Of the
Interior Geo. l.. Sharp, Of Idaho,
to be governor of that Territory
L. j. Curtis, of Idaho, to be secre.
tary of the same RObt. 4. Lincoln,
of Illinois, to be minister to Eng
land, Murat Halstead, of Ohio, 10
be minister to Germany; Allen
Thorndyke Rice, Of New York, to
be minister to Russia; Patrick
Egan, of Nebraska, to be minister
to Chill; Thomas Ryan, OF Kansas,
to be minister to Mexico; John
Hicks, Of WISCONSIN, to be minis
ter to Peru; Geo. b. Loung, OF
/ Massachusetts,, to be minister to
Portugal; f. e. Warren, Wyom-
ing, to be governor Of that Terri
tory; aud b. f. White, OF Montana,
to be governor there.
The President has unoficlally
notified the Senate that after to-
morrow he should make no more
nominations for the present, so
| that the adjournment will certain
~ take place this week.
Mrs Harrison il sad 10 be Suf.