Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-21
DULL DAYS In WASHINGTON
News Gatherers Take Advantage of
tho Dearth of Items.
THE EXTRA SESSION ANXIETY
Congressman Browne win Interview
the President About the Oc-
tober characterization
Explains.
WARRINGTON BUREAU, THE OMAHA BrE,
513 FOURTEENTH STREET,

Inc next rev uayS promise 10 De more
than usually dull in Washington. To-mor-
row morning the president will leave for
Cape May to spend Sunday with his family.
Later in the day several members OF the
cabinet depart for their homes or the sea-
shore or mountains. To-day n great many
newspaper correspondents called on Secre-
tary Window and asked him to say whether
there Is danger in "scoops' in important
treasury appointments The secretary in
formed each one that it would be perfectly
safe to take brief vacation, as it is not at
all likely that there will be any important
appointments during the next few days. The
correspondents therefore went away happy
and tomorrow morning 80 per cent of all now
in the city will accept the invitation of the
Pennsylvania railroad company to spend a
few days at Cresson Springs in the Ale
ghany mountains. This company makes 1t a
practice to invite the newspaper men of
Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia to
accept of its hospitality, and the trips are
extremely enjoyable. The party will start
from Washington at s O'Clock tomorrow
morning and will return on Monday evening.
EXTRA SESSION ANXIETY.
There is the utmost anxiety expressed
among members of congress of both political
parties to ascertain whether or not it is the
intention of the president to call congress to
factory information has thus far been Sc
cured from any reliable source on this point.
Congressman Browne of Indiana, is one of
the anxious ones, and he has made up his
thing is possible Consequently he will in
terview the president on the subject as soon
as the latter returns from Cape May, and at
that time it is likely that some general infor-
nation will be given out.
FEW WORDS BY GARRISON.
To caller who made some inquiries of
him, First Assistant Postmaster General
Clarkson to-day said, in few words, what
ought to open the eyes of his mugwumpian
critics.
"It should be remembered" said he. "that
II President Cleveland had not appointed
would be very few democrats for the present
administration to remove, in order to make
room for the republicans now being ap-
pointed. There is another thing which Is
not generally known, and that is that nearly
all the democratic postmasters who are now
being removed are losing their places on the
reports of inspectors upon the conduct of
their offices. and in almost every instance the
inspector who makes the report is demo-
crat, for the very good reason that we have
very few republican inspectors to make
reports"
Mr.. Carkson added that the men who are
now gong out have almost invariably served
four years, and 1t seemed that the people,
when they had had anything to say lately,
had voted that four years was about the
proper time for q federal official to hold
office.
PRETTY SCHEME "BUSTED.n
1t was reported at the postoffice depart
ment, to-day, that the action of the president
in signing the amendment to the civil service
rules, which permits the reinstatement of ex-
union soldiers and sailors who have been dis
charged from the civil service, without ex-
animation, will result in the reappointment
0f tftnep nr i'm
were removed during the last administra-
tion. Chief Postoffice Inspector Rathbone
said, to-day, that the service contains at
present ABOUT one hundred and forty demo-
Gratis to ten republicans. 1t will be remem-
bered that the last administration applied
the civil service rules to this branch of the
government soon after nearly every republi-
can had been turned out. The design of this
was, without doubt, to pacate the mug
wumps and prevent the return of discharged
republicans. The scheme was a very pretty
one, and if it had been allowed to stand
there would have been precious few
republicans on the force of inspectors until
the present 140 democratic incumbents re-
sign or die. The change in the rules lnsures
the appointment OF some men at least whose
army records are as honorable as their civil
records. 1t will result also in the appoint
ment of men who are familiar with the duties
OF the positions which they will be called
upon to perform. The change will also have
decided effect in the appointment of clerks
in the railway mail service and will prob
ably remove the necessity for calling upon
the commission for certified lists for some
time to come. 1t is estimated that it makes
eligible for reappointment in this service be-
tween two and three hundred ex-soldiers
who were dismissed solely because they
were republicans. AS the change is dis
cussed it meets with more and more ap-
proval, and it is only regretted that the ac-
tion was not taken sooner
low posTMAsTERs
The following fourth class postmasters for
Iowa were appointed to-day Mackey
Boone county, II. G. Hill Meltonville, Worth
county, G. II. Overholt; Rockford, Floyd
county, Alexander McEDroy.
wAITE'S APPEAL GRANTED.
The appeal of Fred G. Waite transferee
from the decision of the general land Office,
requiring new publications and new proof in
support of the pre-emption cash entry No
1920, of the north Il ofthe northeast 4 and
the north 4 of the northwest Il of section
29, 7l3 north, range 20 west made May 90
1884, at the Grand Island land office, Neb,
was decided, to-day, by Assistant Secretary
Chandler, who holds that new proof is not
necessary, and that the entry should be
passed to patent PERRY S. HEATH.
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gram to THE BEE. THE trial of Henry Ty-