The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-16
iFsom our regular eovrsspondsntl
OUR WARRINGTON LETTER.
wAsHIHeIos. d. e., Aug. ssh, 1858.

y" cumming Ms ememlee, large and
email, when be gets an opportunity. -
he has been credited with being. or clss
he has lately allowed lLst eternal viii
lance. which 10 The price Of keeping track
Of 81 your email fry enemies, 10 rs into
|innocuous desnetnde. A man who VA
|dismissed BY General Black, was rein.
stated IN : clerkship ID the Pension ~.
|hce : few days Ago.. Ito u one or she
otttesest men sgainst Blaine that l have
met. Just before the meetin0 ~
tho last Republican National Convention
this man WAS for = short time the ed;,or
81 : weekly republican paper IN thjs civ
and wrote snd printed in The editorial
columns Of that paper tho following
paragraph:
mr.. Blaine has not said he would NOT
accept IL nominated. He jusi said he
WAS not = candidate, and then winked ~
his henchmen who boost him up The tree.
Isnt u strange Mr.. Blaine's friends are
such warm friends? Can You recall one
OF his ardent admirers who has NOT
stolen something or who has not placed
the republican party in an embarsssing
position - some time 20
~ Mr.. Blaine allows the writer OF that
paragraph sto remain in Office | shall
hereafter always defend him from Inc
charge OF being vindictive.
Mr.. Harrison was treated 10 4 revival
o. me- experience during the early days
OF his administration when he returned
10 the White House Thursdav. The Of
nce-eeekers made . grand rush. knowing
NAT ibis would be their last chance until
AL end the President IL really to be
pit'sd. lie appointed . large number OF
posfmasters, and three Louisiana men
captured good prizes -ex-Gov. War
mouth: Collector ~ New Orleans: Mr..
John Z. Patty, q negro). Naval officer At
New Orleans. and the notorious j. X. G..
Pitkin, Minister 10 the Argentine re.
public.
There IL little excitement here on &C.
count Of the aching Of the Canadian seal
Ing vessel BLACK Diamond in Behrings
sea BY the U. 5. Revenue Cutter Rush.
No serious trouble i likelyxto grow on
OF this or any other similar seizure.
While the idea flour claiming exclusive
jurisdiction over Behring's sea 10 not AZ
All palafsble 70 England. her commercial
In b seal skin industry Arc
TOO great 10 allow her 10 kick M 4 row.
The fact Of the matter IL that England il
Just o. much interested in having The H.
legal taking of seals stopped as Il the
United States. and the Canadians NAV
howl al they please, but her maiest,;s
government will not get excited OVER
this question. The Law under whjch ,his
vas made was passed by The last
~ the result OF an investigation
made BY . committee OF the house. Il
was among The last bills signed BY Mr..
Cleveland.
Commissioned OF Pensions Tanner has
snsw red the charge Of favoritism In
applications special BY giving
. statement showing The entire num-
Der Of ouch cases 10 have been nine hum
dred aud hny two. These applications
we're represented by at attorneys. the
largest number represented by : single
attorney being o..
A delegation OF Ohio republicans have
odd Nr. Harris0n that unless he places
certain patronage II their disposal fLey
might % we'll give up III hope OF carry
ing the Legislature. II 10 not known
Whist answe- they received.
x-!ostmaster General Hatton. editor
the Post, and Civil Service Commits
oner Roosevelt have been indulpiuy IN =
warfare 10 the columns Of the
newspaper.
The Interior department has sent :
commissioned TO France ~ learn Is much
q poss'bie sbons Tho irTigating methods
uee over there, IN order fhA. tho
obtained may be nsed 10 de-
some way Of irrigaiing The enor.
tracts u arid lands In the west.
-. W. Lyman, for years the Washing
ton correspondent OF the New York
Snn. hss purchased the Helena, Montana,
Daily Independent. Mr.. Lyman will
n,ske the paper follow the Sun in lie
political course. lie will support Hill
for the next presidential nomination.
Ex-senator Kellogg, OF Louisiana, says
Harrison, by bis appointments 10 that
state, has throwR away what little chsnce
republicans had OF carrying The third
Congressional district. lie also init
mates rather strongly that tho Louisiana
In the next republican Nation
Convention will oppose the re-nom-
instion Of Harrison. All OF which is
very interesting. but the fact should not
be forgotten that Kellogg has . very
head.
The age limit for the appointment
letter carriers in non-civil service
postofices has been extended from thirty
i've 10 forty years.
More than forty democrats were dis
from the Government printing
Office last week.
Harrison let for Bar Harbor Tuesday,
TO be gone two weeks. What would The
people have said 10 M~oDroe's, Jeferscn's,
Adams, or Jsckson's time, II the Prcsi-
dent had LEFT Washington for . fortnight
. : time, and went on = junketing trip,
and HE secretaries oil gone, too, and the
management Of the Government left en-
Iirely in the control OF irresponsible
There's no wonder that steal
Ings take place, and scandals aris,. In
TACT, the wonder 10 that some Of these
snterprisiDg clerks don't get up . war
with some foreign nation, In order to
rive them . better chance for specula-
lion. They could easily involve tb0