Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
[Fran anI IornIaI carralpa1asnt. /

"A~NAt4-0AO.st ~ O't APhh @ts AOOo'
Senator John Sherman and the other
Republicans Of the Ohio Congressional
delegation are % DAGGER points. The
Senator, with his usual gneediness,
wants the other fellows 10 allow him
to name the Ohio men who shall have
Federal patronage. This one@sided way
Of giving the prizes IN strongly objected
to by Congressman Mckinley, Butter
worth, Burton and Others who have
friends they wish to provide for, and
the result Is that Ohio Is getting left in
the distribution Of Official pap.
Among the disgnsked Ohio Republi-
cansls AIphonse Hart, who came here
prepared togo to work as Solicitor Of
Internal Revenue, o position which
he says Attorney General Miller ten
deied him and which he accepted sew
eral weeks ago. But he has not gone to
work, owing to the objection Of man
greater than tine too" Miller. Boss
Quay has . man whom he wishes put
into that position, but nothing has yet
been done, and as Quay Is saidto have
gone home in . pet last wesk, perhaps
Hart may get Il after OIL.
The new Republican officialsare very
prompt IN getting sworn ID, 4 90 @ 10 let
their salaries begin. Then tlSey take
their own time about beginning to
work. was fOrcibly reminded Of this
when Robert p. Porter, editor Of the
New York Press, turned up here two
days after he was appointed Superin-
tendent Of the Census, was sworn in,
rushed down, caught on an afternoon
train and returned to his private busi-
ness In New York City. By the way,
Porter, who Is one Of the most rabid ad-
vocates Of . protective tariff, is an
Englishman, and is said to have writ
ten just as rabidly in favor of free trade
until he was bought over by the pro.
tectionists. II Mr.. Cleveland had ap.
pointed an Englishman to as import.
ant position as this, all the Republi.
can papers in the country would have
been yelping at him and charging him
with all sorts Of crimes. But then you
see it makes q great difference whose
OK is gored.
The notorious colored ex-Congress
man Smalls, Of South Carolina, came
very near to being the first negro ap
pointed to office by President Harrison
and he may yet be first. He is an ap
plicant for the position of Collector Of
Customs at Beaufort, South Carolina
and it had been about decided to ap
point him when telegram was receiv
ed from his State asking that the mat
ter be held up until certain charge!
against Mr.. Smalls could be submitted
to the President. Ifthe latter thinks tt
strengthen his party in the South by
appointing such men as Smalls to Office
he is sadly misinformed as to the status
of public opinion in that section.
Representative Henry Cabot Lodge
of Massachusetts, is very fortunat,
man. He says: II am not over bur
dened by office-seekers. The peopl,
of my State do not seem to be anxiOn
for much. In my district there ha
not yet been q single endeavor to re
move even postmaster"
All the arrangements have been com
pleted for the trip of the President anC
Cabinet to New York next Monday, tt
take part in the Centennial celebration
They leave here at very early hour
arriving at Elizabeth, N. J. in time Il
take breakfast with the Governor O
New Jersey. They then go to Eliza
, bethport where they take boats whicl
are to take them over exactly the sam
route that George Washington wen
just one hundred years ago.
. Assistant Secretary of the Treasur,
Tichenor is mad, he Is in fact very mad
and does not care who knows it. I'll
had a candidate for the position of Ap
praiser Of the port of New York, and th
President appointed another fellow.
The only consolation that Mr.. Ticheno
, has is the fact that the appointment
does not please the New York Senator
any better than it does himself.
For years it has been the custom T.
consider the four year commissions G
Federal officials as beginning from tn
; date of their confirmation. Now, il
order to make vacancies. the Republi
: can Congressman are bringing pressur
to bear on President Harrison to hav
an order issued to consider these com
! missions as dating from the origina
appointment. The President has re
ferred the question to ''me too" Mile
for an opinion, and the chances ar
: that all those officials appointed by MI
. Cleveland in the spring and summer q
: 1885, will find out that their commits
Isions are considered as having expired
notwithstanding that it was in som
cases year after appointment befor
the Senate confirmed them. The Re
Ipublicans want the offices and not hav
ing any good excuse for. removing tn
I. incumbents they have hit upon thi
lscheme. Is sgs. zs# H 4. H.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion has notified the officers of all tn
railroads in the middle and easter
States to appear before the Commissio
May 3d., and set forth. the persons an,
classes Of PERSONS If any, to whom eacI
of them has issued free passes or fire
transportation to persons other than II
own officers or employees and the off
GERS and employees of other railroa
4 companies, and all the conditions an
limitations connected Herewith in eac
instance, and how they do this branc
of business.
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