Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-09-19
Washington Letter.
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| ION ffludV Dlgut LOT SHUT stay. ho
left Mrs Harrison in Philadelphia the
guest Of Mrs. Wannamaker. Finding
it impossible to return there the Presl-
dent telegraphed Mrs. Harrison and she
came on to Washington. Saturday the
first cabinet meeting for quite while
was held. all the cabinet were present
except Secretaries Blaine and Rusk who
are out of town The extra session,
lasting several hours was given up TO
| the discussion of an ezra session OF
| Congress, and it was finally decided
not to call an extra session. When the
meeting opened the only outright OPP
ponents of an extra session were Secre-
taries Window and Tracy, but they
were so we'll fortified with unanswer-
able arguments against the extra SEES
sion that the decision was finally ar
rived at unanimously. 1t was gener-
ally expected that several other impor-
tant matters would be taken up at this
meeting but owing to the unusua
length of the session they were post
poned The democrats appear to be
disappointed because NJ extra session
of Congress has been called. They bad
been indulging in the hope of its being
called and some mistakes being made
by the republicans that would change
the Enthusiastically favorable sentiment
which the country entertainS at pres
ent for the administration.
The President has appointed a long
list of postmasters, also the following:
Thomas H. Anderson. of Ohio. to be
minister 10 Bolivia; Edwin Dunn, to be
Secretary of the legation to Japan;
Arthur w. Barrett, uf Massachusetts Ca
brother of the editor of tho Boston i'd
uertiser) TO be Secretary of the legation
to Venezula; w. r. Gardner, Jr., OF
Indiana, to be second secretary OF the
legation to Japan and the following
Consuls Joseph L. Mason, of Virginia,
at Mannheim; Bernard Macauley, OF
New York, (son of Gen. Dan Macauley.
ex Mayor of Indianapolis) at Managua,
Nicaragua Aulick Palmer of the Dis
trict of Columbia, at Dresden and John
Delille, of Texas, (son of Olive Logan,
the famous newspaper correspondent
at Bristol, England.
Secretary Proctor has gone to Yer
mont and Gen. Schotield is acting Score
tary of War.
Quite number of officials and sew
eral members of the diplomatic corps
went over to Philadelphia Saturday TO
witness the launching of the new CRUZ
ser philadelphia. A daughter OF
Postmaster General Wannamaker
christened the new boat.
Judge Houck the plain spoken Con-
gresham from Tennessee and Civil Ser
vice Commissioner Lyman had good
natured argument day or two ago as
TO whether the Civil Service Commits
sioner should be abolished. Judge
Houck took the affirmative and succeed
ed in easily demolishing every reason
that Mr.. Lyman could furnish for the
existence of the commission. Its more
than probable that the Judge will re-
peat his argument upon the floor OF the
House early in the next session.
A meanel or more undetermined and
contemplate fight than that which is
being waged against Commissioner
Tuner, has never been seen. Almost
every crime which bitter malice can IN
vent has been charged against him; no
lie Is too ridiculous for those papers
fighting him to print. | am no apollo
gist for Commissioner Tanner-he needs
none. He has committed errors, but
they have been in every instance OF the
heart and not the head. The only
trouble with Tanner is that his heart IS
entirely too big TO suit q lot OF close
listed curmudgeons, who would like to
see all the old soldiers turned out to
Craze, instead of being pensioned from
the overlooking treasury OF the country
they saved Tanner isn't the kind of
man these fellows want at the head OF
the Pension office. They want man
that will pile as many obstacles as pos
sible in the path of the poor applicant
for pension and give the wealthy Gov
eminent intead of the poor applicant
the benefit of every doubt which may
arise in proving disability. But there
is one consolation for the veterans the
only man who has the powes to remove
Corporal" Tanner is Benjamin Har-
rison and he is known to think pretty
much as Tanner does on the soldier
question.
Policeman Kearney, the man who
arrested the assassin Giuteau as he was
running to a carriage after shooting
President Garfield, died here last Fri
day.
Wednesday the lst inst, will be the
one hundredth anniversary of the orga-
nization of the United States Treasury
department. Secretary Hamilton,
could be compare the department as II
is to day with what it was then would
doubtless open his eyes very wide.
The Worlds Exposition to be held in
Washington in 1892 will be the grand
ect affair of the kind ever seen. The
Centennial exhibition of 1876 will seem
by comparison with il to have been a
very ordinary show
Senator Sherman is to be given
rousng reception by the Ohio repub-
licans next Friday when he will return
from his European trip.
Ohio and Indiana furnish more APP
plieants for positions in the Railway
Mail Service than any other states.
DEAFNESS CAN'T BE CURED
by local application. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness.
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infiamed con-