The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-27
Washington Letter.
From our regular correspondent.

fellows allow him to name the Ohio
men who shall have federal patron
age. This onesided way of giving
the prizes is 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 get
ting left in the distributation OF
official pap.
Among the disgusted Ohio Re-
publicans is Alphonso Hart, who
came here prepared to go to work
as Solicitor of Internal Revenue, a
position which he says Attorney
General Miller rendered him and
which he accepted several weeks
ago. But he has not gone to work,
owing to the obje of a man
greater than 'me too Miller. Boss
Ruay has man whom he wishes
put into that position, but nothing
has yet been done, and as Quay is
said to have gone home in II pet
last week, perhaps Hart may get it
after all.
The new Republican officials are
very prompt in getting sworn in,
so as to let their salaries begin.
Then they 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 Super
intendent of the Census, was sworn
in, rushed down, caught on an after
noon train and returned to his pri-
vate business in New York city.
By the way, Porter who is one of
the most rabid advocates of II pro-
tective tariff, is an Englishman,
and is said to have written just as
rapidly in favor of free trade until
he was bought over by the protec-
tionists. If Mr.. Cleveland had ap-
pointed an Englislman to as i'm
portant position as this, all the
Republican papers in the country
would have been yelping at him
and charging him with all sorts of
crimes. But then you seeit makes
great difference whose OK is gor-
ed.
The notorious colored eX-Con-
gressman Smalls, of South Carolina
came very near to being the first
negro appointed to Office by Presi-
dent Harrison, and he may be yet
the first. He is an applicant for
the position of Collector of customs
at Beaufort, South Carolina, and
it had been about decided to APP
point him when telegram was re-
ceived from his State asking that
the matter be held up until certain
charges against Mr.. Smalls could
be submitted to the President. If
the latter thinks to 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 Il very
fortunate man. He says: Il am
not overburdened by ofiice-seekers.
The people of my State do not seem
to be anxious for much. In my
district there has not yet been a
single endeavor to remove even
Postmaster
All the arrangements have been
completed for the trip of the Presi-
dent and Cabinet to New York
next Monday, to take part in the
Centennial Celebration. They
leave here at a very early hour, ar
riving at Elisabeth n. j. in time to
take breakfast with the Governor
of New Jersey. They then go to
Elizabeth port where there are
boats which are to take them over
exactly the same rout that George
Washington went just one hundred
years ago.
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Tichenor is mad, he is in fact
very mad, and does not care who
knows it. He had candidate for
the position of appraiser of the port
of New York, and the President
appointed another fellow. The
only consolation that Mr.. Tichenor
has, is the fact that the appoint
ment does not please the New York
Senators any better than it does
For years it has been the custom
to consider the four years commits
sions. Now, in order to make va
cancies, the Republican Congress
men are bringing pressure to bear
on President Harrison to have an
order issued to consider these com
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