The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-06-13
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D.. June 9TH, 1889.


The only appointments of any inpor-
tance made by the President last week
We're o. w. Chapman, of New York to he
Solicitor. general, Hiram Smith Jr. of
Missouri to be First Deputy Commits
sioner of Pensions, and J. p. Cotton of
Maine to be Assistant Attorney General.
The other appointments were announced
but afterwards withdrawn. They were
Gen. Lew Wallace of Indiana and Bever-
ly Tucker of Virginia, to be special en-
voys of the United States to Hayti. The
withdrawal of these appointments Gre
ated a sensation. 1t was caus~d by GER
tain representations made-to the Presi-
dent connecting Beverly Tucker, who
was stationed in Canada during the re-
bellion as general agent of the confed-
crate government, with the parties in
Dictated land hung) as conspirators with
Wilks Booth, assassin of President Lin
coin. At the time of the assassination
and for some time afterwards Tucker
was generally believed to be equally gull
ty with David E. Harold, Geo. A. Atzer-
odt, Lewis Payne, Michael OLaughlin,
Edward Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Mrs.
Mary E. Surratt and DR.. Samuel A.
Mudd, all of whom were found guilty.
but several years afterwards Tucker re.
turned to the United States and publish
ed statement which was strong enough
to be accepted by the authorities prov
ing his innocence. Since that ticlc he has
served the government at thrc" Jstsrrre
times, twice as confidential .ss,,uc under
the Hayes administration, secretaries
Sherman and Everts maxim the appoint
mentmepts, and Garfield appreciated him
q government visitor to the Naval AlId-
envy at Annapolis, so that il world seem
rather improbable that th,re should be
any truth in the present c'>2ree. Gen
Wallace, who was to be fuckers col
league on this Hayti confession, was
a member of the military court that
found the above mentioned cOnspirators
| guilty, and he should know whether
any evidence was given before that court
ITO connect Tucker with the conspiracy
He says he has no objections whatever to
serving with Tucker, which IS proof that
he regards him as an honorable man.
Many well informed people here believe
that the charges against Tucker were
resurrected for the sole purpose ofendeav-
oring to make trouble between the Presi--
dent and Secretary Blaine, who selected
Tucker as the democratic member of the
Commission.
The president and the members of his
cabinet have the greater part of this
week, been devoting their time and at
tention to something greater than max
ing appointments to office-the relief Of
suffering humanity. .sAs soon as our
people recovered from the shock caused
by the news of the awful food and terri
BILE loss of life and property in the Cone
maugh Valley, Pennsylvania, steps were
taken to provide relief for the suffer-
ing survivors. The President at once
put himself in telegraphic communica-
tions with Gov. Beaver to ascertain the
immediate wants of the homeless people,
in order to give the information to a
puplic meeting over which he presided
Every member of the cabinet showed
himself anxious to help in some way and
the feeling extended to the lowest
of the government employees and
every man woman and child in the city,
and the result is that Washington has so
lar contributed in the ncighborhood of
$1,000 cash and several carloads OF
clothing, food disintectants; Secretary
Proctor has ordered a detachment of
troops TO go front West Point for tie
purpose of erecting pontoou prldges;
Secretary Tracy has directed the officers
in charge of naval bureaus of food SUP
plies to honor all acquisitions for foot
made on them by the Pcnrsyiyanian
authorities, and tic ItrI&'j tn- has in
stucted Surgeon General Hamilton 70 as
sist the Pennsylvania health authorities
in their efforts to prevent the threatened
scoarage Of typhoid fever.
Solicitor Hepburn, of the treasury de
partment, has decided that the CotuoItc
University soon to be established IN MS
city cannot bring q corps - professors
from Europe without violating thu i..,r
prohibiting the importation of alien
contract labor. Then the f.. ,.Sh law
should be changed as soon ~ :,.>i',c
Commissioner Tanner k"'.cvcs that
$500 per month should be c:.e smallest
pensi,n paid by the government and lie
has accordingly instructed preston agents
to forward him the names =! addresses
of all parties drawing sm;! ~ pension,
in order to direct said pensioners 10 go be-
fore the proper medical board for re-ex-
animation and revoting with view OF
getting their pensions raised to $500
per month.
Secretary Window has found it neces-
sary to issue an order abo!ishng the
system Of consOlid ated warrants, adopt
ed by Ex-Secretary Fairchild about a
year ago, it proving to be cumbersome
and perplexing.
The question who will be adjutant
general is rerple4irg army officers. The
appointment will of course be made by
the president but it is generally under
stood that it will go to the man recon-
mended by Secretary Proctor. and as he
has all the papers an appointment is ex-
pected very soon.
The post-office department is anxious
to get an envelope Of improved design
for the registered letter service. Here's
a chance for brainy and ingenious inpea-
tors.
DISTRICT COURT.-The following bust
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