Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-04-11
trrom our regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.

Washington Letter.
| WASHINGTON. ID. c., April |, SO.
| The President Is very much vexed, and
most Republicans think he has good
right to be, on account of the Senate's re-
| lection of the nomination of Murat Hal
stead editor of the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette to he minister to Germany. A
few Republican Senators, on account Of
personal i'll will towards Mr.. Hastead,
| joined the Democrats under the leadership
of Standard Oil" Payne, of Ohio, and
Succeeded in bringing about this rejection
! OF the appointment. Ii will be strange if
thry tlu not all live TO regret their action.
| AMI Il y i'll be stranger stll if the Rcpnbli-
can editors of the country do not resent
| this attempt on the part of certain Scna-
| tors To establish Senatorial censorship
| of the press for there is no use to miuce
| matters, that Is just what the rejection of
| Mr. Hai>tcad means He was not rejected
| because of his inability to I'LL the position
10 which he was appointed with credit to
| himself the Republican party and the
country but because In the conduct Of his
| paper he has seen tit to express biz honest
| convictions in its editorial columns. Of Ger
tain things affecting certain senators, par
| ticulary those who are generally believed
| To owe their seats to questionable praciic
e.
| when the people ofthi country approve
| Of the punishment Of fearless editors like
| Haistcad, If such Il time shall ever come,
| HE DAYS OF Il Republican form of Govern
mvnt In the United States will be number
| rd 1 j. 70 such men As ne that the mass
| . always look 10 expose corruption in
hi.h places, and God forbid that the day
shall ever come WHEN they shall look in
vain.
r"n Democratic senators, Blackburn
ara ta!i, voted for the confirmation of
Mr. lialstcad, and Mr.. Blackburn made a
strong speech in favor of it. but they
could not break the hold standard oil"
Payne had on their Democratic colleagues
The following Republicans voted against
Mr. lIai>tcad Esarts ingalls,, Plumb AMI
Teller. Senators Stanford, stewart J"ur~
and Cuiiom did not vote at all, although Il
i, openly stated that they would have vot
cd a.ain~, confirmation had their votes
hcen necessary 10 reject.
Thc ucv, or the total loss during hnr-
ricanc a, Apia, on THU Samoan stands. on
March 18TH Of the t. $. steamers Trcu-
ton and Vandais and the partial wrecAiug
of the Nip~ic together with the drowning
Of g. officer, and -eancn, ha- cast 4 gloom
over Washington. Owing to the recent
cauard about the blowing up ~ the Nip>ic,
thi, news received little crcdenc. when 1t
was first received here, on Saturday. But
later Secretary Tracy, Of the Navy, re
cri,rd cablcgram from Admiral Kimher
N giving particulars and ljSt of The innn
drowned. 1t l. truly AZ the Pre-ldrn;
says a national calamity and this country
could II! afford to lose two, ami possibly
three nf it, vessels Of war. to say nothing
Of the lives Of the gallant men who perish
e III the storm. Better that we had ucv-
er Heard Of the insignificant but trouble
some samoan islands,
The following is a list II The most i'm
por;ant nominations made By the Prc-i-
dent since nv last letter John T. Abbott.
Of New Hampshire, To BE- minister "a Cul-
omha; f. II. Terrill, Of Texas 10 b. min
i>tcr 10 Belgium; Robt. Adams. Of Penn
10 he minister To Brazil; l.. B. Miner, OF
California, To be Minister 10 the Central
American States; ". l.. Scrugg~. uf G.nr-
gia. ID bc minister 10 Nentzuca; w
O. Bradley of Kentucky to be minister To
Corea Il Chandler, Of Kansas, to be first
assistant Secretary of the Interior: Geo.
l.. Sharp Of Idaho, To be- Governor of
that Territory; T. ! Curtis of Idaho,
~ be secretary II tile same; Robert
H. Lincoln, uf Illinois, To be minister
10 England; Murat Hal>tead. OF Ohio,
minister to Germany; Alien Thcrudyke
Rice, of New York, minister To Russia:
Patrick Egan, Of Nebraska, minister 70
Chilli; Thomas Ryan of Kansas 70 hc min
i>ter % Mexico; John Hicks Of Wisconsin
to be minister to Peru; Geo. h. Ioring. Of
Massachusetts. to be Minister to Portugal;
F. +. Warren. of Wyoming, to be COVER
nor Of that Territory and b. +. White, of
Montana to be governor there
The President has unotlcnlly notified
the Senate that after tomorrow he >honid
make no more nominations for the present,
so that the adjournment will certainly take
place this week.
Mrs Harrison is said TO BE- suffering
from an aggravated case Of homesickness.
She does not ind the White House
pleasant place to live in as her old home
in Indianapolis
Corporal" Tanner the new Commis-
sioner Of Pensions. has been holding al
most continuous reception ever since he
took charge Of the Pension Office, He has
recommended a number OF changes among
the chiefs of divisions in that Office To
Secretary Noble, but he says that no ordi-
nary clerk will be removed except for
cause.
memorial from Union soldiers has
been presented to the Senate, asking that
honoraby discharged soldiers be exempt
from the civil service examination.
Sayings of Our Neighbors.