Telegram-herald., 1889-12-18
WASHINGTON NOTES
slippery si,cott's sudden slioe
Scarcely satisfactory.
INDICTED But not EIIRADITED
senator Mtteh-lrs Grievance senator
chandler Worries tie NATIVES
RoossssiVs tintersst iu Orand
Rapids-Other Items.
couespoadeaee Of tae lsaE4s HsRllB-

committee apo nted T. mkesll5al9 'ile
affairs of the ofioeof sergeSnJ-at-Afms
OF the House, OF which Representative
Adams, Of Chicago. Is chairman, have
reported a shortage Of s7070s.so.
The bond of the Sergeant-at-Arms
covers merely the disbursements made
in the Flfueth Congress. It has moth
ing 70 DO with the money due members
for services IN the Ffty-1irst Congress,
since March !, 1889. Now that II Is
demonstrated that members can only
make good their losses 10y the passage
of Deficiency OIL, it is probable that
such bill Will be presented and passed
without objection. Meantime Cashier
Slcott has been indicted but not extra
dlted, and all efforts 10 locate hlm and
induce hlm 10 return 70 this city have
been unavailing. IL IS uncertain
whether he has gone 20 Canada, Europe
or South America. Some time viii
probably elapse before he is discovered.
Senator Mitchell, Of Oregon, took
upon himself the responsibility OF call
ing the attention OF the Senate on
Thursday % the fact that he had writ
ten 10 the Commissioner OF Pensions,
a few days since, for copies OF aiildavlts
IN a pension case, IN winch one OF MS
constituents happened 10 be interested
and 10 complain that IN letter written
by one Of the employees he had been m
formed that ms request could not be
complied with. General Raum, the
/ commissioner, of course had no per-
/ sOnal knowledge OF the matter, but /
| think the Senator would have done
/ better TO send personal cOmmunlca-
/ ton by messenger, II necessary, than
| % introduce q resolution IN the senate
/ He claimed that he could not spend the
/ time necessary TO 60 IN person. lie
/ should know that 1t Is not customary TO
/ furnish copies OF evidence on hle IN the
! Department TO individuals. 1t Is con-
! trary 10 public policy. The Govern
ment should not assist claimants
| against 1t in obtaining evidence
against itself The examiner
! b. whom the reply was sent and the
! letter-critic by whom his letter was re-
/ viewed bOth, probably, looked uponthe
| Senator rs an individual and not as an
I
! atOrial dignity was offended, and he
must resent the indignity. II the de-
! partments should undertake 10 furnish
/ copies of evidence on file TO ali who
| ask. there would be little time for other
/ business. The communications sent
/ from the Bureau of Pensions,
/ to 1900. More than li,OO0 were
\ In "a nv
/ one expect the Commissioner TO even
/ look at all of those? Ger Raum says
| he had no idea of the extent of the
/ workof the bureau when he took charge
/ of it. 40 citizen who mas never gone
/ through these great departments and
/ seen the operations OF th7 Government
can realize the immensity of the ma
| chinery.
Senator Chandler William E., Of New
! Hampshirel, has stirred up the District
/ Government and worried the natives
/ terribly. He proposes reorganization of
! the machinery and the appointment of
! five commissioners, four of them TO be
/ nOn-residents, with several Other at IA
tons and amendments, well calculated
to be ,tasteful to the advocates of
local self-government. bill Chandler, -
as they call him, doesn't mind that.
/ He is a wide-awake " hustler, -
thoroughly familiar with Washington
| and public business and affairs,
, and afraid of nothing or nobody.
/ He VIII propose, follow mp, push
AID fight until those less Wig
Or0uS or energetic viii give way
10 hIm 10 get rid Of him.
I He has lust taken his seat for 6 x years
and he VII keep things moving. The
Senator is not a very handsome man
bat me is WHY and smart. | met HIM
once when he was Secretary ofthe Navy
/ under President Arthur. had q httlC
business with him. lie Is very near
sighted Hecame vcryclOse to me, with
bis nose almost i'm my face and talked
ike q hOuse-afrc.' There are two
other prominent men mere very much
! like Senator Chandler, both brilliant
takers and "near-signted. They un-
! der,tand the use of eyeglasses rs We'll
a., the use Of the English language.
They are cx-POstm8stor-tfcuor Frank
/ Iatton. editor OF the Pot, and Hon.
/ Theodore Roosevelt. United states
i CIv.l-~crvice Commissioner. ] would
ike to sce that tro together. They are
all three st8lwart Republicans. hut taev
I don0t see thing aiw7vs from the same
/ standpoint. and should uIoy the cu-
/ tartanmeut they would furnish better
than any circus.
Mr. Roswell told Mr. Turner that he
ws- very much Interested Grand
/ Iaud-. becau-e Of the large number O..
I0 ani. rs there beng n seaDa3u
from t.. ame o.d -to.S. sau
~ s.r ..5 90 tri Em .It there one