Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-08-22
tFrom our regular Correspondent.)
Washington Letter.


WASHINGTON, ID. O., Aug. l2, 1889.
Secretary Window has returned from
his trip to Boston and will remain here for
few days before taking a vacation. He
has worked hard since the 4th of March, a.
in fact have all the cabinet officers. Few
people outside of Washington have any idea
of the hours these officials have been oblig-
ed to put In at their desks. The opening Of
anew administration always means unlimit-
ed hard work for the men who have to map
ont and put into operation its policy, and
this being snch radical change from the
democratic administration has made the
amount of work to be done much greater
than usual IL Is no exaggeration TO say
that the members OF the present cabinet
have worked harder during the last hve
months than they ever did before In their
lives and several of them have been for
years at the head of large and successful
private business concerns They have all
earned a rest.
'Sunset' Cox, the funny" democratic
Congressman from New York, never for
gets TO be humorous. He has just returned
to Washington from trip through the four
new states and he coolly claims credit for
the passage Of the bin making them states
by the last Congress. This Is carving a
joke almost too far II remember Alright
and think do, the credit for the passage
Of that bill belongs to the republicans, ,wh no
Informed their obstinate democratic col
leagues that unless the bill was allowed to
20 through the House the President would
call an extra session Immediately after IL
Inauguration for the express purpose Of
passing it, Mr. Cox i entitled % the credit
Of having had sufficient political >eu>c 10
make a virtue Of necessity. and for having
persuaded some Of his more near sighted
c"mocrntic colleague to vote for the bill
Let Mr. Cox be- a. funny as he wants TO-
but don't let the record on this subject be
mnd,l'cd or confused
The Government departments are hav-
nc a good deal Of trouble with the trr-
graph companies owlrg TO the suspension
Of the contract for carrying Government
mrssa.r. The telegraph people are max
irg | nClr sam pay cash Al transient rates
for all the messages sent TIE Post master
General. who has authority under the law
~ set the price for tnis work claims that
one mil. per wur,l ) a fair price; This l.
dcHied by the telegraph companies. and in
tie meantime Government officials have
10 pay for ihcir messages
One peuSjoncr OF the Government has
just had n piece Of good luck. H,s name
d, Richard Whiting aud in lss3 he was
grated pension Of s2+ per month, which
VS. subsequently increased to $50 per
month. Afterwards through a mistake
made by surgeon the pension was rccuc-
ei to s. per month The pensioEer appli-
ed for a rcopening of his case. and Assist
ant Secretary Ru-Ncy has just decided that
he : entitled to pension Of s.2 per month
and arrears Since h.- discharge which viii
amount 70 sl2 900.
IA Postmaster General Frank IIatton'.
latest charge against the Civil Service
Commissioner Is that lists Of the questions
ID be asked at examinations have been
sold 10 applicants. he has not yet stated
who SOLD the plpc-s Or when the oifcnse
was committed
Ii : said that eN-Altorney General Gar
land has been employed to represent the
Northern Pacific railroad in this city at
salary Of e2j 900 n year. II is to be hoped
that his experience with this corporation
viii be plcasanter and more profitable than
what he had with the Pan Electric Telc-
phone Company not many years ago.
Before leaving the city for short rest
Secretary Noble received the preliminary
report Of the commission which has been
investigating the re-rating Of pensions
lie ha, Instructed the commission To pro-
coed With the Investigation. lie wants
The proceedings for twelve months He
dr lined ~ make public the preliminary re-
port bat said the full report should hc given
TO the public just A. soon a. il j. finished.
! understand that the Secretary j. satisfied
from the report that there has been no
serious wrong dong but he deemed ii good
policy to have fuller investigation made
est some Of the enemies Of the pension
Office should say that the months included
In the preliminary Observation-Disclosures
her 1855 and MAY 1859 had been selected
beforehand on account OF the shown.
they made.
Col. " ". Dudley laugh, at the iica of
h's being arrested while passing through
Indiana on his way - g. A. Il. encamp-
ment at Milwaukee, and says be viii cc7-
tainly 20 if he can possibly arrange his
bu,iness 80 that he can get away from
here.
Secretary Rusk has returned from his
business trip TO New YORK. He has taken
no vacation yet.
United States Treasurer Houston has gone
to Saratoga to attend meeting of the eI'
ecutive committee of the national republi-
can league.
Secretary Proctor has telcgraphed that
be will return to Washington tomorrow.
Letter From Hyde Park.