Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-08-15
Washington Letter.
tFrOm oul Regular correspondent

Washington, ID. c. Aug. 5. 1889.
Washington has suddenly found herself
almost as full OF prominent republicans
as in March. The result is quite large
batch ofappointments. Among the most
important among the appointments
were Ex-Gov. Yarmouth. of Louisiana,
to be Collector of the port of New Or
leans: John I. Patty. of New Orleans,
colored man)to bs Naval oflic or at
New Orleans, and j. h. q. Pitkin, of
Louisiana, to be minister to the Argen-
tine Repuhlic
Postmaster General Wanamaker has
issued an order extending the age limit
governing the appointment of letter
carriers in non civil service post offices
from thirty-live to forty years. The
age Limitation does not apply to persons
honorablY discharged from Army or
Navy
The seizure of the Canadian sealer
"Black Diamond in Behring's sea by
the u. 5. Cutter '.Rush" still continues
TO be talked about here. One thing
may be set down as certain the admin
lstration is determined TO carry out the
law, and every vessel caught illegally
taking seals in Behring's sea will be
seized. Representative Farouhar, of
New York, who was prominent mem.
bor of the Congressional committee
which made the investigation of the
seal fisheries that led to the enactment
of the law under which this seizure was
made, is now in Washington Speak
ing OF the seizure and its probable out
come he saId This country will 90
right on asserting and maintaining lis
jurisdiction over the Bearing Sea fisher
les, and England can't say word in
earnest about the matter. Russia stands
ready to make good our title derived by
purchase from her. Great Britain can
not afford to antagonize two great ma
tions-Russia and the United States.
There is no doubt about Russia'S dis
position 10 the matter. They glaran-
teed us title and England cannot
seriously question that title without an
tagonzing Russia. IL she went into
fight she would haye two antagonists.
This is all well understood in England,
as we'll as in Russia and America.
In answer to the charges made by
certain democratic papers that certain
pension attorney had been favored in
having applications marked special
Commissioner Tanner has had prepared
list of all the cases made special since
he took charge of the Pension office.
There are 1852 cases OF these III had
no attorney, SO were represented by
Geo. +. Lemon, by w. W. Dudler. 20
by NJ. B. Stevens & Co, % by Fiizger-
aid 4 Co, 20 by j. w. Morris, IL by
I. w. Talmadge. l6 by Soule q Co.,
16 by King Bros, u by p. j. Lockwood,
IL by A. W. Mccormick a. Son, II by
p. o. Terrell, by Allan Ruthford, s by
j. b. Gralle-365. The balance Of the
cases are distributed among three hun
dred and three attorneys, no one of
whom has as many as eight cases
This statement fully answers the very
silly charges of favoritism. Commits
sioner Tanner is all right mp 10 the
present time and don't You let il slip
your memory.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Tichenor is quite i'll. tie was attacked
while hard at work in his office. He
has been in bad health for some time
and lately he has overworked himself.
Virginia republicans who visit Wash
ington express great confidence in car
rying the State this fall.
Z. W. Oyster, the man who is said TO
have compiled the democratic campaign
document purporting TO give General
Harrison's record on the Chinese ques-
ton, has been dismissed from the Gov
erment printing office. He was greatly
surprised as he expected to retain his
position because of his prominence in
labor organizations.
Secretary Noble has appointed
special agent to visit France to investi-
gate the system of irrigation used in
that country. The information gained
is expected to be of much benefit in
aiding the department to solve the prob
lem of irrigating the arid lands of the
vest
Representative Williams, Of Ohio, is
here looking after some federal patron
age in his State. He says that Foraker
is certain 10 be elected and that his ma
jcrity will not be less than twelve thous-
and. He is not so certain about the
Legislature. but thinks the chances are
largely in favor of the republicans.
Public Printer Palmer dismissed thirty
of Senator Germans employees last
Thursday.
Secretary Proctor came to the city TO
confer with the President about some
matters under his department He has
gone back TO Vermont, and Gen. Nc
Feeley is acting Secretary of War.
A man who has practiced medicine of