The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-09-04
THE WORLDS EXPOSITION
TO BE HELD At WASHINGTON
CITY.

TO BE HELD At WAShiNOION
CITY.
An Extra Session Of Congress Will
Probably be Called Senator In
gals 10 Puzzling His Friends.
Especial Correspondencs.)
WASHINGTON, u. G., Aug. 80, 1889.
Senator Ingalls,, who is now here'
is puzzling his friends. He is
working in q rather secret and my
sterious manner at some sort Of a
project; some think he Is gathering
material for a series of powerful
speeches in the Senate this winter,
while others believe he is doing
some important work. think the
latter are more likely to be right,
because, aside from the Senator's
well.known literary bent, he is
probably not averse to earning
some money by his pen. He Is not
q rich man, and the burning of his
Kansas residence last year was a
heavy financial blow to him. For
tunately the Senator's literary abil-
ity is such that anything he writes
is eagerly sought by the leading
publishers.
Senator Mandersin's letter to
Commissioner Tanner declining to
accept the increase in his pension
to which it wss recently decided by
the Pension Office he was entitled,
until he had been le-examined by
q board Of surgeons, and his right
to 1t fully demonstrated, is just the
sort Of manly document that those
who know him might have expect
ed under the circumstances. Char
lie Henderson is not the sort Of
man to take any thing that he is
not clearly entitled to, and his let
ter must have made those fellows
who have been dropping insinua-
tions about "official influence" hav-
ing been used in his case, feel
rather cheap.
The great American Exposition
oflope will y hsld n WasAington,
-
accepted as an absolute certainty
Notwithstanding certain feeble ef-
forts of New York and Chicago
people to secure the great attrac-
ton, and use it for local advertis-
ing purposes at the expense of the
nation.
Somebody has raked out and
printed in the newspapers an old
order of the War department, dated
May 1s, 1866, dismissing Second
Lieut.. Charles Lyman (at present
Civil Service Commissioner from
the army for disregard Of a general
order. This is very small business
Such an order was issued, bnt If the
searcher after ancient information
had looked little further he would
have discovered that another order
was afterwards issued revOking his
dismissal and giving him an honor
able discharge. This is not the
proper way to fight the absurd Civ
IL Service law. Every one who
knows them will agree that person
ally the three present Commission
ers-Messrs. Lyman, Roosevelt and
Thompson are most estimable gen
tlemen. The incongruity, absurdi'
ty and impossibilities of the Civil
Service law are matters deserving
of criticism, but to attack the char
acters of the Commissioners is de-
cidely wrong, and Will convince
nobody that the law should be re-
pealed. The opponents Of the law
should see to it that the dissemina
tor of such stuff "a this order, and
all of his kind are securely muzzled
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Batcheller, laughed when he
was shown the story of Wal
street combine to force the Treas
ury to pay more for bonds and if il
declined to do 80 to bring on u fl
nancial panic. "YOu can say" saiG
the Secretary, "in the most positive
language, that there will be nj
financial panic under the present
administration, and that at present
it is getting about all the bonds i
wants at the regular price and doe'
not propose at present to pay more
The evtra session talk has takel
a fresh start here. Every othe
man you meet is now certain tha
an extra session will be called I,
meet the latter part of October
This would enable those member
who wish to take part in the No
vember elections to do so withou
peQlecting business, as after tn