Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.


Secretary Window went to Deer
Park Saturday. 1t is expected
that he will remain until the middle
of the week as he has a number oil
Important matters to submit to the
President.
Attorney General Miller has re-
turned to Washington. His visit
to the President gave the rumor
that he was to be appointed TO
succeed the late Justice Matthews
OF the Supreme Court a fresh start.
| have the very hest OF reasons
for believing that Mr.. Miller will
not 90 upon the Supreme bench,
although there Is not the slightest
doubt that the President had at
one time almost mind ia under
stood to have been brought about
by a strong protest from a number
of leading Indiana Republicans
OF course it is always possible for
the President to change his mind
again, but 1 think be has been
made to see that the appointment
of Mr.. Miller, however much he
might like to make it on personal
grounds, would be bad politics, and
the political ssgacity Of the Presl'
dent IS too great for any spprehen-
sion 10 be felt by his friends that
he will make any bad breaks of
that sort.
Secretary Rusk and the Attorney
General are the only members OF
the Cabinet in town 10 day, but
several Of the Others will be at their
desks tomorrow.
Col. Emmons Clark, of New
York, who was recently appointed
consul at Havre. France, has de-
clined the appointment, The po-
sition is one of great commercial
Importance, and it is said that the
principal cause OF Col. Clark's de-
chpation was his fear that he lacked
the business experience necessary
70 a successful administration of
the Office. If that IS true be de-
serves great credit, for the nen
who know how 10 gauge their own
ability are very rare.
Notice has been given the clerks
in the Record and Pension division
of the War department that no
leaves Of absence will be granted
in that division until the back
WORK is disposed of. In that divl'
sion there are 10000 pension cases
in arrears. They dispose of about
500 per day, but as the Pension
Office sends up several hundred
new cases every day it will be some
time before they can catch up.
Secretary Window has concur
red in an opinion given by Solici'
tor Hepburn that a book-keeper
brought over to New York BY an
English firm with branch office
in New York City will have to be
sent back to England as his COM
ing there under contract was
violation of the alien labor law
The complaint was made by the
American booK. keeper who was
discharged 10 make place for the
Enghshman.
A Committee representing the
"New Era Exposition to be held
IN September and Octobar next at
st. Joseph, Missouri, called on
Secretary Rusk Saturday and pre-
sented with a handsome and unique
invitation to attend the Exposition,
which, by the way, is TO be held in
honor of the establishment of the
Department of Agriculture. The
Secretary informed the committee,
that be could not, at this time def
initely accept the invitation, but
that he would try to 80 arrange
his engagements as TO attend.
Commissioner OF Pensions Tan
ner has ordered a big pension
agency with headquarters in New
York and Chicago to stop sending
out a circular headed Corporal
Tanners Policy" as the said cir
cular had never been submitted to
the Pension Office for approval,
according to the rules OF that Office.
Among the Objectionable features
this circular is a statement said to
have been made by Commissioner
Tanner to newspaper correspon'
dents expressing his opposition to
the policy OF paying small pensions
of so SO and 81 per month. Mr..
Tanner never made such . state
ment.
Secretary Noble says the rumors
affecting the war record Of Gen.
Morgan, recently appointed Indian
| Commissioner, do that gentleman
great injustice, and that there is
nothing iu the record rejecting on
the honor of Gen. Morgan, whom
he believes to be a man OF the
highest integrity.
The Commission appointed by
Secretary Noble to investigate the
rerating of Pensions during the
last twelve months are busily at
work. Commissioner Tanner is 10
perfect accord with the Commission
and is just as anxious 10 get to the
bottom of some suspicious looking
matters.
Secretary Tracy has signed the
contract for the construction of