Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-10-05
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President and Mrs. Harrison Returns oWashington--Hono rtO Ben But torwortb--Senators ins Washing ton--Civil Service.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)

! WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 27, 1889
 The President and Mrs. Harrison re-
 turned to stay, and the White House
 again becomes the ccLter of public ln- terest. The real work of the admins
 tration will, now begin in earnest. To-
 morrow a meeting of the cabinet will be | held to discuss a number of importan.
 matters, not the least of which will be
 who is to succeed Corporal Tanner as
 Commissioner of Pensions.
 The President already has his message
 to Congress sketched in outline. The
 details will, of course, require many con-
 sultations with the members of his cabi-
 net and the party leaders.
 Representative Ben. Butterworth, the
 popular son of Ohio, who has just re-
 turned from trip to Europe, was given
 a welcome home tonight that must have warmed his big heart to its innermost parts. At least three thousand people took part in the reception which was held in the old skating rink. Hon. S. $. Shellabarger delivered the address of welcome, and a number offother gentle men, including Senator Sherman, made short speeches. The reply of Mir. But terworth was a gem in its way, and could have been made by few men so well. Mir. 3utterworth will take the stamp in Ohio -for Governor Foraker in few days. The reception was held under the auspices of the Ohio Republican Association of this city.
 Senator Sherman is urging the ap- pointment of ex-represeEtative Brown, of Ohio, as Commissioner of Pensions. He told Secretary Noble that the resig nation of Mir. Tanner, owing to the pecu- liar and somewhat mysterious circum- stances attending it, was doing the party much harm in Ohio, and that he thought the appointment of MT. Brown would be the best means of restoring good feel ing among the Ohio veterans.
 0Almost a quorum of the Senate has been in Washington during this week. The majority of the Senators were only here for day or two, as they returned from their summer yaca ation, and had little to say on spolitical matters. At least a dozen of the shrewdest news paper men in town successively tackled Senator Quay for an interview but the junior Senator from the Keystone State knocked them out in one, two three or der without the slightest tumble. There are few men in public life harder to in terview than MT. Quay, and yet no man is easier to approach.
 The return to this city of Commis- si oner Roosevelt, of the Civil Service Commission has started anew the fight in the present civil service law. MT. Roosevelt is being more or less harshly criticised by Republicans who believe the present civil service law to be a col lossal humbug, and their legion, for hay ing said in a newspaper interview that it would be party treachery for Repub- iican congressman to attack on the floor Jf the House the present civil service law. Said Republican representative: MT. Roosevelt makes the mistake of thinking that those who oppose the present law are opposed to reform in the civil service. The great majority of those who are agitating the repeal of the present law are doing so because they have become satisfied that no re- form has been or is likely to be affected by 1t. These men are in line with the best sentiment of the Republican party in desiring true reform in our civil service, but they can see no good in con- tinuing the present cumbersome and ex- pensive law. Progress has ever been synonymous with the methods of the Republicans party, and in my opinion progress towards a better civil service | demands the repeal of the present law. 1 was working Republican before Mir. | Roosevelt ever cast vote, and think the | Republican in congress can decide this | question without any advice from either | of the gentlemen who are drawing S7,0O0 year as Commissioners under | this law"-
 Secretary Windom has asked for and 1 received the resignation of J. K. Kim | ball, director of the mint, and Col. Switz- | Ter commissioner of statistics. MT. E. o. l Leech, who has been in office for num- Der of years, and who is now acting di- | rector of the mint, will assume office | October b, when Mir. Kimball's resigna- ton takes effect. The presence in | Washington of Mir. Joseph Nimmo, whom Mr,Switzler succeeded early in,the | Cleveland administration, makes it gen orally believed that he is to take his old place.
 Every congressman who favors some | other city as the place for holding the | American Exposition in 1892, has Wash | ington for second choice, which makes | it certain that Washington will be se- lected.