Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-08-03
WASHINGTON.


preme Court fresh start has return
ed, and Secretary Window hrs gone
up to talk business to the President.
He will remain several days, as his |
family are spending the summer
there.
The harmony among the Virginia
republicans does not seem to be so
complete as it did. Several of the
Anti-Mahone people have been here
"kicking" as hard as ever and init
mating that it will be necessary to
give them something nice in the
shape Of an Office in order to make
them as harmonious as Mr.. Brady,
who got a 81, 800 position. 1t is also
said that Langston, the negro who is
now contestant for seat in Congess
from the fourth District ("black
belt'') threatens to make trouble I'M
less he is well taken care of. On the
whole the. democrats here do not
think there will be much trouble in
their carrying the State as usual.
This is free country, and yet
every now and then the law steps in,
in some shape or other, to give for
eigners a somewhat queer idea Of
freedom. One of those cases has just
been brought to light by a decision
of the Treasury department that a
book keeper brought from England
by an English firm with a branch
house in New York City must be
sent back to England, as his be-
ing brought over here under contract
was a violation of the alien labor
law. 1t was Gen. Grant, l believe,
who said that the quickest way to
get an obnoxious law repealed was to
strictly enforceit
w. O. Elan who was editor of the
Richmond, Virginia, Wing, as long
as General Malone put up the money
to keep that paper going, has been
appointed Chief of a division in the
Interior department.
A committee from st. Joseph, Mis-
souri,, brought Secretary Rusk a
gorgeous invitation to attend the
"New Era Exposition" to be held in
that city during portion of Sep
TENDER and October. AS the EX-
position is to be held in honor of the
establishment of the department of
Agriculture, the Secretary told the
committee he would attend if pos
sible.
All sorts OF rumOrS are current in
regard to the startling discoveries be-
ing made by. the Commission now in
vestigating the rerating of pensions
by the Pension Office. The most of
these rumors are undoubtedly based
on the frightened talk of the impli-
Gated employees of the Pension office,
for the members of the Commission
are not likely to do any talking un-
til their official report has peen
handed in to Secretary Noble. 1t is
generally believed that there has
been a good deal of crookedness in
this business and that quite Il large
number of the employees of the Office
have been engaged in it, but whether
they can be punished further than tc
be made to disgOrge the money lille
gally obtained is question The re.
port of the Commission is anxiOusly
looked for here. The people want t
to know whether the facts are to be
shown up or the whitewash applied
John Wanamaker, merchant, doe
not seem to have much influence
with the officials of the Treasury de
partment, who have just rejected al
appeal that he took from the decision
of the Collector of Customs at Phila
delphia as to the rate of duty to b,
= paid on certain import merchandise
T Commissioner Tanner now denie,
that he ever said he was opposed Il
the policy of paying 81 s. and 81 pc
month pensions, and has ordered
big pension firm of New York ant
Chicago to stop sending out a circula
l which quotes newspaper interview
wherein the Commissioner is made t.
+ express those sentiments. The sam,
: thing was published here when MI
Tanner first took Office.
The Civil Service law is gettin
some very hard knocks aroun,
Washington just now. EX.post
/ master General Frank Hatton, who
5 now the editor of the Washingto
Post is leading the opposition, an
the state republican associations ar
doing all they can to assist hin
: HattOn charges that the law alway
has been and is now being iuggle,