The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-11-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent j
Washington, Nov. 4. 1889.

From our regular correspondent.l
Washington, Nov. 4. 1889.
Civil Service Commissioner Thomp-
sons friends Indignantly deny the state
ment charging him with having as
sisted in collecting campaign contriout-
ions for the democratic National com
mittee in 1883 from the clerks in the
Treasury department while he was As
sistant Secretary of that Department.
Mr.. Youman, who was chief clerk of
the Treasury at the time, makes the
following statement, which is corrob-
grated by number of other officials,
some of them republicans:
During sthe incumbency of Mr..
Thompson as Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, 1 was Chief Clerk and
Superintendent of the Treasury build
ing, and charged with the enforcement
of all orders. l remember distinctly
during the campaign of 1888 one of
my subordinates, without, my know
ledge, had collected or received from
the employees some seventy five dollars
and informed me of it, and wished to
turn the money over to me to be for
warded to the democratic committee.
/ declined to receive 1t, and at once
reported the fact to Assistant Secretary
Thompson, who distinctly and emphat-
ically told me that such act was illegal
and must not be permitted in the
department, and directed me to send
for this subordinate and order him to
return the money to the persons from
whom he had received it, upon pain of
dismissal (which did and the money
was 30 returned), and further to stop all
that kind of work in the department
This silly charge was brought
against Mr.. Thompson by republicans
because he has taken steps to prosecute
members of Virginia republican club
of this city for collecting money from
Government employees for the Malone
campaign fund.
Ex-Secretary Bayard will be married
in this city next Thursday, to Miss
Clymer. This marriage has been re-
ported as about to take place at least
a half dozen times during the last
year. The announcement is official, as
your correspondent has one of the few
cards issued.
A committee of negro preachers call
ed on Mr.. Harrison last week and en-
deavored TO get him to commit himself
10 the absurd scheme, proposed by the
recent convention of negro Baptists
held at Indianapolis, of asking Con-
gress to appropriate $50,000,00 to aid
the negroes of the South in emigrating
to the west. The same committe after
wards called on the Attorney General
and presented long string of alleged
political outrages at the South. From
all that can be learned they did not
receive much consolation from either
of the gentlemen visited. They only
got some very indefinite and diplomatic
promises.
l.. b. Prince, the Governor of New
Mexico, makes a strong showing in
his annual report to the Secretary OF
the Interior, in favor of the admission
of that Territory as state. 1t is
expected that the democrats in Con
gress will make a determined fight
during the coming session for the
admission Of New Mexico and Idaho.
The Government directors of the
Union Pacific railroad, in their annual
report, say tina. the interests of the
United States demand early action by
Congress to secure the payment by
this company of is Indebtedness to the
Government. They indorse the (Out-
hwaite) bill, which was pending when
the last Congress adjourned. 1t re-
mains to be seen whether the million
aire lobby will be successful in again
defeating this much needed legislation
during the coming Congress. Rep
Iesentative Cultivate proposes to re-
introduce the same bill as soon as
Congress meets, and to use his utmost
endeaver to push it through the House.
There is little doubt of its being pass
ed by the House, but the danger lies
in the Senate, which has always been
inclined, for obvious reasons, to be
extremely lenient in its dealings with
the Pacific railroads.
Mr.. Harrison is understood to have
sat down somewhat heavily on Score
tary Noble in regard to the dismissal
of those employees of the Pension office
whose pensions were rerated by the.
late Commissioner Tanner. The Secre
tary wanted to dismiss them all, but
the President has given him orders
that none are TO be dismissed unless It