Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-08-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Aug, 1888

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for Bar Harbor to pay Secretary
Blaine a visit. He will spend the
entire day of Wednesday in Boston
where he will be met by Walker
Blaine.
Postmaster General Wanamaker
has received the resignation ofPost-
master Paul of Milwaukee, whose
administration of that office was so
severely scored by a recent report Of
theClvil Service Commission.
The news Of the seizure Of the
Canadian sealing vessel "Black
Diamond' by the United States
Cutter "Rush" for taking seals in
Behring's sea is being discussed with
great interest here, and there are
plenty of people who believe we
shall have a row with England if we
do not back down. / don't know
about that, but it's dollars to ginger
cakes that there will be no repetition
Of the disgraceful backdown lndulg-
ed in by the Cleveland administra-
ton when similar seizures were made
three years ago. The law says that
all vessels caught illegally taking
seals in Behring's sea shall be seized,
coniiscated and sold, and it is the
intention Of the present admins
tration to see that the law is obeyed.
The President issued proclamation
of warning in March. If England
does not like our laws, so much the
worse for England.
Hon. William Mckinley, the
popular Representative from Ohio,
is in town this week. lie has been
quietly resting in the Mountains of
Pennsylvania for some weeks. He
does not say so, but from his manner
l think he is confident of being elect
ed Speaker of the House. He says
there is no doubt about Ohio elect
ing Gov. Foraker, the state ticket
and republican majority IN the
legislature, ensuring republican
successor to Senator Payne. Mai.
Mckinley will take an active part in
the Ohio campaign.
While the opponents Of the civil
service law are hitting some hard
licks, the Commission is not idle.
1t proposes to the President to place
all chiefs of division in the classified
service. 1tis not probable that the
request will be even seriously con-
sidered, to say nothing Of being
granted, by the President, for the
fact cannot be denied by any careful
observer that the civil service law is
steadily growing more unpopular.
1t has been decided by the Com
mission engaged in investigating the
re-rating Of pensions to make a
preliminary report to Secretary Noble
next week and leave it to him
whether they shall continue. Du-
ring the month Of December 1888,
when the Office was in charge of
Gen. Black, they found the total
number Of reissues to have been 1900
of which about l in Is were re-rated,
and during the month of May, 1889,
when Mr.. Tanner was in charge the
reissues were 1900 with the percen-
tage Of re-ratings slightly increased.
The object of this comparison was to
discover whether there had been
any radical change in the methods
Of making re-ratings. The prelimin-
ary report will say that there has been
no gross violation Of law, nor any dis
coveries Of a sensational or serious
character. This will be good news
to every body, except the newspaper
correspondents who have been filling
there papers up with the terrible con-
dition Of things in the Pension office.
When Governor Foraker was re-
nominated there were a lot Of 'ssmart
aleck" democrats running around
Washington saying that Senator
Sherman would sulk and remain in
Europe, where he is now, until after
the election. They feel like fools
now that the Senator has written to
say that he will be home in time to
I1'ho OH dCtI'C 1d1 Ill lc'tlCLllIS VOV-
ernor Foraker. OF course no repub-
lican ever believed that John Sher-
man would sulk. He isn't built that
way. He is republican because he
believes in the principles advocated
by the party and not because it does
or does not nominate any. particular
man for any office.
Postmaster General Wanam aker
has requested the Secretary of the
Treasury to suspend the payment of
all telegraph bills until the question
OF rates is settled. The telegraph
companies object to the proposed
rates-one mill per word-but will
60 right along doing the Government
business, trusting' to getting fair
price for it.
Secretary Tracy has appointed a
board of naval officers to make re-
concentrations for the building up
and maintaining ofan efficient navy.
The President will 60 to Indiana
polls on the 20, when the ceremony
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