Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-08-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Correspondent. /

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 30, 1889.
The Attorney General, having had his turn
paying Mr.. Harrison visit at Deer Park,
and having given the -umor of his appoint
ment to the Supreme Court fresh start has
returned, and Secretary Window has gone up
to talk business to the President. He will
remain several days as his family are spend
ing the summer there.
The harmony among the Virginian Repub-
licans does not seem to be so complete az it
did. Several Of the Anti Malone people have
been here "kicking' as hard as ever, and in
timating that it will be necessary to give
them something nice in the shape of an
office in order to make them as harmonious
as MIR. Brady who got $500 position. It
is also said that Lengston. the negro who is
now contestant for seat in Congress from
the Fourth District ("black belt'') threatens
to make trouble unless he is we'll taken care
of. On the whole the Democrats here do not
think there will be much trouble in their car
rying the State as usual.
This Is free country, and yet every now
and then the law steps in, in some shape or
other as to give foreigners somewhat queer
idea of freedom. One Of those cases has
just been brought to light by decision of
the Treasury department that book keeper
brought from England by an English firm
with branch house in New York City, must
be sent back to England, as his being brought
over here under contract was a violation of
the alien labor law. 1t was Gen. Grant, / be-
lieve, who said that the quickest way to get
an obnoxious law repealed was to strictly en-
force it.
W. o. Elan, who was editor of the Rich
mond, Virginia, Wing, as long as Gen. Ma
hone put up the money to keep that paper
going, has been appointed Chief of a divis-
ion in the Interior department..
A committee from st. Joseph, Missouri,
brought Secretary Rusk a gorgeous invita-
tion to attend the "New Era Exposition" to
be held in that city during portion of Sep
tember and October. AS the exposition is to
be held in honor of the establishment of the
department of Agriculture, the Secretary
told the committee he would attend if possi-
BILE.
All sorts of rumors are current in regard to
the startling discoveries being made by the
Commission now investigating the rerating
of pensions by the Pension Office. The most
of these rumors are undoubtedly based on
the frightened talk of the implicated en-
plOyes of the Pension Office, for the members
of the Commission are not likely to do any
talking until their official report has been
handed IN to Secretary Noble. II is gener-
ally believed that there has been a good deal
of crookedness in this business and that quite
a large number of the employees of the Office
have been engaged in it, but whether they
can be punished further than to be made to
disgorge the money illegally obtained is a
question: The report of the Commission il
anxiously looked for here. The people want
to know whether the facts are to be shown up
or the whitewash brush applied. - 3
John Wanamaker, merchant, does not
seem to have much influence with the officials
of the Treasury department., who have just
rejected an appeal that he took from the
decision of the Collector of Customs at Phila-
delphia as to the rate of duty to be paid on
certain imported merchandise. = ~
Commissioner Tanner now denies that he
ever said he was opposed to the policy of pay.
ing So, So and 81 per month pensions. and
has ordered big pension firm of New Yorh
and Chicago to stop sending out circular
which quotes newspaper interview wherein
the commissioner is made to express ,thos,
sentiments. The same thing vas published
here when Mr.. Tanner first took office.
Ihe Civil Service lawis getting some yer,
hard knocks around Washington just now
Ex-Fostmaster General Frank Hatton, who
Is now the editor of the Washington Post, il
leading the opposition, and the State Repub'
llcan associations are doing all they can te
| assist him.. Hatton charges that the Law
| always has been and is now being juggleC
with by the appointing powers He want!
the law repealed, but pending that he woult
like to see it strictly enforced.
| The administration is having lively tint
with the patronage in the south. Every ap
pointment made raises a lot of CHECKERS.
The fight for the control of the patronage il
Louisiana ia red hot between Representative
elect Coleman and Herwig. the Lonisian,
| lottery man. 1t is to be settled at the con
vention which is to nominate a candidate f0
Congress, to run in the district of the lat
Representative Gay. Herwig and Coleman
both have been candidates and the winner i
to be regarded by the administration as th
party boss in the State.
The papers have been signed awarding tn
contract for the construction of a coast de
fense vessel, to cost 100000, to the Uniol
Iron Works of San Francisco.