Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-09-26
WASHINGTON LETTER


In political circles mere. 0euefht VIII
liam Warner. OF Missouri. ok Repre-
sentative and ex-commander-in-chief
of the @. A. II. having declined the
OF Commissioners, not
feeling able TO sacrifice his present le-
gal practice. The President has ten
,lered the appointment Gen. George
s. Merrill. of Massachusetts. and
while his acceptance has not been of
ficially promulgated, it is regarded
here as certainty. Gen. M rrill IL
also an ex-comiDander-in-ehi-f OF the
g. A. r. He IL also chairman of the
pension committee OF that organiza-
ton and Is therefore considered to be
particularly well equipped to assume
the duties of Commissioners of Pen
sions. and his appointment cannot be
otherwise than pleasing to his COM
rades of the Grand Army. The indi-
cations point to q change In the meth
DDS of the Pension Office but how rad
cal the change is to be 1t is impossible
to say. Deputy Commissioners Smith.
who is acting Commissioner has re-
v-rsed two of Commissioner Tanners
most important rulings, and as he IL
only temporarily in cha ge of the of
fee, 1t is inferred that he would
scarcely have done 40 without orders
from his superior officers, thus Secre-
tary Noble is credited with the two re-
versals. The orders revoked are, the
one directing that all pensioners re-
ceiving less than "a per month can up
on application be examined for re-
rating, and the order making the evil
dence of one private sufficient to es-
tablish original disability. Mr.. Tan
ner is still i'm the city aud is likely to
be as he has leased a residence here
for three years and has his boys enter
I'd at Georgetown College. 1t is gen
al Recorier a lee beds rf Tor i fbs
u position which pays more money
than any other here, with the except
ion of the Presidency.
Senator Sawyer arrived here this
week. He says he came on early so
as to superiutend the completion of
his residence here. Incidentally his
early arrival will probably cause a few
nice ripe official plums to fall into the
laps of citizens of Wisconsin. The
Senator has a taking way OF looking
out for the interests of his friends.
Senator Sherman, who arrived from
Europe last week. is busy fixing up his
private business here preparatory to
taking the stump in ohio for Foraker
| Ex-Representative Golf, of West Vir-
ginia who has been euchered out of
s-s~-'''--.-.---i,;--ef-t tho State. Is here.
and runor Is connecting lis name with
a cabinet position. Who he is to sue
coed is not mentioned particularly,
though some say that he will be AItor-
ney General and that Mr.. Miller will
take the vacancy in the Supreme
Court Bench, while others think that
Secretary Noble will retire and Mr.
Golf become Secretary of the Interior.
give you the rumors for what they
are worth, and from all that can
learn officially they ure not worth
much.
Congressman are beginning TO arrive
pretty freely. Many OF them come 10
enter their children in our excellent
public schools which open Monday.
but the majority are probably hunting
places for their constituents.
Naval officers are jubilan: over the
r--~ .h---'
cruiser Baltimore" the fastest war
vessel in the world And come On
think of it, its something that all OF
us should be jubilant over.
1t begins to look MS though the fight
before Congress for the location of the
mammoth Worlds Exposition of 1892,
would be between Chicago and Wash
ington, New York being apparently
uUCauy Out VI Tile NOiCc. WuoulDRtOu
people have no fears, they know il
will come here and already prelimina.
ry preparations are being made for it.
Representative Butterworth, OF
Ohio. is expected here from Europe
next week and the Ohio republicans in
Washington are preparing to give hin
a duplicate of the ''baDg up recep-
ton rendered Senator Sherman last
Friday night. The Buckeyes in
washington never do things by halves.
They always ''go the whole hog"
Republicans from the silver states
are on hot scent after the present
Director of the mint. They don't fan.
cy bis policy.
| Secretary Blaine will return to this
city late next week.
in lge l.. A. Croft of Nebraska, has
been appointed Commissioner OF the
General Land Office.
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