The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.

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Senator Ingalls,, who is now here, is
puzzling his friends. He is working
in rather secret and mysterious man.
ner at some sort of a project; some
think he is gathering material for
series of powerful speeches in the Sen.
ate this winter, while others believe he
is doing some important work. l
think the latter more likely to be
right, because, aside from the Senator's
we'll known literary bent, he is proba.
bly, not averse to earning some money
by his pen. He is not a rich man,
and the burning Of his Kansas resi-.
dence last year was heavy financial
blow to him. Fortunately the Sena.
tors literary ability is such that any.
thing he writes is eagerly sought by
the leading publishers.
Senator Manderson's letter to Com.
missioner Tanner declining to accept
the increase in his pension to which it
was recently decided by the Pension
Office he was entitled, until he had
been re.examiped by board Of Sur
geons and his right to it fully demon.
strated, is just the sort of manly docu.
ment that those who know him might
have expected under the circum.
stances. Charlie Manderson is not
the sort of man to take anything that
he is not clearly entitled to, and his
letter must have made those fellows
who have been dropping insinuations
about "official influence" having been
used in his case, feel rather cheap.
The great American Exposition Of
1892 will be held in Washington, and
under the auspices of the National
Government. This may be accepted
rs an absolute certainty notwithstand
ing certain feeble efforts of New York
and Chicago people to secure the
great attraction, and use it for loca
advertising purposes at the expense o
the nation.
Somebody has raked out, and print
ed in the newspapers an old order o
the War department, dated May Is
1868, dismissing Second Lieut.. Charlie
Lyman Cat present Civil Service Com
missioner) from the Army for disre
gard of general order. This is yer.
small business. Such an order wa
issued, but if the searcher after al
cient information had looked a littl
further he would have discovered tha
another order was afterwards issue
revokirg his dismissal and giving hil
an honorable discharge. This is nj
the proper way to fight the absur
Civil Service law. Everyone wh
knows them will agree that PERSONAL
the three present Commissioners
Messrs. Lyman, Roosevelt and Thom
son are most estimable gentleme
The incongruity, absurdity and il
possibilities of the Civil Service la
are matters deserving Of criticism, b
to attack the character of the Cor
missioners is decidedly wrong, al
will convince nobody that the la
should be repealed. The opponents
the law should see to it that the d
seminator of such stuff as this ord,
and all of his kind are securely mu
zled.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasu
Batcheller, laughed when he "
shown the story of Wall street co
bine to force the Treasury to pay mr.
for bonds and if it declined to do
to bring on a financial panic. "Y
can say" said the Secretary, sin
most positive language, that there y
be no financial panic under the pres,
administration, and that at present
is getting about all the bonds it Wa
at the regular price and does not p
pose at present to pay more"
The extra session talk has takel
fresh start here. Every other m
you meet is now certain that an ex
session will be called to meet the
ter part of October. This would eI
bic those members who wish to ia
part in the November elections to