Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-11-27
(From our Regular Correspondent,

opponents concede that he will lead
them all on the first ballot, but claim
his vote will not increase afterwards. SO
far the contest has been entirely friendly
and exceedingly quiet, and there is not
the slightest indication of its becoming
otherwise. x zsgs..
The president is now considering the
report of the civil service commission IN
regard to the alleged violation of the law
by the Old Dominion Republican League
in sending circulars to Virginia Republi-
cans temporarily residing in Washington
asking contributions for the late cam
paign. The commissioners claim to have
made case against the League, or rather
against several federal officeholders who
are members of it, but the general i'm
preston is that no law was violated.
General Raum made several important
changes among the officials of the pen
sion Office this week, among them being
the appointment of R. A. Duman of In
diana to be chief of the mail division.
and the appointment of the commits
soner's son, Green B. Raum, Jr., to be
chief of the appointment division, which
has just been created No dismissals
We're made to make room for these ap
pointments. The parties they succeeded
were transferred to lower positions.
Miss Tanner, daughter of the ex-com-
commissioner, has resigned her position
as confidential secretary to the commits
sioner and has been appointed to SINH
lar position by United States Treasurer
Houston, who said. IN offering her the
place. that it gave him pleasure to show
his appreciation of the work her father.
Corporal Tanner, did in Indiana last
year.
The appointment of successor to
First Deputy Pension Commissioner
Smith is looked for every day, it being
generally conceded that Mr.. Smith, who
IS now awav on leave, will not resume
the duties of the Office.
If this thing keeps on while longer
the civil service commissioners will think
they own this country outright. One OF
them actually had the impudence in
conversation with outside parties, to
make threats as to what the commission
would do to the president if he did not
order the attorney general to prosecute
the two officers of the Old Dominion Re-
publican League that are federal office
holders, and whom the report of the civil
service commission charges with VIOLA
ton of law. This fellow seems to forget
that the same power which made the
commission can unmake it.
1t is believed that Mrs. Goodloe, widow
of the late COL c. NJ. Goodloe, will sue
ceed her late husband as Collector of
Internal revenue for the sixth Kentucky
district. There were six candidates for
the place, but two of them have with
drawn IN favor of Mrs. Goodloe. If she
IS appointed she will be the first woman
to hold similar position.
The five new Representative from the
four new states do not mean to take
back seats because they were late in
getting in to the feast. They have
already held meeting and selected the
committees of the house to which each
of them will ask to be assigned so as to
be able to look out for the interests Of
their, sections. They recognize the value
of united action. - .-,~....
Secretary Blaine presldes over. the
meetlng OF the three Americas Congress.
It is not yet known whether the recent
revnln,,on in Brazil will make any chan ge
ip the delegates from that country. The
Brazilian delegates will take no part in
d,fped than at present. .
Commissioner Of Patents Mitchell
thinks the reproach Of being behind hand
with its work will shortly be removed
from the patent Office. II has been
rcce.tiy ca,ching up al the rate of one
hyn'irnI cases week, that is, the office
Is >ii;:po,lr4s of one hundred cases in ex
cess IF ,.le number received each week
1hls is 2s Il should be. The inventors Of
the colntrY should receive prompt alten
too from the government.
Senator Stockbrjdge says the coming
session OF Congress is likely to do more
talking than anything else, and that he
expects l.rtle or no important legislation
:he pissed, rs
.=@ Secretary. Wmdom says he has given
no inkline o} what tie Treasury depart.
merit IS tc he en- tie silver question to
- person outside the cabinet, and that
All publications made on the subject
haye l,ren eirawn from The imagnat1ons
Of the writer's.
HAPPY HOME BLOOD PURIFIER
and HEALTH TONIC, purifes tile blood