Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-07-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Iron oar resul., Correspondent. !
WASHINGTON, D. c., July /, 1899.

WAsHlNGrON, ID. u, July i, loo5.
Harrison's conscience or the force Of
the criticism he has recently received
for Su. day junketing I don't know
which, perhaps little Of both, caused
him 10 spend yesterday IN the White
House, Notwithstanding the fact that
up 10 Friday morning he had intended
to spend the day at Cape May. He
could not, however withstand the
temptation of taking fun ride to Bal
timore and return Saturday afternoon
tn meet his wife and grandchildren.
This week the family go to Deer Park
and he goes To Woodstock, Connecticut
to assist In celebrating the Fourth of
July. Lots more free railroading.
At last the anti-MahOne Virginia Re-
publican HIS got something. John s.
Wise has succeeded in getting his son
appointed n cadet to West Point.
Now that the new fiscal year has be-
gan Republicans here are looking for
the speedy discharge Of every Democrat
in the government service, who Is not
protected by the civil service law, and
as many of the latter as displaced Union
veterans can be found to succeed under
the recent order Of Harrison.
Another negro has succeeded prize.
This time it Is Fred Douglass. who has
been appointed minister to Hayti. The
appointment Is creating much dissatis-
faction among the rest of the darkies,
with whom Douglass has been very un-
popular ever since he married q white
woman.
Harrison has compelled Secretary
Window to appoint w. M. Meredith of
Chicago superintendent of the Bureau
of engraving and printing, although
Window had man Of his OWL for the
place. The fight was long and bitter
and at last Harrison informed Win
dom that Meredith must be appointed
even II he had to have new Secretary
of the treasury. This brought "Billy''
down on his marrow bones very quick
ly, as Star route Dorsey's wild cat
scheme which he had been trying TO
boost for several years offered no in
ducements, when compared with the
salary and perquisites, particularly the
latter, Of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sour Grapes-Don Cameron don't
want to be reelected to the Senate. 1t
was his father-Simon Cameron now
dead, who put him there and kept him
there. Don would hardly be elected,
o county road supervisor of ability only
was considered. Ditto tyranny" Blair,
who has suddenly come to the conclu-
sion that he will save the New Hamp.
shire legislature the trouble of defeating
him by declining to again be candi-
date for the Senate. The Senate will
not find it difficult to survive the loss OF
these two men.
This is protection" administration!
see how it protects American labor and
capitol! In giving out a contract for
$50 900 enameled bricks to be used in
the construction of the new National
Library building in this city the con-
tract was given to an English firm be-
cause by remitting the duty they can
be delivered here q little cheaper than
they can be bought in America. So
could almost everything else, and the
question naturally arises, why should
the Government do what it refuses to
let the people do?
In the language of slang it may be re-
marked that there are mo flies" on the
present civil service commission, and
that it intends to 'run the machinen or
bust the boiler.
The indictments against Dorsey,
Brady, ct. al. in the famous Star route
cases which have been cumbering the
court records for seven or eight years
have all been nolle pressed.
Blaine has told his man William
Walter Phelps, just appointed minister
to Germany that he might take his own
time about going to Berlin. But it isn't
his own time he is taking: it is the peo-
Piles. He was qualified as minister the
day he was appointed and his salary of
$17 800 year began.
The new British minister evidently
has no idea of making any such blum
der as Lord Sackville, his immediate
successor, did. He has bought farm
near this city, and not satisfied with
having become taxpayer in the Unit
ed States he proposes to go with the
President and his party to the Fourth
of July celebration at Woodstock, If
Sir Julian keeps on he will be very SOL
id with the "boys."
The New York politicians have
jumped on Harrison again. Friday and
Saturday Morton, Hiscock, Depew, and
a lot more of the "big guns" were here
in the interest of the various candidates
for the New Workers went home, but
the appointments haven't been made
yet.
The Haytian government recently
captured an American steamer and for
time refused to release her, but were
only too glad to do so and pay a cash
indemnity of SIS. 900 when Commander
Kellogg of the U. s. Ossipe, gave them
the choice of doing so or of having Port
an-Prince bombarded. The money was
paid and the vessel released. What
sense there was in keeping news of this
character from the public I cannot see,