Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-11-22
Written and Complied for the HERALD
WASHINGTON, Nov. IS, 1889.

the knowledge oil tne aTeuseA WI
newspaper men.
Uncle Sam, who is nothing II
not hOspitabIe, gave a grand com
bination excursion to Annapolis
Saturday. A special train took
the Three Americas Congress and
the International Maritime Confer
ence, and a number Of prominent
officials including Secretaries Tracy
and Blame to the Capitol city OF
MARYLAND. The objective point OF
the excursionIsts was the United
States sailor factory, and the Wis
itors were loud IN their praises OF
its products as shown by the stock
now on hand both finished and un-
finished.
II the candidates for the minor
offices under the House of Rspre
sentatives keep on increasing at the
present rate there will he as many
candidates as there are Republican
members Of the House. Among
the most prominent Of the newly
announced candidates are eX Rep
resen:ative Gnenther and General
George A. Sheriden, for Clerk, and
Mr. Charles II. Gray,a prominent
newspaper correspondent, for Ser
geant-atarms.
Secretary Rusk says, IN reply to
criticisms of the Agricultural de.
partment because its agents have
QuaraDtined a number of cattle in
Pennsylvania, that such action was
taken under the law establishing
the bureau OF annual industry, and
that it was considered necessary
for the protection of the great cat
tie interests of the country against
the much DIRE AIDED plurO.pneum0nia
Much interest has been created
here by the report that ex-Repre.
&c ntative and ex.Secretary of War,
McCrary, of Iowa, is the Presidents
choice for the vacancy upon the
bench the Supreme Court. Judge
McCrary has for some years been
a resident OF Kansas City, where
be is the legal Representative of
the AtchisOn, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad, having resigned a United
States Circuit Court judgeship in
Iowa, to which be was appointed
by President Hayes to enter the
service of the railroad. lie would
be an honor to any court, aad the
report of bis prospective appoint
ment has been well received here.
Representative GrosvenOr Of
Ohio, is very emphatic in his de-
NAL of the newspaper charges that
be and other Republican Represen-
tatlves did not work faithfully for
the election of Gov. Foraker. Mr..
GrosvenOr furnished figures show
ing that Gov. Foraker receives bet
ter support in his (Grosveno's)
district than IN any other in the
State.
Postmaster General Wanamaker
is devoting much time just now to
a careful revision of the estimates
of the amount of money necessary
to run the PostOffice department
during tho fiscal year beginning
July LIST 1890.
The Civil Service Commissioners
deny the truth of a Washington
telegram in a New York paper,
which stated that they were max
ing preparations for q CongressiOn.
al investigation. OF coarse the
Commissioners ought to know just
what they are doing, but if they
are not making preparations for a
Congressional investigation, they
will be awfuIly sorry that they
didn't before they are many months
older. For they are just as certain
10 he investigated by the Fifty.
FIRST Congress as Speaker of the
House is TO be elected. Somebody
should read tue parable Of the fool.
Ish virgins.
Owing to the very small number
of Republican Republicans at pres
ent in town there Is very little be-
ing done IN the Speakership cam
paign. Four of the candidates are
here but they do not seem. to lie
worrying over their chances. Ev-
cry week it has been thought here
that next week the fight will begin
in earnest. Up to date there has
been no fighting, not even the
mildest sort of a skirmisb, and,
there is no sign of any, though you
are told on every side Gust wait
until next week" II there is to be
any lighting, which | very mucn
doubt, 1t will be short, sharp and
decisive, and will not begin until
the Republican caucus meets.