The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-04-18
WASHINGTON WRIT.
What is Goiug On the Seat of Gov
ernment.
Els9eclaI c0rres.5oaaenoe to Tie ss'lt.,el. ]


Espec;ql Correspondence to TIE Ssatsgell
NAsHINeToS April 10 Harri-
son is still keeping up his policy of
wearing out the otlice-seel<ers, and
judging from the way the hotel lob
bles are Beginning thin out he IS
succeeding pretty We'll With The
exception Of batch of postmasteis,
he has made no important appoint
ments this week, and the Republicans
are slowly discovering tha5 it IS poor
policy to try to drive. him into a
hurry after Ne has anh5dncel his
intention Of going SLOW. Patience,
1Iessrs. oflice-seel1ers, your machine
gots slowly but every time If APP
points man il is a Republican, free
from any symptoms of,mugwumpery
/, that succeeds a Democrat. and It IS
only a question Of time when every
Democrat now N Office viii be sue
ceded By a Republican. What more
can YOU ask In tte mean time if
you want to see the Republicans APP
pointed and Democrats removed
with lightning rapdity just drop in
to First Assistant PostmastcR Gen
eraI Clarkson's Office and see him
manipulate the fourth class post
offices of the country. He has
reached an average Of over fifty q
day.
Assistant Secretary Bu5sey Of the
Interior Department has just revers-
ed pension decision OF General
Black, that will affect many other
applications. The applicant was
injued by the fail of tier Of seats
at circus, and General Black re-
jects the application for a pension on
the ground that the injury was not
received during the performance Of
duty. This decision has now been
reversed and the pension allowed.
The published disagreement be-
tween Mr.. Harrison and Mr.. Blaine
does not exist as far as [ can asser-
tain, therefore the rumored retire
ment OF Blaine from the Cabinet Is
little premature. Doubtless the
| correspondent who sent the matter
off, like the most Of other people
here, regards such a state Of affairs
as almost a certainty at some time
in the future, and did not think he
was taking any very great risk in
sending the matter off as having al
ready become certainty.
Mr.. Harrison's latest rap at the
Democratic party was to inform a
Democratic Senator who called on
him in behalf of a Democrat who
wants to be & member of the Civil
Service Commission, that in appoint
ing those Democrats, which by law
he was compelled to, he should only
recognize those that are protection
lists. This seems to be a great Unjust
ice to The great majority Of the Dem
oeratic party.
Solicitor General jerks has been
requested by The Attorney General
to remain in Office until the Supreme
Court dispases Of the government
telephone case. Nh. jerks has con-
scented, although il seriously inter
feres with arrangements he had pre-
viousIy made in relation to private
business.
Democrats here are confidently
c 1peeting that Montana viii go
democratic, thus adding Two sen
ators and one representative to the
party's vote il Congress.
The Department CLERKS that were
discharged during Cievelana7 adj
miliatration are trying to get FIurri-
son 10 change tbc rule o. Civil Serv-
ice, which says that no cles,1 dis>.
charged shall be reinsiatcl after a
lapse OF one year without. passing a
new examination, 50 IS tG make it
four years. Harrison has not de-
cided the matter, but il is not believ-
ed that ',e VIII 10 It.
Mr.. Canaday, 5ergeant-at-A Arms
of the United STATUS Senate, and a
good John Sherman Republican, is
charged by Senator Jones, Of Neva-
da. ex-senator Mahone and Warner
Miller, and Representative West, OF
New York, with swindling and iosg-
cry in connection with his manage
ment Of the North Carolina Oil and
Creosote Company located at Viii
mington, n. G. 1t is also stated
that Canaday is indebted to other
Senators to the amnuns Of $4,000
or more for borrowed money. With
the usual audacity Of men of his
kind Canaday says when the case is
settled It will hive n6 effect upon
his pefsonafintegrlty.
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