Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-04-20
WASHINGTON CITY.
An Interesting Letter From our Reg
 ular Correspondent.
WAsHINeroN, April 12th., 1Ss9


 Secretary Blaine laughed heartily when a gentleman asked him if there
 was any truth in the story that he ln- tended shortly to retire from the Cabi- net, and for answer passed his hand around the gentleman's arm and con ducted him over to look at the interior changes that are being made in the old Seward mansion. near the White House, preparatory to its occupancy by the Blaine family next fall.
 The Democratic attempt to make it it appear that the relations between the President and Secretary Blaine are not pleasant and harmonious has proven dismal failure. The opinion here is that the whole story was concocted and writ ten in the office of the New York paper which printed it as special Washing ton dispatch. What makes this opinion all the stronger IS that this same paper in its editorial columns has been pre- dieting just such state of affairs ever since the fourth of March. It IS very strange that such startling discovery should have been made by only one cor respondent, out of hundred prowling around Washington seeking news for their papers. Unless something chat IS at the present time entirely unlocked for shall occur, Secretary Blaine will continue to look after our foreign affairs until March 1893, if not longer.
 So few appointments have peep made by the President this week that sus- picion has been created among the crowd of office seekers here that the slow pace has been adopted for the special purpose of tiring them out. The result is that many of them have gone home leaving their papers on file, believing that to be the best policy.
 The president informed democratic senator that it was his purpose when ever he had to appoint democrat to office, such as one member of the civil service commission and the interstate commerce commission, to insist upon his being protectionist. This decision has created panic among the free trade democratic aspirants, chief among whom may be mentioned ex-Secretary of the Treasury Thompson, who wants to serve his country as a civil service commis- sioner.
 It is stated at the state department that an understanding has been reached with England and Germany whereby it is agreed that pending the termination of the coming Samoan conference at Berlin the three treaty powers-Eng- land, Germany and the United States shall each keep only one war vessel at Samoa.
 The agricultural department has con cluded the series of experiments, com menced several years ago, on the manu- facture of sugar from sorghum, and Prof. Wiley, who has been in charge of them concludes that the manufacture on a small scale can be made commer- cially successful.
 It is stated positively in quarters where it would most likely be known, that Col. Duffield, of Michigan, has been selected for the place of solicitor gen eral. It may be some time, however, before the appointment will be made, as l the present solicitor general, MT. Jenks, l has been requested to remain in office i until the government telephone cases | have been disposed of by the supreme l court.
 The President has been thinking of | taking a short vacation in order to get | some much needed rest, but he has | finally decided not to leave Washington | until the 29th. instant, when he goes to New York to take part in the centennial | The president and Mrs. Harrison will be the guests of vice presi- | dent and Mrs. Morton at Rhinebeck, their country residence, near New York | city, during the celebration, and for | week afterwards.
 The daily official mail at the White | House has gradually dwindled down un- til it averages about seven hundred let ters, nearly every one of which contains an application for office.
 The story going the rounds of the | press about Gen. Harrison offering the | of Lexington; Virginia, to the widow of Gen. Stonewall Jackson is such beautiful one that it seems pity almost to spoil it by saying it is not true. But so it is. No such offer has ever been made or even thought of by either the president or postmaster general.
 There is nothing mugwumpish about Noble. It having been print ed that he had issued an order to pre- vent Commissioner of Pensions Tanner from discharging incompetent domo- cratic employees in his office, the secre- tary has declared himself on the subject | in manner that leaves no doubt of his | being in perfect accord with the "cor- poral"