The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-21
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

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The President and his family leave
tomorrow for Cape May where they
have accepted cottage from Post.
master General Wanamaker., Mr..
Harrison will return in a few DAYS
bnt Mrs Harrison and the rest Of the
family will not return for several
months. During the warm weather
the President will pay them weekly
visits and spend as much time with
them as his duties here will permit
Representative Vaux, the pietgr
esque successor to the late Hon. $50.
| mel j. Randall In the House, mad
his maiden speech Saturday. 1t was
a euIogy of Mr.. Randall. ...
Speaker Reed says he Is not can
didate for President, but that does
not stop the rapidly increasing senti-
ment among Republicans that he
possesses all the necessary elements
of successful Presidential candidate
nor does it prevent many shrewd and
long headed. men from predicting his
nomination and election in 1892.
The civil service committee of the
House has at last made its report upon
the investigation of the charges
against the civil service commission.
the report exonerates Commissioner
Roosevelt and Thompson, and makes
Commissioner Lyman the scape.goat.
1t is thought here that Mr., Lyman
will feel compelled to tender his res.
ignation to the President. and there
isn't the slightest doubt of its prompt
acceptance. No one believes that Mr..
/ Lyman has wilfully done any wrong,
but by his lack of tack and judgment
he has shown that he is out of place
on the commission. Campbell, the
brother-in-law of Lyman. and the
man who stole the questions which
were offered for sale, has already re.
signed.
Secretary Noble has announced
that no person will be allowed to gel.
tie upon the Cherokee lands until the
agreement by hich they have been
coded to the Government, shall have
been ratified by Congress. /.
Senator Evarts, from the Senate
Library Committee. has reported
bill appropriating $4,000 to buy the
manuscripts and correspondence Of
Thomas Jefferson which are now In
the possession of his descendants.
The Senate Committee on Com.
merce has, by additions. raised the
amount appropriated by the River
and Harbor bill since it passed the
House, to S25.0OO.O 900. The bill will
be reported to the Senate this week.
The Senate Finance committee ex.
poets to report the Mckinley tariff
bill to the Senate this week, unless
the Democratic members of the COM.
mittee shall wilfully delay the con.
sideration of the several schedules of
the bill which have been tnrned over
to them as fast as the Republicans
completed them. .
Pursuant to instructions of the
House Republican caucus, the Lodge
and the Rowell Federal election bills
have been merged into one, with
some notifications in both, and to.
night the consolidated bill will be
submitted 10 another caucus which
will finally decide whether it shall be
passed at this session.
General debate on the Jones silver
bill in the Senate was closed this at.
ternoon, and the House bill, as
amended by the Senate Finance com.
mittee. was substituted therefor.
The Senate subcommittee which
is investigating the Fish Commission
has already taken some very interest!
ing testimony going to. show that
Commissioner Mcdonald has used
the clerical force of the bureau onhis
private work, and that besides inf.
ting several members of his family
in lucrative positions, he has made
practice of using the boats and oars
owned by the commission to carry
pleasure parties composed of his fam.
lily and friends. =
Last week the President found ~
necessary to veto another bill provid.
ing for the erection of u useless pub.
lie building.
The Democratic press now has II
that Mr.. Blaine and Speaker Read
are Jealous of each other, and that
each Of them is trying to shipwreck
the political bark of the other, This
Is simply summer twaddle. Roth
Mr.. Blaine and Mr.. Reed are too hfO
and too sensible to be troubled with
that disease of small minds known
as envy or jealousy. While they NAV
not be in perfect accord on all the
subjects of the day. there is no IN.
will or hard feelings in the honast