Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
[From our regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 81, 1890.
Attorney General Miller has exper-
fenced a change Of heart since U. S.
Treasurer Huston wrote sneerinly of
him that he took no interest in "practi-
cal politics." or else he was acting un-
der the direct orders of his superior of
ficer, Mr.. Benjamin Harrison who is an
adept in the particular shade of 'prac-
tical politics" that has given the India
ma republicans their great "blocks of
five" reputation, when he revoked an
order issued by Attorney General Gar
land prohibiting the employment of
deputy U. s. Marshals to act in connec-
ton with elections for a longer period
than five days. Mr.. Garland issued the
order to prevent the notorious John
I. Davenport bankrupting the u. s.
Treasury by hiring for weeks before the
elections in New York thousands of
deputy marshals at SIS day, whose on
ly business was to work for the republi-
can party, and for the present Attorney
General to revoke that order at this
time is as arrant bit of partisanship
as was ever exhibited by a member of
any administration.
Under the law these deputy marshals
can only be employed in towns of more
than 10000 inhabitants and it is now
certain that swarms of them are to be
employed in every town above that
population in the country, in fact they
have been employed and under pay at
the rate of SIS day for some days past,
and everyone of these men are republic
can workers, mostly of the sort that
have no scruples when a political ad-
vantage can be gained. It will now be
in order for Messers Quay, Dudley,
Huston & Co. to take the Attorney Cen
eral to their hearts and-here's the
milk in the cocoanut-induce the re-
publicans of Indiana to withdraw their
opposition to his being nominated by
Mr.. Harrison as successor to the late
Justice Miller. Ye gods! how this little
the dead Miller.
Ex-President Cleveland has been here
several days in attendance upon the
Supreme Court where case in which
he is counsel is being heard. He is re-
ceiving great deal of attention, and If
he would accept invitations he would
be made a social lion of, but
he says this is strictly business trip,
and that he will come again and bring
Mrs. Cleveland, whom all Washington
loves, with him.
The question of the validity of the
new tariff law having been raised by
the New York importers, and such able
lawyers as Senators Carlisle and Nc
Pherson having expressed the opinion
that the omission of the paragraph re-
ducing the taxation on tobacco from the
copy of the bill signed by Mr.. Harrison
made the eutire law void, it has greatly
disturbed the administration. Mr.. Har.
rison was aware of this error soon after
Congress adjourned and to have it cor.
rected was one of the reasons he was SC
anxious to have an extra session. How
the Supreme Court would decide this
question, should the importers deter.
mine to carry it into the Courts, is, o.
course, probmatical, but the chances
are that the republicans on the bench
would take the same view of it thai
prominent members of their party have
already expressed-that the omission
of clause in the bill only effects the
clause omitted. Representative
Bayne, one of the republican conferees
made bad break In his effort to ex
pldlu tue OliilSSAou Wy saying Ihdo !
was intentional on the part of the con
ferees. Senator Carlisle, also one ofth'
conferees, proves the contrary to be th'
case.
! Civil Service Commissioner Roosvel
can be a very, very funny fellow wher
he tries. He has issued q manifesto
which deserves high place In the hu
morous literature of the day. Will
the agents of the various republican as
sociates bull-dozing and threatening t.
blacklist the Government employs i
they don't contribute, right under hi
nose, Mr.. Roosevelt writes to the presi
dents of these associations warning
them that members of their association
In the Government service will be pros
ecuted If they violate the law. Coult
anything be more farcical?
If the best information attainabl,
here is correct l don't see how the dem
ocrats can fail to carry the House. Th'
Congressional committee figures on los
ing only four districts 1t has in the pres
ent House, and on making the follow
} ing gaines: Twoin New York, two II
. North CaroIioa, one in South Carolina
one in Louisiana, one In Alabama, tw,
in Arkansas, seven In Ohio, two In 10