The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-17
Warrington Letter.
(Erom our regular correspondeRt.)
W.suINcro ID G Oct L 1901

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WASHINGTON. ID. c., Oct. Is. 1890.
The anticipated return of the President
to morrow has started the fountains of
political gossip to running at a ve"y rapid
rate. 1t is stated that Mr.. Harrison will
issue a proclamation for an extra session
of Congress as soon as he arrives here,
calling it for Monday, Nov. 18th, | don't
believe he will do anything of the kind;
but there are lots of people usually well
informed as to political moves. including
Senator Hiscock. who do believe it.. so |
give it to you for what it is worth. An
other story that finds many believers here,
but which | have been unable to verify, is
| that Mr.. Harrison has made up his mind
that he wants the resignation of Gen.
| Raum, Commissioner of Pensions, and
that he will at once ask for it. Something
of that kind may happen after Congress
meets, but I'll bet a big red apple. and
| apples are valuable now, that Gen. Raum
is not disturbed until after the Congress
slonal Committee which investigated Rep
resentative Cooper's charges against him
shall have made its report, and that re-
| port cannot be made until after Congress
meets. Mr.. Harrison cannot have any
! official knowledge Of any shortcomings
on the part of Gen. Raum until that re-
port is made, and it would be maniiestly
unfair to take any action until then.
The politicians here have way peeuli-
arly their own of bringing about things
which ordinarily require many months to
arrive at maturity. For instance, they
have already, in their minds, elected Sec
retarY Tracy to succeed Senator Evarts,
and had also in their minds ex-senator
Tom Platt of "Me too fame, appointed
Secretary of the Navy. Mr.. Tracy may
become a Senator from New York, should
his party carry the legislature of that
State, but why Mr.. Platt should accept
the position which he refused with scorn
at the beginning of the present admins
t%ration, is a little more than I can under
stand, and that lie was asked to take the
place of Secretary of the Navy in Mr.. Ilar-
rison's cabinet, instead of the Secretary
ship of the Treasury to hich he aspired,
| have as absolute knowledge as a third
party can possibly have of a transaction
which he did not actually overhear and
witness.
Mr.. Blaine could not stand the charge of
''sulking 10 his tent" which was brought
against him because lie said the business
of the Department of State was too press
ing to allow him to go to Ohio to make
speeches in behalf of Representative Nc
Kinley, therefore he has changed his mind
and announced that he will go to Ohio
and make several speeches in Mr.. McKin
ley's district.
The new tariff law is making life a bur
den to those officials of the Treasury De-
partment connected with the Customs
division, Letters and kilograms are con
stantly pouring in from the Collectors all
over the country, asking eoDundrums
that would have puzzled the tabled Phil
adelphia lawyer. The Treasury Depart
ment has given notice that it viii hear no
appeals from the decisions made by the
Collectors of Customs relating to impor-
~tations under the new law.
Justice Samuel F. Miller, of the United
States Supreme Court, was suddenly par
alysed Friday afternoon on the street near
his residence in this city. He was carried
into his house and seemingly got better
that night, but Saturday morning he be-
gan 20 grow worse and continued to do so
until he died yesterday. His death is a
national calamity. He was in his 10Th
year, and was the oldest member of the
court, both in years and in length Of SER
vice, having been appointed by Lincoln in
1862. Justice Miller was one Of the few
men who could be a partisan of the most
radical type without ever having the
slightest imputation cast upon his judicial
integrity, and who always had the respect
and personal friendship Of his political
opponents. He was the author of many
important opinions, some of them exciting
extended comment, particularly those re-
lating to State rights, some of which went
as far in their way as any ever expressed
by Calhoun in notification days. 'The
King is dead. Long live the King" Pee
pie are already beginning to talk of Justice
Miller's successor, and the popular opin-
ION seems to be that Mr.. Harrison will in
sist on appointing Attorney-G General Mil
Ter, whom he was anxious to appoint last