Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-01-16
Prom out regular Correspondent ;
Washington Letter.

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Prom out regular Correspondent
| Washington Letter.
| WAsHINGToN, d C.. Jan 5ls90
! Justice Brewer. the new member Of the
| United States Supreme Court. was to-day
| formally nducted TO his seat upon the
greatest tribunal in the world The ccrc-
| mony wa> very simple. The nrw justice,
| dressed IN new and decidedly handsome
| black silk robe. was presented 10 his fu-
ture colleagues in the consulting room ani
followed behind them when lhcy entered
the court room Justice Brewer remained
standing after the other justices had taken
their seats, thcn Chief Justice Fuller.
standing. administered the u>ull oath uf
Office and Judge Brewer became full
fedged Justice Of the Supreme Court, and
took his seat the last tp the left Of the
ChIef Justice.
Congress much abused, but still nec,,-
sary, is again with Us, and Washington re-
julce> and hopes Its guests may make a
long visit For if tongrcs, doe, not tn
t.rely make the Washington mare 90, II
certainly acts ~ spur to that quadruped
and acc-lcrates her pace. The attendance
to-tay Was small in both Houses owing
largely no doubt 10 sickness caused by tie
unusual weather We have been haNl ing this
winter, but not 10 ia grippe" a the sen
satIon mongers will have it, Among tie
vacant chairs on the Republican side of the
House is that OF Judge Kelley, the "tath
er Of the House" And fIom present ap-
pearances tue chair viii never again be
occupied by the venerable Commouer who
has made his last tariff speech. He is
critically i'll in this city from a complica-
,ion of disorders, including a rapidly
growing cancer, and there Is little or no
hope Of bis recovery.
II is stated here that the President is
engaged in preparing a message 10 Con
gre>s recommending that a bill be passed
embodyiug Secretary Winiums plan Of
solving the silver problem No informs-
tipn could be obtained on the subject At
the White House
There Is probability that the race que,
ton In the South Will shortly become one
Of international Importance An English
subject, a minister Of the gospel, has pre-
sented a petition to Sir Julian raunceforte,
the British minister, asking redrc-, for IN
juri,> received by himself ami wife at the
hands of mob in North Carolina. lie
claims To be missionary, and that he and
his wife have been preaching "a the ne
srocs and teaching q negro school. and
that for this uIirnse mob OF White uen
broke into his house after hrlng volley
through the door, wuunding i'm, and beat
lug his wife. The preacher and his wife are
now in Washington, and the British min.
istcr is engaged in investigating their
statements. If found true redress Will be
demanded Of this Government
The sheep raisers Of the country are
standing up manfully for their rights be-
fore the House committee on Ways and
Mean>-they think the tariff on wool
should be raised a little.
There is considerable dissatisfaction
among Congre.smen because Of the exclu-
siveness affected by certain department Of
ticials, aud unless somethin. is done to al
lay it / II early explosion may be expected
and it Will not be the Congressman that
will get hurt. Because man happens to
get into the cabinet or at the head of an
should act as though he was sole proprie-
tor of the entire country.
Everybody is watching to see which way
the House will start this week; everything
If one of the many on-political questions,
things may jog on quietly for quite a
while, but if a political question comes up
it will be fight from the start PROBABLY
the republican leaders will not provoke a
rumpus for some time yet certainly not
| until they get the majority under better
control than was apparent before the holi-
day, but on the other hand, the democrats
will probably do ali in their power to make
a row, for they are much better prepared
for it now than they will be later. So
matters may fairly be said to be in tick
lish condition.
Robert G. Blaine, a brother of Secretary
Blaine, has been appointed deputy First
Auditor of the Treasury. He was an ap-
plicant for the position of Register of
Wills of this District
From official information rec ived from
United States consuls the State department
| officials are under the impression that the
seizing Of certain American merchant yes
sells by the Colombian government was
perfectly 1ustlfable, as the commanders Of
the vessels willfully disobeyed the marine
laws of that country. The New York pa
pers tried to make a big sensation out Of
this little matter, probably because the
vessels are owned and sailed by merchants
of that city.