The Washington critic., 1890-01-28
EAlkLLLAR EACES.

5ault Ste. Marie, Mich, Is here urging
the passage of special bill for the
Of the ST. Mary's River.
The bill was introduced by Senator |
Davis of Minnesota, who has ut heart the |
interests Of vessel owners living at |
Duluth, as we'll as the freight-carrying
steamship lines all along the Lake sys-
TEN. There is some opposition to the
bill because IL is special. The Southern
who are always hungry for
appropriations in the general River and
Harbor bill, think that the ST. Mary's
Improvement bill should be incorpo-
rated into the regular bill and take its
chances with the rest. Ex-Congross
man Seymour comes from Michigan
loaded with facts sure 10 convince the
Southern men that the bill should pass.
General John G. Underwood, at one
time Lieutenant Governor of kentucky,
and later candidate for the Governor
ship nomination, is in the city. lie is
now q resident of Columbus, o.. and Is
the chief officer of the Patriarch Mill
tants' division of the ]. O. o. L. lie is
handsome man, as God made him,
and after he puts on his uniform and
full regalia OF the order he is simply
magnificent. After leaving Kentucky
he sought to establish zeal Demo
cratic paper in Cincinnati in opposition
to John r. McLeans Enquirer. 1t was
O hopeless undertaking from the first
and the Enquirer soon absorbed not
only the paper but several Of its best
men, among them Colonel w. A.. Tay-
lor, now clerk of the Ohio Senate, and
Claude Meeker, Governor Campbell's
private secretary.
Mr. Emory Thompson, who was last
week appointed postmaster at McKees-
port, still fingers in the city to watch
enemies who are coming in TO prevent
his confirmation. He is q sort of car
pet.bagger politician, they say, who
has been in Nc Keesport but three
years. and he is also accused of being
favorite of Chris. Magee, Pennsylva-
mia political potentate, who has been un-
mercifully knocked out by Senator Mat
thew Stanley Quay. Some very mean and
ugly things have been said of Thomp-
son to Wanamaker and no wonder he is
watchful while his fate is being settled.
No doubt he is unpopular with Nc.
Keesport citizens, but they forget that
in Pennsylvania the. politicians, not the
people, are consulted on appointments.
General II. V. Boynton of the Gin
cinnati C0mmerctGl Gazette is out, after
a twoweeks' battle with the grip. which
he describes as worse fight than that
of Chickamauga. Major Stofer of
Culpeper, Va, correspondent of the
Richmond Dispatch, has also returned
after a ten-days' interview with La
Grippe in the Old Dominion
The appointment Of Augustine Heard
of Massachusetts as Consul to Corea has
made troublesome discussion among
New England Congressmcn, the more
because he had not been lecommended
by his own Congressman. General
Coeswell. During the summer of 1889
| Heard was real estate agent at Bar
| Harbor. and while Harrison was the
guest of Blaine Heard was introduced
as a New England magnate. This ac-
counts for the appointment
There are only S5, 600 greenback bills
now outstanding, although the Treasury
| Department has endeavored to call in
| all bills of large denominations. There
is but one $40, 900 greenback bill in eX-
istence which is still uncanceled. Ii
is now in the Treasury vaults. The
! $4,000 bills of to-day are gold certiii.
Gates. ExCounty Treasurer Frank
Rotterman of Cincinnati says that foi
| years mis- Office has carried s., ,00C
| greenback as relic, and that every
treasurer kept the bill and will not send
it back to the Treasury for redemption
statesman, is surprised at the appoint
ment of Heard as Minister to Corea
Senator Hoar is also said to have looked
over his glasses twice when he saw the
announcement, because he supposed
that Corea was entitled to both Min
lister and Consul General, not think
ing that the offices were combined
Mr.. Fowler of Winchester, Mass, was
the. candidate of Lodge and Senate
Hoar. Fowler is son in law of Marcus
G. Cook, q very rich merchant of Bos
ton. However, Heard had strong in
dorsements from New York importers
whose influence with the Administra
ton was very fetching The Hear(
family has for years been interested il
Chinese importations, and the Ministe
just appointed lived for several years il
the Flowery Kingdom as the representa-
tive of the American firm.
A prominent Chicago guest ut viii
lard's is George NJ. Sargent, who i
well known throughout the great am
breezy Northwest as railway suppl
agent abounding in wealth and ideas
His errand here is for Chicagos Worl
Fair and also to advance his bushes
interests. He is president of the Cb
cago auxiliary railway committee o
the World's Fair project.
II is not an uncommon thing to see
dyed in the, wool Democrat hoverin
around the Capitol, but when you Sc
one shadowing Republican Congress
man it looks suspicious. This wa
what Hon. Adair Wilson was doing /
the Iotunda at Willard's, but he declare
most emphatically that his visit her
had no political significance. Nj
Wilson halls from that section of th
Centennial State where sage brus
lnIlNCS, lIIlpullOn ullSuCS ult llutllGGOl
and where ex-senator Tom Bowen dt
rives enough income from his silvC
mine to make the manipulators of tn
red and blue chips feel weary when the
come in contact with him He hf
been conspicuous figure in Colorad
politics for years and it would be COZ
sidered very tame TO have State Dem,
cratic convention without Adair Wilso
present. The gentleman from d
Norte' has very clever influence ov,
the Mexican colony in the San Lou