The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-11-07
WASHINGTON.


WAsifiN0roN, Oct. AZ, 1890.
Attorney General Miller has experienced
chaule OF heart since u. \. Treasurer
Huston wrote sneeringly OF him that he took
no inlerea, In "practieal politics" or else he
was acting under the direct orders OF his
superior officer, Mr. benjamin Harrison,
who Is an adept In the peculiar shade OF
"prae,ical politics" that has given the In
diana republicans their great "hocks OF
i've reputation, when he revoked an order
issued by Attorney General Garland pro-
htbi'ing the employment of deputy U s,
Marshalsto act IN connection with elections
for longer period than i've daye. MIR
Garland issued the order to prevent the
notorious John | Davenport bankruptlng
the U, :, Treasury by hiring for weeks be.
fore the elections Ia New York thousands
of deputy marshals at SIS DAY, whose
only business was TO work for the republl-
can party, and for the present Attorney
General 10 revoke that order at this timc
Is as arrant bit of par,isanshlp as was
ever exhibited by member of any ad-
mlnlstJatlon.
Under the law these deputy marshal
car only be employed In towns of more
than 20, 900 Inhabitants and Il Is now GER
tain that Swarms OF them are to be en-
ployed In every town above that popula-
,ion in the country, In fact they have been
employed and under pay at the rate of SIS
a day for some days past, and everyone oi
these men are republican workers, mostly
OF the sort that have no scruplcs when q
political advantage can be gained. II will
now be in order for Messrs Quay, Dude,
llustoa Il Co, to take the Attorney Cen
eral 10 their hearts, ,and-herc's the milk 10
the cocoanut--induce the republicans oi
Indiana to withdraw their opposition TO hi'
being nominated by Mr. Harrison as sue
ceseor to the late Justice Miller. fe gods
how this little Miller will rattle around Il
the chair Of the dead Miller
Ex- President Cleveland has been her,
several days In attendance upon the Su
prcme Court wheTe q case In which he i
counsel Is being heard. lie |, receiving
great deal OF attention, and II he would &C
cert Invitations he would be made socia
lion OF, but he saws this Is strltt!y busi
ness trip, and that he will Come again ans
bring Mrs Cleveland. whom all Washing
ton loves, with him
The question OF ,hs validity of the nev
tariff law having been raised by the Ne,
Sork importers, and such able lawyers a
Senators Carlisle aud Mcpherson hayinI
expressed the opinion that the omission q
the paragraph reducing the taxation o.
, tobacco fIom the cory Of tl,e bin signed b
. Mr. Harrison made the entire law void,
has greatly disturbed the administration
Mr Harrison was aware of this error 800
. after congress adjourned and 10 have
, corrected was one OF the reasons he was .
= anxious to have an extra session. lio'
: the Supreme Court would decide th
i. question, should the importers dcicimln
>, 10 carry Il into the courts, il, OF eours
problvnatical, but thr chances arc tha, IN
republicans or the bench would take d
, same view Of Il that prominen, members
= their party have already expressed --th
, the omission Of 4 clause tn the bill only c
;. feet the clause 50 omitted Represents
r. tive Bayue,one OF the republican conieree
made bad break In his effort to cxplli
the omission by saying tina: !, was inses
/, tlonal on the part of the eonfcrees. Sea-
. Tor Carlisle also enc OF the couierceI Prov
!. the contrary 10 have been The case.