Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Jan, 81, 1890.

Washington, d. c. Jan. 81, 1890.
The President has created al.
most a panic in the ranks of the
gossipers, who have for months
] been ringing the change on all
sorts of ridiculous stories about the
! aill feeling existing between himself
and Senator Quay, by having Sen
1 'ator and Mrs. Quay join him and
i Mrs. HarrisIon in a quiet family
dinner at the White House. The
Invitation and Its acceptance show
! the pleasant relations existing be
tween the two men as scarcely any
thing else would have done.
The agitation against the civil
service law seems to have opened
the eyes of the Commission to the
;deslrability OF making their eXami-
nations more practical. One OF
1.-The latest reforms Is that appli.
lcants for letter carriers, places
$ ball be examined upon the speed
I and accuracy with which they can
read addresses on mail matter, in
stead of upon United States geo.
graphy. By the way, the House
! lCommIttee on Reform in the civil
service to-day decided to make a
favorable report on Representative
,Evarts' res OlutiOn authorizing a
1 Congressional investigation of GER
tain charges against the Civil Ser
! vice Commission.
Senator Chandler seems to have
known what he was about when he
offered his resolution calling upon
the Secretary of the Navy for in.
formation as to the existence among
Naval officers of an organization
formed to influence Congressional
Legislation. The Naval court of
inquiry appointed by Secretary
Tracy has brought out the fact that
there are two such organizations.
Bat it Is safe to consider them as
ALREADY dlsbanded.
Mrs. Harrison held her first pub
jlic reception at the White House
Saturday afternoon. She was as
sisted by Mrs. Senator Frye, Mrs.
Representative Lodge and Mrs.
sCIark, wife Of the popular Assis.
Z liant Post General.
The House Ways ard Means
3Committce is making good pro-
3gress on the tariff bill, and is GER
tain TO have it ready to report in
3February.
The democrats are trying to
make 1t appear that the new sched-
( ule of Rules by which the House is
to be governed is being prepared
5solely by Speaker Reed without
iuy conference with the other mem
sbers of the Committee on Rules
! Nothing could be farther from the
5truth. Mr.. Reed only submitted a
: memorandum to the committee
containing his ideas on the subject,
land at several meetings EX-Speak
( aer Carlisle's suggestions have been
adopted by the Republican mem
sbers. all of which shows that the
sRuIes when completed will not be
1.-THE work OF one man alone.
The discovery of shortage in
fthe accounts of a number of Re-
scelvers of public money in various
! places has suggested to Secretary
mobile the advisability of making a
radical change IN the present sys'
Item of keeping accounts with those
I aohicial, and he has requested Sec
aretary Window to designate an ex-
3pert from the Treasury Department
I Ito assist in perfecting a new sys'
Item.
The House Committee on the
3World's Fair is IN an apparent
dead lock (; the Senate Committee
lis doing nothing, and time Is hy-
ging.
4 Tbe House Committee on Elec'
afiona having renOrted In favor oil