Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-03-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
IIfom our reguIar Corespo opdspi. /

President Harrison is about as mad 8
man as 1t would be possible to find in Z
days travel. He has become fully salts
/ fed that at least two men, prominently
connected with the administration
Assistant Postmaster General Clarksor
and U. s. Treasurer Huston-have beer
abusing him at every opportunity anG
telling other friends that they intended
to resign just as soon as they could find
an opportunity to embarrass him by sc
doing. He also has under suspicion
several other high officials and 1t would
not be at all surprising II several resig
nations were peremptorily demanded
by him In the near future.
Balloting for the selection of loca.
tion for the Warld's Fair will begun In
the House late this afternoon or to.
morrow, and be kept up until the ques.
tion is settled. Chicago will start in
the lead, but your correspondent has
the best Of reasons for believing that nc
Worlds Fair will be held at either
Chicago or New York, even if one oi
them should be selected. The Senate
will kill any measure that does moi
locate the fair at Washington, because
they fear that its location at Chicago
would mean the loss of Illinois, or al
New York City, the loss of New York
in the next Presidential campaign
This is in accordance with boss Quay's
orders before he went on his Florida
fishing trip. Mr.. Mills, of Texas will
make strong effort to defeat the fail
bill in the House. but he will fail.
The new styles of postage stamps
were placed on sale Saturday by the
postoffice department. The Improve.
ment, If there is any, is hardly visible
to the naked eye.
For many years one of the regular
Congressional jobs has been the PROPOSE.
tion to have the Government buy all
the real estate south of Pennsylvania
avenue between the Treasury and the
Capitol. 1t has been knocked out so
often that it was thought to have been
entirely abandoned, but it is ::again on
deck, and bill has been introduced in
Congress. Only q few months ago,
when there was freshet in the Po-
tomac river, the greater portion of this
ground was under from six inches to
four feet of water. Nice sort of prop
erty to ask Congress to buy to put pub
lie building upon isn't it?
Notice has been given that as soon as
the House finishes with the Worlds
Fair the contested election cases are to
be called up. There are four cases
ready. Three of which the committee
have, by party vote, reported in fa-
vor of the Republican contestants, and
one, by a unanimous vote, in favor of
the Democrats now occupying the seat.
The investigation of the Civil Ser
vice commission, which was begun last
week will be resumed this week. Ex-
Commissioner Oberly is 10 be one of the
witnesses examined.
The chairman of the New York anti
monopoly leauge made an argument
against Mr.. Wanamakers postal-tele-
graph bill before the House postoffice
committee Friday. He opposed the
bill because it proposed to give the
business of the country to private cor
poration. He said he represented the
working people who sent few kilograms
and who would get little if any benefit
if the bill should become a law, and
that the postoffice department had more
business now than it could manage sat-
isfactorily without adding this expert
ment.
Twelve bids have been made to the
Treasury department for the exclusive
privileges of taking seals in the waters
to Alaska for twenty years,
and in every one of them the price
named is much higher than the Gov
now receives. No award has
vet been made.
1t is hinted In inside Republican cir
cles that Mr.. Harrison's trip to Penn
sylvania last week was really for a
political purpose; he is trying
to capture the State dele.
cation to the next Republican national
convention, and while Quay was in
Florida he thought it good time to
visit the State, and the opening of
the free library at Allegheny City furn-
ished the opportunity.
The Senators, or rather some of them,
are growing about the newspaper men
finding out everything they do in
secret session, and are trying to devise
means to prevent it. If they would
have their ordinary executive sessions
open the trouble would be ended.
The regular war on lotteries which is
made in early days of every session of
Congress, by the introduction of bills,
has begun. It's a farce, why not en-
force some of the laws we now have on
the subject instead of wasting time en-
acting.
The House and Ways and Means
are practically at stand
still in the preparation of tariff bill.
The Finance committee of the Senate
has decided to report the bill for in
creasing the coinage of silver dollars to
81 900, 900 month.
Ex-Secretary Whitney is here with
the New York Worlds Fair delegation.