The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, $780,
The President left on his Western
trip this morning. He will 90 direct
to Galesburg, ILL.,, where his old bri-
gade will hold reunion on Wednes-
day. Thursday he will take part in
the SOLDIERS Day" exercises at the
OttumWa, Iowa, Exposition. Fri
day he will attend the veterans cele-
bratiOn at TOPEKA, Kans., going
from there to visit his brother at
Kansas City. Saturday he will he
the hnnored guest of the Yelled
Prophet, who will hold his gorgeous
annual festival 1T st. Louis on that
day. Sunday he will spend at his old
Indianapolis home and Monday
morning he will start on his return,
coming by way Of Pittsburg, and he
is expected back at tbe White House
on Tuesday.
When will Congress put an end to
the ridiculous and expensive practice
of closing department Of the Gov
eminent on the day of the funeral of
every ex-secretary Saturday the
the Treasury department was closed
on account of the death of Hon. p. F.
Thomas, Of Maryland, who was for
less than a month in the last days of
the Buchanan administration, Spcre-
tary of the Treasury. | haYe not the
exact dates, but am quite sure that it.
costs the Government 1T least 100000
to close that department., one of the
largest, for day, aud it means moth
ing hut a holiday for the employees,
who are already literally provided
for in that respect. This aenseless
custom furnishes great opportunity
for some "Watch dog" of Uncle Sans
money box to make fame and at the
same time save a considerable amount
of cash.
To-day the Mckinley tariff law
goes into effect. aud Secretary Win
dom says there will he no trouble at
even the most remote Custom Houses,
as copies of the new law were mailed
to all of the collectors some days ago.
and full instructions have been pre-
pared at the Treasury department in
regard to its Interpretation and adj
ADMINISTRATION. and teiegraphed to the
more prominent ports. Owing to the
extraordinary Efforts Of the importers
to load up before the new law went
into effect, it is expected that there
will be a great decrease in import
duties for some months TO come.
The Democrats are in woeful state
of mind over the condition of the
Congressional campaign, and already
many of them are disc0unting the
defeat which they see staring them
in the face by saying that they would
prefer seeing the next House Repub-
lican because it woulu increase their
changes of carrying the Presidential
election of 1872, but all the same they
are doing their level best to carry it
themselves. All this talk about the
Democratic campaign committee not
having any money is simply Dosh.
1t is a part Of the "lteep-oaSy" pro-
gramme which Mr.. Flower mas
adopted. They have all the money
they want, and it hehOOves the Re
publirans of the close aud doubtful
districts to keep their eyes wide open
to see that none Of it is used corruptly.
1t is because il is intended to use itin
that manneI that this cry of "nO
money" has been raised. Mr..
Flower, the millionaire chairman of
the Democratic Congressional com
mittep, started it ny complaining, in
a newspaper interview, that no one
had contributed to the campaign fund
but himself. and that he tad Il pur-
pose in making that statement is not
for a moment to be doubted, and
that purpose is to make the Repub-
licans believe that their opponents
will have no money to spend on the
election.
Capt. James +. White of Chicago,
oas been appointed superintendent of
the Raj way Mail Service to succeed
J. LOwrie Bell, promoted to he Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster General.
Capt. White has been continuously
connected with the Railway Mail
Service since the close of the war. and
was one of the two division superin-
tendents retained by the Cleveland
administration, aud is eminently
qualified to fill the position with
credit to himself and satisfaction to
the public.
Secretary Tracy has given the con-
tracts for building two of the man.
moth battle ships, provided for by
Congress, to the Cramps of PhiIadel-
phia, and for the other one to the
Union Iron Works of San Francisco.
They are tn cOSt 50 100 Goo each