Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-06-26
Washington Letter.

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ns .I.6TeSident and his family leave to-nor- I
President VIII Yay whe1a fbav have accent
spend as much time with them a. his du-
ties here will permit.
Representative vaux, the picturesque sue
| cessnr To the late Hon. Samuel j. Randall
in the House, made his maiden speech
| Saturday. 1t va, culogy OF Mr. Ran
dali.
| Speaker Reed says he is not a candidate
| for President, but that does not stop the
rapidly increasing sentiment among re-
/ publcans that he possesses all the neces-
sary elements Of a successful Presidential
candidate nor does it prevent many hre"d
and long headed men from predicting his
nomination and election in lo"2,
Tile oiyil service committee of the House
ba, at last male its report upon the IN
xe,tigation of the charges against the
civil service commission. The report eA-
onerates Commissioner Roosevelt ana
Thomson and makes Commissioner
LYMAN the scape goat 1t Is thought mere
that Mr. LYMAN will feel compelled to ten
der his resignation to the President, ana
there isn't the Slightest doubt of its prompt
acrantauce. No one believes that MI.
LYMAN has wilfully done any wrong, but
by his lack of tact and Judgment he mas
shown that he is out of place on the com
c mission. Campbell, the brother-in-law Oh
LYMAN, and the man who stole the ques-
| ZION. which were offered for sale, mas al
ready resigned
: Secretary Noble has announced that no
: person will be allowed TO settle upon the
Ch.rokee lands until the agreement by
u which they have been ceded 20 the 'oNeih II
e ment shall have been ratified by Congress
r Senator Evarts from the Senate Library
# committee has reported a bill appropriate
iug $40 900 to buy the manuscripts and
2 CORRESPONDENCE of Thomas Jefferson whlcu
!, are now in the possession Of his descend
ants
n The Senate Committee on Commerce
)" has by additions. raised the amount appro
le nriated nv the River and Harbor bill since
il passed the House, to SO 900. ne OH
III will be reported to the Senate TINS "ech'
to The Senate Finance committee expect
lg To rpport the Mckinley tariff bill to tn
IN senate this week, unless the denocrati
members of the committee shall wilfull.
Sc delay the consideration Of the severa
Up schedules of the bill which have Dee
turned over to them as fast as the repuon
cans completed them
to Pursuant tc Instructions OF the Hous
republican caucus the Lodge and the Ro"
Ike eli Federal election bills have been merge
ne into one. with some notifications IN Doti
Y and tonight the consolidated bill VIII :
Is submitted to another caucus whlch WI
IL finally decide whether 1t shall be passed
, this session. .,
he General debate on the Jones silver bill
he tho senate was closed this afternoon, an
,ss the House bill, as amended by the Sena
FINANCE committee was substituted ther
ie- for.
lat The Senate subcommittee Which
wn investigating the Fish Commission hi
already taken some very interesting tes'
the monv going to show that Commission
Mcdonald has used the clerical force
the bureau on his private work and that b
'no sides putting several members OF his 1aihi
ON into lucrative positions, he has maze
VII practice of using the boats and oars ow
the ed by the commission to carry pieasu
of parties composed of his family al
friends.
and last week the President found it nece
1t sary to veto another bill providing for t
ers, erection Of useless public building.
De The democratic press now has 1t u
lree Mr.. Blaine and Speaker Reed are Jealo
of each other and that each OF them
irving to shipwreck the political Dark
the other. This is simply summer tvs
die; both Mr.. Blaine and Mr.. Reed are
ute hio and too sensible to be troubled W
that disease Of small minds known as en-
fish or jealousy. While they may not be
perfect accord on all the subjects OF
day, there is no ill-will or hard feeling
, ar the honest difference of opinion exist
with between them, and such stories are told
democratic papers because that party re
these two men and would like to see ID
few Sanstor sherman has introduced In
Senate the same bill, for the incorporat
ming of the Pan American Bank, which Rel
!, sentative Hill recently introduced in
House.