The Penn's Grove record., 1891-06-19
Washington Letter.

NeAAohS
MI. Harrison is said to be deeply con-
cerned on the silver question and Very
anxious to acquaiut himself with the
sentiment of the people in all sections
of the country upon this very important
question. According to my informa-
ton, which is unqueslionably reliable,
10 man of prominence calls upon Mr..
Harrison without having his opinion
asked about silver and being question
ed about the sentiment of the people in
the section from which he comes. 1t is
supposed that this active interest is caus-
ed by recent statements of those who
will have much to do with the shaping
of legislation in the next Congress that
ii free coinage bill would lie among the
first passed after the Fifty-second Con-
gress meets. Both republicans and
democrats would like 10 get this silver
question decided before the Presiden-
tial campaign, and it may be, although
it is extremely doubtful, that Mr.. Har-
rison intends springing a surprise OIL
the country by signing the bill after it
is passed.
If There has been Il single adverse
criticism upon any one of the judges
named by Mr.. Harrison to sit upon the
bench of the new private land claims
/. court it las not been made public here.
They are all lawyers Of high standing
I in their own States, and every one of
them has been upon the bench of their
>lz.e courts. The fact that two out of
z1s IKE aIe democrats has also served
J.. gesT=-. criticism. The new judges
lts J. ". Reed. q Iowa; w. F. Stone,
a CossFz5s- Il. G. >luss, of Kansas, l..
< EEl8s-. 1t North Carolina, and w.
a. Murgay. q Tennessee.
Tie WAY 10 reform abuses is TO put an
( sz4i 10 them. Such evidently was the
( egjusea Of Commissioner of Patents
f Nt;cheEl when he issued his recent Or
Ger amending the rules of the Patent
/ caies 81 as &c at absolutely prohibit any
/ attorney or agent. who had BEEN an en-
I VlGyee Of that Office. appearing in be-
hail OF any application upon which he
! bad III ans way acted while II Govern
meus tInpluye. Tile full Significance
of this reform may lie better understood
when il is kliuWm that for many years
Examiners III the Patent Office have
rejected thousands OF applications, par
~licuafly those from !alties whom they
had reason to suppose could not afford
to put up sufficient cash to appeal from
the Examiners decision, for no other
reason than that they might afterwards,
as attorneys, get Il tee for getting the
Same allowed; thuS, not only iobbing
the Inventor to tie extent of the addi-
tiOnal fee, but keeping him out Of his
patent until, in many cases, il had be-
come worthless on account of later i'll
ventions. In future Examiners will
have to decide applications solely on
their merits, aud not as many of Them
fortunately not all OF them-have so
long done, With Il view to their own flu
ture profit.
Secretary Foster has by no means lost
interest in Ohio politics since lie enter
ed the Cabinet, and lie has gone to Ohio
to assist i'll nominating Il republican
candidate for Governor, and he viii, also
probably take advantage of the gather.
ing of men f'nm all sections of the State
at the convention to Put in some licks
for 80, and to fluid out how much dam
ger there is for the republican party in
the growth of a third party il the State.
Col, w. W. Dudley, who is usually
classtd as an anti Harrison man, hasn't
ii high opinion of the recent anti Har-
riSon gathering at Indianapolis. lie
says Of IT.: They are acting like IL los
of fools. The idea Of theiI trying to do
anything like that eighteen months be-
fore the convention. The thing is not
important or significant. II is simply Il
move OF some OF GreSham's friends to