Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-10-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
T Written and compiled for the HERAL

Written and compiled for the HERALD
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept 21.-Tht
President is taking his own time about
making the important appointments which
he has had under consideration since hi:
return to Washington and the consequence
is that the guesser is working the sltua
ton for all it is worth. One of the latest
guesSes is that Commissioner OF Pensions
Raum Will shortly resign and ex-senator
Blair be appointed to succeed him an
other is that Attorney General Miller will
remain in the Cabinet and Hon. John Nj.
Butler, of Indiana, an old friend of the
President, Will receive the appointment
to the vacant place on the Court OF
| Claims. and still another is that eX-
Representative McComas has finally and
positively declined to become member
1 of the Civil Service Commission. There
are others-.hundreds OF 'em-but these will
do for specimens. The fact of the matter
is that the President is keeping mp bis
reputation for letting the other fellows
do the talking until he has finally made
m his mind. He knows that there ia no
special need of his marrying in making
the appointments he is now considering,
and true to the policy he has followed
from the first day he entered the White
House, he will carefully weigh the merits
and claims of all and appoint the best
man, all things considered, to be had.
Secretary Foster expects to leave some
time this week for Ohio, where be pro
poses taking an active part in helping to
add to Major McKinley's majority and to
the election of Republican legislature,
and no one can talk to him for five min
utes on the subject without becoming con-
vinced that his enthusiastic confidence
will be an important factor IN the cam
paign.
1t is a noticeable fact that although
there is only one Democratic appointment
in sight-the successor to the late w. j..
Bragg, of Alabama, On the Interstate
Commerce COmmission-there are as
many Democratic callers at the White
House as there are Republicans, and
nearly all of the Democratic callers, which
include Senators, Representatives and
Justices of the Supreme Court, want g
different man appointed. Representative
Culbertson, of Texas, is now the favorite
outside.
Postmaster General Wansmaker has, al
the request of Postmaster Johnson, O
Baltimore, directed the Chief of the in
spection service to make searching in
vestigation of the charges, contained In {
report made by Civil Service Commits
sioner Roosevelt some time ago, of viola
tions of the Civil Service law. Mr.. John
son is confident that he can prove that
Mr.. Roosevelt vas mistaken in the con
cluslons he arrived at.
Capt. Fisher, Chief Clerk of the Pen
sion Bureau, was stricken with paralysis
while at his desk Saturday morning
This IS the second similar attack he ha!
had.
The Treasury department is still re
ceiving a. per cent bonds for extension
"a well as for redemption. Up to The
close of business Saturday the tota
amount presented for extension at , pei
cent. had reached $25, 0l7, $50 and for re
demption Sl7,223, $50. None of these
bonds can be extended after October |.
Senator Dubois, of Idaho, IS in town
He saws there is no doubt in his minC
about the Republicans carrying all of the
northwestern States next year. Speak
ing for his own immediate section he
said: "ThIs administration has favored
our section in almost every important
matter and antagonlzed it IN none. Tn
der it our lead-sllyer mines have beer
protected and as a natural sequence min
ing industries have been stimulated tC
profitable activity. The administration
of the general land Offices has been mos
satisfactory to the settlers, and our pOsta
facilities are in better shape than eyel
before. We secured statehood under thi'
administration and we feel that it ha!
been friendly and considerate to US it
the extreme. j. it strange that we should
have every confidence in il z 1t is true
that Mr.. Harrison does not exactly suit
us on the SILVER question, bnt he comes a
near to it as any Presidential possibility
and think we can WIN next year easiel
with him than with any one else"
The annual report of COMMISSIONS
Carter of the General Land Office has
been submitted to Secretary Noble. Ii
makes an excellent showing, and puts in
strong argument for storage reservoirs
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