The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, August 81, 1891.
The President has sent no word to the
White House as to when he will return
to Washington and the impression is
that he will not be back to remain until
October, although it is possible that he
may come here for day or two during
this week or next, or he may conclude
to send for such members of the cabinet
as he may wish to consult to visit him at
Cape May Point 1t will be quite i'm
possible for Mrs. Harrison to live in the
White House in any comfort for some
weeks, owing tt the presence of large
force of workmen therein making re.
pairs and improvements.
A gentlemen who saw the President
and talked with him last week in Yer.
mont said regarding the appointments of
a successor to Secretary Proctor: II am
satisfied that Mr.. Harrison has not de.
cided upon the man he wishes to have
Tor Secretary of War in place of Mr..
Proctor, and that he will take his time
IN considering the merits of all the gen.
tiemen whom he may think available
and think it but fair that he should be
allowed to do this without having the
claims of this or that man or section
thrust upon him in an offensive manner.
who can possibly he more interested in
selecting Just the right man than Mr..
HARRISON? Many names have been men.
TONED IN connection with the place, and
some OF them are entirely good enough
Tor this or any other position. but YOU
may rely upon it that so far it is nothing
but guess work, although, of course. |
Will not undertake to say that it NAV
not stutn out that one of the guessers
struck the right name"
1t is amusing to see the scramble
winch the vacancy in the board of Inter
state Commerce Commissioners, caused
by the death Of w. L. Bragg, of Ala.
bama, has brought about among the
democrats. The place is worth 81. 800 a
year, and it must be filled by demo.
crat, but the trouble is that there are
nifty OF them who wish to fill it. Each
OF the Alabama Senators has candi.
date and Representative Herbert Of the
same State is perfectly willing to re.
sign his seat in Congress if Mr.. Harrison
will give him the vacancy. Exon.
gresham Hammond, of Georgia, would
also like to draw that 81, 500 per an.
mum. Texas has two candidates-Ex
Senator Reagan, who was practically
compelled to leave the Senate and take
the head of the Texas State railroad
commission, and who is extremely anx
ious to get back to Washington to live
and Representative Culbertsop, who i,
wiling to give up not only his seat il
the House, but his hope of seat in tn,
Senate. Mr.. Almerin Gillet, of Kansas
thinks the vacant chair would ms
about tit him. Ex.Attorney. Genera
Garland, of Arkansas, is willing to sac
rlilce his law practice for regular
monthly salary, and Gen. L. S. Bragg
OF Wisconsin,, namesake of the de
ceased, but no relation, thinks it woul
be well to avoid a change of name.
II
Washington will go to the battlefield o
Gettysburg, Pa, September Sd, wher
they will meet a distinguished part
from Illinois, including the Governe
and State officers. The three monu
ments erected by Illinois on the battle
field will be presented to the State b,
Gen. J. L. Beveridge and accented b,
Gov. Flfer. Afterwards the who'll
party will return to Washington.
Saturday night public reception wa
gwen to the returning members Of tn,
Union Veterans Union and to Gen. S. S
Yoder, the newly elected Grand Com
mander of the Union, which has decide
to hold its next years meeting here a
the same time that the G. A. r. Ma
ton Encampment is held.
Representative Springer, of Illinois
is credited with maintaining the mos
active literary bureau of any of the can
didates for Speaker. He believes in tn
power of the press and has in his EN-
ploy number of experienced writer
who are kept busy preparing article
showing tthe peculiar fitness of Mr.
Springer for the position. These arti
Giles have mostly appeared in the demo
Graz papers of Illinois, as the policy @
Mr., Springer is to show the democrati
members of the next House how tn
press OF his own State regarded his can
didacy. The only hope of Mr.. Syringe
to come in even speaking distance of tn
nomination is that Mills and Crisp ma
knife each other so effectua'ly as t.
compel the withdrawal of both.
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