Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-03-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE MONITOR.

IOuS PCIlOOi vi CllC IIIOOO NihOuO WOI n :,
has gone to Maryland for week S
recre alton in the fascinating sport of
| wild duck shooting. He has wanted
to take this trip all the winter, and
several dates have been set for him
to go, but he found the public busi-
ness so pressing that until now he has
been unable to do so. He will be
gone for about a week, and a number
of prominent republican senators and
representatives will defer their de-
parture until his return, as it is un-
derstood that he will then take under
consideration the appointment of the
nine United States circuit judges pro
vided by the new law for the relief of
the supreme court, law, by the way,
which is one of the most important
of the many important things done
by the much abused fifty-frst con-
gress.
Secretary Blaine has received one
of the most remarkable business tes
timonials ever presented to cabinet
officer. 1t is signed by more than
two hundred of the most prominent
business men of New York city, ir-
respective of party, and includes the
most prominent wholesale merchants
and importers of the metropolis, rep
resenting an invested capital of more
than S60,000,OO0. The testimonial
expresses the appreciation of the
signers of Mr.. Blaine's actions in ne
gotiating a treaty of reciprocity with
Brazil upon the terms provided i'll the
Mckinley tariff act, aud their trust
that the wise and far-seeing policy
thus lnaugurated may be extended
to other South and Central American
nations, thus increasing the prosper
ity of the United States. Mr.. Blaine
is very proud of the testimonial,
which is enclosed in a handsome mo-
rocco case.
Secretary Proctor left to-day for
months tour to the South. He had
not fully determined upon the places
he would visit when he left here. His
health hasn't been very good of late
and the trip is taken upon the advice
of his physicians. Like all the mem
bers of the present cabinet Mr.. Proc
tor has been working very hard.
Postmaster General Wanamaher is
much pleased with the result of the
experimental free delivery service,
which is now going on at thirty small
villages, and about April first it
will be extended to twelve more in
different sections of the country. He
hopes to be able to make such a good
showing that the next congress will
provide for the permanent establish
ment of the free delivery service
throughout the country.
Another new feature of the postal
service will be established April l,
when ocean pOst-offices will be organ
lied upon all the German steamship
lines plying between New York, Bre-
men and Hamburg, with all the facil-
tiles for the prompt distribution of
mail matter that our railway postal
cars now have. 1t is hoped that the
English and French postal authorities
will shortly enter into similar agree
ment. Heretofore all ocean mails
have been dumped in bulk into the
New York city post-office, and much
valuable time has been lost in distrib
uting the matter intended for other
sections of the country.
The democrats never lose anything
through not having cheek enough to
ask for it. Members of that party
are now pulling the wires here for the
purpose of getting Representative
Cul6erson of Texas, a bourbon of the
bourbons, appointed to one of the
new United States circuit judgeships.
Republicans can see no good reason
for going to the democratic party for
any of these judges, and they would
be greatly surprised and panied should
Mr.. Harrison do so, but | am perfect
ly confident that the president will
put none but "true and tired" repub-
licans into these important positions,
and that the democratic supporters
of Mr.. Culberson will simply get
their pains for their trouble in push
ing his claims.
The president has appointed j. HI.
Beatty to be United States District
Judge for Idaho. He was nominated
for the same position previous to the
adjournment of congress, but the
senate failed to act on the nomina-
ton.
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