The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-07-16
WASHINGTON LETTER,
WASHINGTON. July G, 1891


Secretary Foster isn't worrying to any
appreciable extent over the Dispute
which has arisen between the knights of
Labor and the Federation Of Labor over
the cases Of the seven members of the
former organization who were discharged
from the Bureau of Engraving and Print.
log for cause. Nor has he the slightest
idea that the trouble will prove to be
disturbing dement, in the Ohio campaign
Mr. Foster offered to forget the past re.
cords of the discharged men and to give
them work in the Bureau as soon as the
applicants who were ahead of them 90 To
work, but this eminently fair proposition
was declined by the executive committee
OF the X. of L., which insisted that the
discharged men should be at once rein.
stated to their old positions, against IL Q
protest of the Federation of Labor which
claims, with justice, that it would be un.
fair to reinstate these men over the heads
of other deserving applicants, but which
is perfectly willing that the men should
be again employed, if they will make
their application and wait their turn lust
as others have to do. The Democrats are
doing their best to persuade the Knights
of Labor to attempt to carry the votes Of
that organization over to them in Ohio,
but there is little probability that they
can succeed, for the very simple reason
that the Knights of Labor are not idiots.
The tin.plate liar having failed both in
his original mission and in that Of his Sc.
cond choice, the convincing of a sensible
public that Treasury which was paving
every claim presented at a hundred cents
on the dollar and still keeping surplus
Of millions of dollars constantly on hand
was bankrupt, has now taken mp as good
subject to lie about, Mr.. Blaine's
health, and we are informed by "Bar
Harbor specials" written in the home
offices, that "Mr. Blaine is terribly i'll
and can scarcely remember events a
week old" and more rot of the same sort.
Officials of the State department have the
very best OF reasons for knowing that
Mr.. Blaine's mental powers are in tip.
top condition, because they are con.
stantly receiving communication from
him relating to public business, and l
saw private letter written by his own
hand on an important business matter,
which was received here this morning,
not an hour ago, which shows him not
only to be all right, but to be carefully
looking after his private interests as we'll
as the country's foreign policy. just let
these fellows wait until Mr.. Blaine re.
turns to Washington this fall and they
will see how good memory he has and
how active his brain can be.
"The right man in the right place" is
what every one says when discussing the
of VIM. Edgar Simonds, of
Connecticut, to be Commissioner of Pa.
ents. He is practical man and thoro.
lghly understands the business of the
'ery important bureau which he has been
elected to preside over, having for years
'een at the head of a firm engaged in
'ractice before the bureau, besides hav.
ng been since 1884 lecturer on ratent
aw in the Yale law school, and the au.
hor of several books on patent law and
ractice, including "Digest of Patent
ases," embracing all cases concerning
atents decided by federal and State
curtis since the foundation of this Gov.
which is among the standard
eference books of the professit n. He
as member of the last Congress, dur.
g which he served as member of the
OH Patents, where his knowl.
lge enabled him to perform excellent
'rvice. He also has good war record,
wing enlisted as a private and been
romoted to licutenancy for lallantry
, the field. He studied law after he
as mustered out Of the army, and has
zen Speaker Of the House of the Con.
,cticut legislature.
The schedule of the line Of ocean
Gamers with which Postmastt r. G eneral
'anamaker has made contracts under
10 Subsidy" act of the last Congress,
carry the mails, will probably be made
lblic this week, and just to show how
ctional this administration is Mr.. Wan.
maker has selected, among others, lines
inning out of four southern ports, Nor.
Tx, Virginia; Tampa, Florida; Calves.
n, Texas, and New Orleans, Louisiana.
Major Rathbone, of Ohio " no has been
lief Post office inspector since April
'S9, is now Fourth Assistant Post.
aster- General, and it is expected that
lder the Reorganization of the depart.
ent now going on he will DO given
large of the fourth.class postoffioes,
hich have heretofore been in charge of
% First assistant. Major Rathbone's
ide political experience and his rare ia.
'lty for judging character eminently fit
m for the daty of looking after the
'stmasters below the Presidential grade
Id it will be good business as well as
'od politics to assign them to him.
REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.