Nevada County picayune., 1891-10-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our special correspondcnt. l
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. ,, '9l.-

WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. ,, '9l.-
 When Mir. Harrison determined upon doing the "jingo" act, in the hope of favorable effect upon Re- publican prospects in the State elec- tions to be held this fall, he should have selected country that was stronger than prostrate Chilli, which has just passed through six mouths of devastating civil war. The threats that have been made against the tenn porary government of that country by the administration this week must result in making the United States appear to the nations of the world in the role of the overgrown schoolboy "bully" among a lot of little boys. It will take a great deal more than the reports of Minister Eagan, who has made himself obnoxious to the Chihans by meddling in their local affairs to convince sensible and un- prejudiced people that the present government of Chili, which certainly has enough trouble at home, would deliberately and intentionally slight the United States in any way, not withstanding it's Knowledge that Minister Eagan should have so far forgotten his position as to openly take sides in the civil war which re- gently ended there, and 1t is believed by those who are familiar with Chil- an affairs that it will be fully shown upon an impartial investigation that Minister Eagan has purposely eX- ceeded his legal authority, with the intention of goading the Gillian au- thorities into taking some step that could be considered by the United States as an affront, and it is further believed that in this Minister Eagan has been acting in accordance with the wishes and instructions of the present administration. This IS not a pleasant thing for patriotic Amer ican to have to say, but appearances certainly indicate its truthfulness.
 It will not be the fault of the ad ministration if the political machines known as "State Associations do not make the departments pan out we'll in voluntary" contributions for use in the important States this fall, and lest there might be some misunderstanding on the part of the poor clerks as to how the administra tion views the efforts of these asso- citations to compel them to come down with their cash, officials just grade below cabinet officers have been put in charge of the various State associations. Sixth Auditor Coulter is the grand mogul of the Ohio association; he brides himself on being known as ''practlcal poll- tician." The New York Association has elected Gen. Cyrus Bussey, As sistant Secretary of the Interior, president, and on it's campaign exec utive committee are A. J. Davidson, Deputy Commissioner of Pensions; A. X. Parker, Deputy Attorney Gen. cral, and q member of minor depart mental officials, care being taken that not more than one of them comes from the same department. Thus every department is covered, and no voluntary contributor es- capes.
 Nepotism and Republican;sm have long been synonyHIous terms in Washington, but sensation was nevertheless created this week when it came out that three employees of Pension Office had made aliidavits and submitted them to Secretary Noble, charging that they had been approached by the same son of Com missioner Raum, who was some months ago allowed to resign his po- sition as appointment clerk in the Pension office when he should have been put in prison for having en- gagged in the selling of appointments and promotions under his father, with proposition to have them pro- noted by his father if they would pay him a certain amount of cash. After these atlidavits had been made and Commissioner Raum had been called upon for an explanation that official had the cheek to ask Secre- tary Noble to dismiss the clerks who made them on the ground that they were engaged in a conspiracy to in- jure him (Raum) and the Pension office. It reminds one of the old saw; Did ever criminal think well of the law.