San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-09
WASHINGTON T
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WAsHINGTON, July 6, 1891,

AONi SN'y W -
Secretary Foster isn't worrying to
any appreciable extent over the dis
pute which has arisen between the
Knights of Labor aud the Federation
of Labor Over the cases of the seven
members of the former organization
who were discharged from the Bu-
rea Of Engraving and printing Tor
cause. Nor has he the slightest idea
that the trouble will prove to he q
disturbing element in the Ohio
campaign. Mr.. Foster offer.
ed TO forget the past records
of the discharged men and give them
work in the bureau as soon as the ap-
plications who were ahead of them go
to work, but this emiDently fair pro-
position was declined by the execu-
tive committee of the X. of L., which
| insisted that the discharged men
should be reinstated to tn cir old posi-
tiOns, against the protest of the Fed
GRAFTON OF Labor, which claims, with
justice, that it would be unfair to re-
instate these men I'VE the heads Of
other deserving applicants, but
which is perfectly willing that
the men should be again employed,
il they will make their application
and await their turn just 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 yer to them in
Ohio, but there is little probability
that they can succeed, for the 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 second choice, the convincing OF 3
sensible public that a treasury which
was paying every claim presented at
O hundred cents on the dollar and
still keeping a surplus of millions of
dollars constantly on hand was bank
rupt, has now taken up as a good sub
ject 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 DID," and more rot OF the
same sort, Officials of the State de-
partment have the very best of
reasons for knowing that Mr.. Blaine's
mental powers are in tip.top condi-
ton, because they are constantly re.
ceiving communications from him re-
latiug to public business and / saw q
private letter written by his own
hand, on an important business mat
ter, which was received here this
morning, not an hour ago, which
SHOWS bin not only 10 be all right,
but to be carefully looking after his.
private interests as well as the coun-
| try's foreign policy. Just let these.
fellows wait until Mr.. Blaine returns
to Washington this fall and they will
see what a good memory he has and
how active his brain can be.
1.-THE right man in the right placer
Is what everyone says when discuss~
ing the appointment of eX Represen~
tative VIM Edgar Simonds, of Con-
nectlcut, to be commissions of
patents. He is u practical man and
thoroughly understands the business
OF the very important bureau which
he has been selected to preside over,
having for years been at the head Of
a firm engaged in practive before
the bureau, besides having been
since 1884 lecturer on patent law in
the Yale law school, and the author of
several books on patent law and
practice, iucluding..a'D gest of Patent
causes " embracing all cases concern
lug patents decided ny federal and
state courts since the foundation of
this government, which is among the
standard reference books Of the pro-
fessiOn. He was a member of the last
congress, during which he served rs
q emb OF the committee on
patents, where his knowledge ena-
hled him 10 perform excellent service.
He also has n good war record,
having enlisted as q private and been
promoted to a "lieuteDancy for gallant
ry on the field. He studied law after
he was mustered out of the army,
and has been speaker of the house of
the Connecticut Legislature.
The schedule of the lines of ocean
steamers with which Postmaster
General Wanamaker has made con-
tracts under the subsidy" act of the
last Congress, to carry the mails, will
probably be made public this week,
and jIst 10 show how sectional this
administration is Mr.. Wauamaker
has selected, among others, lines run
ming out of four Southern ports, Nor
folk, Virginia; Tampa, Florida; Gal
weston, Texas, and New Orleans,
Louisiana
Major Rathbone, OF Ohio, who has
been chiet ~postoffice inspector since
April, 1889, is o fourth assistant
postmaster general, and it is expect
ed that under the reorganization or
the department now going on he will
be given charge of the fourth class
postoffices, which have heretofore
been in charge of the first assistant.
Major Rath bones wide political ex-
perience and his ARE faculty for judg-
ing character eminently fit him for
the duty OF looking after the post
masters below the presidential grade,