The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.


wv, SA-sSH'tui anu sSStStay VI INC
treasury, was in apparently good health
when he left here last Thursday for New
York, where he went to speak before the
New York board of trade and transpor.
tation; to-day official Washington saw,
with tear.dimmed eyes, his remains
lowe.cd to their last resting place in
beautiful Rock Creek cemetery. 1t all
seems like horrible dream, and find
it extremely difficult to realize that this
ig.brained, tig.hearted, whole-souled
American is dead; that | shall no more
see the bright CHEEKY smile with which
he always received a newspaper man in
quest of information -and he always got
it, too, if it was in the secretary's power
to give it to him.
There were two services over the |
corpse, one private, at his late residence,
and the other public, at the Church of |
the Covenant, of which Mr.. Window was
a member. Owing to the general desire
on the part of officials and members of
congress to attend the funeral, it was
4 necessary to have admission to the
church by ticket only. BY 1850 to-day
i every seat in the capacious church was
i filed and hundreds were sitting in the
aisles. Among them were tho president
and justices of the supreme court, the
H oy,t Il NIL IN all of tho 1anark.
mental officials Of prominence, all of the
army and navy officials at present in
Washington, and, | believe every sena-
tor and representative in the city. A
more impressive scene have never
witnessed than that presented when the
remains were brought into the church,
followed by Mr. WINDOWS late col
leagues in the cabinet, who acted as
honorary pail bearers. Many were the
tears that fell from manly eyes, while
there was scarcely woman in the
church who was not compelled to make
constant use of her handkerchief
The widow and her son and daughters
have the heartfelt sympathy of every
one; but sympathy can do but little to
assuage such grief as theirs To the
public the death of Secretary Window is
great national loss, how great only
those know who have to do with the
finances of the country, but to the
widow and children it is the personal loss
of as kind and aifectonate husband and
father as any wife and children were ever
blessed with.
Already gossip is busy suggesting
. names for the successor of the late Secre-
tary Window, and it is generally agreed
that the president has an unusually hard
} task before him in filling the vacancy.
There are, fortunately, plenty Of strong,
able and skillful fnanciers; men of the
necessary broadness of mind and strength
e of purpose to move straight ahead on q
+ line of policy, once adopted, in spite OF
! the thousand and one wildcat financial
I schemes which will be certain to spring
: up in the next house of representatives,
. but, it will be difficult to get these mer
D to consent to assume responsibilities, the
/ weight of which have undoubtedly killed
y three men Secretaries Folger, Manning
and Window the last three ad
ministrations.
II is generally believed hero tha
Representative Mckinley could receiv,
the appointment if he would accept it
which, his close friends say, is extremely
: doubtful. However, Mr.. Mckinley is
very warm friend OF the administration
and have an idea that if the presiden
concludes that he is the best man for tn
:, position he can persuade him to accept it
:, Among Others prominently mentlone,
: for the vacancy are Senators Sherman
:, Allison, ingalls, and Spooner, and Repre-
:. sentative Cannon, of Illinois. Chic
6 among gentlemen in private life who ar
: spoken of in this connection are ex-GoS
!, Foster of Ohio, and Stephen b. Elkins
g ~ 10 llOO OhOuEhb tutu biC Vacancy VI
: be filled this week. In the meantinl
. Assistant Secretary Netteton is undo
st the law acting as secretary of the trea
Ia ury.
il. The apportionment bill, which passe
90 the senate just as it came fromthe hous
- is now in the hands of the president, ar
nd will undoubtedly be law within Il
~. next ten days.
"a The committee investigating the {
-, legged congressional silver pools is holdil
II meetings almost every day and TAXI
90, lots of testimony, but what it is actual
.o, finding out is not taking up much spa
N upon its books, but much of the ties
, = mony is of such nature as to keep
al public in constant expectation of son
no thing highly sensational.
- Both senate and house have made f
oro progress with the regular appropriate
moo bills during the last few days, and if
~ democrats do not purposely delay m
,.o tiers J,n extra session can easily
oiol avoided, but there are some ugly rum
Ia floating around { a combination amC
=, the southern democrats in the house
80 tie purpose Of forcing an extra sessi
,,.h They want the loaves and fishes.
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