Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-06-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, June, Is, 1891

WAsHINGToN, June, 10, 1891.
Secretary Foster, having arranged the
financial affairs of the government to his
satisfaction. is now preparing to go to Ohio
to look after some private business. He is
not worrying much over that mythical de
felt that has been so troublesome to our
Democratic friends.
Letters from Secretary Blaine represent
him improving very rapidly, although Of
course, he has no idea Of returning here un-
til fall.
Real reform never has brass band at
tsehmeDt. This is strikiDgly brought to
mind by the fact that Commissioners OF
Patents Mitchell has quietly and without
any previous announcement OF his inten-
ton, abolished one of the longest lived aud
worst abuses that has existed in the patent
Office. Foryears congress has been appealed
to but nothing has been accomplished
thereby. Commissioners Mitchell after be-
coming satisfied that the evil existed, throt-
tied it by amending the rules ofpraetice be-
fore his office by the addition Of these " ords;
that no person who has bsen employed in
the patent office shall be permitted to ap-
pear las an attorney or agent in any case
in connection with which he has taken any
action while so employed" This will put
an end to the rejection of meritorious APP
plications for patents by thrifty examiners.
in the expectation OF afterwards getting an
attorneys fee for getting the same applica-
tion allowed by another examiner. and is IA
real favor to the inventors OF the country.
The president has received an invitation
to attend the reunion OF the G. A. r. So
eiety OF the Army OF the Potomac at Buff
falo, New York. Mr.. Harrison informed
the delegation, headed by Collector Morgan,
that he would certainly bo on hand il the
public business permitted his absence from
Washington at that time.
Director General Davis, of the Worlds
fair, said while here this week that the fol-
| lowing gentlemen would shortly go abroad
to see what they could do towards attract
ing foreign exhibitors to the exposition:
| Hon. Thos. NJ. Waller, who will be presi-
dent; Mr.. NJ. =. Handy, Hon. Carl Schurz
Ex-senator Eustis and Hon. Ben Butter
worth. There may be another member
added before the commission goes away.
and Mr.. Ives of st. Louis, the chief OF the
art bureau. will also be sent abroad.
Mr.. Sevellon Brown, chief clerk of the de-
partment OF state, left here yesterday morn
| ing in charge Of a special train carrying the
diplomatic corps to Chicago. where, upon
the invitation of the departm ment they 20
to see for themselves what progress has
been made towards the great exposition
The soiiowins countries were represented in
the party: France, Turkey, Nicaragua,
Switzerland Belgium, Norway and Sweden,
Spain, Austria, Russia, Great Britain and
| China.
There are about fifteen hundred very un-
happy men and women in the various
branches OF the census bureau; they arc
clerks whose work will be completed in a
few weeks and then they will get the inevi-
table discharge.
The president has named the judges ofthe
new private land court, and three Of them
are Republicans and two Democrats. They
aro Js->rL II Pas,i. af love-. -Ipisf j,,4fic..-
Wilber f. Stone, of Colorado, Henry c.
| Sluss, of Kansas, Thomas C. Fuller, of
North Carolina, and w. w. Murray, OF Ten
nessee, associate justices. n. q. Reynolds,
of Missouri, has been appointed attorney
for the United States and l.. W. Colby, OF
Nebraska, assistant attorney