The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-10-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.


: good deal has been ACCOMPLISHED III
% nrst important appointment made W,
?. that OF State Senator Hendricks to
i Collector of the port of New York
!. place Of Mr. Fasset who resigned to a,
= eept the nomination for Governor; I'll
!. next important thing done was the issr
- ing OF the proclamation opening the Oh
iahoma Indian lands to settlement. an
| saturday afternoon the vacancy on th
bench of the U. s. District Court for I'll
Northern district of California was file,
by the appointment of ex.representativ
w. w. Morrow, of California, an ap
polntment that WIS particularly pleasin,
TO Coast republicans in Washington. II,
also made number of minor appoint
ments.
1t is pleasing to note that the Presi
dent is acting in hearty accord with the
numerous leaders of the party who are
now in Washington upon his invitation
to give him the benefit of their advice in
Milling the many important places now
open. That sort of things augers well
for future party success.
Mr.. }. s. Clarksonuwho has been here
Tor several days, says there is not the
slightest foundation for the various rum.
ors connecting his name with this or that
cabinet portfolio. He has no intention
OF entering the cabinet, because his plans
are all made for taking much more &C.
tive part in the Presidential campaign
than member of the cabinet could do.
but it is evident from the number of
conferences Mr.. Clarkson has had with
the President that he is deeply interested
In the appointments soon to be made.
MIR. I. &. Byrnes, of Minnesota, who
Is one of the National organizers of re.
publican clubs, is in Washington. He
says the work of organization is progress.
ing satisfactorily in all the northern
States, and is particularly Aourishing in
Ohio and New York. Speaking of his
own State Mr.. Byrnes said: $50 far as
Minnesota is concerned l feel no fear of
It's losing its place in the republican col.
umn, despite the mshap of last year,"
Ex-senator ingalls, is in town, having
come here to place his daughter in one
OF Washington's excellent schools. He
is looking well and says that he never
felt better. He calls the recent story
published by sensational newspapers
about his being heart. broken because of
his defeat for the Senate 'silly rot" He
is too honest man to deny being disap.
pointed by his defeat, but he has lost no
tlme repining over it since it was accom-.
pilshed, indeed he has had no time to
devote TO such foolishness.
A significant feature of the Speaker.
snip hight is that the speech of ex. Repre-.
sentative Mills, delivered at Mansfield.
Ohio, ON Saturday, was published in its
entirety, although it made five long col.
umns OF nonpareil. bya Washington Sun.
day paper which is friendly towards his
Speakership candidacy. The speech is
regarded here as more of an appeal TO
democratic Representatives to vote for
Mills Tor Speaker than an appeal to the
voters of Ohio to support Campbell for
Governor. The most remarkable portion
OF the speech is that treating of the sill.
yer question. While claiming to believe
In the free coinage of silver he enters
into an elaborate argument against the
enactment OF the free coinage law. The
rest of the tiresome speech might have
oesn taken from collection of his free
trade speeches in the House.
1t has been fully determined that
OiVll Service Commissioner Lyman must
90 and 1t is believed that ex. Representa-.
I've McComas, of Maryland, will be his
successor, although when the position
was hrst rendered to Mr.. McComas he is
'aid to have declined it; but it is now
'tated that the President has succeeded
n persuading him to reconsider and nc.
'ept.
hx'Speaker Reed is in Washington
ooking in the best condition, and an
'arentiy feeling just as jolly as though
lie were to be Speaker of the House for
he next two years instead of leader of
he minority. Mr.. Reed does not be.
leve that the democrats will succeed in
ccomplishing anything in the House
turing the coming session, notwithstand.
ng their tremendous majority. In fact
hat big majority is likely to prove a
urse to the party, owing to the difficulty
controlling it. Already it is apparent
hat the Speakership fight will leave
rounds that cannot be healed during the
fe of the House.
There is no foundation for the sensa.
lonal rumor of the diplomatic break of t
treat Britain, which probably was
tarted by the British Minister filing a
omplaint with the State Department on
count OF the Alaskan sealing lessees
aving taken more seals this season than
he number agreed upon.
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