The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-04-24
Washington Letter.

WAsHrSGToS, ID. 4, Apr1i li;-Mr.
Rlaine has lost none OF bis oh un'c
cunning. he wlshes 30 give the "ot'h-
.ry uae impression that he Is running
,b.. dnnarttncnt Of State entirely lnde-
pendent Of Mr.. Harrison, and W pep
/ that idea along he waited until
aftar Mr.. Harrison had gone /
| his grand vote hunting tour before he /
} delivered n copy of the reply OF TINS
| Govsrnmcnt TO the last dispatch OF the
italian Government to Marquis lmperi-
oil the Italian charge d. affaires IN thus
| citv for transmission to Rome, although,
have il on excellent authority, that re-
plv had been entirely written, and ap-
nroyed by Mr.. Harrison and the cabinet
as long ago as last Saturday:
This reply il one of the longest ana
most elaborate documents ever sent oy
this Government TO foreign nation
( and il informs the Italians In unmlstaka-
bIe language that the United States does
not propose to interfere with the regular
lv constituted State Courts under any
, circumstances, and that when IT shall
, have been proven that any citizen or
, citizens of Italy were among the mem
bers of the Malta" lynched at New Or
leans it is willing to take up the ques-
ton of paying to his or their families
2 money indemnity. 1t ID IN short
i thoroughly American letter. Mr.. Blame
has many faults but lack of Americanlsm
isn't one of them, thank heaven.
e Teddy, Roosevelt is the happles'
o man in Washington since he found out
=, that his Civil Service Commission was tc
-, have added to the number of people
over whom it tyranizes about SIX hun
| Of haT Indian cnhOOlS ;
Is non-partisan Indian service may be Yer,
d desirable, but it will never be accom-
10 plished as long as the agents and thel
employes-not under .'Teddy's' super
i' yision-sre. Republican strikers, the,
'h are now.
I'd Another bogus reform Is the alleges
" attempts of Secretary Tracy to clear IN
40 navy yards of the country OF partisan
politics He has issued an order dt
nc claring the positions vacant after June
X ut the New York yard and after July
,r- at the Norfolk yard of all foremen an
- master mechanics, and ordering an eA
amining board of Naval officers TO cor
vene at these yardsi respectively May l
ed and June 8, for the purpose OF examlr
ad ing applicants for the vacancies
why, said Naval officer, eth
thing is fraud on its face, and, IN m
-, opinion, is only gotten up to get rid
some men whose open discharge is nC
lla desirable. If there are incompeteI
ast foremen and master mechanics en-
he ploved why not discharge them ant
y. If il is the desire of the Secretary, haN
their places filled by competitive c.
eH aminations, but what sense ls there
by recurring men who Nave proven I
las wears of successful work their comp
Is tence TO take part IN competitive exam
nations in order to demonstrate the
fitness for doing the work upon Whi'
ign they have been engaged, IN some case
wn for half life time"
ord The workingmen are after Secreta
md Tracy with a sharp stick, because
what they claim TO be violation of q
ma contract labor law by Commodore FC
ern ger of the Washington Navy Var
Ter in employing upon the recommendau(
10 OF An English official, two foreigners
machinists, within 4 week after their 8
4i'' rival In this country Secretary FosI
will be asked to investigate the matt
Dwe as soon as he comes back from ~
Q il York, whittier he has gone to brace
7, the Harrison forces.
The remains OF the big hearted De
'r'h ocratic veteran, Representative Spino
rom who died here Tuesday morning, W.
inc. taken to New York for interment W.
nm nesday morning, accompanied by
ting Ma. Vnrl,ars Ha will
AT missed in the House.
aine The true inwsrdness of the resigl
ton of Senator Edmunds has leaked o
cole 1t is chagrin. There was time WI
% his word was law with his Republic
rely colleagues in the Senate, but at the
nor. session his suggestions were not o.
and ignored, but he was actually snubbed
this several OCCASIONS by a majority of the
,,;o publican Senators, and in such ways
''i'' to make it plain that his power o
'oh8 them was gone never to return. L
arty WAS more than the old Legislative tyr
could stand, SO he resolved to go him
to escape further modification. NJ