Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-08-13
From our regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.

WASHINGTON, August 3. 1891.
| Secretary Foster will this week 90 to
Ohio for short vacation if nothing unex.
| pected turns up to keep him here. Not.
withstanding his announced determination
at the time he entered the cabinet not to
follow the example of his illustrious pred
cessor and work himself to death the
| work and responsibility of being at the
| head of our financial system is gradually
wearing the flesh from his rotund figure
| The fact of the matter is that as at pres
| eut constituted there is too much work
connected with the Treasury department,
| for any one man to attempt to direct un-
less he has constitution that can stand
about twenty hours work day there are
several important bureauX such as the
Revenue Marine, Light Houses Life Saw
ing, Internal Revenue and Engraving and
Printing now under that department that
the Secretary of the Treasury should be
| relieved of In order that he might devote
his entire attention to strictly financial
matters. There is no sense in killing
more good men before making the change
and there is little doubt that overwork in
that Office killed secretaries Folger, Mann
ing and Window within the last ten
years.
The rumor heud has evidently had resig-
nations on the brain for the last three or
four days. and among those that he has
caused To resign may he mentioned Secre-
tary Noble Attorney General Miller, Post
master Wsnamaker, Treasurer Nebeker,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Nettleton and Commissioner Of Pensions
Raum. Not one Of these gentlemen has
resigned or has the least intention of re
signing So far as those who are in pos-
tionS TO know have any Information; but
the rumor~ 20 on just the same II is safe
To refuse to believe that any official in
tends re>igning until it Is officially stated.
or is given out ny the official himself or
some one with authority to speak for
him
TX Representative Simond~, Of Con-
nccticut, the new Commissioner Of Patents,
assumed control Of that office on Satnr-
day
Secretary Tracy has gone to Bar Iar-
Dor where he will spend the rest Of the
summer
Secretary Proctor will attend The G. A.
L. encampmcnt At Detroit
Indian Commissioner Morgan will spend
his vacation in Europe The controversy
which has existed between hi. oNirr and
thu Catholic bureau Of missions has end
ed satisfactorily to an concerned Deputy
Comm S-ioncr Belt who Is in charge dur
ing The Commi- eioucr's absence. said on
thc ~uhjet: There j. perfect under
standing between Cardinal Gibbons, trrh-
bishop ireland and Commissioner Morgan.
and the outcome Of the interview between
tho last two named was the establishing
Of the most cordial relations. There seem
ed 20 be an idea existing that Commi-
sioner Morgan was opposed tn thc Catho-
liz church and its schools when this was
not the case, a was evidenced by the work
., .r
ference Of the Catholic Mission bureau
which attempted TO control and guid, this
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