Nevada County picayune., 1891-06-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, MAY 20, 1891.


Mr.. Harrison has at last, it is said,
Ibraced up his backbone sufficiently
Ito inform Commissioner of Pensions
IRaum that he must hand in his res
Ignation as soon as another man can
4 be found with some political pull
. who is willing to take the place.
Raum did the grand kick act, and
y has not yet consented to resign, say
ling that he prefers being dismissed;
Il but he'll change his mind. They all
/ do that way. When Tanner was
asked for his resignation, he swore
THAT he would never write it, but he
| dld all the same. It's easy to talk
about being kicked, but when the
7big hob-nailed boot is raised they all
get out of the way if possible. BY
the way, speaking of Pension Office
matters, there was quite a farce
PLAYED here this week. A man was
tried for borrowing money, and Com
: missioner Raum, the man who ac-
knowledged under oath that he had
borrowed Sl2, 600 from the king of
: pension sharks, was one OF the
judges. le gods, think of that! 1t
was certainly the acme of absurdity.
Of course the borrower was acqut-
ted, but victim had to be found, so
the fellow who got the loan for him
from a Washington ten per center,
tyo found tS no foo lnnGn m his IIp =
: of the amount of interest that ought
to be charged for accommodation,
and was accordingly dismissed in
disgrace from the Government SER
vice. There are piles and piles of
crookedness all over The Pension bu-
reau awaiting the august eye of a
Democratic Congressional investiga-
= tion committee.
If it is true, as is generally be-
lieved here, that the instructions tel
egraphed the revenue cutters, Rush
and Bear, as to the part they should
take in the present sealing session in
Behring Sea, are practically the same
= as those issued to them last SESSION
to pretend to watch, but at the
Same time to be very careful never
to see any illegal sealing-Mr. Blame
must feel very thankful that he was
: not here when they were issued.
The Acknowledgement has gone to
the rescue of the Secretary of the
Treasury, to limited extent, by de-
! Gliding that the last-named official
: has authority,to issue silver certili-
Gates against the 81, 900, 900 seignior-
age that has been accumulated by the
coinage of bullion. Mr.. Foster has
also, 1t is said, arrived at the conclu-
sion that he can issue silver certili-
Ecates against the $40 900, 900 in frac-
etional silver that he has been unsuc-
Ecessfully trying to put into circula-
stion for several weeks past. These
Sare the methods by which the admin
sistration hopes to staye off that much
sdreaded deficit.
Representative +. j. Campbell, of
New York, who is now here, is>au-
zthority for a statement that will have
Every important bearing upon the
sSpeakership contest if he is not mis-
staken. He says that it has been de-
Lcided that the twenty-three Demo
scratic votes which New York will
shave in the next House will be cast
fas unit in the vote for Speaker.
sThe candidate who is to receive
sthese twenty-three votes has not
J been decided upon, and will not be
! until a conference is held; but Mr..
campbell is certain that the delega-
Elton will select the winner.
Hon. Jerry Simpson is gong to
make free trade speeches in Ohio in
Opposition to McKinley's high tariff