The Columbus journal., 1891-05-27

R0dC0s lIAOoV SaSOossso1
Washiagton Letter.
(From our regular correspondeot.l
The president has had time to do little
else but accept the congratulations and
answer the questions OF his numerous
callers since his return to Washington,
but this week he expects to get down to
business. Secretary Blaine will, unless
prevented by sickness, consult with the
president on the Behring sea situation,
the latest phases Of the Italian imbroglio
and the Spanish reciprocity agreement.
It is probable that Hon. j. w. Foster,
the gentleman who SO successfully nego-
tiated the Spanish agreement will be
invited to join the consultation rs to
that measure. Secretary Foster will.
now that he has had time to familiarize
himself with the finances Of the govern
ment, a task, by the way. at which he has
worked about eighteen hours a day since
he entered the cabinet; have some i'm
portant projects to present. Mr.. Harri-
son is perfectly delighted with his trip.
and he looks decidedly better than when
he went.
Secretary Rusk says of the trip: 1T
was a wonderful excursion, and every
day of it was filed with pleasant hap
penings that must remain fixed in our
memories. The great American public
the people-was enthusiastic from
start to finish, and il the good folks on
our route omitted any courtesy it would
be more than I could do to discover the
gap. Especially gratifying was our re-
ception in the south. Every greeting
was hearty in the extreme and beyond
question honest. From the time We en-
tered Tennessee the journey was an
ovation, and on every side there was
heard nothing but the broadest and
most patriotic sentiments.
Texas probably put on more paint
than any southern state, and 1t is no ex-
aggeration for me to state that the peo-
pie went wild over the appearance Of
the president. California will always be
remembered as the land of flowers. As
soon as We entered the state We were
bomharded with the most delicate bios
soms-boquets were fired at us by the
ton-and this continued until We got
too far north for early flowers.
But the feature of the trip that i'm
pressed me moro even than the popular
enthusiasm was the remarkable orator
ical ability of the president. He made
q greater number of irst-class speeches
in a month than many high-grade public
men could think and deliver in q lifetime.
And his efforts were not all prearranged
and provided for. Some of the best
things he said were spontaneous. He
would be resting in his car when our
train would pull up at q water-tank-we
used good deal Of water-snd q couple
of thousand people would surround the
train and demand . speech. They knew
from the railroad people that We were
going to stop there, 60 they put up job
on the president To such unexpected
audiences tho presidents remarks were
extremely happy. There wasn't a hitch
in the arrangements nor an accident of
even the most trivial description. 1t was
q great trip but ! am glad to be at work
again"
Two classes OF newspapers are making
much of the resignation of Green B.
Raum, jr.. of his position of assistant
chief clerk of the pension bureau, be-
cause that resignation was to a certain
extent made under compnlsion. The
democratic papers have, Of course, made
the most OF it, ss it gave them an oppor-
tunity to attack the young mans father.
Commissioner Raum, and through him
the republican administration, and the
purely sensational newspapers, the
jackals OF the press, have seized upon
the case with avidity, as they do upon
that is tainted even the least
little hit with human depravity, not
caring how many innocent hearts may
be broken as long as their columns can
be filed with something startling. The
facts in this case are as follows: Young
Raum got into had company and began
drinking and gambling. Secretary No
bic sent for him several months ago and
told him that he must turn over a new
leaf, but the young man grew worse in
stead OF better and finally got himself in
the clutches OF the money lending ten
and they abused his conf
dence, to their own profit, in the matter
Of one or two appointments. This came
to the ears Of Secretary Noble just be-
fore he went away, and he sent for Com
missioner Raum, told him what he had
heard, and that in the interest OF the
service his son must resign. Commis-
sioner Raum fully agreed with the secre-
tary and within IN hour the unfortunate
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the secretary, and it has since been &C.
copied to take effect thirty days from its
date, and the young man given leave of
absence until then. That's the whole
story. It's simply the old, old story Of
he effects OF whisky and bad company.
The government Of China may not be
lble to tell IN advance the good points
of IN American sent to them q minister,
but it knows . good chance for adver-
Using when it sees II, - it has just
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