Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-10-01

WASHINGTON. d. c., Sept. 81, 1891.

"AsHiNGToN, ~ ", sept Il, 1881.
The Presidents first week at home has
been an extraordinarily busy one, and not
withstanding the time given up to those
who Just called to pay my respects a
good deal has been accomplished. The
first important appointment made was that
of State Senator Hendricks to be Collector
OF the port of New York in place of Mr..
Fassett who resigned to accept the nomi-
nation for Governor; the next important
thing done was the issuing of the procla-
nation opening the Oklahoma Indian lands
to settlement and Saturday afternoon the
vacancy on the bench of the u s. District
Court for the northern district of Cali
fornia was filled by the appointment of
Representative w. w. Morrow of Cali
fornia, an appointment that was particu-
larly pleasing to coast republicans in
Washington. He has also made num-
Der of minor appointments.
1t is pleasing to note that the President
Is acting in hearty accord with the numer-
Gus leaders of the party who are now in
Washington upon his invitation to give
him the benefit of their advice in filling
the many important places now open.
That sort Of thing augurs well for future
party success.
Mr.. j. S. Clarkson who has been here
for several days, says there is not the
slightest foundation for the various
rumors connecting his name with this or
that cabinet portfolio. He has no inten-
tion of entering the cabinet, because his
plans are all made for taking a much more
active part in the Presidential campaign
than member of the cabinet could do,
but it is evident from the number of con-
ferences Mr.. Ciar&son has had with the
President that he is deeply interested in
the appointments soon to be made.
Mr.. I. +. Byrnes, of Minnesota, who is
one of the National organizers of republi-
can clubs il in Washington. He says the
work Of organization is progressing salts
factorily in all the northern States, and is
particularly tiourishng in Ohio and New
York. Speaking of his own State Mr
Byrnes SAID 80 far as Minnesota is con-
cerued feel no fear Of lis losing its place
in the republican column, despite the
mishap of last year"
Ex-senator Ingalls, is in town, having
come here to place his daughter in one of
Washingtons excellent schools He is
looking we'll 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 a maA
to deny being disappointed by his defeat,
but he has lost no time repning over it
since it was accomplished, indeed he has
had no time to devote to such foolishness
significant feature of the Speakership
fight IS that the speech Of ex-Represeuta-
tive Mills, delivered at Mansfield, Ohio, on
saturday, was published in its entirety,
although it made five long columns of
nonpareil by a Washington Sunday paper
which is friendly towards hi, Speakership
candidacy The speech is regarded here
a more Of an appeal to democratic Repre-
sentatives TO vote for Mills for 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 silver question. While
claiming to believe in the free coinage Of
~Ilyrr h,4 i'm, ..l
against the enactment of the free coinage
law. The rest of the tiresome speech
might have been taken from collection
of his free trade speeches in the House.
1t has been fully determined that Civil
Service Commissioner Lyman must 60 and
it is believed that Representative Me
Comas, of Maryland, will be his successor,
although when the position was first ten
dered to Mr.. McComas lie is said to have
declined il; but it is now stated that the
President has succeeded in persuadng him
10 reconsider the matter and accept
EX Speaker Reed is in Washington look
ing in the best condition, and apparently
feeling Just a. jolly as though he were to
be Speaker of the House for the next two
years instead of leader of the minority.
Mr.. Reed does not believe that the demo-
Gratis will succeed in accomplishing any
thing in the House during the coming
session, Notwithstanding their tremendous
majority. In fact that big majority is
likely to prove a curse to the party, owing
to the difficulty Of controlling IT, Already
il j. apparent that the Speakership tlght
viii leave wounds that cannot be healed
during the life Of the House
There is no foundation for the sensa-
tional rumor of the diplomatic break of
Great Britain, which probably was started
by the British Minister tling complaint
with the State Department on account of
the Alaskan sealing lessees having taken
more seals this season than the number
agreed upon.