Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Written and compiled for the HERALD

WASHINGTON LETTER
Written and compiled for the HERALD.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 15.-Tbere
is manifest disposition on the part OF
those wild-eyed gentlemen who have been
for 10 these many months making monkeys
of themselves by yelling at all times and
IN all sorts of places that the LIST of Jnly,
1891, would see the United States Treas
ury bankrupt, to change their tune. The
Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald, who has led the grand
chorus of calamity walters now says
"The Treasury is not bankrupt, and the
skill and courage of Secretary Foster will
probably save it from bankruptcy" This
D awe admission from the man who has
been loudest in this prediction Of bank.
ruptcy has caused no little amusement
here, where any one who had the brains
and who cared TO make the necessary in
vestlgation might at any time have fully
satisfied himself from the official fgures
that there was not the slightest danger Of
anything even approaching national
bankruptcy. Readers of this correspon
dence need not be told this, as it has been
stated aud restated therein that the U. s.
Treasury is all right, and will remain sc
as long as it is under Republican control
Representative Mills. who is now here
alleged to be engaged in literary work,
but in reality trying to patch up the big
holes in his SpeakersLip boom, has al
last discovered that there are times when
a man may talk too much, and is out IN a
statement over his own signature saving
that all the so-called interviews which
have been credited to him are bogus. and
saving that lie has not and will not ex-
press his opinion on the Speakership,
further than to say that he is a candidate,
and that he has not and will not express
any opinion upon the merits or dement's
of any candidate Tor the Democratic
nomination for the Presidency, all of
which shows that Mr.. Mills is, what the
boys call badly ratified"
When Senator Quay was here few
days ago be told friend that he would
under no circumstances remain at the
head of the national committee during
the next campaign, although he was
ready and willing to render the party all
the assistance he could both before and
during the campaign.
Secretary Foster has decided, as it was
thought from the lightning he would, to
sustain Chief Meredith, of the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing IN his contro
versy with the Knights Of Labor, in spite
of the dictatorisl tactics of the leaders of
that organization. A full investigation
of the charges made against Capt. Mere
dith, resulted in showing them to be en-
E. .n1 fhn
K. of L. who were discharged have been
informed that they will not be reinstated,
but il so disposed they can make applica'
ton for new appointments, taking the
usual examination and their chances
along with the other applicants. Secre-
tary Foster is a difficult man to bulldOze,
as the two members of the X. of L..
national executive committee have nov
discovered. Threats are never good
arguments.
The inventors of the country, who
happen not to be provided with fat bank
accounts, are to be congratulated on
new rule in the Patent Office, which pro-
hibits men, who have, while examiners in
that Office, rejected applications for pat
ents, afterwards appearing as attorneys
or agents for these same applications
The absence of this rule has been the
cause of more applications for patents be-
ing rejected which by right should have
been granted than any other one thing,
as il is an unfortunate truth. we'll known
to those familiar with the business of the
office, that some of the examiners, OF
which there are about one hundred, have
for years Systematically rejected applica-
tions entitled to be granted for the sole
purpose of afterwards getting an at
torney's fee from the same inventor for
getting the same application allowed
The practice is now happily ended, and
the credit for the reform is due to Hon.
Charles E. Mitchell, Commissioner OF
Patents, who has proven himself to be the
right man in the right place, and whose
expected early retirement from office is
very generally regretted.
The Presidents appointments TO the
new private land claims court are COM
mended on all sides. Every one of the
five judges, three Republicans and two
Democrats, has had experience upon the
bench. The new Judges are j. II. Reed
Iowa; w. +. Stone, of Colorado II. Z
Sluss, of Kansas; T. g. Full er, of North
Carolina and W. w. Murray, of Ten
nessee.
Secretary Noble returned 10 duty to-
day much improved in health. Secretary
Foster has gone to Ohio TO take part in
the State convention that will nominate
the next governor of that commonwealth