Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-09-24
Washington Letter.
gFrom our Regular Correspondent }
Washington. Sept. IS. 1891.


ington, although many of bis callers
have dropped a word or two that may
prove useful in connection with the fill
ing of certain important vacancies. II
IS said that gentlemen interested in The
appointments to the circuit, or as some
call it, the Appellate Court, judges have
been told that it was useless for them &c
bother the President nov as he will not
take up those appointments until just
before Congress meets, there being
otter things requiring more Immediate
attention. There is vacancy on the
bench of the Court Of Claims. which
meets on the 25th, inst, that will prob
ably be the first one filled Then there
are the two vacancies in the Interstate
Commerce Commission, which have re-
suited in practically Gripping the com
mission; they will probably come next.
Then comes the reorganization of the
cabinet which the retirement of Seere-
tary Proctor and Attorney. General
Miller will make necessary. The latter
has not been officially announced, but
there is little doubt of his having ac-
cepted place on the bench of the new
Circuit Court, for the District which
will take in Indiana.
The democrat who can enthuse over
the nomination of Flower for Governor
by his party in New York has net made
his appearance in Washington, where
every body knows that Flower owes
every nomination or political prefer
ment OF any sort that he has ever re-
eeived to a liberal expediture of cash.
His nomination shows that however the
democratic party in Ohio may stand on
the tariff the New Workers in the party
do not object to a man, who as MEM
Der of the House committee on WAYS
and Means, got as many of his demo
cratic friends protected by the Mckinley
bill as he could.
Gov Campbell has made an appeal
to the members of the National Demo-
cratic Committee for money and speak
ers with which to meet the enthusiasm
OF the Ohio republicans. and he has
received some money, and the commit
tee has promised to send him lot of
Speakers to keep him to try at least a
show Of carrying on an active campaign.
admit that Campbell hasn't the slightest
show, but that they believe in keeping
up the tight because they hope that the
Farmers Alliance fight on Sherman
may result in giving the democrats con-
troll of the legislature. On the contrary,
no republican who has been in Wash
ington since the campaign opened has
expressed the remotest doubt Of repub-
lican success.
The Postmaster General is very well
satisfied with the reception his circular
letter requesting county-seat postmast-
ers to visit the postoflices in their
counties and report upon their condition,
has met with. He has already received
more than three hundred replies, and
in four-ffths of them the postmasters
gladly accepted the work in exactly the
lines suggested by Mr. Wanamaker.
and few of them have already made
their reports. About one-ffth of the
number were willing to undertake the
work with some modification entirely
acceptable to the Post-otfice depart
ment and only a few declined outright
and they all say that it is because they
nave no assistant that they are compell-
ed to 10 so. Mr.. Wauamaker is
surprised and very much pleased to note
that many democratic postmasters have
entered into the thing with the same
enthusiasm as the republicans. and he
is confident that it will result in greatly
improving the service in small post
offices.
Secretary Foster ut conference with
the Worlds Fair High Commissioners
of Great Britain and Germany told
those gentlemen that the United States
/ Government would do all in its power
10 dispose of all difficulties IN the way
Of foreign exhibits resulting from the
tariff laws and that every possible evil
dence of good Will and desire to promote
the interests Of foreign exhibites world
be given This fair. said the Seere-
tary, lis net local TO Chicago, is not
local to the United States. but is strictly
worlds fair in celebration Of an event
in which all nations are interested
Properly America is arranging the
matter, but all the nations Of the earth
have a proprietary interest ii the cele-
, bration. In every case where the tariff
lavrc -aar, ~ iufarfare vri4L f-.,..;r.,. ~.