The Russellville Democrat., 1891-06-18
THE PATENT OFFICE
Being Run on sound, Common Sense BUSH
ness Princlples--pro Callers
at the National Capital.


Why did Secretary Foster stop
making public the daily statement OF
the cash balance in the United States
treasury? Was he afraid that the
statement would show deficit in
stcad OF balance? These are peril
nent questions at this time. The
last statement made, several days
ago, showed that the balance had
dropped down to little over 49,
100000. Then Secretary Foster
directed that the making public of
these statements should be abolished
II he didn't do that because he feared
the effect of these statements on the
public, what did he do it for2 The
inference is very plain. Mr.. Foster
knows that it is only question OF
time, and very short time at that,
before he will have to pay out money
which is not, strictly speaking, avail
able, and that these daily balances
woull make it plain the Cay it was
done. So he arbitrarily decides to
have no more statements, notwith-
standing the right OF the people to
know at all times the status of their
finances, but what do the rights of
the people count for in the eyes of
Mr.. Foster?
Senator Carlisle passed through
Washington this week, but he said
he wasn't bothering his head about
politics just now.
Representative Mills, of Texas, is
here. He declines to be interviewed
on his prospects of being elected
speaker of the house.
1t is a positive pleasure to chroni-
Gle the fact that one OF the great
government bureaus-the patent Of
flee -is being run on sound, common
sense, business principles. Bnt as
Commissioner Mitchell is understood
to have rendered Mr.. Harrison his
resignation, it is inferable that he
has found ii lonesome and prefers to
retire. Mr.. Mitchell has made one
change that will make his admins
tratiou OF the patent Office stand out
like mountain on plain for years
to come. He has ruled that ex-em-
ployes Of the patent office, acting as
agents or attorneys, shall not be per-
mitted to appear in cases upon which
they had acted while employees OF the
office. This is most righteous de-
cision, and it ends the career of the
over-smart fellows who, while ex-
aminers OF the patent Office, have de-
liberateIy rejected thousands OF appli-
cations entitled to be granted, 30
that they, q little later on, as attor-
neys, might get these inventors as
clients and secure fee for obtaining
the patent, thus adding to the in
ventor's cxpenpe and to their own
profit.
j. M. Langston, the negro ex-
congressman says the force bill is to
be made tho principal issue OF the
presidential campaign. The Demo-
Gratis will not ask any easier issue to
wiz on.
Senator PETER says the Peoples
party will fight Cleveland because OF
his financial record.
There is good reason for believing
that Mr.. Harrison and Senator
Quay have settled upon the details
of an alliance offensive and defensive,
and il is said that Quay is getting
ready to even up with those men,
bers of his party that snubbed him
when 1t was thought he was to be
an ex-boss.
Not for weeks has there been such
. stream OF prominent callers at the
White House as during the present
week. That something OF interest
has been going on in upper Repub-
lican circles is certain, and many
people believe that 1t relates to a
general reorganization OF the cabinet,
but most persistent hunt has failed
TO discover any one who was willing
to father such q story.
The state department sent the di-
plomatic corps to Chicago on q spe-
cial train yesterday in order that its
members might have an opportunity
to observe the preparations for the
Worlds Fair. Director. General
Davis, who has been here fixing up
things Of various kinds, left early
enough to be on hand to receive the
foreigners when they arrive at Chi
cago.
Surely the millennium is coming,
since Mr.. Harrison has actually put
two Democrats ON the bench of the
court of private land claims. The
are the justices OF the new
court: j. r. Reed, OF Iowa; w. f.
Stone, of Colorado; ii. G. Sluss, OF
Kansas; t. q. Fuller, OF North Caro-
lina, and w. w. Murray, OF Tonnes
see, the first named being chief JUS
tice. NJ. G.. Reynolds, of Missouri,
and l.. w. Colby, of Nebraska, are
the United States attorneys.