Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-03-19
From our regular Correspondent.
Washington Letter.

Washington Letter.
WAsHISGToN, ID. c., March .. 1891.
The President, after an unusually long
period of the most arduous work, has gone
t. Maryland for a weeks recreation in the
fascinating sport of wild duck shooting.
tie has wanted 10 take this trip all the
winter, and several dates have been set for
MIN to 90, Dut he found the pubic pusl
ness SO pressing that until now he has
been unable to do so. Tie will be gone for
aDuut a week, and number of prominent
republican Senators and Representatives
will defer their departure until his return,
Is it is understood that he will then take
under consideration the appointment of the
nne United States circuit court judges
provided by the new law for the relief of
he Supreme Court, d law. by the way,
which is one of the most important Of the
many important things done by the mach
apuscd Fifty first Congress.
Secretary Blaine has received one of the
most remarkable business testimonials
ever presented to a cabinet officer. 1t Is
signed by more than two hundred of the
most prominent business men of New
York city, irrespective of party, and in
cludes the most prominent wholesale mer
chants and importers of the metropolis,
representing an invested capital of more
than $50, 900, 900 The testimonial exp s.
es the appreciation of the signers of ar.
Blane's actions in negotiating a treaty of
reciprocity with Brazil upon the terms pro-
yided in the Mckinley tariff act, and their
trust that the wise and far-seeing policy
thus naugurated may be extended to other
South and Central American nations. thus
increasing the prosperity of the United
| States. Mr.. Blaine is very proud of the
testimonial, which is enclosed in hand
| some morocco case.
| Secretary Proctor left to-day for
| months tour of the South. He had not
| fully determined upon the places he would
| visit when he left here. His health hasn't
,een very good of late and the "trip is taken
| lpon the advice of his physicians. Like
| all the members of the present cablnet Mr..
| Proctor has been working very hard.
| Postmaster General Wanamaker is much
| pleased with the result of the experimental
rree delivery service, which is now going
| III at thirty small towns aud villages. and
tpout April first it will be extended To
| welve more in different sections of the
country. He hopes to be able to make
| such good showing that the next Con-
.ress will provide for the permanent es
| tablishmenJ of the free delivery service
| throughout the country.
1 nf hn oil
vice will be established April l. when ocean
| post-Offices will be organized upon all the
German steamship lines plying between
| New York, Bremen and Hamburg, with all
facilities for the prompt distribution of
nail matter that our railway postal cars
| now have. 1t is hoped that the English
and French postal authorities will shortly
euter into a similar agreement Hereto
fore all ocean mails have been dumped in
puk into the New York city post office, and
much valuable time has been lost in dis
| trbuting the matter intended for other
| sections of the country.
| The democrats never lose anything
through not having cheek enough to ask
| for it. Members of that party are now
pulling the wires here for the purpose Of
| getting Representative CulbersOn, of
| Texas, bourbon of the bourbons, appoint
| GU W Ouc VI tuc uCW CIoICS SuSuit
judgeships. Republicans can see no good
reason for going to the democratic party
for any of these judges, and they would
be greatly surprised and panied should Mr..
Harrison do so, but am perfectly conf
dent that the President will put none but
"true and tried" republicans into these
important positions, and that the demo
cratic supporters OF Mr.. Culberson will
simply get their pains for their trouble in
pushing his claims.
Ex-senator Spoonel was rendered a ban
Quet and presented with handsome and
substantial testimonial by his late col
leagues, both republican aud democratic.
Everybody here is sorry to see Mr.. Spoon
er retired, but man of his marked ability
will certainly be heard frnm again in the
political world.
The President has appointed J. II.
Beatty to be United States district judge
for Idaho. He was nominated for the
same position previous to the adjournment
of Congress but the Senate failed to act on
the nomination.
Indian Commissioner Morgan has, by re-
quest of the Secretary of the Interior, given
his views upon the recent request of the
governor of South Dakota for the disarm.
ing of the Indians in that state. Mr.. Nor
gan is opp 'sed to disarming the Indians,
and presents long argument, doubtless
very satisfactory to himself, against it,
but for several reasons 1t is not likely to
be the same to whites living 10 the vicinity
! OF the reservations.