Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-06-25
From our regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.

From our regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.
WAsIIINGToN, June Is, 1891
There is manifest disposition on the
part of those wild-eyed gentlemen who
have been for 10 these many months max
Ing monkeys of themselves bv yelling at
all times and in all sorts of places that the
lst Of July, 1891, would see the United
States Treasury 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 bank
man who has been loudest in this predc-
ton of bankruptcy has caused no little
amusement here, where any one who had
the brains and who cared to make the
necessary investigation might at any time
have fully satisfied himself from the OIL
cial figures that there was not the slightest
danger of anything even approaching
national bankruptcy. Readers Of this
correspondence need not be told this as
it has been stated and restated therein that
the L. $ Treasury is all right, and will
remain 50 ss long as IL is uuder republican
control
Representative Mills, who is now here,
alleged TO be engaged in literary work. but
III reality trying to patch up the big holes
In his Speakership boom. has at last dis
covered that there are times when a man
may talk too much and is out in state
mcnt over his own signature saying that
all the so-called interviews which have
been credited TO him are bogus, and saying
that he has not and will not express his
opinion on the Speakershp further than To
say that he is a candidate and that he ha,
not and VIII not express any opinion upon
the merits or dement's of any candidate,
for the democratic nomination for the
Presidency. all Of which shows that Mr.
Mills is what the boys call, badly rat
tied"
When Senator Quay was here few
days ago he told friend that he would
under no circums tances remain at the head
of the national committee during the next
campaign. although he was ready and will
ing to render the party all the assistance
he could both before and during the cam
paign.
Secretary Foster has decided, as il WAS
thought from the beginning he would to
sustain Chief Meredith, of the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing in his controversy
with the Knights OF Labor, in spite OF the
diCtatorial tactics of the leaders OF that
organization. A full investigation Of the
charges made against Capt. Meredith,
resulted in showing them TO be entirely
without foundation, and the seven X Of
l.. who were discharged have been inform
ed that they will not be renstated, but if
SO disposed they can make application for
new appointments, taking the usual eN-
animation and their chances along with
the other applicants. Secretary Foster is
a difficult man to buldoze, as the two
members of the X. Of l.. national execu-
tive committee have now discovered.
Threats are never good arguments
The inventors of the country who hap
pen not 10 be provided with fat bank ac-
counts, are to be congratulated on a new
rule in the patent office, which prohibits
men, who have, while examiners in that
office, rejected applications for patents,
| afterwards appearing as attorneys or
agents for these same applications The
absence of this rule has been the cause of
more applications for patents being re-
jected which by right should have been
granted than any other one thing, as it is
an unfortunate truth, well 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 applications
of afterwards getting an attorneys fee
from the same inventor for getting the
same application allowed. This practice
is now happily ended, and the credit for
the reform is due to Hon. Charles f.
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. NJ. Reed,
Of Iowa; w. +. Stone, of Colorado; H. G.
Sluss, of Kansas T. C. Fuller, of North
Carolina and W. W. Murray, of Tennes-
| see.
Secretary Noble returned 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.