The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-10-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S. Is!


The President is taking his own time
about making the important appoint
ments which he has had under consider
alton since his return to Washington and
the consequence is that the guesser is
working the situation for all it is worth.
One OF the latest guesses is that Commits
sioner of Pensions Raum will shortly re.
sign and Ex-senator Blair be appointed
to succeed him; another is that Attorney
General Miller will remain in the Cab.
met and Hon. John NJ. Butter, of Indiana
an old friend OF the President, will re-
cieve tine appointment to the vacant place
on the Court of Claims, and still another is
that ex-Representative McComas has
finally and positively declined to become
a member of the Civil Service Commiss.
ion. There are others-hundreds of EN-
but these will do for specimens. The
fact of the matter is that the President is
keeping up his reputation for letting the
other fellows do the talking until he has
finally made up his mind. He knows
that there is no special need of his hurry.
ing in making the appointments he is
now considering. and true to the policy
he has followed from the first day he
went into the White House, he will care.
fully weigh the merits and claims of all
and appoint the best man, all things con-
sidered, to be had.
Secretary Foster expects to leave some
time this week for Ohio, where he pro.
poses taking an active part in helping to
add to Major McKinleys majority and to
the election of republican legislature,
and no one can talk to him five minutes
on the subject without becoming con.
WINGED that his enthusiastic confidence
will be an important factor in the cam.
paign.
1t is noticeable fact that although
there is only one Democratic appoint.
ment in sight-the successor to the late
w. l.. Bragg, of Alabama, on the Inter
State Commerce Commissioned there are
as many prominent Democratic callers at
the White House as there are Republi.
cans, and nearly all the Democratic call
ers, which include Senators, Representa-.
tlves and Justices of the Supreme Court,
want different man appointed. Repre-.
sentative Culbertson, of Texas, is now
the favorite, outside.
Postmaster General Wanamaker has.
at the request of Postmaster johnson, of
Baltimore, directed the Chief of the In.
spection service to make searching in.
vestigaton of the charges, contained in a
report made by Civil Service Commiss.
Toner Roosefelt some time ago. of viola.
tions of the Civil Service law. Mr..
johnson is confident that he can prove
that Mr.. Roosevelt was mistaken in the
conclusions he arr we'd at.
Captain Fisher, chief clerk of the Pen.
sion Bureau was stricken with paralysis
while at his desk Saturday morning.
This is the second similar attack he has
had.
The Treasury department is still re-
ceiving Al per cent bonds for extension
as we'll as for redemption. Up to the
close of business Saturday the total
amont presented for extension at . per
cent had reached So, $50 and for re-
demption $l7, 1923, $50. None of these
bonds can be extended after October l..
Senator Dubois, of Idaho, is in town.
He says there is no doubt in his mind
about the Republicans carrying all of the
northwestern States next year. Speak
ing for his own immediate section he
said: This administration has favored
our section in almost every important
matter and antagonized it in none. I'm.
der it our lead.silver mines have been
protected and as natural sequence min.
ing industries have been stimulated to
profitable activity. The administration
OF the general land office has been most
satisfactory to the settlers, and our post
al facilities are in better shape than ever
before.
We secured statehood under this admin.
istration and we feel that it has been
friendly and considelate to us in the ex.
IRENE. Is it strange that we should
have every confidence in it? 1t is true
that Mr.. Harrison does not exactly suit
us on the silver question, but he comes
as near to it as any Presidential possbil.
ity, and think we can win next year
easier with him than with any one else.
The annual report of Commissioner
Carter of the General land office has been
submitted to Secretary Noble. Itmakes
an excellent showing, and puts in a
strong argument for storage reservoirs
for irrigating purposes.
REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
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