Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-08-18
From our regular Correspondent I
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. s, 1879

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. s, 1892.
Now that Congress has at last got away
Washington is giving its undivided atten
tion TO preparing to make the coming G.
A. X. encampment memorable occasion
1t is already the principal topic of conyer
sation everywhere one goes, and every
body seems determined to do something tc
add to Its success. Scores of our mos
prominent business men, instead of taking
their usual summer vacations, are here
hard at work as members of the yariou.
committees in charge of the preparations
for the encampment, and there is much
more enthusiasm among them than have
ever seen displayed over the preliminaries
of a Presidential inauguration Command
erin chief Palmer. and number of hi.
staff are here rendering valuable assistance
to the citizens committees.
The news that Mrs Harrison was moi
making as much progress towards the re
covery of her health as had been expected
was most sorrowfully received here, and
nothing but words of the most heartfelt
sympathy for the President and wishes
for her speedy return to good health are
heard on all sides. Private Secretary Hal.
ford is In charge Of the White House and
no business, unless 1t be of the most
urgent and pressing nature, will be referred
to the President while he remains at Loon
Lake with Mrs. Harrison.
Secretary Noble who has stuck SO close
to his desk this summer as to imperil his
health has gone with Mrs. Noble for a
four or dye weeks vacation, The first two
weeks will be spent in northern Wiscou-
sin; then they will take a trip to the
northwest, going as far as Washington,
and, perhaps to British Columbia, visiting
several tribes Of Indians enroutc.
Gen. Grant acting Secretary OF War has
replied to the protest against the employ
ment of Army bands by Knights Templars
Communicates attending the conclaye at
Denver, Colorado, made by the National
Association Of Musicians. He says the
department has done nothing in the matter
except to grant leaves of absence to the
members of the bands In question, and
that 1t would be impossible for the Govern,
ment to obtain good musicians IL they
were not allowed 10 make extra money by
private employment, but that the Army
bands are strictly prohibited under any
circumstances from undertaking civilian
bands
Judge Crounse, Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury, having been nominated for
Governor by the republicans Of Nebraska,
will as soon a. he gets the business in his
Office in good shape to turn over to his
successor, resign and give his undivided
attention to the campaign If the Judge
is a. popular in Nebraska a. be is In Wash
ington, hi, majority is likely to be phe-
uomena
Senator Allison says that the appropria-
tion made by the first session Of the Fifty
second Congress aggregates S507 900 900
against Sl63 900 0Oh made By the first >es-
SION of the so-caIlcd billion dollar Congress.
an increase of S4i G0o 900. This increase
would have been very much larger II the
actual necessities of the Government had
been provided for TO say nothing Of appro-
priations for needed new public buildings,
none Of which passed during the session
just closed. II j. admitted hy democrats
in both the Senate and House that the
a law is millions of dollars less than the
actual necessities Of the service calls for,
and that big deficit is inevitable. The
same is true 10 a smaller extent of other
appropriations and The fact is well known
to the democrats who deliberately reduced
the appropriations for the purpose of de-
election, knowing that the deficits will
then have to be made good and notwith-
standing this scheming this Congress has
appropriated S4i 600 600 more than the
hr-t session Of the last Congress did,
Republican extravaganza will not re a
fayorite text with democratic stump
speakers this year, and the misrepresenta
tions Of 1920 cannot possibly be repeated
Most men in political life have to con
tent themselves with having their official
actions approved ny members of their own
party, but exSpeaker Reed is most
striking exceptions he has had every one
of the Innovations he wa. responsible fo-
having Introduced in the last House ap-
proved by his political opponents of the
present House, with the single exception
of counting quorum The democrats
not only approved. but they actually
adopted the very rules they had abused the
republicans for adopting at Mr.. Reeds
suggestion. The cioture rule. which was
refused the free silver men, had to be re
ported and adopted before the Worlds
Fair appropriation could be put through
the House, which was another evidence of
the hypocrisy Of the democratic leaders
in dealing with legislation of national
Importance