The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-08-18

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of Nebraska for Governor of that State, as the
convention recently held at Lincoln selected
Mr.. Crounse for that position. Secretary OF
the Treasury Foster has very high opinion Of
Judge Crounse. aud just before his departure
for Ohio last week spoke of his Assistant in the
following complimentary manner: II served
in the 43d and 44th Congresses with Judge
Crounse, and knew him quite we'll then and
esteemed him highly. He came into this office
as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury about
| one year ago, soon after became Secretary. 1
have been closely and intimately associated
with him during that time. / have never met
man of more personal integrity or better
! judgment than Mr.. Crounse. His judgment
seems to be unerring / regard him as one OF
the ablest officers of the Department, and shall
regret exceedingly that for any cause he shall
sever his connection with it. / congratulate
the Republicans of Nebraska on their very
fortunate selection of candidate for Governor.
l can assure them in advance that if he is
elected, of which have no donbt, he will prove
TO be one of the best, if not the best Executive
officer the State ever had"
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Washington is practically deserted officially,
Secretary of State Foster being the sole repre-
sentative of the Cabinet in the city. The
White House is practically abandoned, owing
TO the absence of Gen. Harrison and bis family.
the only occupants of the building being
Private Secretary Halford and the clerks and
attendants. The usual Summer overhau!ing
of the building is in progress, the carpets
having been taken up aired and beaten and
tbs furniture being completely hidden with
white linen covers, while the chandeliers are
covered with folds of netting to protect them
from flies and other insects The War and
Navy Departments are presided over by Assist
ant Secretaries Grant and Solely, Secretary
Elkins and Secretary Tracy being out of the
city. Secretaries Noble and Rusk are also
away, and so are Attorney General Miller and
Postmaster General Wanamaker. The warm
weather which has prevailed for two or three
weeks past has caused the Departments to be
closed an hour earlier than usual. and with the
closing of Congress and the withdrawal of the
President and his Cabinet from the city. all
combined, has caused Washington to assume
an air of dizziness much more pronounced than
is usual at this season of the year.
IS.
Considerable disappointment is felt at the
Postofice Department over the unexplained
omission from the sundry civil bill of an
appropriation of s. 600 which had been asked
for to enable the Sixth Auditors Office of the
Treasury Department which audits Post
masters accounts-to supply 20 clerks for six
months. at the rate of $500 per year, whose
o;,1 I,,f; 1o aral
lion paid money orders which have accu-
mulated and are constantly accommodating in
the Sixth Auditors Office, and which, in their
present state, prevent the settlement of thou
sands of Postmasters'accounts When the sundry
civil appropriation bill was prepared, this item
was embodied in il, and the Department under
stood it was going through all right. there
appearing to be no objection to it. The en-
ployees for these positions had been selected.
they being outside the classified civil service,
and most Of them had been notified to report
for duty on Aug. Is. It was discovered that
no provision had been made for their employ
ment on Tuesday, Aug. 9, and it was found
necessary to annul these appointments. The
omission of the item will cause vexation and
delay to thousands of Postmasters throughout
the country, who desire settlement of their
money-order accounts. There are several mil
lion of these money-order blanks. representing
business transacted at various offices, now
stacked up in storage rooms Of the Sixth Aud
itor's Office. 1t is not known whether the
item was omitted from the bill Intentionally.
or was a blunder Of the clerk who prepared
the measure.
According to the statement made by Senator
Hansbrougb, of North Dakota, he must be the
most magnetic man in Congress out Of is.
One night recently Washington was visited
with severe electric Storm aud the following
/ is the Senator's account of his sensitveness to
electricity in the atmosphere felt at the ap-
proach of and during the storm: About 6
o'clock yesterday morning became aware Of
the fact that the air was highly charged with
electricity. II seemed to me that my fingers
! clutched two invisible poles of a battery, and,
| in spite OF every effort could not loosen my
grasp. As the evening wore on the charging of
my system was conducted In more vigorous
fashion, until at length was in what may be
termed electrical paroxysms. Ny muscles
were contracted just as they would be under
the influence of most powerful battery, and
my best efforts to counteract the feeling were
of no avail. These strange sensations were at
times extremely painful, the center of disturb
ance being in the region OF the spleen. Once
or twice after the storm broke there was tempo
rary relief, but it wa. not until the thunder
had died away in the distance that found my
self free from the power Of the current. Then
! was as weak as / would have been had con-
tended for three or four hours with half q
dozen professional wrestlers."
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Capt Thomas !. Luttrell was appointed last
week by the District Commissioners an Assist
ant Tax-Assessor of the District of Columbia
The Office was made vacant by the resignation
of Mr. Moore some time ago. and as it was de-
sirable position quite number of applications
were on file for the place Capt. Luttrell
served through the war in the 40th Va. Con
federated, and is known as leader of the rock
ribbed Democracy of the District. As Mr.
Moore, the former Assistant Collector, was Q
Democrat, the position had to be given to q Der.
son Of that political faith, and it would have
been impossible to have found better man for
the position or better Democrat than Cant.
Luttrell, who is well qualified in every respect,
and will give satisfaction to everybody.
sA.