Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-06-30
WASHINGTON CITY NEWS.
Special Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, June %, 1898.

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personal agent" to Hawaii by appoint
ing a personal agent to take charge of
the government printing Office and re-
organize it er tire working force and
systsm-another name for dismissing
the republican employees. His reason Is
stated to be that he wishes this reorgan-
ization to be made by man who will
feel no responsibility to congressman or
congress. The personal agent who Is to
have all powers of the public printer
without any of his responsibility will
have no excuse or warrant Of law for
existing; only the will of Mr.. Cleveland
which appears to be rapidly taking the
place Of he law and the constitution.
Congress in its wisdom enacted a law
compelling the public printer to give "A
bond Of 500, 000-the largest with one
exception given by any United States
oflicial-for the faithful performance of
his responsible duties, This law will be
ingnored if Mr.. Cleyeland's personal
agent is given all the authority of the
public printer and not required to give
the same bond. The resignation of the
present public printer, Mr.. Palmer, has
been at Mr.. Cleveland's disposal for
months. His term expired more than
a month ago,
There a number of democrats at pres
ent in Washington, including several
congressman, who are in open rebellion
against so much of the Chicago demo
cratic platform as declared protection to
be unconstitutional These democrats
not only believe protection to be consti-
tutional, but that 1t is absolutely essen
tial TO the preservation of industries al
ready we'll established in the UdiCed
States, not to mention new ones. They
are citizens of Louisiana engaged in
sugar planting and they are here to i'm
press upon Mr.. Cleveland, Secretary
Carlisle and other democrats who are to
have hand IN preparing the necessity
for putting a tariff of ll-2 or , cents
pound upon foreign sugar, if the pres
snt bounty upon domestic sugar is to be
abolished. From the above it will be
seen that there will be democrats fight
ing for protection, as well as democrats
Gghting for free trade when congress
takes up the tariff question.
"If | were one of the pensioners
dropped" said a California lawyer, In
Washington on a pleasure trip, "by
reason of the reversal of the construction
placed upon the disability not of ser
vice origin clause of the act of 1890 by
Gen. Raum and ex Secretary Noble [
should appeal to the courts for the prop
er construction of that law, [ do not
pretend to say which is right, but GER
tainly both cannot be. Ex-Secretary
Noble is, think, better lawyer than
Secretary Hoke Smith, and Gen. Raum's
reputation as a lawyer is good, if not
quite so high as that of Judge Lochren,
| his successor at the head of the pension
office Noble and Raum puS one con-
struction on this law and Smith and
Lochren another that is directly con-
trary. Now the courts should be given
whack at it,
| Representative Caruth, of Kentucky
is one Of the democrats who believes
that Mr.. Cleveland may again be the
| presidential candidate of his party.
When some gentlemen were discussing
the availability of Gov. Flower, of New
York, and several western men MI.
Caruth after expressing his opinion as
to the probable candidate remarked sig
niticantly "All this, | want to add, is
on the presumption, of course, that Mr..
Cleveland will not consent too allow his
name to be presented for third term
In other words, Mr. Caruth does not
believe that any other man can get the
nomination if T. Cleveland wants it,
and.there is little doubt about his want
ing it,
Paymaster John c. Sullivan, of the
navy, who received Il lot of unenviable
notoriety and narrowly escaped beng
court. martlaled for criticizing the action
Of the Harrison administration IN deal
ing with Canadian poachers in Behring