Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-07-28
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
HARD WORK AHEAD FOR SEC
RETARY CARLISLE.
Diplomatic Secretary-ArmyO Off.
GERS Must Pay Fare when sight
Seeing-Attorney General Fails I'm
Line-Bland Will be Chairman of
the Finaace Committee.
From our Regular Correspondence.)


WASHINGTON, July 81, 1893.
Secretary Carlisle is again on duty,
having returned from the ten-day
vacation which is probably the only
one he will get for many long months
to come, as the general belief, fully
shared by himself, is that he has now
entered upon long period of the
hardest work Of his life. His depart
ment deals exclusively with the two
great questions that will occupy the
time of Congress-the tariff and
tinance-and it is his desire to be pre-
pared to furnish all of the information
on both subjects that will from time
to time be asked for from the time
that Congress takes up these questions
until it disposes of them, and when
that will be is conumdrum that no
wise men will try 70 answer at this
time.
Not the slightest bit of sensation
was caused by the alleged news, re-
ceived here early in the week, of the
disabling of the U. S. s. Mohican by a
shot from a poaching sealer flying the
Hawaiian flag. for the very simple
reason that nobody believed "a word 0.
it. The department has had reports
from Behring'S sea dated a month later
than when the alleged disabling took
place, which make no mention what
ever of any such incident. That's
why nobody believed the story.
The number of pensioners absolute
ly dropped from the roll since March
4, last is 245, but in the same period
5000 have been suspended, pending
further investigation. Judging from
past experience in such cases it is es-
timated that large majority of the
latter will finally be dropped. The
work OF examination is being pushed
rs rapidly as possible and will be con-
fined for u long time to pensions
granted under the act of 1890.
Now that Secretary Lamont has
taken four years lease on q Wash
ington residence the rumor-mongers
will probably cease starting stories OF
his intended early retirement from
the Cabinet. He will live in good
company as his house is next door to
that of Senator Brice and within
stones throw of the White House.
The Secretary came here this week to
consult with Secretary Gresham in re-
gard to several matters under the
State department which were I'M
settled when the President left town,
and while here he signed the lease for
his house. Although accompanied by
Mrs. Lamont whose face is almost as
we'll known as his own, the Secretary
spent several hours in Washington
and got safely away before the news
paper men knew of his visit. How
ever, it would not have made much
difference, as Lamont il postmaster
in the art of talking without saying
anything, which Talleyrand said was
the first requirement of diplomacy.
During the short time Secretary
Lamont remained in town he found
time TO decide that army officers who
desire to attend the Worlds Fair must
pay their own fare like other people,
and that permissions granted officers
to attend the fair do not carry free
transportation. While this will upset
the plans of numerous army officers
who have been calculating to take in
the big show At Uncle Sans expense
its business is manifest TO all. The
salary of the army officers who will
visit the fair 60 tight along and they
certainly should be willing to pay
their own expenses.
Attorney General Olney has been
accused of not looking very favorably
upon the practical side of politics, i. e.,
putting out the opposition and putting
in members OF his own party, but before
leaving Washington for q short vaca-
ton he showed that accusation to
have been undeserved by notifying u
number of the assistants to the AT.
torney General with salaries ranging
from 81 500 TO 5000 that their resig-
nations were desired, and it is stated
by those who know that every Repub-
lican connected with the Department
OF Justice, outside Of the classified SER
vice, is to be made to walk the plank.
A good many guesses have been
printed about the chairmanships of
the important committees of. the next
House, and one of them was that
Representative Bland would not again
be chairman OF the Coinage Com
mittee. Now, it can be stated upon
excellent authority and without vio-
lating anybody's confidence that Mr..
Bland WiH be chairman of that COM
mittee in the next House, unless he
declines to serve again, and there is
no apparent reason why he should do
that.
Speaker Crisp is not expected here
until about August 9Th, two days be-
fore Congress assemblies, and q move
ment is now on foot to postpone the
Democratic House caucus for the
nomination OF officers until the morn
ing OF the 7th, as twill only require a
few minutes for it to transact its bust
ness. The canvass for Sergeant.at-
Arms and Doorkeeper is going on
quietly and all of the candidates are
claiming to be safe. There is practi-
cally no contest for the other places
CLERK, Postmaster and Chaplain.
Dem.
RUMoRs OF WAR, 1t seems that