Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-04-21
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st"'' wants ia Investigate Senator
it"a'h' harnstcr before fIe he
sn"pr senator appointed >cna-
'"t> u"st Wait Vrour-Doing In
'hr wrnther Burrau she Naval
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N e....r,.. y e.. Aprl II. I>9J.
u'f llonr.> deep laiI scheme to
pn Ioiti,ll,apiral 10y having
, -.H't' committee investigate the
wfr, 80 'mhclllmrnt alleged to
h,.r t'n committed 10y Senator
l,tuh. # North Dakota, fourteen or
t.tn.u Years ago, has come to grief.
~ in.i. u - dead 1t was killed bv a
p,mn.ta'ir caucus 81 Senators, which
Adopted a resolution against making
tu tut'-lgatiun into the career OF
senators before they hccamc such. In
ths il-,u-.ipn ia the executive session
hli before the caucus. as well a. in
tl, caucus. Democratic Senators made
strong Arguments against the right Of
thc senate iu make such inVtstiga-
buu. / hey held that ~ the author
liN 60 create "a senator rested alone
Wllh the state. 50 the authority to 60
uio "A senator's private past rested
1lune with the State. and that the
election 81 a man To- the L. :. Senate
f ly stat, Legislature was sufficient
,,ftiiiohtc ui his good character for the
senate Had II not been for the
rhagtin felt 10y Republicans at the
election ut Democrat to the Senate
o., iho Republican Legislature of
Nutlh Dakota this investigation never
Would have been proposed.
IfrstlVut Cleveland has notified n
senate committee that he will send
the last nominations upon which he
wishes immediate action To the Senate
iu few days. aud adjournment is
booked for next week, unless things
take a very unexpected turn. IL will
not b" possible to reach a vote upon
ib' ,,s'- "f the appointed Senators at
iiis BE-. -iuu
" uue. not even the Republicans,
l,li,,r- that Mr.. Ady has any case at
sli 90 hr claim to Ice legally elected
~ thr seat held 10y Senator Martin, oil
Kansas. but the Committee on Privi-
lcgUs and Elections reported resolu-
/ ton authorizing an Investigation. Ii
- not yet certain, however, that il
will be made.
The position 81 Assistant Treasurer
ul the T. $, at New York, is one OF
/ TIA" most important, from a strictly
commercial point Of view, under the
government. lie handles more money
than any man in the country and has
to give a bond Of 500, 900, something
that comparatively few men can do.
The nomination of Mr.. Conrad n. Jor.
dan Of New York, who was the l.. S
/ Treasurer during President Cleveland
fret administration. To this position
gave general satisfaction, both in po-
liical aud business circles.
The investigation of the Weather
bureau has so far been confined to the
/ charges against employees of stealing
ifum the bureau. which have been
more than proven by the evidence.
/ The mex, charge TO lie taken up will
he that of Violating the Civil Service
Law 10y employing incompetent men
AZ fancy salaries and promoting others
/ for no better reason than that they
we're hSorites of some high official or
/ his irirnds
The opposition tO the confirmation
ni Mr. Ecklcs Ia bc Comptroller OF
/ Currency was evidently confined TO
1 Republican newspapers. IL did not
materinli1o in the Senate, as he was
/ promptly confirmed this week, as he
would have been last week il some
body had not started a silly story
about his nomination being the result
oi clerical error. The nomination
VAS not acted upon at the first meet
| ing of the finance Committee held
| after IL was made because of that story,
| the members Of the committee think
ing u best 90 wait until the President
could hc seen before reporting upon it.
The retiring Republican Comptroller
thinks Mr.. Cleveland was wise in
nominating u good lawyer TO the posi-
ton, M complicated legal questions
are constantly turning up for him to
| decide.
Secretary Morton smiles at the
criticism fired at him because he
abolished the sinecure held by the
late Mr. Blainc's brother. al found"
said the Secretary, "that Mr.. Blaine
was drawing $1,000 year for doing
nothing. or at least nothing that was
uf the slightest value To the Govern
ment. and he would have had to go
all the same even il he had been Mr..
Clevcland's brother. That's all there
H. Ia IT,"
Secretary Herbert is heels overhead
IN the making of preparations for the
bIg Naval Review 10 begin in Hampton
Roads next week. The Secretary will
during the review, he quartered upon
u. :. vessel. in order that he may
ENJOY seeing the shine taken off the
foreign warships. The President will
not go To Hampton Roads, but will
meet the vessels in New York, whittier
they go after the programme in
Hampton Roads is completed, and it
may he that he will go direct from
New York TO Chicago, to open the
Worlds Fair, before returning to
Washington, but he hasn't finally
decided about that.
The dismissal of Republican chiefs
of divisions in the departments are
becoming quite frequent. and to hear
some of them kick is very amusing.
Every man of them thinks they ought
TO have been kept in office. Fortu-
nately the heads of the departments
differ with them DIu