The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
Washington Letter

W fa>BtH-t"h Ltf'fh-
w,sutxsnox- d c. March -, 1898.
President Cleveland, If one may Judge
from his remarkable career, needs no
..rnasco,' 10 bring him good luck
bur an old JscksonIan DemOcraI-Au-
drew Jackson Long. Of Cedar Hill, Ten
nessee-dOubiIess with the feeling thai
il l. inpossible for a President. OF any
BODY ei-e. 10 have too many good luck
bringers. has. through Representative
Washington, presented him with
mascot, IN the form OF silver half
dollar, minted In the year of the PreSl-
dents birth-I S37-whIch Mr. Cleve-
land accepted IN the same spirit with
which il was given. and IN due course ot
time he viii formally acknowledge the
GIFT IN an autograph letter 10 Mr. Long
which wall probably be more highly
prized than the best Office at the PreSI-
dents disposal
That Secretary Gresham intends 10 he
the actual head Of his department Was
proven by his promptnesS IN demanding
the resignation nf DR.. r O st Car
who has been Chief Of the Consular Blu
reau under the last three administrations
for having withheld certain information
concerning L. : consul from Jh- Sec
retary- There are nImbeT of Old bu
reau chiefs IN the other departments VINO
deserve To be made 10 walk the plank
for the same reason These men have
been in office - long that they have ar
rOgated TO themselves authority which
belongs only 10 the head oi the depart
ment, and their dismissal would be for
the good OF the service IN more re-y@cis
than one In fact, there are few men
who can remain IN a responsible govern
ment Office for A long term OF years
without forgetting that they are servants.
instead Of masters New men and new
methods are wanted In every branch OF
the government service. g. must SDOn
become apparent 10 every member Of
the cabinet who examines into the de
tails Of ms department, and the indica-
tons are that that l. now being more
thoroughly done than ever before
Removing L. : consul by cable i
very seldom resorted 70 by the Depart
ment OF State. but II was done III one
case this week by Secretary Gresham,
and the man removed got just what he
deserved. The reasons for Secretary
Gresham : action are IN short, a. follows
In the early part Of the Presidential
campaign William r SOrsby, II MlsSIS-
slppI, was acting a. Congressman Catch
ing : private secretary, and taking ad-
vantage Of his position ne distracted Ger
tain papers containing important facts
relating TO the Demo ratio plans for the
campaign from the private deSS Il Mr.
Catching and gave them 10 Mr. Thomas
H Carter, chairman OF the Republican
National committee In November
last SOrsby was appointed L. : Consul
General at Guayaquil, EcquadOr, Pc
sition which pays :. 600 year. presum-
ably a. a reward for his treachery 10 Rep
resentative CatchIngs and the Democrat
Ic party. At soon a. theSe facts were
brought 10 the attention Of President
Cleveland and Secretary Gresham oDrsty
WAS dismissed by cable. and Mr. George
f Dillard, Of Mississippi, nominated TO
the vacancy.
So far from the nomination Of Dr.
Joseph :. Senner. Of New York, 10 he
Commissioner OF Immigration al New
York, which went to the Senate this
/ week, having been secured BY the steam
| ship influence, as Republicans are al
/ leging 1t was made IN direct opposition
]
/ position has been quite spirited there
| having been humber OF candidates all
strongly .cked. In order 10 ascertain
the sentiments OF the steamship men To-
/ wards each OF the applicants Secretary
| Carlisle had a uusty personal friend
call on them for the purpose of discuss
/ ing the fitness Of the several candidate.
Z and a. soon a. MS report was made th-
name OF every man the steamship men
I had expressed themselves a. being favor
ably inclined towards was stricken from
| the list Of possibilities
Secretary Hoke Smith Il giving the
| bureau chiefs Of the Interior Depart
/ ment some new ideas about the service
/ they owe the Government. Instead Of
I their leaving tie department daily al
! O'Clock, a. the ordinary clerks do, and
as they have been IN the habit Of doing
they are compelled To remain until :
I O'Clock. the additional. hour beiug de
voted TO a conference with tie Secretary
on the current business before their So
eral bureaus There l. some kicking
among the chiefs. but a. most OF them
are Republicans II l. done very quietly
Secretary Smith has already earned tht
sobriquet OF the steam engine among
the employees Of his department
II l. not often that new official i :
well fitted 10 assume his duties a. eN
Congressman stump, Of Maryland wha
l. 10 be Superintendent 81 iumigrB
ton, a position To which he was this week
nominated. He Was chairman OF ths
House committee on Immigration dur
ing the last COngr - and l. the author
Of the new immigration law, which. los
the way, would never have gotten thT0ugi
the House If 1t had not been for his IN
tIring efforts IN Its behalf
After the Senate dispoSes OF the case
of the appointed Senators. now Undei
discussion, II will take up the resolution
providing for an investigation Of th'
charge OF embeZzlement against Senate
Roach.