Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-06-06
WASHINGTON LErrEa.
tFrom our Regular oo-r..pona.ut.,

weii versed IN political trickery .
any man in the United States. AL
though supposed to stand for every
thing that is anti-Cleveland, particu
larly on the financial question, he hai
controlled more Presidential patron
age up TO date than any other singl.
member of the Senate. That's VII,
so many people say that he has bar
gained away his vote on the silvel
question, at the coming session oi
Congress, for patronage; but Of that
your correspondent does not intend
70 express an opinion; the record oi
M. Voorhees, is well known, and IL he
goes back on IL when Congress meets,
the public can draw its own conclu-
sions, but so long - he can get oiIices
for his constituents it IL not probable
that they will bother themselves
about little thing like somersault
on the financial question. But it was
Of little political trickery in which
he 10 just now engaged that l started
to tell. OF course every newspaper
reader is familiar with the high hand
ed doings Of Postmaster Donham at
Terre Haute, Ind, in dismissing all
the Republican letter carriers as soon
- he took charge Of his Office. against
the rules Of the r. 0. Department as
we'll as the civil service law. Civil
Service Commissioner Roosevelt went
out there and made personal inves-
tigation and his report is dead against
the postmaster, although il has not
yet been approved by the other CON-
missioners, but it unquestionably will
be. Now that particular postmaster
Is one Of Voorhees, henchmen and
Vorheea got here as soon as Com
missioner Roosevelt did, determined
to prevent his being punished or dis
missed. In order to strengthen him
self with Mr.. Cleveland, whose weak
ness no has long ago learned, he had
himself interviewed as soon as he ar
rived in Washington and filed half
column with the most fulsome Aattery
OF tho wisdom and statesmanship Of
the President. He calculates by this
bit OF humbuggery to pull the wool
over the Presidents eyes and prevent
any action being taken on tho report
OF Mr.. Roosevelt. Mr.. Roosevelt
oan't begin to match the Senator for
trickiness, but he 10 all the same q
hard fighter and Is determined that
Donham shall be punished, and II he
isn't look out for row.
Secretary Hoke Smith has repealed
an order that was issued by Gen.
Raum and Assistant Secretary Bus
sey, constituting disability not OF
service origin" which he hopes will
keep the veterans out OF from $15.-
600, 900 to s20, 600, 900, a year. Un-
der the construction which Secretary |
Smith has decided shall be put upon
the pension act Of 1890, a mans 'dis.
ability not Of service origin" will
have to be sufficient to prevent his
'arning . support by manual labor
before he will be allowed . pension.
Attorney General Olney has, ac-
'ording to story current here, been
at down upon by Mr.. Cleveland.
ar. Olney was determined to make
no fight OF his life to compel the
Worlds Fair people to obey the law
- to Sunday closing, but Secretary
Sresham told Mr.. Cleveland that it
'ould make the administration very
in the West, where the
eople were practically unanimous in
ayor OF Sunday opening, il any ex-
raordinary efforts were made by the |
attorney General to compel it to
lose. Then the Attorney General .
'as told that be must do nothing i
lore than he was compelled to do in a
30 matter. He objected to the in d
srference with his plans, but he was d
uickly made to understand who was
0ssing the machine, just as bis col a
'agues bad been before h,m, and he .
'ddenly concluded to make VISIT to
'oston, leaving the District Attorney
Chicago to make his fight for Sun.
ay closfg alone, and without even :
10 morslsupport of the administra.
on. o
Hon. Robert T. Lincoln, who has II
roved his ability as an executive off.
", and as diplomat, by four years
rsice 10 the cabinet and by four ! !
,ars service as U. S. Minister to G.
reat Britain, is in Washington for q
9 purpose of mskinl his final re. /.
'rt to the Department Of State. He sa :,
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