Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-12
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent


From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 3, 1913.
Scandals involving the officials of the
late republican administration are coming
to the surface with alarming frequency
these day. Que that is almost en-
barassing because Of the ncarneSs of those
concerned therein to eX-Prcsident llarrl-
sou, is that unearthcd by Secretaries
Gresham and Carlisle, relating to the
manner in which cX-Secrctary Of State
Foster, is SquNndcring the governments
money upon lot of favOritcS, all on gov
crnment pay rolls, that he has taken on a
ianketing trip TO Paris, osteDsibly to aid
him in the Bchring Sea arbitration. As
specimens Of this pleasure party these two
win suffice giving fair idea Of the
whole business: Major lIalford was
nude paymastcr in the army at q salary
Of 50, 500 Il year as reward for his ser
vice as Mr.. IiarriSon'S private Secretary,
and was ordered to Paris to remain dur
ing the arbitration, although no one
could see the necessity for an army pay
muster there Mr.. Foster, who is L. S.
agent at compensation named by him
s"lf while Secretary of State, wished the
Major to have good time so he ordered
that he should be allowed from the State
department funds Slj, day for expenses.
j. Stanley Brown, who was Garied's
private secretary, draws SO q day as
regular cmployc of the State department,
hat having ordered HIM to Paris Nh
Foster directed that he, also, should re-
cclVed SO, day for expenses, in addi-
ton to his regular salary. There are
number Of others treated equally liber-
ally. Another scandal exists in the
Weathcrbureau and Secretary Morton is
now inye tigaling charges Of general
cusScdnCSS against some of its most
prominent officials that a.e almost certain
to result III Il number of dismissals. Ac
cording 20 these charges the crookedncsS
b gan from the time the bureau was
transferred to the department of Agri-
culture, and never stopped.
Unlc.s some sort of Il compromise can
be reached the republicans holding feder
al Offices in Kansas are safe to crjoy their
snaps for some time to come, as Presl-
dent Cleveland has directed that no APP
pontmcuts be made in that state until it
can be satisfactorily arranged whether
the luSoniSts or the straight-outs are to
be given control, ora division made be-
tween them. While Mr.. Cleveland wants
10 dothe square thing on both sides it is
an open secret that his personal feelings
are all on the 5 idc Of the straleht-outs.
No time is being wasted by fourth Post
master General Maxwell. The task of
putting democrats in charge Of all the
forth class posto0lccs is gigantic, but it
VIII in time be accomplished. The aver
age OF new democratic appointments is
well over one hundred day, the highest
number YET appointed in II single day by
Mr.. Maxwell being 1888
The administration and democrats
generally are delighted with the March
statement Of the condition of the Treas
Iry 1t was, of course, known before
hand that the payments for the month
would necessarily be unusually large,
but it was not known, or even guessed at
by cX-Secretary Foster that the March
receipts would be some millions in excess
ot his estimates. As result, instead of
The hole in the available cash anticipated
On account Of the hig March payments
Sl,joO,oOO was added TO the surplus, and
she free gold, now near $4,000, 900
continues to accumulate. Secretary
Carlisle has received many congratulate
tons upon his first months showing,
which but tends to confirm the general
belief that lie would make successful
secretary Of the Treasury.
MIR. Il. EIlery Anderson, OF New York,
credited with being the principal author
"f the tariff bill recently made public by
The Reform Club, of that city, is in Wash.
lngton. lie says: "Thc Reform Club.
which has played such prominent part
in the present situation has promulgated
its tariff reform bill, not with the under
standing that it is to be accepted, but
mainly Tor the healthy al widespread
discussion which will follow"
The silly fight which has been made on
MIR. John L. Rislcy, the minister Of Den
mark has had nc effect here, as MIR. Rls-
ley has received his commission and TAX
en the oath of Office lie will probably |
receive his final Instructions this week,
ana rnmOr says a portion of them will
be TO open negotiations for the purchase
OF Naval situation on the island of st.
Thomas, West indies, from the Danish
government.
President Cleveland told Senator Roach,
of North Dakota, that no faction of the
party IN any state will receive recogui-
ton to the discrimination of another fac
ton, but that the ability and character of
the APP llcant will decide all appointments,
By the way, speaking of Senator Roach
the imp essior seems to be general that
nothing more will be heard 10 the Senate
Of Mr. Hoar's resolution to investigate
newspaper charges against Mr.. Roach.