Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-08
Washington Letter.
Prom our Regular COrreepondent.l
Washington. juno 2. lsgs.

| OUice quite lnree mOnths yet, out so
great has been the strain upon the
strength of nerves of its members,
caused by The aborious work Of re-
forming-on paper-the whole govern
ment. that they have already began to
indulge in little vacations for their in
diyidual pleasure Dir. Cleveland was
so overrun with official cares that be
could not accept the invitation extended
him by the q. A. r. to attend the
Memorial Day exercises al Arlington.
but he started on the afternoon Of that
| day for q weeks salt water fishing.
Secretary Carlisle found time between
dismissals OF republican officials in the
Treasury to spend . portion OF this
week in Maryland As the guest Of Sena-
tor Gibson. Secretary Morton. having
about concluded his task OF getting rid
OF every prominent republican official
attached to the Agricultural depart
ment. 10 in Nebraska rseupsrAting.
P. N. G. Bissel. who finds the reform
ing OF the post Office department :
much more exAsperating task than he
counted upon, trusted to luck that no
Hill democrat would alp into a post
office while he was away, and took
run up to Buffalo to see whether any
body had been attempting to reform the
game of penockls since he came away.
Attorney General. Olney, Just to show
how deep his interest was in the legal
proceedings for the pretended purpose
of compelling the Sunday closing of
the Worlds Fair, took trip to Boston.
Incidentally he doubtless took occasion
to renew his stock OF mugwump frig-
idity. which has been largely drawn
upon to cool the hot headed southern
democrats who have occasionally
managed to get past the sentinel at his
door and into his private office. This
is certainly an early beginning of the
holiday season and indicates a regular
boom for the vacation business a little
later on.
Senator Allison is being highly COM
mended by republicans for having SAID
that lie would not serve as delegate
to the international monetary confer
ence, which is to meet again next
November, because it will be the duty
of every republican in Congress TO be
in his seat when the Fifty-third Con-
gress meets and begins the work of
tearing down the carefully constructed
fabric which has given the United
States thirty years of prosperity never
equalled by any other nation. in ae-
cordance with the democratic pro-
gramme Senator Allison thinks that
Gov. Boice will be renominated for
governor of Iowa by the democrats,
and that he will be defeated by the
republican nominee, the peoples party
being no longer factor in that State.
Owing to the peculiar methods
introduced by the present administra-
ton nothing but routine business can
be- transacted in the Government
departments during the absence of the
President, as no member of the cabinet
is allowed to make even the most
insignificant appointment or decide any
question of public interest until the
Presidents approval has been secured,
and it is refused oftener than it is given
after it is asked for. The late justice
Lamar, when ho was Cleveland's first
Secretary of the Interior used to say
1--WE are the schoolboys and Grover is
the teacher" Wonder what he would
say if he were a member of the present
cabinet, which is tyranized oyer 10 a
much greater extent than was the one
of which he was q member.
A private letter from Honolulu says
Minister Blount has intimated to
Hawaiiaus that Mr.. Cleveland would
recommend to Congress that protect
crate be established by the U. S. over
that country.
1t is now stated that the extra session
of Congress will not be called until
October. Perhaps if the democratic
Senators aud Representatives do not
SHOW more signs of getting together"
than are now apparent before October
it may not be called at all.
Judgesl.ochren's proposal for a clean
sweep of every republican employed
outside of the classified service in the
Pension Office has been approved by
Secretary Hoke Smith and Okd by
Mr. Cleveland, so the republicans will
have 10 90 as soon as their democratic
successors can be agreed upon.
Like master like man. Secretary
Carlisle this week announced his in
tention 10 shut ont the public and L
see no callers, except those who ar,
able 10 satisfy The sentinel who guard
his pffaa door. IF tho ,,-f a :, ~, sf ni,