The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-07-25
SECRETARY CARLISLE
On Duty-Hard Work For the
Nation.
Pensioners Beheaded
Attorney General 0lneY Asks
The Rascals For Their
designations.
Pensioners Beheaded
Washington, July "a, 1898.

Washington, July "a, 1898.
Secretary Carlisle is again on duty,
having returned from the ten-day
vacation which is probably the only
one he will get for many months to
come, as the general belief, fully
shared by himself, is that he has now
entered upon long period of the
hardest work of his life. His depart
ment deals exclusively with the two
great questions that will occupy the
time OF Congress-the tariff and
il is his desire to be pre-
pared to furnish all of the information
ON both subjects that will from time
to time be asked for from the time
that Congress takes up these
questions until it disposes of them,
and when that will be is conundrum
that no wise man will try to answer
at this time.
, Not the slightest bit of sensation
was caused by the alleged news. re-
ceived here early in the W. ek, of the
disabling of the U. S. S. Mohican by
shot from a poaching sealer flying
the Hawaiian flag, for the very simple
reason that nobody believed word of
it. The department has had reports
from Behring's sea dated month later
than when the alleged disabling took
place, which make no mention what
ever of any such incident. That's
why nobody believed the story.
The number of pensioners absolute
ly dropped from the roll since March
A, last is 245, but in the same period
6,090 have been suspended, pending
further investigation. Judging from
past experience in such cases it is es-
timated that large majority of the
latter will finally be dropped. The
work of examination is being pushed
as rapidly as possible and will be con-
fined for long time to pensions gran
ted under the act of 1890.
***
Now that Secretary Lamont has
taken four years lease on Wash
ington residence the rumor-mongers
will probably cease starting stories of
his intended early retirement from
the Cabinet. He will live in good
company as his house is next door to
that of Senator Brice and within a
stones throw of the White House.
The Secretary came here this week to
consult with Secretary Gresham in
regard to several matters under the
State department which were unset
tied when the President left town, and
while here he signed the lease for his
house. Although accompanied by
Mrs. Lamont whose face is almost as
well-known as his own the Secretary
spent several hours in Washington
and got safely away before the news
paper men knew of his visit. How
ever, it would not have made much
difference, as Lamont is postmaster
in the art of talking with out saying
anything, which Talleyrand said was
the first requirement of diplomacy.
***
During the short time Secretary
Lamont remained in town he found
time to decide that Army officers who
desire to attend the Worlds Fair must
pay their own fare like other people,
and that permissions granted officers
to attend the fair do not carry free
transportation. While this will upset
the plans of numerous Army officers
who have been calculating to take in
the big show at Uncle Sans expense
its business is manifest to all. The
salary of the Army officers who will
visit the fair go right along and
they certainly should be willing to
pay their own expenses.
Attorney-General Olney has been
accused of not looking very favorobly
upon the practical side of politics, i. e.,