Middletown transcript., 1893-08-05

friend, not an hour before Private
Secretary Thurber made public the
appointments of James T. Kilbreth to
be Collector and Walter III. Bum to
Appraiser at the port Of New York
two of the most important appoint
ments yet made by Mr.. Cleveland,
from strictly political point OF view
that be did not think the appointments
would be made until after Mr.. Cleve-
land returned to Washington. Mr..
ThnrDer did not even take the trouble
to 90 from his Office in the White
House to Secretary Carlisle's office in
the Treasury building, scarcely a
stones throw away, to inform Mr..
Carlisle that these important appoint
ments had been finally decided upon,
and the first intimation that Secretary
Carlisle received of them was from the
newspapers. To appreciate the full
significance of this snub, for it. was
clearly intended as such, it must be
remembered that both Of the officials
named are subordinates of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury. Whether there
is any foundation for the rum0r, which
will not down, that Secretary Carlisle
Intends to leave the cabinet is more
than your correspondent will under
take to say, but it certainly looks as
though Mr.. Cleveland were trying to
freeze him out.
s.If Senators Hill and Murphy do
not light the administration now,"
said Tammany Democrat, speaking
of the appointments of collector and
appraiser Of the port of New York,
''it may be considered certain that
they will not fight it at all. 1t will be
impossible for Mr.. Cleveland to more
directly insult them than he has done
i making these appointments. Not
only are both of the apIointees anti
Tammany, but they are also anti-Hill.
in every thing that the expression app
lies" No one at present in Washing
ton seems disposed to venture an opin-
ion as to whether Hill and Murphy
will attempt to defeat these two nomi-
nations when they come before the
Senate for confirmation, but. as the
says if they don't fight
them they will probably not fight any
thing else that Mr.. Cleveland may see
fit to do.
In addition to his duty as Secretary
Of War and those arising in connection
with his Assisting Mr.. Cleveland to
boss the Democratic party, Dan La
mont has private job to look out for.
The Whitney street railroad syndicate
wants charter for an electric railroad
in Washington and Lamont has as
,umed the task of getting it from Con-
,ress. 1t is proposed to build this
.oad on Massachusetts Avenue, from
,ne end of the city to the other.
Avenue, is one of the
landsomest residence thoronghfares in
Washington, and vLrit u' attempts to
ecure charters for building street |
ailroad thereon have been defeated in |
Congress, but it remains to be seen
What weight will be given the wishes
# its residents by Democratic Con-
,ress, particularly when those wishes |
re opposed by the administration.
A stranger in Washington would to-
lay be unable to see anything which |
that in one week Congress |
will be in session. Members are arriv-
ng unusually slow and when l asked |
ne of them the cause of it, he an
wered: whats the use Of any hurry,
he slate is all fixed up for the organi-
alton of the House; after that time
will have something to say,
nd they will be here to say it.
Senator Quay has arrived. He
avors the immediate repeal of the
urchasing clause of the Sherman
liver law and an early adjournment Of
be extra session, but he acknowledges
hat be is in a minority when it comes
D the early adjournment question.