Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-30

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The family 70 furnished with clothing complete"
"But when Ned has sot through with the cloth.
Ing. and when :.
lie has 'hrcsn z aside. what do you do with Il
"why. once nor more We 20 round the circle CON.
And begin o use !, Tor patches for Ps.s."
CAPITAL GOSSIP.
Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, May -, 1893.
In all the government departments
here the impression is steadily growing
that the party In power, a. far as the
civil service rules will permit, will make
clean sweep. Uneasiness has been In
creasing for some time among old and
experienced employees. Secretary Car
Isle, of the treasury department is CALI
Ing for reslgnations Of chiefs OF dlvls-
ions as fast as the interests Of the treas
ury will allow. Secretary Lamont, OF
the war department, has announced a
determination to make great many
changes In the Office Of records and PEN
sions. In the departments OF the lnteri-
or, post Office, aud agriculture the same
determination exists In q greater or less
degree. Uneasy lies the head which
rests upon the neck Of q government
clerk OF any prominence at this time.
While the removals on political grounds
began In the treasury department and
have been moro numerous there, the In.
tenti0n to adopt the same policy In all
other branches OF the government Is very
apparent. The fact that Mr.. Cleveland
has not said word in protest against II
is taken as very good evidence that he
approves Of Il and was consulted before
the policy WAS inauguratcd.
When Mr.. Cleveland announced, two
months ago. that he desired to meet all
applicants for Office face to face, gnd
would endeavor to make his own selec.
tions as far as possible, the Democratic
congressman professed to be delighted.
II relieved them of "the burden Of pat
Ionage," they said. When Jones OF
Smithville, who wanted the local post
Office, called upon his representative,
with whom he had been upon terms OF
intimacy during the past campaign, aud
preferred his request, he was told that
the president WAS running the whole
business that II would be the JOY OF his
representative to Introduce him to
the president but that the representative
would not stand responsible for the re-
suit. Like u legislative Pontlus PLATE,
he washed his hands of the whole affair.
The president did do his best. lie sub
iected himself to q tremendous and
senseless strain. The congressman
were angry enough. Getting rid of the
"burden OF patronage" did not seem to
make them happy after all. The presl-
dent has now grown tired OF listening
to this, that and the other Office-seeker;
of endeavoring to remember u name and
face that have not particularly Impress
ed him; has realized that time devoted
to shaking hands and taking arms
against q bOundless sea OF hungry pa
triots IL robbed from the hour fund
which should be devoted to grayer ques-
tions than nominating Democrats to In
lderable offices. The "burden OF
patronage" has been once more dumped
upon the aching shoulders Of Democrat
IL congressman, and, strange 10 say,
they are again quietly, but fully happy.
A great deal Of interest has been
aroused here by the recent decision OF
the supreme court of the United States
declaring the Geary Chinese exclusion
act constitutional. II will be remem.
bered that the act, which was passed
by the last congress, provided that
all Chinese who failed to 20 through u
prescribed form Of registration and iden-
ilcation BY the fith day OF the
current month should be dcpOrted from
this country. Under the operations OF
the law about $50 Chlnamen have thus
far been sent out OF the country. To
carry the law lntO effect an apprOprla-
tion of $50, 900 was made by congress,
and Of this fund only about SlG,0 900 now
remains. 1t Is thus seen that the pro-
cess of depOrtlng the Chinamen has been
ouite extensive. Ii IL estimated that
there are about 10000 Chiuameu In this
country, and only about 6,0OO are
thought to have complied with the new
law. A test case was tried and finally
reached the supreme court, and that trl-
bunal has now declared the law consti-
tutionsl, as stated. The problem that
now cOufrOnts the government IL the
blllty aud wisdom Of enforcing
the law. Il Is estimated that the cost
will be mt least s6,0O0, 900 or $500, 900,
and of course the funds for the purpose
are not available. Furthermore, IL
evident that the enforcement OF the law
will cause a rupture between this
government and that Of China, which,
however, is not 90 important as the
cost. The administration Is In
and the outcome IL uncertain.
Ex-Congressman Blount, OF Georgia,
whom Mr.. Cleveland sent to Hawaii as hi'
personal representative just after he was
has been appointed minis
ter OF this government to that country,
Sir. Stevens, the former min-
later, who, Il is said, dlspleased the pres
dent by his interest In the movement to
annex the Islands. The change was
made some time ago, but has been kept
secret until recently, after the fashion
OF this administration. Blount Is the
individual who ordered the hauling
down the American flag from the build
Ing of the provisional government there.
Although loud outcry was raised
Just after the Columbian half dollars
were issued about the possibility OF
counterfeitlng them, no word mas yet
reached the treasury department, ofeven
an attempt to do so. VI course, II
could work undisturbcd he
could make handsome profit reproduce
ing the coins Just as they were made at
the mint. They contain only about
thlrty-nIne cents worth OF silver, and
sell for Sl. But the worlds fair people
have had such difficulty In getting rid OF
them at the market rate that possibly
the counterfelters feel discouraged. As
none have been sold at less than ei,
they could not put limitations on the
market at cut rate without exciting
suspicion; and the public does not seem
very anxious for the souvenirs ut s
each.
eNoLANo's MONEYS GUARDED.
The Bank OF England's edoors are now
90 finely balanced that the clerk, by
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