Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-04-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Cousin Ben Gets a Soft Snap.
No Reciproclty--Extra Session
-.Etc.
(Erom our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, March 81, 1898.


| (Erom our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON. March 81, 1898.
| COUSIN BIN.
When Mr.. Cleveland was asked by Con-
gresham to appoint one of the Presidents
| forty-leventh cousins to an insignificant
Office he became indignant and read the
Congressman scorching lecture on the
evils of nepotism receiving therefor the
plaudits of the country, but 1t did not take
long to find out that the rule against
nepotism was like all the rest-made to be
broken The knowledge was obtained by
an enterprising citizen who filed an appli-
cation for the L. s. Consulship at Sheffield q,
England-one of the best in the service
now held by Mr.. Benjamin Folsom, Mrs.
Cleveland's first cousin. He was informed
that the anti-nepotiSm rule did not apply
to cousin Ben who was already in office,
so that public Office is still a family snap,
notwithstanding that public trust" bus
mess.
uNDoING RECIPROCITY.
A portion OF tho reciprocity work of the
last administration is soon to be undone.
friend of Mr.. Cleveland is authority for
the statement that he will shortly with
draw the discriminating duties imposed by
President Harrison on coffee and hides
from Venezuela, Hayti and Columbia. 1t
will be remembered that these duties were
imposed because of the failure or refusal of
these countries To negotiate reciprocity
treaties with us, and now II they can have
the same privileges that countries enjoy
which did negotiate reciprocity treaties
with us 1t stands tn reason that some of
those countries will abrogate the existing
h,rx r1,i ,l, nj ,e,,.,
lures of the United States are allowed
entrance upon better terms than are en-
joyed by those of European countries, as
countries like individuals, will seldom pay
for what may be had for nothing.
EXTRA SESSION OFFICIALS
There is nothing like little firmness
occasionally. The Republic IN Senators in
caucus positively refuse to sanction the
Democratic programme for the election of
new officers Of the Senate at an extra ses-
sion, even when coupled with Senator Cor
mans prolfered compromise, providing for
the election Of officers now and their being
sworn In July LIST next. 1t was matter of
principle with the Republican Senators ;
they believed that the unbroken custom of
always waiting until the opening of the
regular session should be followed by the
present Senate, and they notified the DEM
ocrats that they intended tilibustering to
prevent the election of these officers, if
they persisted in the attempt. The Demo-
cratic caucus has not officially decided to
abandon the attempt to elect officers, but
enough Democratic Senators have ex-
| pressed themselves Individually to make it
almost certain that the eleci ion will be
quietly allowed to go over to the regular
session.
SHUTTING OFF VISITORS.
| Every new order issued by the admins
tration isn't reform by a jug full. For
instance, the order shutting out visitors to
Mr.. Cleveland on Mondays, and closing
the offices OF the heads of departments to
visitors on Cabinet days-Tuesdays and
Fridays. This is something entirely new
and Senators and Representatives are
doing some rather hard kicking about it as
it only leaves them three days in the week
| to see the President and heads Of depart
ments. This idea does not seem to agree
with the claim 50 often made that this
administration was to be nearer to the
people than any of its predecessors. No
other administration ever found it neces-
sary to shut out the people three days in
every week. exclusive OF Sundays. 1t
seems that the Jeifersonian simplicity -
was all exhausted in the campaign.
The first chief of division appointed by
Postmaster General Bissell was Repub-
lican. He wanted a man who possessed
ability and knowledge not to be found in
his own party, SO he was compelled to give
the position to Republican clerk in the
department, whose resignation of the place
he then held was at that time in the hands
of his immediate superior.
There's too much cackling over the al
legged economy in Diminishing few
employees from the departments. Wait
until the end of the administration and see
if it has not spent more money than was
spent by the Harrison administration As
the case stands it is a duplication of the
billion dollar Congress cry which fol-
lowed the close of the Fifty-irst Congress