The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-08-17
Qua WASHINGTON LETTER
Correspondents of les REoozp.
MAsH1xGros, August 10. is

WAsHISGrGsi August TO- 1898
Secretary Carlisle's friends would like
the public to believe that the Secretary
and Mr.. Cleveland are Oh the best OF
terms. but the snogn facts indicate
directly the contrary. 1t is understood
here that Cleveland has at DO time since
he called the extra session consulted
with Secretary Carlisle, although the
message is entirely devoted to subjects
belonging 10 the department over which
! Mr.. Carlisle presides One OF Mr..
Carlisle's assistants was summoned to
Gray Gables to furnish Mr. Cleveland
with desired financial information, but
Mr. Carlisle did not go, although it
would have been just as easy for him to
have gone as it was for the Assistant
Secretary to go, but it was the Assistant
Secretary and not Mr.. Carlisle who was
invited.
Another thing pointing Enthusiastically
to q lack Of that confidence between the
two men which should exist between a
President and his Secretary of the Treas.
ury was Secretary Csrlisle's positive
statement. made to personal friend. not
an hour before Private Secretary Thurber
made public the appointments of James
t. Kilbreth to be Collector and Walter
H. Bum to be Appraiser at the port Of
New York--two OF the most important
appointments yet made by Mr.. Cleye-
land, from q strictly political point of
view-that he did not think the appoint.
ments would be made until after Mr..
Cleveland returned to Washington. Mr.
Thurber did not even take the trouble to
go from his Office in the White House to
Secretary Carlisle's Office in the Treasury
building, scarcely stones throw away,
to inform Mr.. Carlisle that these import.
ant appointments had been finally deci-
ded upon, and the first intimation that
Secretary Carlisle received of them was
from the newspapers.
"If Senators Hill and Murphy do not
6ght the administration now" said a
Tammany Democrat, speaking of the
appointments of collector and appraiser
Of the port of New York, sit 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 in making these
appointments. Not only are both Of the
appointees anti. Tammany, but they are
also anti.Hill, in every thing that the
expression applies" No one at present
in Washington seems disposed to venture
an opinion 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
Tammanyite says. if they don't fight them
they will probably not fight anything
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 Lamont has a
private job to look out for The
Whitney street railroad syndicate wants
a charter for an electric railroad in
Warrington and Lamont has assumed
the task Of getting it from Congress. It
is proposed to build this road on Massa.
chusetts Avenue. from one end Of the
city to the other. Massachusetts Ave.
nue. is one of the handsomest residence
thoroughfares in Washington, and vari.
Gus attempts to secure charters for build.
ing street railroad thereon have been
defeated in Congress. but it remains to
be seen what weight will be given the
wishes Of its residents by Democratic
Congress, particularly when those wishes
are opposed by the administration.