Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-04-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Correspondent.

of hard work, and il has been put to
a severe test since the Inauguration,
as it has been the exception rather
than the rule when he has been
able TO retire before 2 O'Clock in the
morning, and be is slways at his desk
again before s O'clock. Feeling the
need of little undisturbed rest, he,
in company with Secretary Gresham,
left Washington Saturday afternoon
and they will not return until tomor-
row. His destination was not made
public for fear that he might be fol-
lowed by some of the importunate of
fce-seekers, anxious to personally
present their claims They went to
see ambassador Bayard at his home
in Wilmington, Delaware.
The investigation of the Weather
Bureau, now being publicly conducted
after hours at the DepaItme of Ag-
riculture, is very nasty mess as far
as it has gone, and itpromises to grow
even nastier. The property of the
bureau has, according to the testimo-
ny, been stolen and sold to Junk deal
ers whenever certain of the minor Of
fcials needed little extra whisky
money, and the stealing was done in
broad daylight, the employees Of the
bureau being used to load il upon
wagons. About everything seems to
have been included in the theus, upon
one occasion stone step being taken
from the building itself. The p1ncl-
pal men implicated thus far are the
foreman Of the press room and the
captain of the wetch, but others high
er up are said to have received por-
ton Of the money, aud it is expected
that Che evidence will prove it. Sec
retary Morton is determined 80 get
TO the bottom of the filth aud to see
that every guilty man is punished, re-
gardless of who he may be or who
may be his friends.
President Cleveland said he intend
ed 10 get The very best man in the
country, who was available, to be
Commissioner Of Pensions, and the
general appreciation of the nomna-
tion Of Judge VIM. Locbren, of Min
nesota, to the position indicates that
he succeeded. Judge Lochren was
not an applicant for the posi- ion, in
deed, he at first declined 70 accept it,
but withdrew his objections when his
party duty and Loyalty were appealed
to by the president. His war record
is of the brayest, and although ne Is
not q member of the q A II, no men,
Der Of that organization has, so far as
known, had word 30 say against his
special fitness for the position. lie
was born in Vermont, but bas resided
in Minnesota since 1857, with the ex-
ceptlon of the time he served in the
army. He will take charge Of the
Pension Bureau about May 1st.
Secretary Morton found not only
individuals employed by the agricul-
tural department who were not rem
dering services in anything like fair
proportion to the salaries they re-
celve, but a whole division Of em-
ployes who have been practically paid
for doing nothing for more than a
year. This was the quarantine diyis-
ion of the Bureau of Animal Industry,
which Secretary Morgan has just abol-
ished. Quite howl has been raised
by the republicans because the chief
Of the abolished division happened to
be the late Mr. Blaine's brother, al
though it is difficult to understand
why that should have made the slight
est difference. Surely they did not
expect that a democratic administra-
ton would feel called upon TO take
care Of the poor members of the
Blaine family.
Secretary Lamont hasn't been doing
much talking--he never does-but
that he has been doing some iuvesti-
eating and thinking, is shown by his
statement that no more army officers
will be detailed for ornamental pur-
poses. This may be little rough on
The army officers who have been cal
culating to spend the summer at the
Worlds Fair aud the various summer
resorts, but no one can deny that It Ii
Just to the people who pay these men
their salaries, and doubly just to the
officers without "pulr who have to
/ perform, in addition TO their own, the
duties of The butterflies Of the profes.
sion
Postmaster General Bissel has de.
cided that no fourth-class postmaster
shall be removed, except for cause, un'
I'll they shall have served all or nearly
all of four-year term. This is new