Milford chronicle., 1893-03-31
Washington Letter.


WASHINGTON, March ~, 1893.
Mr. clevelaud's rule for the Government Of
Presidential appointments, announced from
time to time since his last Inauguration, are
entirely praise worthy; but, unfortunately for
him and his fame. there is one little draw
back to his occupying the proud place in
the country's esteem to which such an ex-
cellent set Of rules would seem to entitle
him; he doesn't live up to them, except in
cases where the applicant hasn't pull"
enough to impress him. The rule against
the appointment of ex office holders has
been the oftenest .eiterated, but it is now
claimed that it was only devised for the pur.
pose Of letting doJ !, easy lot of men who
held Office bet9esi IS and 's9. but who
have since LOST their grip and become incl
ligable in theleyes of Niss Cleveland; as
number of "ex's" haye Rlready been ap-
pointed to some of the mos desirable posi-
tious.
When Mr., Cleveland was asked by Con-
gresham to appoint one ofthe Presidents
forty-leventh cousins to an insignificant of.
fee he became indignant and read the Con
gresham a scorchiug lecture on the evils of
nepotism, receiving tlTfe for the plaudits Of
the country, but IL ~ not take long to find
out that the rule Blu~ust nepotism was like
all the res'aafuyie to be broken, The
knowledge obtained by a gentleman
who filed an duplication for the U. S Con
selship at, Sheffield, England-one of the
best in the serYice-now held by Mr., Benja-
min Folsom, Mrs. Cleveland's first cousin
IEs-asst. Informed that the anti-nepotism rule
did not aPRly to cousin Benz, who was al
ready in OH 9, so that public Office is still
family snap, Notwithstanding that public
trust" business
A portion ofVhe reciprocity work of the
last Administered, S,on is soon to be undone. A
friend of Mr.. CiSvelapd is authority for the
statement that he ill shortly withdraw the
discriminating dutieA( imposed BY President
Harrison on coffee aud\hides from venszu-
ella, HaYti and Columbia It will be well
remembered that these d. ity were imposed
because of the failure or nsal of these
countries to negotiate reciis treaties
with us, aud now if they can have the same
privileges that countries enjoy which did
negotiate reciprocity treaties with US it
stands to reason that some ofthose countries
will abrogate the existing treaties by
which products and manufactures of the
United States are allowed entrance upon
better terms than are enjoyed by those ofEu-
ropean countries, as countries, like iudivid- |
uals, will seldom pay for what may be had |
for nothing.
There is nothing like little irmness oc-
eationally, The Republican Senators in
caucus positively refuse to sanction the |
Democratic programme FOR the election of
newofieers of the Senate at an extra session,
even when coupled with Senator Gorman's
prohered compromise, providing for the
election Of officers now and their being
sworn in July /, next II was a matter Of
principle with the Republican Senators;
they believed that the unbroken custom Of
always waiting until the opening of the reg
ular session should be followed by the pres
ent Senate, and they notified the Democrats
hat they intended flibustering to prevent
he election Of these officers, if they persist
ID in the attempt The Democratic caucus
has not officially decided to abandon the at
empt to elect officers, but enough Demo-
cratic Senators haYe expressed themselves
to make it almost certain that
he election will be quietly allowed to go
,lsS 70 the. regular session.
fs,,s-,, new oysder issued by the administra-
IN isn't reformA by jug full. For in
,nee. the order of shutti6Fg out visitors to
+. Cleveland on Mondays, 4aud closing The
ices of the heads Of departments to visit
RS on cabinet dsys-Tuesdays and& Fridays.
mis- is something entirely new, and sssn97 {
rs and Representatives are doing som +
ther bard kicking about it as it only leav9.s 5
EN- three days In the week to see yne d
resident and heads Of departments. This b
ca does not seem to gee with the claim so f
ten made that this administration was to Il
nearer to the people than any Of its pre- Fl
.cessors. No other administration ever e
uud it necessary to shut out th people p
rec davs in every week, exclusive Of Sun a
Tvs. II seems that the 'Jefersonian SIM e
icitvn was all exhausted in the campaign C
The FIRST chief of division appointed by e.
,stmaster Geueral Bissei was asla kepuph- 81
"a. He wanted a man who POSSESSED aoil- il
and knowledge not to be found in his ii
vu party 50 he was compelled tol give the in
,sition to Republican clerk in the depart
emit whose resignation Of the place he
en- held was at that time in the hands Of
4 immediate superior
There's too much cackling over the aiieg-
economy, in dismissing few employees
Z, n. dssartments. Wait until the end Gu
,be adpfuistration and see il it has not d'
spt moA money then was spent by the vi
.rr;sou ,ministratiu. As the case stands be
& ~-ak oao,e Of the billion dollar aa
.nsyA Ae,, Cd on my = followed the close Of lei
-. ~ J in eoaongress. lai
laying I oul-- Is
4 ss sisy wlsh ny twenty-four hundred dis ev
Z ahs,q. eeesof which catarrh and inau di'
s. Coughs snsthe meuest but Old saul's &c
e. .leht eo.tacks and kills these enemies. BY
lles free af ~
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