The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-06-22
WASHINGTON NOTES.

about the new member of the cabinet,
Attorney General Harmon, of Ohio,
whose appointment was "a complete
surprise in Washington, as it doubt
less was everywhere else. Mr.. Har-
mon, or Judge Harmon, for he re-
signed from the bench few years ago
to become the head of a well-known
fnn OF Cincinnati corporation lawyers,
making speciality of railroad bust
ness, was probably not known per-
sonally to score of men prominent
-, in national politics, outside of his own
~ Estate; and his appointment is gensr-
ally credited to corporation influences.
just as was that of his immediate pre-
decessor, Mr.. Olney, who is now
Secretary of State Outwardly the
s democratic politicians have nothing to
- say against either of these appoint
ments. although they do not pretend
amony themselves to like either of
them even a little bit.
The most important business that
the new Attorney General will be call
cd on to handle for some time to come
will deal with railroad corporations
big ones, too. But contrary to his
private practice, it will be aganss cor
porations-the Pacifi railroads and
the estates of their former officers that
he will be expected to act, in the at
tempts that are being to get settle
ment of the indebtedness of those cor
porations to the Government. Judge
!. $ssIfsElAon is credited with being fine
~ 8law1;er, and his official act i'll connec-
%~.tiorl with thu Sc Pacific railroads cases
vii be watched with a great de | of
interest; also, in regard to the enforce
Z, t-npht Of the ANTITRUST laws, which Mr.
Olnsy declared to be worthless so far
as controlling the trusts was concerned
1867 But which the Supreme court declared
lsF1d unanimously to be good enough to com
fsatsft easel Eugene Debs, the labor leader, to
~ air'4serve the jail sentence imposed ON him
.sshthersunder. 80
The transfer of Mr.. Olney from the
Department of Justic to the Depart
ment Of State was promotion, both
socially and politically Socially it
puts i'm and Mrs Olney at the head
of the cabinet in all social and official
entertainments at which members of
the cabinet and their wives take laces
according to precedence. Politically
sss+yy itadvances him from fifth to second
." s place in the line of presidential sue
cession, as under the law the Secre-
tary of State would become president
should the and vice president die or
both become constitutionally incapaci-
<sss va, tailed to. hold their Offices. So far as
s6% ~ Washington is concerned. about the
only difference will be that it will be
moro difficult than ever to obtain State /
Department news as Mr.. Olney earn
:, ed while Attorney General the reputa-
sEst ton Of never giving out anything in
the shape of news.
30 Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania
has all the thrifty instincts of his
~ Scotch ancestary. For that reason his
remaining in Washington and main
tanning an office. fully equipped for
the republican presidential nomination,
~ is significant. II e doesn't spend money
& ~ Adlsss he expects tolget something for
it, nor has he ever displayed any
"''f ondness for doing hard work What
y -. eyer other people may think of his
X 'a+sc{ances, it is evident that he things
- them good enough to pay out his money
III z, and put in full time at his desk He |
:" ~ 4 is personally managing his boom, and
4, -. has not left Washington, except for q
- few. days at time, since Congress ad-
:" journed. About all that is known of
y. what he is doing is that he is receiv-
/; ing and sending out an enormous COL
= fesp6ndence Like his late father,
he rather dislikes the newspapers and
believes in personal appeals for politi-
cal support. He is banking upon his
being the only eastern republican
mentioned as possible presidential
candida who has declared for the free
coinage of silver, and is looking to the
49, rh,sspn. ne, who are far more
= nilmsfnus than some PEOPLE dream,