The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-06-27
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington. June 20, 1895.


1t might be supposed when the President
issues q special proclamation against fill.
clustering and the Secretary of State gets
the Secretaries of the Navy aud Treasury
and the Attorney General to issue orders
directing the employees of their respective
departments to be on the alert TO keep
American flibustering out of Cuba, that
the Government of the United States was
determined at all hazards to cut off Amer-
can aid from the Cuban revolutionsts But
that isn't the view of the matter taken by
the knowing oness This sudden activity on
the part Of the Government owes its origin
to representative, made by She SPANS
Minister, and is intended as much-prob-
ably more to prevent Spain having good
case for damages against the United States
as to frighten intending American filibuster.
srs. International Courts of Arbitration
are not slow to award damages in such
cases-the verdict against Great Britain in
the Alabama claims case is readily recalled
by most people, and was doubtless discussed
auguration of all this activity. 1t isn't then
question of sympathy, as many seem dis
posed to think, but of plain, every day
dollars and cents. The United States must
officially take precautions to prevent a
violation of the International Neutrality
laws, or find itself called on to pay big
bill of damages if Spain succeeds in subdu.
ing the revolt. The administration thought
it was wise to take those precautions, but
nobody in Washington appears to believe
that any of our officials on board the cruiser
Raleigh, now in Florida waters, the revenue
cutters or on shore will strain their eyes
or sit up o'nights to find and arrest Ameri-
cans upon fillibustering bent. Those off
cials are all Americans, and doubtless to a
man their sympathies are with the Cubans.
OF course if they see any violation of law
they will be prompt in making arrests.
Judge Springer, who seems to take as
naturally to his Judicial duties az though
all the years he spent in the turmoil of the
House had been passed on the bench, is in
Washington on business. He says of his
new home: Indian Territory is improving
very fast in every way. White people of
good class, honest and industrious, are pour
ing in rapidly, and the towns are growing
and developing along the same lines of
municipal progress that we see in the var-
GUS states of the union l think the re-
port of the Dawes commission has been
largely responsible for this Every body
realizes the ultimate destiny of the territory
Sooner or later it will become state, and
even now in population, wealth, area and
resources it has all the prerequisites of
statehood" When asked his opinion of the
silver movement, Judge Springer assumed
his most judicial oast of countenance and
said something about it not being proper for
judges to express opinions on such subjects
Well, well! things change and men change
and men change with them. Still, it is
difficult for Washington newspaper man
to realize that "Bill" Springer hesitates to
express an opinion upon anything.
There is one thing about putting the
Government printing office under the civil
service rules which has been accomplished
notwithstanding the opposition thereto. If
the rules are properly enforced the Public
Printer will have more time to devote to the
Legitimate work of his Office than he has
ever had before. Under the old method of
making appointments the greater part of
the public printers time was taken up by
listening to the friends of applicants for
appointments. This was particularly true
when congress was in session, and the great
est test of the new system will be when
Congress reassembles. OF course on general
principles there can be no valid objection to
making appointments anywhere solely on
merit. But accusations of favoritism have
been made in other branches of the Govern
ment, and it is not probable that the public
printer will succeed in escaping similar &C.
cusation. Some shrewd friends of organized
labor predict that the change is the first
step towards the end of the reign of the
Typographical Union, which has controlled
the Government Printing Office since its es-
tablshment. They think that under the
new rules non union printers are certain to
get in, and there will be no way to either
compel them to join the union or to get out
as they will be protected by the civil service
rules.
1t gets more and more difficult to get any.
thing tangible out of the silver news which
is brought to Washington. The assertions
of every individual appear to be based upon
his hopes, and those Of men equally trust.
worthy are directly opposed to each other.
For instance, Secretary Carlisle, who has
Just returned from Kentucky, says The ad.
ministration men will control tho state con-
Vention which meets next week, while Sena-
Cor Blackburn writes that the free silver
men will control it. Both cannot be right
Winnemuccs Gilman an was heard
speaking to himself as he ironed shirt
Picks up one showing evidence of having
been we'll cared for, and says. Bachelor.
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