Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-03-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c.. March 10. ,a7.

In endorsing the men to be appointed
to Office from that State, notw ithstand
ing numerous requests from prominent
Republicans to make exceptions there
to. He has fully male up his mind
that the rule is good one, and it's per
feet fairness can not be questioned by
anybody, He feels that the Sena tori
and members are better qualified tc
decide who ought to be appointed
among the applicants from their State
than he is, ano intends to insist upon
their doing it.
Taken all in all theresis lees bowling
from the Democrats on account of the
new tariff bill taan was expected, and
there is much less fault finding among
Republicans than there was when the
Mckinley bill was first reported to the
House. The Dingley tariff bill will be
taken up by the House next week and
pushed through without any unneces
sary delay.
Probably because whats every.
body's business is nobody's business, u
the respectable patent lawyers of
Washington have ignored the exist.
ence for some years of disreputable
concerns engaged in the business of
procuring patents, but the evil has
grown to such an extent that they have
retained, to protect their own good
names and the honest inventors, Will.
liam Small, Attorney at Law, Mcuill
Building, Washington. D. c., and he
requests all investors, newspaper pub.
fishers and others who have been de-.
ceived and defrauded by and through
false and fraudulent represen ia tions,
specious devices, including offers and
awards of prizes, medals of honor, Ger.
tificates of stock, etc., of alleged pro.
curers and sellers of patents, to com.
muicate with him. If there are apy
such among your readers they should
do at once.
Secretary Wilson is already in nu.
merous ways proving the wisdom of
President Mckinley in selecting e prac-
tical farmer for the head of the Agri.
cultural department He knows what
the interests of the farmers are, and to
what extent the general Government
can serve those interests. One of the
first requests of President Mckinley Of
Secretary Wilson was . st care should
be taken in making tie seiections for
U. s. Consuls in the agricultural sec.
tions of the world to get men familiar
with agriculture, in order that they
may be able to make reports that will
be of practical benefit to the American
farmers. Mr.. Wilson thinks the right
sort of consuls could get valuable in
formation for grain growers from por.
tions of Europe and in South America,
and that the culture of the sugar beet
would increase more rapidly if we had
careful reports of an intelligent study
of their culture in Germany, France
and Austria.
Postmaster General Gary announced
this week that after mature considera-
ton the Administration had decided
that all postmasters should be allowed
to serve a term of four years, unless
they gave cause for their removal.
This matter was before the President
and Cabinet and all sides of it was dis
cussed before conclusive decision
was reached, the idea being that it was
of more importance that the country
should know exactly what policy
would be followed than that any par
ticular line of policy should be adopted.
And that is one of the very best of the
many good features introduced by this
Administration. Instead of trying to
mystify the public President Mckinley
tries to keep IL informed of his inten.
tions, and as soon as thing has been
determined upon it is made public.
This has been the rule ever since the
first member of President McKinley's
cabinet was selected. That it Is a good
rule can not be doubted.
The credentials of the three gentle
men appointed to the Senate by the
respective Governors Of Oregon, Ken.
lucky and Florida are now before the
Committee on Privileges and Elections,
and the three gentlemen have been
granted the freedom of the Senate
chamber. While nobody knows what
the committee will decide to do or how
soon it will act, the general impression
Is that the committee. will not be in
hurry, and that the Kentucky and
Florida Legislatures are likely to be
given a chance to settle two of the
cases. The Oregon case will turn upon
the construction placed upon the as
sembling of members of Legislature
and their failure to organize. If con.
strued as a meeting o. the Legislature,
Mr.. Corbett would have no chance at
all: otherwise, he has chance, but it
isn't any too good at best, owing to
precedents.
1t has been SO long since mem bers of
ot the cabinet took the trouble to go to
the Capitol to confer with memb bers of
the House and Senate on public mat.
ters that the visit of Secretary Sher-
man to the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, for the purpose of discuss.
ing and getting the opinions of the