The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-03-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our regular correspondent

Washington, ID. o., March ~, 1897.
President Mckinley is standing
strictly by his rule, requiring each
State Congressional delegation to un-
lite in endorsing the men to be ap-
pointed to Office from that state, not
withstanding numerous requests from
prominent republicans to make, eX-
ceptions thereto. He has fully made
up his mind that the rule is a good
one and its perfect fairness cannot
be questioned by anybody. He feels
that the senators and members are
better qualified to decide who ought
to be appointed among. the applicants
from their state than he is, and in
tends to insist upon their doing it.
Taken all in all there is less howl
ing from the democrats on account of
the new tariff bill than was expected,
and there is much less fault finding
among republicans than there was
when the Mckinley bill was first re-
ported to the house. The Dingley
tariff bill will be taken up by the
house next week and pushed through
without any necessary delay.
Probably because whats every
body's business is nobody's business"
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,
Mr.. William Small, attorney-at-law,
McGill Building, Washington, d. c.,
and he requests all inventors, news
paper publishers and others who have
been deceived and defrauded by and
through false and fraudulent repre-
sentations, specious devices, including
offers and awards of prizes, medals of
honor, certificates of stock, ETC., of al
legged procurers and sellers of patents,
to communicate with him. If there
are any such among your readers
they should do so at once.
Secretary Wilson is already in num-
erous ways proving the wisdom Of
President Mckinley in selecting a
practical farmer for the head of the
agricultural department. He knows
what the interests of the farmers are,
and to what extent the general gov
ernment can serve those interests.
One of the first requests made of Pres
ident Mckinley by Secretary Wilson
was that care should be taken in max
ing the selections for United States
consuls in the agricultural sections 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
portionsof Europe and inSouth Amer
lea, and that the culture of the sugar
beet would increase more rapidly if
we had careful reports of an inteIli-
gent study of their culture in Ger
many, France and Austria.
Postmaster General Gary ANNOUNCE
ed this week that after mature con-
sideration to the administration had
decided that all postmasters should
be allowed to serve 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 discussed 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 particular line of policy
should be adopted. And that is one
of the very best of the many good
features introduced by this admins
tration. In stead of trying to mys-
tify the public, President Mckinley
tries to keep it informed of his in
tentions, and as soon as a thing has
been determined upon it is made pub
lie. This has been the rule ever since
the first member of President McKin-
ley's cabinet was selected. That it is
good rule canot be doubted.
The credentials of the three gentle
men appointed to the senate by the re-
spective governors of Oregon, Ken
lucky and Florida are now before the
committe 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 i'm
preston is that the committee will
not be in hurry, and that the Ken
lucky and Florida legislatures are
likely to be given chance to settle
two of the cases. The Oregon case will
turn upon the construction placed
upon the assembling of members of
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