The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-03-18
MCKINLEYS new RULE
Regarding Appointments to OiIice''
Notes of Washington Affairs.

Notes of Washington Affairs.
Correspondence OF the News
WASHINGTON, March II tie
publican Senators and Representa-
lives would like Mr.. Mcklnleys
plan of making them choose the
men who shall be appointed to once
from their States much better II lie
had not allowed it to become genef-
ally known. They are Wiling
enough that the men who get the
offices should give them credit Tor
securing them, but they DO not IKE
the idea of having to be held res
ponsible by the unsuccessful aPph
cants. It is a shrewd dodge on the
part of Mckinley and its announce
ment has already brought about
marked falling off in the number OF
office-seekers who seek to push their
claims by personally calling at the
| White House.
ATTITUDE OF DEMOCRATS.
While the caucus of democratic
Senators did not decide the matter
definitely, it was plain from the tone
of the remarks made that number
of them were opposed to the pro-
posed combination with the silver
republicans and populists to reor-
ganize the Senate Committees. Some
of the shrewdest democrats in the
Senate are of the opinion that moth
ing would be gained by such a COM
bination although they are deter
mined that the successor of ex Sena-
tor Voorhees, on the Finance Com
mittee shall be a silver democrat, in
order that the silver men shall retain
their majority on that committee.
Senators Faulkner and Smith have
been put on the democratic steering
committee in place of Blackburn
and Brice, and German, chairman,
aud Cockrill, Harris, Walthall,
Jones, of Ark, White and Murphy
have been reappointed as members OF
that committee.
DISAPPOINTING CUBAN ATTITUDE.
The widow of DR.. Ruiz, whose
mysterious death or murder in a
Cuban prison caused Consul General
Lee to threaten to resign if the late
Cleveland administration did not
better support his demands upon the
Spanish authorities in behalf of
American citizens, arrived in Wash
ington this weeS accompanied by
her five children, to try to interest
the new administration in her claim
for identity. She says she has docu-
mentary evidence, which she is
anxious to lay before Secretary Sher-
man, proving that DR.. Ruiz was
! killed in his cell by the prison
guards upon the instigation of
Weyler's men. Speaking of Cuban
matters, the new administration has
disappointed many by issuing even
more rigid orders that those of the
Cleveland administration for the
prevention of fllibnstering and the
absolute maintenance of neutrality
1t had not, of course, been supposed
that the Mckinley administration
would openly countenance tillibus-
tering That would make this
country liable for damages. But il
was thought that the i1ea would be
conveyed to the officers OF the NaYaI
and of the Revenue Marine service
that their superiors did not expecf
them to break themselves dowr
hunting for fillibusters. Republi-
cans say the Supreme court decision
in the Thr5e Friends case left tn
administr ltion no choice.
MCk1NLEY's SPECIAL AIDE.
Mr. Nc kinley has to have tn,
services Of special military aid-de-
GIMP; at least he has them, and tha
duty has been assigned to Capt
Helstand, U. S A., who by som
e hocus ,ocus has been with the Nc
Kinley S at Canton ever since tn
election, Capt. Heistand's wife viii
live at the White House and be Mrs
NICK neys constant companion
Y This sort of flap doodle may be al
right i'll Europe, but it seems out O
e place in this country. By a coinci
! dence the last President who had
military aidde-camp was also a
+ Ohio man-Garfeld.
It BALL COST $4,000.
d Pension Commissioner Murphy
authority for the statement that tn
L Mckinley Inaugural ball cost tn
e government $4,000 in salaries pal
d to idle employees of the Pension Blu
1t reau.
y On Senator Gorman's motion tt
is credentials of Mr.. Wood. appointe
'e by the Governor of Kentucky |
succeed Senator Black burn, were r,
ferred to the committee on election
" and nobody need be surprised
n they are never heard of again.
After looking over the groun
= Hanna concluded he had enough /
l. do without antagonizing Tom Rec,
Ie so there will be no administratio