Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4th. 1895

Washington, Saturday afternoon,
but left to-day for Philadelphia, to
attend the annual encampment of
the G. A. r. He kept so thor
oughly in touch with all important
public matters during his absence
that he found only routine busi-
ness on his desk when he returned.
He had informal talks with all the
members of the Cabinet, except
Secretary Long, who is not in the
city, and there was regular
Cainet meeting to-day. He also
heard a verbal report by President
Schurman, of the Philippine Com
mission. He anticipates a pleas
ant time at the encampment owing
to the large number of old friends
he will meet there.
Commissioner Evans of the Pen
sion Bureau completed his annual
report before leaving for the G. A.
r. encampment, and copies of the
document will probably be distri-
buted among the veterans. There
is more or less talk of the proba-
bility of an attack being made upon
Commissioner Evans method of
administering the Pension Bureau,
in the report of the G. A. r. COM
mittee which made an investigation
several months ago, and which
will be submitted to the encamp-
ment; but Mr.. Evans is confident
that the Committees report will
show that he administered the laws
properly, and that if there is any
censure, it will be of the laws and
not of him. The report of the
Commissioner recommends the
repeal of the law granting arrears
of pensioners; he also recommends
that the law shall be strictly en-
forced which requires every pension
agent to prepare and mail to each
pensioner whose pension is payable
at his agency, a voucher fifteen
days dreceeding each quarterly
pension day. The report says that
during the present fiscal year, the
arrears of work will be greatly
diminished and that all claims will
be made practically current. The
report also expresses satisfaction
with the work accomplished during
the year, and says; "The work is
in far better condition than at any
time since 1 assumed charge of the
Bureau, and it is believed that
further progress will be attained
by the system that has been insti-
tuted in the different divisions.
No new rules of evidence have
been introduced, but the work has
been accomplished under prescribed
rules of many years standing
Uncle Sam did pretty well for a
summer month, in August, which
is usually dull in official as well as
in private business. The Treasury
receipts were IS, $50, 900 more than
they were in August of last year,
and the surplus for the month was
81, ,455, $50. The amount of gold
in the Treasury is larger than ever
before, the exact figures being
$24S, ,757,971. These figures tell
their own story of the prosperous
condition of the government and
the country, and in the face of such
a story, how ridiculous is the claim
now being made by some Demo-
Gratis, that the Democrats have
chance to carry the country next
year. To accept such claim is to
impeach the intelligence of the
voters of this country, who have
too vivid a recollection of Cleveland
times not to appreciate good
thing when they have it, and to
vote for it's continuance.
The most talked of event in
political circles just now, is the
buying of the Democratic nomina-
ton for Governor of Ohio, by Mr..
John r. Mclean, whose actual
residence is in Washington, but
who has large property interests in
Ohio corporations, and who is also
the owner and nominal editor OF
the Cincinnati Enquirer. Repub-
licans, including President Nc
Kinley, do not regard the nomina-
ton of Mclean as an important
factor in the gubernatorial cam
paign, because they believe that it
has been from the day of the nom
inatioO of IuIUn Mash bN- tho Po
publican convention of Ohio, only
question of how many majority
he would be given-there has never
been and is not now the slightest
doubt of his election. But the
Bryan Democrats are in almost q
state of panic. They do not trust
Mclean. They believe that he
has secured this nomination as
a. mart Of the p1Ot to defeat Rryan