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Show many irons in th fire at once. i Somebody succeeded in stealing copies of Attorney Genera's brief in the Sayward case, which by the way has been postponed until the October Octo-ber term of the Supreme Court, several sev-eral days ago, but it wasn't of much me to the thief for no newspaper would buy it at any price, and the opposition lawyers had been furnished fur-nished with advace copies. An in vestigation is being made. It was unkind, not to call i disloyal, dis-loyal, for ex-Gov-Foraker to tell the National Republican League conention that "Mr. Blaine has given us a magnificient administration," administra-tion," and it is not likely to have a soothing effect upon the already vcy much perturbed gentleman who draws the President's salary and who is now travpllinir nrniinH nniin a 0 1 royally equipped special labelled the "Presidential Train." If you presented a check at a bank and it was paid in dimes and nickels you would naturally suppose that the cash in that bank was run-i run-i ng very low, well, the Treasury, which, when it came into the hands of the republicans a little more than two years ago contained a cash stir, plus of more than a hundred million of dollars, is now depositing in Na tional banks subject to its checks for current, expenses the small silver sil-ver currency that it has accumulated during several years, and it has to pay te banks to take it too. And even with this it is feared that when the quarterly payment of about $30. ooo.ooc for pensions is made on July 1, that the Government strong box will be entirely empty. Genral John C. Black, ex-Com-missioner of Pensions, is visiting Washington, and he does not deny to the Democratic National convention conven-tion next year by the Illinois delegation. dele-gation. The program as outlined by one of kis friends is something like this: Senator Palmer having denied the use of his name under any cir cumstai.ces, it has been determined by some of the leading democrats of the State, with the concurrence of Senator Palmer, that incase it becomes be-comes evident that the head of the ticket will go to the West they will present and urge the claims of General Gen-eral Black will be pressed for the nomination, and if an eastern man heads the ticket General Black will be pressed for second place. He was a candidate before the conve n-tionfor n-tionfor Vice-President in 1888. WASHINGTON LETTER. Our Regular Correspondent. Washington, April 27, iSor. Senator Reagan's resignation to accept the chairmanship of the New Texas Railroad Commission, while it had been discussed among his friends as a possibility ever since the Commission was created was nevertheless a genuine surprise to the public, and the naming of Horace Hor-ace Chilton as his successor was a still greater surprise. Texans now here speak in the highest terms of Mr. Chilton, but they do not dis-uise dis-uise their disappointment at his election. They think, and say, hat the nati onal reputation of Mr. Mills is such as should have entitled enti-tled Mm to a refusal of the position. Owing tohiscanidicy fortheSpeak-ethip fortheSpeak-ethip his f;iends express a doubt as to whether 1 e would have accepted the appointment. Seventy-iive Treasury employes to-day legan the count of the cash in the vaults made necessary by the change in the United States Treas u ership. No sooner did the Dispatch, which is now the official junketing boat of the administration, return with Sec retary Blaine than it was boarded by Secretary Tracy and steamed away for a pleasure trip from which it has not yet returned. The Secretary of War has given the contract for improving the entrance en-trance to Galveston, Texas, harbor to a Dallas firm. The price for the work is $3,469,710 which is the largest lar-gest amount ever paid on a single contract for harbor improvements. improve-ments. Ir is puzzling people to find out whether Major Sanger, U. S. A. who invariably stands, in full uniform, beside Mi. Harrison, when that gentleman makes a soeech from the car platform, is being used as a protector or as another additional at traction. Jerry Simpson is now posing as a specia friend of the Union soldier and advocates the payment by the Government of the difference in value val-ue of the greenbacks paid them dur- -ing the war and the value of gold at 1 that time. Better look out Jerry, there js such 9, thing as having too |