| Show washington LETTER OUR I 1 washington nov 15 1887 7 1 the talk of the capital is the con can between mr lamar secretary of the interior and sir mr op sparkes arkes commissioner of the gen eral land office which has culminated in i a caustic letter from the cabinet minister to his subordinate iu which it is stated after citing the difference cf their opinions on legal questions involved in certain railroad land grants that one or the other of tile the two officials concerned must forthwith resign liis his position I 1 public opinion seems to sustain the action of secretary lamar because according 0 to the decisions of the united states supreme cour his construction of the land laws is clearly right ri 0 and the comm commissioner missioner iss ioner is radically wrong cr whenever la war mar would reverse sparks which was a common occurrence tho the latter would file a long protest reviewing the case and attempting to convince the secretary of his error so it finally became simply a question of official subordination itis generally believed that sir mr lamars letter was inspired from the white house the administration being anxious to unload sparks on account of his unpopular western land policy it itis js evident that the I 1 land commissioner will have to go and that quickly lie ile is held in such aversion by many congressmen me n that they will not enter his office unless they krow lie he is absent assistant commissioner and geo ina M julian surveyor general of new mexico both indian are spoken of as successors of sparks those who claim clair nto to know still insist that postmaster general bilas is to bo be the new S secretary of the interior and that den 11 M 1 dickinson of michigan will fill the other vacancy it would appe appear mr to be tile the presidents purpose to give the west two cabinet members I 1 with the view of strengthening 0 beni 0 1 his is party where it is known to be weakest it is now conceded byall by all that the new york election means mr Clev elands certain rc nomination aaion by the democrats while the republicans I 1 1 public ans may name any one of half a dozen candidates the signs of the times not pointing t to any particular man however mr blaines friends still claim that be is the republican favorite over in old virginne Vir ginny it would seem seem there is to bo be a sharp contest forthe for the united states senate between gov lee and ex congress man barbour in which the chances appear to favor the latter inthe if the washingtonians Washington ians could decide the question most of their votes would be for sir mr barbour their neighbor of antique alexandria we are not yet through with our centennials Centen nials though there have a number within the past dozen years the next one will be observed in new york city april 30 in commemoration of the centennial of the inauguration 0 of geo washington as president of tile united states from their frequency are losing much of popular enthusiasm and still I 1 think that at new york there should be a ccle bration worthy werthy alike of the founders of the greatest of republics and of the progress and patriotism of the notional national character the illustrious washington all I 1 forever loom isom up as one of the grandest ard most colossal col osBal figures of history the pride ofris own countrymen and t alie ie central object of ortho the worlds admiration and veneration his fame growing brighter with the fleeting ting years senator Cock committee to investigate b the methods of conducting the business of the federal departments part ments vila ill make a supplemental report favoring the ejection ene enec clion tion of additional government buildings at present the clerks are crowded together in such a manner as to seriously impair their r efficiency the govern government ent is now compelled to pay q quite ditc a large rental and it would prove a paying 0 dinv inv investment e estment if the recommendation n of the committee should bo be approved the national museum has received from the alie plains of the far west a it collection of live wild animals for scientific pur purposes posts it being ing the design to prorogate apropo gate tile the cp captives to preserve the several species from the imminent danger of extinction meanwhile the mists will be called into requisition as a valuable agency to secure the end in view one of these animals is a spotted lynx captured in utah another is a silver gray fox fron from the wilds of alaska our arctic province others are prairie dot dogs s and aid cinnamon bears anakin making altogether a very in interesting 0 and picturesque group |
