Show washington LETTER washington D 0 U march 24 secretary carlisle declines to either confirm or deny the rumor that J pierpont morgana wall street banker has been sent to europe to make arrangements for the issue of in bonds this rumor bus baa aroused the greatest interest here and it appears to be generally believed should it prove to be true it to is likely to be a very unpopular move on the part of the new dew administration as public sentiment as reflected by the press and prominent men lorn iron 1 all I I 1 sections is un UD question questionably anly opposed to an issue of bonds this was proven by the forced withdrawal during the last hours of abo tb second congress of the sher man amend meat to the sundry civil bill authorizing the issue of of three per cent bonds president Clev cleveland elands rebuke to sons mand and all other publicly given this week isi regarded as a hopeful sign by those who are opposed to having federal offices par celled out among the sons and other relatives of ot prominent officials a practice which has resulted in much trouble and many scandals henry george the apostle of free trade and of tiie single tax theory is in credited with having secured the ibe selection of judge henry A robinson of detroit michigan to succeed statistician dodge of the agricultural department judge robinson is an aa ex republican and an expert statistician having once been labor commissioner Cum missioner of his state statements have been from time to time made of the intention ot mr cleveland to use uee the patronage at his bis disposal for the purpose of winning over senators and representatives senta tives to the support of his financial ideas but the first substantial evidence of such intention was not made public until this week hen the cleveland wing of the indiana democrats were liburne J down and the appointment of 0 8 attorney and U S marshal of ane state sate given to lo men named by senator Vor vorhees bees chairman of the senate committee on finance and a very pronounced opponent ot or mr Clev Clove elands lands ideas idea so BO far as they relate to silver of caurie course this may have bave been merely a coincidence coincide ace the executive exceptive machine appears to be getting into good working order judg bog in from the lary large increase inore aie lu in the number of appointments made this week but the politicians are no better pleased as a rule than they were bufore before the republican heads began to fall mr cleveland still Ma maintains lutsius the habit developed curing aaring his bis first term ot making appointments that surprise the politicians but up to the present time they have in the opinion of un and unprejudiced af pf people op le been uniformly good when judged by the standard ot ability and bitnes 3 although one of them has caused a very decided unpleasantness between the president jent and senator rie harris ot tennessee who has just been elected president pro tempore of the senate tu to out succeed aeed senator ma derson the great constitutional debate as to the right of the senators appointed by the governors of the statis states of montana washington and wyoming to take t their ir seats dests to is expected expect ea to open next week when the reports already agreed upon by the majority and minority of the committee on privileges and elections will be made to the the matter is 18 yet to be decided as ae there are a number of senators waiting to hear bear the ments of the able constitutional law of the senate before mak making ingup up their minds the rhe opinion to la general that the chances of senator allen alien of washington are slightly better than those of the others because of the circumstances U under rider which h be e was appointed the division upon this athla matter is entirely outside of party linee the official statement made public this week of the objects of ex con gr gressman epsman blounts Blount la mission to hawaii contains little that is new to the public but it testifies strongly in favor of the clever work of the washington newspaper men in getting substantially all of the facts in spite of the strenuous efforts of the state department officials to surround the whole matter with an impenetrable mystery my it also shows that in this case at least east there was no reasonable excuse for any secrecy to ordinary folks it would have seemed advantageous to the ad ado ministration to have taken the publio public into its confider confidence ce as soon as it had bad determined to postpone a decision on the annexation question until it could send a trusted dusted agent to investigate the condition and public of the country asking to be annexed such a course would have proven ed misrepresentation in tact fact about 99 per cent of the secrecy of the department of state might be a swept ept away with other rubbish to the advantage of the department and the country the democratic caucus has bomin bated senate officers but the republicans issay say they will filibuster against any attempt to elect them at the extra tte assion sion efforts are now being made to reach a satisfactory compromise |