| Show washington LETTER washington april 8 1893 three sensations in a single week is IH certainly piling on the agony agon evea for washing loo people had hardly recovered from the shook shock of the unprecedented pr position matle maile oa the floor of senate to investigate the charges of criminal embezzlement made against s senator roach of north dakota when another sensation was waa sprung upon them by the announcement that secretaries carlisle and gresham had discovered that ex secretary of state foster who is D U S agent before the bering sea court of arbitration was distributing die uncle sams money with a lavish hand in the shape of allowances for expenses to favored government employee emp loyes whom he has taken to paris with him among these are major helford halford who was president harrisons harrison Is private secretary and who was made a paymaster in the he army just before the close of the last administration at a salary of about a year J stanley brown who was president Gar garfielda fields private secretary and is the husband of mollie garfield who holds a state department position paying 10 a days day land and a number of other government employee emp loyes the allowance made to tho the two ex private secretaries in addition to their regular salary is 16 15 a day mud and to the others in proportion it is claimed that no necessity existed for taking those these people to paris and that it to simply a pleasure trip at government expense for them ane third sensation was the bringing of charges against the weather bureau of gen ral eral crookedness ever since it was transferred from the war to the agricultural department involving favoritism violation and evasion of the civil service law by the I 1 employment s of incompetent persons at f fancy ney salaries and plain common every day stealing all of which proves conclusively if any proof were wera needed that all branches of the public service stand in need of a thorough overhaul ing occasionally the hottest fight yet made against a presidential appointment is now being waged against J J mcalester Mo Alester recently nominated dominated but not yet cun can firmed to be U S marshal for indian territory charges have been preferred against mcalester by W P F weeks chairman of the democratic committee of the territory and they have been filed with the president and with the senate committee me Aleste is here is in fighting back and says he is confident of being confirmed there is much uneasiness among the higher officials in the department of state on account of the rumor generally believed that secretary gresham has a little list of employed emp loyes all in the upper u grades that he intends to dismiss mils for inefficiency those having oc occasion caslo to visit the department often will do no grieving if there is a general shake up among its ila bureau chiefs some of whom have long been victims of the disease known as the big head J after many conflicting statements pro mud and con the question of an extra session of congress has been definitely settled by president cleveland the only man who had bad the authority to settle it there is to be an extra session and it will be called to meet early in september the principal cl pal object being to pass a tarifa bill in time to go into effect in the spring of 1894 it is a big task and judging from past experience in that line the administration will be lucky if the new dew tariff bill gets through by the first oj 01 july of next year no position under the government is in more sought after than that of government printer he has more pat conage outside of the civil service re strict ions than the head of any other bureau to say nothing of the control contro lot of large disbursements for printing mater lal etc there area are a legion of ca candidates adl some from almost every section of the country president cleveland says be will nut not make the selection lot for several weeks yet and when he ha does do he intends to appoint a man who wilt take the ottice office out of politics gad and run it on a business basis that will be an innovation indeed as a there has b been more politics to the square inch in that office than in any other branch of the govern me t service and although mr cleveland Clev elands as intent intentions may be good it is very doubtful doub tiu whether he can succeed in banishing politics there is an impression here abat aba t abo to senate will adjourn as soon as it boo decided chetner the senators V pointed by the governors of Mon taB is 0 washington and wyoming have 1 to right to their seats and it begins look as though that decision would be in the affirmative if that be correct senator roar hoards Is resolution directing an investigation of the charge of embezzlement against senator roach will not be acted u upon pan nor will the new officers nominated by the democratic caucus be elected until next fall |
