| Show washington LETTER may wash ington always has baa something inter esting on band when the politicians got get quiet as they happen to be just at this ibis time there la is always something to take their place in public interest inte reet that something at this time to la the trial of or dr briggs for heresy by the presbyterian general assembly which has been tin in here lor for ton ten days day and will probably continue all this week it not longer this trial promises to be very exciting for the nearly six hundred gentlemen many of them ministers who are sitting as a jury have already shown that they have tempera aad sharp tongues just juat like the moot moet of us there to la little doubt that dr briggs brigga will be found guilty notwithstanding the great fight he to te making that much has been made practically certain by a test vote which was waa taken on the question of postponing the trial for a year but that only fairly begins the battle the hardest and most moat bitter fighting is likely to take place over the question ot of what his bla punishment si s all be the records ot this trial promise to become as aa fam ous in church bictory as those of bacon and hastings are in the history of at england secretary smith has just made a very important pension ruling which repeals the rule previously in existence as to the construction which shall hall he be put upon the be disability not of service origin clause of the pension law of 1890 under this ruling no pension will be granted under that clause unless the disability is so great as to prevent the applicant earning a living by manual labor it is estimated that this thi change w will ill result in reducing the pension pay ments nearly a year A shrewd aika and close clos U observing oo serving new york politician wao lias just returned from an extended tour of the far west and is now in washington has caused considerable talk not to speak of as ae ment among eastern people by giving his impressions gathered from froin the people in all lines ot or life f the sentiment in regard to silver which te is generally entertained in the wept went he says he beard secession openly aavo caged more than once by intelligent men and that president Clevel cleveland mad and aud senator bherman stand on a par with these people as representative gold bug 1 I believe said this thia politician who by the way is a democrat that the populists lists will carry every state west of missouri at the next election if neither ot or the old parties advocate free silver As a rule the bin big government officials do not care how much delay dejay there them is to lu accepting their resignation when there here is a change ot 01 but there is at least one man who wishes his resignation had bad been ae ac cepter when tendered on march 6 last that man is U 8 treasurer Nt beker who as a special favor to the incoming treasurer mr morgan agreed to remain in office until june julie 1 his obliging disposition cost mr just 1055 that being the amount that was lost strayed or stolen in the redemption division since his bis resignation was tendered and which he has had bad to replace fro from his him own pocket the secret service la is trying to find out where this money maney went and if it succeeds mr will all got get his money back the money in ucb can disappeared from packages of old money sent in for redemption first a 1000 note next a 60 50 note and last iffat a 5 note dote the embassy busi ess to ie catching following the lead of great britain mind and france italy which has baa for years kept its minister to the united states in a cheap suit of rooms room has bus noti BOti notified fled fied the state dep department i rement of iasin its intention te tc raise its mission here to an embassy this means another american emba esador abroad and it la Is expected that germany which has lust just hassed a new building in washington for its legation will also berid ua u au an ambassador the next thing in order will be a demand for increased salary to enable our imdorf baders j to live up to their titles then look out for a general protest against the whole business the gold reserve fund las has been again encroached upon to the extent of dearly but treasury officials bials treat the matter lightly and say they apprehend no trouble there are some very ugly rumors floating around washington about a combination on between bankers and jans iane to bring about such a financial fin stringency that congress will be to repeal the Shern imn law so very ugly are these that your correspondent will not cot add to the unrest ot of the public by riving giving them in detail such phinize are dangerous even to talk about they shey destroy the very corner stone ol of national prosperity public confidence |
