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Show Washington Letter- Secretary Carlisle declines to either eunfirui or deny the rumor that J. Pier point Morgan, a Wall street banker, has been scut to Europe to wake arrange merits for the issue of $50,ooo,ooo in bonds. This rumor ha aroused the greatest interest here, and it appears to be generally believed: Should it prove to be true it is likely to be a very unpopular unpo-pular move on the part of the new administration ad-ministration as public sentimeut as reflected re-flected by the press and prominent men from all sections is unquestionably opposed op-posed to an issue of bonds. This was proven by the forced whhdruwel during the last houre of the fifty-second congress con-gress of the Sherman amendment to the sundry civil bill, authorizing the issue of $5o,ooo,ooo of 3 per cent bonds, President Cleveland's rebuke to "ao-nism" "ao-nism" and all other nepotism, publicly given this week, is regarded as a hope ful sign by those who are opposed to having federal offices parcelled out among the sons and other relatives of prominent efliclals, a practice which has resulted in much trouble and many scandals. Henry George the apostle of free trade aud of the single tax theory, is credited with .having secured the selection of Judge Henry A, Robinson of Detroit, Michigan to succeed statistician Dodge of the agricultural department. Judge Robinson is an ex-republican and an expert statieian having once been labor commissioner of his state. Statements have been from time to time made of the intention of Mr. Cleve land to nse the patronage at his dispo sal for the purpose of winning over Senators and Representatives to the sup port of his financial ideas, but the first substantial evidence of such, an inten tion was not made public nntil this week, when the Cleveland wing of the Indiana democrats were ''turned down" and the appointments of U. 8. Attorney and U, S. Marshal of the state given to men named by senator Vorhees, chairman chair-man of the senate committee on finance and a very pronounced opponent of Mr. Cleveland's ideas, so far as they relate to silver. Of course this may have been merely a coincidence. The executive maehine appears to be getting into good working order, judging judg-ing from the large increase in the num ber of appointments made this week, but the politicians are no better pleased as a rule than they were before there publican heads began to fall. Mr, Cleveland ettll maintains the habit developed during his hrst term, or making mak-ing appointments that surprise the poli ticians, but np to the present time they have in the opinion of uninterested and unprejudiced people been uniformly good when judged by the stanlard of ability and fitness, although one of them has caused a very decided unpleasant ness between the President and Senator Harris of Tennessee who has just been elected president pro tempore of the Senate to succeed Senator Manderson, The great constitutional debate as (o the right of the senators appointed by the governors of the states of Montana, Washington and Wyoming to take their sats is expected to open next week( when the reports, already agreed upou by the majority and minority of the committee on Privilegee and eleotloLS, will be mad? to the senate. The ma' ter is yet to be decided as there are a number num-ber of senators waiting to hear the argument ar-gument of the able constitutional law vers of the senate before inakiu? ud their minds. The opinion is general that the chances of senator Allen, of Washington are slightly better than those of the others because of the ciicum stances under which he was appointed. The division upon this matter is en tlrely outside of party lines. The official statement made pub ie this week of iho objects of ex-congrets mm Blount's mission to Hawaii con tains iittle that is nev to the pu -lie bat it iestides strongly in favor of the clever work of the the Washington news paper niea in getting substautlally all ol tho fcis iu spite of tho str'enaoi t eft'ons of state department cliieiais to surround tne whole matter with an iui peuetritle mystery. It also shows tbat-iu tbat-iu tilts case a least, there was uo roauou. able excuse for any secrecy. To C-rdi uary folks it would have seemed advan tageo'js to the administration to have taken tho public iuto its coutidence as soon as it had determined to postpone a decision on the auuexatioa question uu til it could send a trusted agent to in vesiigate the condition and public seuti meui of the eouutiv asking to be au-utxid. au-utxid. Such a course would have pre vented misrepresentation, la fact, abiutl'3 per cent of the secrecy of the department of stale might be swept s. way with other rubbish, to the advantage advan-tage of the department aud the country. The democratic c iucus has nominated, senate cfiieers but iho i pubbcaus say tliey wiil iitlibusler agaiuss any atteaipt in tied them at the extra sesaior. Efforts are new being made to ri-acb. a satisfactory compromise. |