People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1896 — WITH THE WASHINGTON OFFICIALS. [ARTICLE]

WITH THE WASHINGTON OFFICIALS.

Unusual Proportion of Them Did Not Go Home to Vote. Washington, Nov. 4.—An unusual proportion of government officials in the higher offices remained in Washington and did not vote. The list included President Cleveland and Private Secretary Thurber, who were at the White House most of the day; Secretaries Olney, Carlisle (who lost his vote by a technicality of the law) and Morton; Solicitor General Humes Conrad, of Virginia; Assistant Attorney General Thomas; Assistant Secretaries Rockhill, Dabney and Sims, and a number of bureau chiefs, some of whom, however, lost their votes by reason of long residence in Washington. Among those who did not vote were Secretaries Francis, Herbert and Lamont. Postmaster General Wilson, Attorney General Harmon, Assistant Attorney General Whitney (of New York), Assistant Secretary Baldwin (of the state department), Assistant Secretaries Hamlin, Curtis and Wilke (of the treasury department), Comptroller Eckels, Assistant Secretary Reynolds, Aslstant Atorney General Lionberger, and Land Commissioner Lamoreaux (of the interior department), and Assistants Postmaster General Jones, Neilson, Craig and Maxwell. Assistant Secretary MoAdoo, of the navy department, went to New Jersey. Civil Service Commissioner Proctor paired with a Kentucky free silver friend, and Commissioners Rice and Harlow voted in Albany and St. Louis respectively. Chairman Faulkner, of the democratic congressional committee; Sen--1 ator Gorman, and a few other notable Democrats were locked in Democratic headquarters here last night, receiving the news. They refused admittance to all, including newspaper men