Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-15
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/ 1nc EeeIbnK.
/ Anumber of Republican Senators stated
! to-day that they should vote confirm any
good men that the President nominates for
! collectors of customs and other officers OF
revenue, without regard to politics. They
seem to regard the proper collection of the
revenue of too much Importance for the
/ Senate to trifle with appointments of good
+ especially since the late Interpretation of
/ the Civil Tenure of Office bill.
sCOmmissiOner~Of2 Agriculture, ~
/ The impression is very general that Col.
Capron will be rejected as Commissioner of
/ Agriculture, in which case it is stated that
I Frederick Law Olmstead, of New York,
/ will be nom ninated.-----
I .Dni5ra Consul at Panamas no
{ The nomination of General Kirby Smith
| as Consul to Panama was sreconsidered. but
not finally, disposed of. The only reason
assigned for the reconsideration of Smiths
/ nomination is that the Senators from the
Pacific States claim that the appointment
belongs to that section. RACES s.1sr.,;zz =. 4s
GOveFnorship of WashingtOn Terri
--t-'-- tory --' v--'-i-
The, Times special says :oJudge George
G. Hough, of Idaho, and Gen. Winters, are
rival candidates for the sGoverllorship. Of
Washington Territory, with the chancesin
! favor of the former. 1t has been proposed
to make a new territory 1tof a portion of
! Washington and Idaho, but the project has
been abandoned foF-the present, and the
parties representing the Washington inter-
est have united on Judge Hough for the
GoYernorshlp.i aidsEocssI Is sssT ~ mo Er
The Presidents Health. ls5g7-I
The Presidents health is represented as
much improved to-day.
.Sadl 7E5l much Better - d516a
=, Hon. iThaddeus Stevens and Hon. w.
| Chandler, Assistant Secretary of the Treas
urY. the latter of whom has been quite sick,
are both much better.
Decisions on the Tenure OF office
Bill.
The 7Tribune's special says: Several in
terpretations having been given to the
opinions of Solicitor Jordan on the Ten
ure of Office bill, / have made inquiry and
find the following to be the correct YER
SION: ThesSecretary of the Treasury hav-
ing, on several occasions, asked the opinion
of thes Solicitor on certain appointments
under the Civil Tenure of Office bill. three
decisions, were rendered by the Solicitor.
! The first decision was, that in cases
where a vacancy in Office occurred
previous 4 to the date of the Tenure
of Office law such vacancy should
be filed under the old = law. Second,
where vacancies under the Tenure of Office
law occur in collectorships or assessOrships,
I and where the Sanate has failed to confirm
retary ofzthe zTreasurycto fill the office
temporarily, by the appointment of dep
uty collecGOrs or assessor. as the case may
I! be. although the law does not provide for
such action; and third, the Seeretaryfof the
Treasurybas power at will to remove such
deputy and appoint another to hold office
until a regular collector or assessor shall
be nominated and confirmed. These opin-
/ ions received the approval of Attorney
General Stanbery when made.
Nominations.
=sWAsBINGToN, April 13.-The President
eeut to the Senate the nominations of G. @.
Franklin. for naval officer at New York !;
Peter Lyle, for Collector of Customs; Sam'l
G. King, for Surveyor and Dored X. Por-
ter, naval officer at Philadelphia. The
President also nominated Henry j. Ray
mond Minister to Austria. -
The austrian Correspondence.
The correspondence between the Austri-
an Minister and Secretary Seward relative
to Macmillan, sent to the Senate to-day,
contains nothing not already known.