Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-05
WASHINGTON.
The Sickly Bantling of Civil
Service Reform Smothered
by Its Parents.
The House Committee Refuse
Further Appropriations.
Secretary BristOw Sworn and In
stalled.
Some Hopes for the Passage of
the Finance Bill.

WASHINGTON, June 4.-The House
Committee on reformation in the the civil
service, have adopted resolution that they
do not recommend any further appropria-
tiOns, to carry on or experiment in the so
called civil service reform, in the manner
in which it has been carried on. The vote
was: yess-Butler, of Massachusetts, Lut-
trell, Sheats and Whitehouse-4. Nays
kellogg, Willard, of Michigan, and Will
lizard, Of Vermont-S. The other four
were present but not voting,
The New Broom fu the Treasury.
The oath of Office as Secretary of the
Treasury was to-day administered TO Gen.
Bristow by ChiefJustice Carter of the
District Supreme Court. The ceremony
took place in the Presidents room of the
Executive Mansion. After taking the oath,
Secretary Bristow went to the Treasury
Department and Immediately entered upon
his duties. During the afternoon he was
called upon by the Chiefs of the Bureaus
of the Treasury in a body. There were
present when the oath was administered
the President, Gen. Baboock, Associate
Justice Macarthur of the District Supreme
Court, and Mr.. Luckey, Private Secretary
to the President.
Richardson Put I'm Commission.
The President to-day signed the commits
sion of Judge Richardson as Associate
Justice of the Court Of Claims.
Georgia Rivers-The Hero Of a Hun.
dred Lives.
The Senate Committee on Commerce
has decided to recommend the insertion of
an item in the river and harbor appropria-
ton bill of S250,O00 for the removal Of OBJ
structions from the Chattahoochee and
Flint rivers in Georgia; also TO recommend
the passage of House bill directing the
President 10 cause to DE prepared and pre-
sented to Capt. Jno. Horne, Jr., of Detroit,
a gold medal, in recognition of his heroic
and humane efforts in reScuing at different
times, and at the risk of his life, over one
hundred men, women and children from
drowning in Detroit.
SusanbanthOny.
Gen. Butler explains that be did not sub
NIT as a result of the deliberations of the
Judiciary Committee his report recon-
mending that the fines imposed on Susan
3. Anthony be remitted, but merely that it
might be printed for the consideration of
the committee, which will meet to-mor-
row.
River BeaeOns.
Congressman Stannard made argument
to-day before the Senate Committee on
Commerce, favoring House bill to extend
the jurisdiction of the Lighthouse Board
over the Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri
rivers, with view TO the establishment of
bcacOnS, lights, buoys, etc.
Shall We Initiate:
A member of the Conference Committee
on the finance bill said to-day the indica-
tiOns continue to be favorable to the pass
age of the bill.
Sawyer Subsidies.
The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
will tender his resignation to the President
inasmUch as he wishes 70 save Secretary
Bristow from any embarrassment on his
account. This statement is made on the
authority of Sawyer himself.
Another Massachusetts Man.
Hon. Joseph II. Robinson. Assistant So
licitor of the Treasury Department, for the
past five years, and a native Of Massachu-
sets, it is said, will receive he appoint
ment of Solicitor of the Treasury in the
place Of E. G. Banfield, resigned.
Gov. Shepherd to-day sold his stock in
the EUeHiHg Star, the remaining members
of the company buying his interest.