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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25
THE DISTRICT CONuIssIoy

The President yesterday received In
formation that ex-Postmaster General Den
nison had accepted the position of Commits
sioner for the District of Columbia undel
the recent law providing for an ad interim
government.
Messrs. Catten and Blow had not up to
late hour last night signifed their inten-
ton either to accept or decline. A general
impression prevails, however, that Mr..
Blow will decline, in which event the
President will make another appointment
without delay.
In the meantime, pending the final organ
ization of the Commission, the subordinate
officers of the old government will continue
to transact their respective duties as usual,
and much speculation exists regarding the
tenure of their offices in the future. Al
though nothing can be definitely stated re-
garding this question until after the Com
mission is organized, there is reason to be-
Heve that there will be no removals OF
changes of a general character among the
present subordinate incumbents under any
circumstance
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25

WE ARE in receipt of a letter from q
prominent Republican Of the South, com,
planning bitterly that nothing of a substan.
tial benefit has been done for the long.
suffering loyal people Of that section in the
way Of an adjustment of their claims against
the Government for property taken from
them during the late war by Union forces.
beside the bill paying claims reported from
the Southern Claims Commission, We have
made inquiry as to the difficulty from a
member of the committee, and regret that
state of facts is thereby disclosed COM
pletely at variance with the views and
opinions we have hitherto enter
tanned ss TO the position OF the
chairman of that committee, Judge Law
renee, of Ohio. We are satisfied that Judge
Lawrence entertains opinions as TO the
proper policy that should be pursued with
respect to the payment of claims in the
Southern States not shared by either ma
iority of his committee of the House of
Representatives or of Congress.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25

seat as Delegate, has labored to
obtain this legislation is worthy of all COM
mendation. Gen. Maxwell is q brave sol
dier of the war, who fought, bled and suf-
fered the loss of q leg while CALAMITY fight
ing under Sheridan. He KNOWS no such
word as fail. Never, till the last moment,
did he relax his efforts in behalf of this
bill, the provisions of which are designed
to give Gentiles and Mormons alike q fair
trial in the United States courts of the Ter
ritory, and it did not get through until the
very last day of the session.
The Mormons and their sympathizers
were jubilant ever the certain prospects of
its defeat The sudden illness of Judge
Poland, by which he was confined to his
lodgings for day or two, added to their
confidence. But thanks to few bold
patriots like Judges Poland, Merriam, Ed
munds and Frelinghuysen, the bill was taken
up in the Senate just in time to secure
concurrence by the House in the Senate
amendments
The President, to his honor be it said,
u6N6E COuCCdlcu LID OftiAiOhb 90 w 1AC
merits of the bill and the propriety of its
enactment, so that it did not take him
long to approve it. Mormon enissaries
have not ceased to mslign the supporters Of
the bill since its introduction. 1t is also as
serted that money has been freely used to
obtain misrepresentation Of its character
and prospective effects through the press.
One thing is very certain-there were but
two or three papers In the country that ad-
yocated its passage. The rest were either
silent or opposed it by specious arguments
or by copying, without comment, the ready
made Mormon lies which were furnished to
them. Their reasons for this advocacy of
the protection of polygamy are best known
to themselves. n. sr 81.
General Maxwell is q citizen of the Ter
ritory of Utah. He is welded to lady
whose parents and grandparents were Nor
mons, Elder Heber G. Kimball having been
her grandfather. He has every opportunity
to be well and fully advised of the evils of
Mormonism. His wife's family have al
ready apostatized from the Mormon Church,
and thousands of others will leave under
the protection which this law will afford
them.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25

FROM Syracuse, NY, we have accounts
OF a frightful calamity, occasioned by the
falling of a church roof and parlor floor,
crushing many of the attendants upon a
festival that was in progress at the time.
Fourteen dead bodies have been taken out,
and many others were fearfully MANNED
The cause of the accident, to call it by no
harsher name, is reported to be the imper-
feet construction of the building. Each
reader will Involuntary make his own
comment upon the validity Of an excuse of
this character. When will the propsr az
thorities intervene 70 preDO1itTthe possibility
of such disasters? Is it not practicable for
every city TO take measures to prevent the
erection Of man-traps and labelling them
churches, halls, school-houses, capitols,
theatres, reservoirs, dwellings and the like !?
No competent architect, or builder, either
will or can afford to risk his reputation in
this manner. And if he chooses to do so it
should not be permitted Such structures
are usually the result of impecuniosity or
parsimony. When q congregation is too
poor to erect a safe building in which to
worship God, it should gather in private
apartments or in the open air until it be-
comes able to provide secure structure.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25

Mr.. BENJAMIN MORAN, who has just
been appointed and confirmed Third As
sistant Secretary of State, is-like his great
prototype, Benjamin Franklin-a Philsdel-
phia printer. He has been connected with
the American Legation in London for nearly
quarter of a century, and by conspicuous
fidelity and ability through number of
years has made for himself the position to
which the President has just promoted him.
His large experience in the commercial
capital of the world, combined with rare
discretion and ripe judgment, will undoubt-
eddy prove of great value to the country in
his new position. He will be warmly well
coined in this capital by hosts Of our citi-
zens who have been the recipients of his
courteous attentions while they were in
London
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25

THE manner in which the tax on gold
sales was defeated is explained in the neat
little speech by Mr. Starkweather, of Con.
nccticut which We print this morning. The
New York importers and stock gamblers
seem to have magnetized the House Com
mlttec on Ways and Means and mesmerized
the Senate Committee on Finance. They
appear to have thrown away thirty mil
lions of delinquent taxes and sacrificed
twelve millions more which might have
been collected on stock and gold sales;
making fourteen millions more than is econ
omized by the Appropriations Committees.
1t appears to many people that it would
have been much wiser to have collected
these additional forty two millions from the
wealthy and unproductiVe classes and ex-
pended the twenty eight million upon the
laborers of the country.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25
THE RESIGNATION OF MIR. Ores
WE'LL.

In another column this morning we
print the correspondence between President
Grant and the Hon. ]. A. J. CresweIl, in
cident to the resignation by the latter of the
office of Postmaster General. The cordial
expressions of mutual confidence and friend
ship indicated by the correspondence will
not only crafty the many friends Of Mr..
Creswell, but will serve, so far as they are
concerned, to mitigate their regret and as
constituent at his sudden and unexpected
step. Coming, as it does, on the very heels
of an investigation by the House of grave
charges against his Department which re-
suited in his unanimous acquittal by the
appropriate committee. he leaves the Cab
met not only with the Endorsement of the
Executive, but with the deserved approval
Of the Representative House of Congress.
His service in the Post Office Department
has extended over period of years replete
with incidents which will forever connect
his name with the history of the Govern
ment. The abolition of the franking
privilege, reduction in the rates
of postage, introduction of the postal
card system, cheap postal treaties
with foreign countries, extension and
perfection of the money order branch.
AND memorably the success of the Govern
ment in the contest between the Department
and the railroads, are a'few Of the promi-
nent measures in the accomplishment of
which be has figured as leading and con-
trolling spirit At all times true to the Re-
publican party, an earnest believer in its
principles and an effective laborer for its
success, he has never swerved from his
loyal devotion to the interests of the Ad-
ministration. and has made his influence
felt in matters OF general importance, as
well as those which simply pertsined to his
peculiar and especial duties. Personally,
there are few men of high position who
have earned and deserved the popularity
bestowed upon him, and as the last member
of the original Cabinet of President Grant,
the acceptance of his resignation will not
only be the occasion of regret to the Chief
Magistrate, but to a large number Of persons
who had either personal, social or official
relations with him during the past five
years.
1t is not known at this writing whether
the Hon. Eugene Hale. of Maine to whom
the now vacant position has betn ofeb a,
will accept. but it is qnite Probs5le thai be
will. Although a young man, Mr.. hale
has been so prominently connected with
public affairs as to be entitled to considera-
ton as q national leader. He was born at
Turner, Oxford county, Maine. June 9,
1886; studied law; was admitted to the bar
in 1857 and commenced practice; was for
nine successive years county attorney for
Hancock county; was member Of the
Legislature of Maine in 1867 and 1858; was
elected to the Forty-Erst and Forty-second
Congresses, and was reelected to the Forty
third Congress as Republican, receiving
IA, 1S1 votes against 1898 votes for F. A.
Pike, Liberal Republican.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25
WASHINGTON AND CONGRESS!

| WASHINGTON AND CONGRESS.
The newspapers, as a general rule, are
congratulating their readers upon the ad,
journment of Congress, and for the mos
diverse reasons in the world. One journal
rejoices that the currency is safe until al
least next December; another that the tariff
cannot now be touched for months to come
third that the franking privilege has moi
been revived; a fourth that the Treasury
has been placed out of danger. Washing,
ton has, however, peculiar reasons to be
thankful that the national debating society
has brought its sessions to an end. To be
sure we shall miss our daily humorous
column in the proceedings of Congress, for
what, after all, is more funny than those
Congress debates? To any one possessing
the least appreciation of humor, who can
sit down at a distance, disinterested OBJ,
server of the whole affair, and watch the
tricks and rivalries and animosities of the
three hundred and odd gentlemen, who
imagine themselves charged with the desti,
mics of the continent and of creation gene.
rally, there is an unlimited amount oil
amusement in the Record. tits the fashion
to call it dry and uninteresting. 1t is
nothing of the kind. 1t is beyond all ques.
ton the leading comic paper of the United
States, and should be distributed free
through the mails for the benefit of the
whole country.
This deprivation is severe one, but the
conversations of the adjournment more
than counterbalance it. First of all, as a
community, we have been standing in con-
slant terror for our very existence during
the last seven or eight months. Vested
with supreme control over all that we are
and oil that we have, as long as Congress
remained in session no one of US could say
with certainty what was to become of US.
The proposition was to change our govern
ment; but we had no assurance that they
would not in some way endeavor to change
our very being. For years and years we
have been subject to all manner of expert
ments, and the precedents thus laid down
will, we suppose, hold good for all time.
Therefore we breathe freer this morning
that Congress has passed away; that the
many armed monster has fallen to pieces
and been scattered over the whole country.
Officers of the Government who shuddered
at the mention Of the words lend of the
fiscal year" must experience the most SEN
sible relief Appropriation bills are the
horror of modern oflce-holders, single
line or figure in which very often carries
death and destruction to thousands Of un-
happy official humanity. The long agony
is, however, all over, and we feel like call
ing upon the truly good and pious DR..
Sunderland to make one of the prayers
which he only can make for the deliverance.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25
THERE is a very decided feeling in 4

THERE is very decided feeling in the
community regarding what is known as the
little joke" Of our defunct House of Dele.
gates g., the abstraction, to use mild
phrase, of the furniture from the Chamber
formerly occupied by that dignifed body.
There are many Of our most respectable
citizens who are actually SO obtuse as to be
unable to see the difference between the So
called joke and real attempt at theft. To
this unfortunate thick-skulled class, we
have no word of advice to offer, but to
the implicated parties, the members who
have carried out the joke and have returned
the articles, which the Watchmen charges
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25

them with having joked away, we feel
inclined to say that there is wide differ
ence between the laugh which has followed
their attempt to be funny and that which
was provoked by the practical jokes Of the
late Mr.. Tom Collins. In fact, we are afraid
they made blunder, as Boss Tweed did,
and as Carney and others of his ilk in New
York likewise did, 1t is true that they will
probably not be held to similar response
bility, but the similarity of their proceed,
ings to those of the worthless of Gotham,
whose names. we have mentioned, is strik,
ingly apparent.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25

MR. EATON, of Connecticut and Mr..
Lamar, of Mississippi are put forth by the
Louisville COuri6r-Jour1Ial as the Demo,
cratic candidates for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency in 1876. The difference
between the two is this: Mr.. Lamar be-
ieved in secession and had the courage to
fight for his opinions. Eaton held the same
faith, but, instead of buckling on his sword,
he remained in the rear, safe behind the
ranks of the party and the men whom he
maligned and spat upon. The one was Q
gallant soldier; the other melted draft riots
and encouraged the vilest canspiractes and
conspirators The team would not so well
together.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25

, DIED.
BoULDIN. Juas n JAMES z, BouLpIN,
s5se sisSsseS yiss sAs slgf: 9satss
to attend hjs faferi from Bis sther's rssiderce,
lanes lanes +. B6uldin, street, between Second and
Third northwest Friday. at O'Clock d. m, tn sncs
to the Third Baptist church, corner OF Fourth and
L streets northwest. -
tGUsToH.-on June "A. ALrRRD FRANCIS, infant
months.
Funeral Will take place this afternoon from No. q
l street northeast, at O'Clock
lAugusta, Ga, papers please copy.1
lsMITH.-on Wednesday evening, June IL infant
mouths and thirteen DAYS
~ sunerai 70 take place tS-day At O'Clock from
First and New Jersey avenue.
CStarl
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25

SENATOR SHERMAN is catching it all
around for his action in regard to newspa-
per postage. The proposition was unwise
and carries with it the suspicion of some
thing like malice. For the present appa-
rent antagonism between the press and the
leaders of the Republican party the leaders
are themselves in great measure to blame.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25

A New YORK journal, speaking of the Dead
Letter Office, says: "There is, SO it seems to
us-and we have good testimony from ex-
perienced men to warrant the belief-serious
objection to the law which sends letters to the
Dead Letter Office which are urderpaid or
which have not the full stamp of single let
ter on them. Thus, what trouble comes from
Withholding the large number Of letters that
are put into our city Office every day for other
places, with only two-cent stamp upon theml
How much better it would be to send them at
once to their address and collect the odd cent
upon delivery of the letter, than to take the
present roundabout course" There is some
force in this suggestion, and as the expense to
the Government seems to be the same, we can
not see what advantage there is in the present
system. Mr.. Creswell, it is to be hoped, will
add this to the many reforms he has intro
duced in the postal service.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25
cirCun1stanC

TIE seizure of the BulEetin newspaper
at New Orleans is unanimously denounced
by the press of the country. We do not
know who is responsible, but the proceed
ing was an outrage, and the guilty party or
parties should be punished as severely as
the low will r1ernoit
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25
THURSDAY MoRNIEG::::::::::::JUN Is, I74

PERSONS Ied0ing tOaOn for the summer
tOiH do tosH to consult the catering place
advertisements IN unothsr column
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25

READERS OF THE NATIONAL REPUBLI-
CAN EedVtTg the city for the summer can
haOs tic paper mailed to their address for
sixty- SIR cents per month IN adpancs.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25
NTAH rs FREE.

The Utah bill finally passed both Houses
of Congress, and is now law. The
energy with which General Maxwell,
United States marshal of the Territory
and contestant for Apostle .Osnnon's
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25

THE Brooklyn Union in late issue says:
"Some people were startled at the very men
ton of third term for the President, which
is thought to be foreshadowing of monarchy
and Imperialism, and the idea Of hereditary
office would be sufficient to create q reign of
terror among all parties. Yet, on one day
last week, a gentleman was appointed to an
office which his great-grandfsther held under
Washington, and which had been filled by his
grandfather and father. This Office is the con-
sulate at Falmouth, England, and the name of
the family in whose possession It seems to be
an heirloom is Fox. The original Fox was
appointed by Washington, and the Office was
then one of great Importance, as all the mails
from England for this country were then dis
patched by regular packets from Falmouth.
The son and grandson were appointed In sue
cession, and Thurlow Weed has related in one
of his garrulous communications to the public
how he induced President Lincoln to give the
consulate at Falmouth to one of his own
friends, and that, on showing the appointment
to Mr.. Hunter, the venerable Secretary of
State, he learned that the Foxes had held the
office for three generations, and that the then
POooSSoOA "a WIZ PAoSSb ShS 6ieuoSOn Va bno
first appointee, was q most excellent officer.
Thereupon Mr.. Weed, to his great credit, tore
up the appointment, and went for some other
office, leaving the Fox family undisturbed in
the enjoyment of its inheritance. We are not
disposed to complain of the bestowal of an
Office upon those who prove themselves
worthy of holding it, and it is certainly safer to
keep those in place who are deserving of 1t
than to try experiments with new appointees.
In the course of time the Fox family may be-
come extinct, or there may be no male heirs
to inherit the Falmouth consulship, and then
will be the right time to look for new man.
All that Republicanism protests against is the
claim to an office on the ground that it belongs
to anybody for any reason, and least of all for
the reason that the claimants ancestor had
held it."
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25
THE WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLIcAN

TEE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, HAS 4
LARGER CLRCULA TIoE THAN ANY OTTER
FORMING PAPER IN TIE DISTRICToF CO.
LUHBLA.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25
MARRIEn

oR.DUcKETT.7June p By the Rev;
GEORGETOWN, ID O., and Miss GEORGIA V. DuCKErr,
OF Frederick county, Nd.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
WIN. Q. MORRISON, CARPENTER AND
w Builder, shop corner OF Fourteeuth street and
Rhote Island avenue, wishes to inform his friends
and the public In general that he Is prepared to do
any and all kinds ofCarpen ters and Builders work
at reasonable rites and on short notice. je25-2m'
CARRIAGES. CARRIAGES.
On hand large stock Of frst-class Family Car
Also, top and no-top Bug-ies Pony Phaetons, &C..
In great variety. Waterproof Umbrellas, for bush
ness or pleasure wagons. Repairing promptly at
tended 20. ROBERT n. GRAHAM,
Repository and Factory. 41044 Eighth street, be-
tween ID and northwest. je25-3t
CoALi CoALii
/ We invite The attention of consumers to our
stock Of COAL. embracing all the choice qualities,
offer at lowest m1Tket rates.
OAK and PINE WOOD, sawed and split or in
the stick. 50
the cord. STEPHENSON BROTHER,
OfHce, 12Is Pennsylvania avenue.
Mil and Depot. SeVenth-street Wharf.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25
DENTISTS.

DENTISTRY.-C. B. FOSTER, NJ. D., FOB
- thirty years q Dental Practitioner In Phiiadel.
phai and New York, attends 10 all branches OF his
profession at No. HOS New York avenue.
Beautiful sets OF teeth platina, gold and other
materials on the most reasonable terms. nos-tf