Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-10
Future Governments Of the District.
MEETING OF THE CONGRESSIONAL Cum

Future Governments OF the District.
MEETING OF THE CONGRESSIONAL Cum
MISSION.
Senator Whyte of Maryland, representa-
tive Hendee of Vermont, and Representa-
tive Hunton OF Virginia, of the Congress.
sional Commission appointed to frame
form of government for the District OF Col
umbia, met this morning at the Capitol, in
the rooms of the House District Committee.
IL was decided to hold daily sessions from
Monday next and each day thereafter at 10
O'Clock in order TO hear the views of such
citizens as may wish to present the same.
The committee limit this invitation to the
cltlzens until Thursday, SO that after wards
they can 60 to work and frame q bill which
they desire to present to both Houses on the
hrst day OF the next session. The invitation
into ore that every man will be heard. They
desire that committees be appointed and q
chairman to represent them be selected. The
committee also desire that all the interests
which are to be heard be represented at Non
days meeting, SO that some apportion-
ment of time for the hearing OF each can be
determined upon.
CABINET PoSsIBILITIEs-Pre Ddrin1 the
Slate for Governor TiLCten The New York Cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Ledger writes
as follows concerning Cabinet possibilities
The governor has not given q thought as
yet 10 the composition OF his Cabinet, but
his most trusted friends are already at work
comparing notes and making up the slate"
IL Is matter OF conjecture whether Mr.. TIL
den has inspired the following, but it is not
matter OF copj lecture that 1t Is q cast which
Is morally certain OF commanding bis hearty
Secretary Of state-Horatio Seymour, of
New York.
Secretary of the Treasury-Thos. F. Bay
Secretary OF the Navy-samuel j. Randall,
OF Pennsylvania.
Secretary of war-L. Q. C. Lamar, of Mis-
sissippi.
Postmaster Geperal-Wiluam 8, Holman.
OF Indiana.
Secretary Of the Interior-James E. Eng
Attorney General-C. ]. Faulkner, of West
Virginia.
For commissioner OF internal revenue the
name OF the Hon. ID. A. Wells is favorably
mentioned. The collectorship of this port is
always considered one Of the most valuable
prizes In the gift of the administration, and
including several newspaper editors. The
pos TN astersbip also is a coveted place, and
IOr that, also, there are some four of five
names down on the slate. A party that has
! cen shut out from the federal crib for fifteen
years is necessarily very hungry, bat Gov
erpor Tilden has hau large experience with
the genus place-bunter. and will have no
trouble in dealing with him.
RUSSIA WAR PREPARArIoNs-AV Vienna
telegram to the London Times (Oct. l9) sup
plies the following: 1.-THE news which comes
from Bessarabia leaves no doubt that mill
tary preparations on considerable scale are
DelpS mace 10 the south OF Russia. The re-
port that go 600 men near the frontier are
ready to march into Roumania, and the
statement that the contract with the Rou-
manlan railways to transport these masses
TO toe Danube Is already concluded, roay be
put down as gross exaggerations; but there Is
reliable in formation that the three SOUTH
western corps d'armee OF Knew, Kharkow
and ODE So are under orders of readiness for
mobilization. Both officers and men of the
reserve have received notice TO hold them
selves In readiness for srch q contingency,
and not to leave their abodes. Toe super
animated Officers have been asked to declare
how far they might be able and inclined
again to re- enter active service. The finan-
ciel authorities Of those parts have received
orders not to send the proceeds OF sales, Gus
toms, &c, to headquarters, but to keep
them In reserve till further orders. For more
than couple OF months, however, q move
ment OF warlike stores from north to south
has been observed on the railways. 1t does
not proceed on very large scale. but IL goes
on necessarily. Lately military surgeons
have been sent to Kissenew, the capital
town OF Bessarabla, to inspect the hospitals
and take the necessary measures to place
them in an efficient state. The prison au-
thorities have received orders TO have the
damaged linen well washed and made into
lint"