The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-03-21
WASHINGTON.
The Washington NIonumen

The warrington Nh0nument.
WASHINGTON, March 2O.-The requirements
prescribed by Congress having been complied
with, namely, the monument ground being
turned over to the government, and the found
alton being found sufficient for the proposed
structure, the appropriation of 100000 is now
available to complete the Washington national
monument.
The Southern Policy not yet Decided.
No action is vet taken in regard to the remov-
al of troops 10 South Carolina and Louisiana,
but the subject was the principal theme of dis
cussion at the cabinet meeting today. 1t is an
noupced this afternoon on unquestioned author
ity that there is every probability of definite
action being taken by the President to-mor-
row.
The cabinet meeting lasted nearly five hours
Besides the Southern question there were I'M
der consideration the subject of civil service
regulations to be applicable to the country at
large and the Question of the necessity for any
extra session OF Congress. No action was TAX
en- in regard to either and they will cone up
| for probable final action to morrow.
Civil Service sefOr m i'm the War Depart-
meut.
| Secretary McCrary mas issued a circular to
| the effect that hereafter removals will be made
| in the War department for cause only, and pIo-
| motions will be ordered upon the sole GROUND
| OF merit. No political test is required beyond
| an earnest support OF the constitution and Its
| amendments and proper respect for the rights
i of cltlzens guaranteed thereby. Industry and
l faltbfulness in the discharge of duty, good
| moral character and strictly temperate habits
| will be required.
| The United States at the Paris Exhibi-
ton,
Nathan Appleton has returned from Phlla-
| delpha where he has been 10 consultation with
| the late Centennial authorities, and presented
| TO Secretary EvarJs a sketch OF the organlza-
L ftpp fort no m. nnOaad marean
/ Paris exhibition, together with an estimate
| that tue necessary expenses Will be S5OO,O00,
| though he thinks $500, 900 should be approprl-
ated TO make the exhibition creditable to the
| country.
The Presidents Policy Endorsed by the
Germans.
A delegation Of German citizens of Wash
ington waited on the President to day and pre-
scented resolutions approving his patriotic
course and especially endorsing the appoint
| ment OF Carl Schurz. The President replied
briefly that he was glad TO know his course was
satisfactory to the Germans and that ne select
| ed Schurz for the position because be thought
him to be the right man. The delegation sub
sequently presented copyi of the resolutions
to MIR. Schurz.
A Lunatic's Suit Against Gen. Grant.
| Thomas Begins, the lunatlc who testified a
year ago betore the committee investigating
the affairs OF the government asylum, that the
spirit of Gen Grant appeared at his bedside,
has commenced suit for 100000 damages
against the ex-President, charging that he was
| imprisoned in Jail Tor twenty-fOur hours con-
fined IN the lunatlc asylum for eight months
| aud compelled to sail for Europe because he
threatened to knock Grants head off If he ap-
| peared again at his bedside.
| Various.
| A delegation of South Carolina Republicans
had lobg interview with the Attorney Gener-
al to-day and subsequently presented to the
President additional arguments in favor OF
Chamberlain as Governor. No reply was Civ
| en-.
First Assistant Postmaster General TyneY
l assumed his Office to-day.
A daily mail service has been arranged t
the Black Hills from April LIST.
Specials to the Boston Journal)
The Democrats Frightened Lest the Re
pnbIicans will Organize the House.
The old Bourbon Democrats are becoming
annoyed at the possibility that the Republicans
may secure the organization of the next House
There can be no doubt that an attempt will be
made to control the organization in the interes
| of the Administration. The abandonment O
the proscriptive policy with respect to the
South, it is expected, will have the effect tt
influence votes enough to secure the election o
a Conservative Republican for Speaker. Eos
ter of Ohio is actively at work in this matter
and his friends expect that he will be selected
for Speaker as a representative of the era
good feeling.
The Vacancy i'm the Supreme Bench,
The President, in conversation with som,
Wisconsin gentlemen, who urged upon him tn,
| appointment of Senator Howe as Justice of tn,
Supreme Court IN Davis place, SAID he should
not make any appointment to the Bench al
) present; that his time is so much occupied il
the consideration of great national % alters thai
he did not wish to choose a Justice until h,
had time to very thoroughly examine the quail
fcations of the respective candidates. ON
thing he could say, that the matter OF
| geography would be an important element il
the decision. The advocates Of Howe Their
suggested that Howe comes from the samt
geographical division as Senator Davis.
The Fisheries Question.
Mr.. Evarts finds among the unfinished bust
| n IS 10 the portfolio of state. the settlement oil
the fisheries question as provided for oy thu
| treaty of Washington nearly six Years since. L
is true that American fishermen can take fist
| of every kind IN British Provincial waters, aut
that British subjects can fish on the Eastern
coasts and shores OF the United States unul 1888
but it is also true that the United States na,
promised to pay for this such sum as com
mlssioners may award 1t was duly provided
in the treaty that this commission should NEE
| at Halifax at the earliest convenient period af
ter they should be respectively named. Til,
| British commission and agent were FAMED Ions
| ago, and last year it Was SemI-Ofticially an
| nounced that Hon. Ensign I'll. Kellogg of Pitts
| field was to be commissioner on the part of thu
United States; but for some reasons he ha
never been commissioned, and the Provincla
government officials fatter themselves tina
they are rolling up good debt for the United
States to pay at some future day for the use O.
fishing grounds. 1t really looks as though WI
were evading what the treaty of Washington
pledges US to do.
The Charge gainst Assistant Secretar,
C0nant.
Assistant Secretary Conant, referring to tn
charges published in the New York Sun ant
elsewhere, sage to-uIght that he intends yer,
shortly to prove that the entire statement is
shameless and infamous libel, for which b.
will held the authors responsible in courts o
justice. The records of the department. show
that the person making the charges was dis
missed from the Treasury on the ground OF
drunkenness and obtaining money on fall.
pretences. The details soon to DO disclosed
| will show one of the most nefarious conspira
cies to lnJure an honest man yet attempted il
American politis.
SOUTH CAROLINA,