The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-30
Political Notes.

more Gazette of Monday says There wa,
considerable excitement on Saturday ovel
the changes made by the President at the
baltimore customhouse. Crowds of Repub
lcan politicians gathered on the Second.
street front ofthe building and discussed the
situation The friends OF John H. Thomas.
.Ir., were very iubilant over his appointment
AS collector and the Gins and their friends
we're correspoudingly depressed For the
frs. time since March the flag was displayed
81 Mt the headquarters OF the Union club.
Colonel Edward Wilkins received on Satur-
day morning letter from the Secretary OF
the Treasury requesting his resignation.
Many mercantile aud political friends called
upon him during the day, and several promi.
pent gentlemen proiiered their services to
interview with the President and endeavor
still to prevent his removal. Such an effort
was, however, deemed to give but little
promise of success, aud it was not worth
while to make the effort. Colonel wilkins
S. has not yet replied to the letter ofthe Treas.
ury Department He will prepare his answer
to-day but declines to state beforehand what
the character Of his letter will be. John L.
Thomas, Jr stated to d reporter that he
would enter on his duties on the I'd of july
The LIST occurring on Sunday. 1t is expected
that he will make sweeping changes. ]. W.
CLAYTON deputy collector, will retire, but il is
thought the other deputy collector, Captain
W. d. Burchiual, will be retained Mr..
Thomas freely states that he sought the
office in order to vindicate himself He
had been removed by General Grant when
he was i'll, under the representation that he
would never recover; that Colonel Wilkins
accented the office when Washington Booth
was removed temporarily, promising to rein.
state certain men in the customhouse who had
been removed because they were the friends
of Thomas and Fulton; that there was an un.
derstanding explicit aud unmistakable, that
he would retire on the election of HAYES in
favor Of Mr.. Thomas. Further, that Colonel
wilkins kept in office the men he had prom.
iscd to remove and declined 10 withdraw
when the new administration came Colonel
wilkins denies the sa-ement however, and
says he made no such promises.
The "ins' say that c. c. Fulton promised
the President if Thomas was appointed that
b reform and republican candidate should be
elected mayor; that the legislative ticket from
Baltimore would as n matter Of course be also
elected, and this would doubtless secure n re.
publican United States senator in place of
DR.. Dennis. This delusiye prospect they
claim is what induced the President TO remove
Wilkins and appoint Thomas. Alexander
NJ Rodgers, the deputy United States attor.
new was very severe in his criticism upon the
appointment Of Thomas. lie said that he
had been all his life politician, and that his
political importance was far greater than his
personal importance in the community. He
was regarded by the respectable republicans
md the people generally rs n politician and
no,hiug more. The difficulty in the republi.
con party had existed from the time of Henry
Winter Davis, Four months after Cresweil
had been appointed in Grant cabinet he had
.1an 10, a 4
succeeded G, c. Fulton, however, WIS never
satisfied. lie thought that he should dictate
Everything, and he criticized in his paper
every act which he did not originate. He
wished to fiji the role of dictator to the re-.
publican party of the Stale. The power las.
ted urtil he broke it by hg 5ing Sands, of Eli.
cot, City, appointed collector of internal
revenue. He informed Creswell of what he
had done, and Creswell replied, III will undo
IT, and three hours after sending the nomi-
patton to the Senate, General Grant sent "A
message recalling il. Since then there has
been no peace, and c. c. Fulton, ia his
Hpaper, had sncered continually at the Presi.
dent, aud had famed and kept alive the local
vs. dissensions. The two factions of the Repub.
lean party, he thought were about evenly
dyidedi but Mr.. Fulton, having paper, gave
that side an advantage.
M Vim. Corkran has been appointed Naval
Officer, vice Gen. Adam Il. King, whose
commission expired sometime since. II is
understood, says the american, that Mr.
Rudy, of Washington county, will be appoint.
ed deputy under Mr.. Corkran. Mr. Rudy is
now an examiner in the Appraisers Depart.
ment. The same paper says it is expected
that c. Irving Ditty, Twill be appointed United
States District Attorney for Maryland, and
Ellington Fulton, Esq, as Surveyor of the
a.. Il. Al. u
from Boston. j. Henry Sellmau, Esq, of
Aune Arundel county, is strongly urged as
one of the Appraisers.
M Mr. wilkins states that he will not resign,
but will lay his case before the Senate.
copy has been made of the pay certii.
Gates for the Forty,ffih Congress, as furnish.
led by Clerk Adams to Sergeant. alarms
Thompson, and constituting his vouchers in
account with the United States Treasury, as
theroll ofthe next House made out by Adams.
" The list stands precisely as it did in the first
week in April, showing Democratic majori.
iy of sixteen, with seven members to hear
from. No further changes have been made,
and none will be until the time comes for
making up the roll. What that will be no
one yet knows. In the Colorado case the
law is all against Bedford, and Patterson's
title TO the seat turns on the construction of
an enabling act The Supreme Court Of Cal.
iiorna has given Pachero, Republican, the
seat in the Fourth District Of that State, and
Wigginton has appealed. The contest in the
courts over the Third District in Missouri is
In much the same shape. The record of
Florida, and the Fourth and Sixth Districts
Of Louisiana are covered by conflicting cert.
hcates from the rival Governors. Adams will
4 probably follow the example set by Hayes in
this matter, and recognize Nichols and the
Democratic Congressman.
w The Republican papers TEEN with accounts
Of The great reforms that are going on. Won
dertul improvements have been made in the
New York Custom House. TheSecretary of
the Treasury boasts Of what has been accom-.
pished by the adoption Of many recommen'
datlons of reform in the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing! and we suppose corresponding
progress in remedying abuses has been made
throughout his department. The Post Office
Department has been overhauled; and, ii all
promises have been fulfilled, the Interior must
furnish a model Of administrative reform.
Thus, throughout the entire Administration,
The public are assured that many changes, all
tor the better, have been introduced. Now,
u such q complete renovation was everywhere
necessary, in what condition was the old
house left by Gen. Grant after his eight years
Administration seems to be fully confirmed
now by its successor aud by the Republican
journals, IN. H. Sun.
The Philadelphia ITEM says The instruc.
tons to Government employees TO abstain
from interference in politics has caused con
slernation and indignation in Republican
ranks in this city. Last fall there was great
scarcity Of money among the Republicans,
who were working hard for Hayes and Wheel
err and many Of the leaders contributed lib
orally. Some gave $50, 500, $500, $1,000,
and one gave $4,000 20 the canvass. Now,
tall that was wrong, there is an easy way out
Of the difficulty. Let the President and his
cabinet aud Mr.. Stanley Matthews refund
Perhaps Mr.. Don Cameron would refuse to
De reimbursed his $4,000, but we know many
howould gladly take their contribution back.
Mr.. VIM. H, Kemble's, of Pennsylvania,
opinion on the Presidents circular to the
federal oficeholders is worth noting. He
goes not hesitate to say that had il not been
lot the money that was poured into Ohio by