The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-06-04
From Washington.
WHAT THE PRESIDENT WANTS.

The president in conversation recently
has expressed bis views on the subject oi
civil service reform in more earnest and
emphatic terms than those contained in his
late letter approving the report of the com.
mission, which examined the affairs of the
New York custom house, taking the broad
ground that the collection of revenue
should be placed on a strictly business
basis, without, partisan control, either di-
rectly or remotely, and be eviuces deter
mination to carry out this principle in all
the collection districts, the larger ones be-
ing first subject to examination. On the
same principle it is proposed 10 extend
civil service reform to all departments of
the government.
ARMING VESSELS.
Arrangements are now being made by the
ordinance bureau Of the navy department
to convert ten O0pound parrot guns into
breech leaders. They will be placed on
some Of our narrow beam vessels, of the
Alaska class. The bureau is now having
made at the Washington yard a number of
breech loading boat howitzcrs of three inch
calibre, and will soon be able TO supply
nearly every vessel in commission with
them.
THE SUN GOES FOR GARFIELD.
A. M. Gibson, Washington correspond
ent Of the Sun, has addressed card to the
associated press in answer to the card from
Gen. Garfield, denying the authenticity of
the letter recently published in the Sun,
purporting to be from fhe president TO Gar
field. Gibeon says it was not pretended
that the letter as published was literal
copy, but simply substantially correct
version of it. The intention of Garfield, as
his letter plainly shows, was to deny that
any such letter as the one published In the
Sun was ever written to him. l maintain
there was and that Garfield deliberately
suppressed the truth in his card, which is
as bad as wilfully uttering falsehood. The
letter written to Garfield by the president
was shown by him to a score OF persons
within few hours after he received 1t and
among those favored with its perusal were
three reputable correspondents.
MAIL CONTRACTS.
Out OF over twenty. six hundred mail
routes in the first division, embracing New
England and the middle states, Virginia
and Wpat Viruinia hide for oervice on
which were opened the 10th Of March,
there are 80, including 10 in New York
state, on which the lowest bidder has not
given bonds and executed the contract
within the time specified. In each of these
cases the contract will be rendered to the
lowest bidder and If he declines, to the
next, until a contractor ia found willing to
carry the mails en- the route or prices
reach figure that the postmaster general
deems exorbitant, in which case the route
will be re-advertised.
PATRIOTS ANXIOUS TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY
During the forty-eight hours which
elapsed between the receipt and correction
that vacancy had been created in the
American consulate at Iquique, ten written
applications were received for the appoint.
ment to the supposed vacant position. The
application now on file for other consul
ships number many hundreds and they are
still coming in by the dozen daily. The ap-
pointment of James e. Anderson of Loui-
siana, as consul at Funchad, Madeira, has
been declined by that gentleman upon
learning that the emoluments amount to
only $500 per annum.
CUR WHEAT MARKETS.
The United States consul at Odessa in a
communication to the state department
gives the substance of the report made by
the committee of the board of trade of that
city on the subject of competition between
Russia and the United States in supplying
grain to England. The committee cite o
number of statistics of comparative Eng
lish imports Of grain from the respective
countries and say the United States has
now our former position in the English
market and we must be satisfied with quite
secondary position. We cannot, there
fore, hope that prosperous harvest may
turn the scale in our favor and restore us
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