Evening star., 1877-11-12

OI mol SPRINGS, IN ATkdn-
sas, appointed about three months ago, is re.
moving all squatters, and will lay out the
reclaimed land as park.
THE PoNCA INDIANS delegation arrived
at the House about O'Clock this afternoon,
/ in time 10 hear Gen. Gsrfield's remarks on
the army bill wherein he alluded to the saw
ages OF the plains.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES ON ELECTIONS
! at their meeting this morning, took up the
| contested election case OF Belford versus Pat
| terson, OF Colorado. The latter gentleman
was heard an hour i'm his own behalf, and
Will De further heard on Wednesday next.
! REvENCE APPOINTMENTs.-Rich l..
! Surratt, Edward Spach and Albert W.
! Combs were 10 day appointed storekeepers
and gangers for the 5th North Carolina dis
trIct; Thos. Tay lor. 5th Tennessee district;
| Coburn ID. Outten, gaugeT, 9Ih Kentucky;
ana X a. Young, ganger, I'd Virginia.
BUREAU OF CoMMERCE.- Senator Win.
! dom introduced in the Senate to day a bill
| TO establish an executive department of
| commerce at Washington, charged with the
| supervision and care of the manufaciurlng
! commercial, agricultural aud mining inter
| ests OF the country. IL is the same bill
! prepared by the National Board OF T.aie of
| the United States.
| REMOVAL OF INDIANS The Commis-
missioner of Indian Affairs has received to.
ern Apache agency:
Captain r. Moore with 23s Indians (priS-
oners) in charge, arrived from Fort Win
| gate. WHITLEY, ACHING Agent"
Superintendent Hamm ond telegraphs that
| some of the Sioux are expected to arrive a,
! their destination on the Missouri river by the
| 10Th.
| THE LOUISIANA CoNTEsT-At a meeting
OF the Senate committee Oh privileges and
elections to day, Senators Wadleigh and
MerrimOn were appointed a ub-committee
I 10 invite Messrs. Kellogg and Spoffori to
| appear before the committee aud state TO he
| committee any facts concerning the election
| OF each TO the Senate by the rival Louisiana
| legislatures, and the organization of the
| legislatures upon which each of the contest
| ants can agree.
PROMOTIONS IN THEP. o. DEPARTMENT.
| The vacancy Occasoned by the death of
Judge Spence. a special appointment In the
+. y. department, for the examination of
| star and boat routes, was filled to-day
| by the promotion OF Major Ray Z. Eaton,
who has long been in charge of the extreme
| western section in the Contract Office. The
| vacarcy occasiOned by this promotion was
also filled by the promotion of Stanley G.
| Trott to the third-class erkship, made Va
cant oy the promotion OF n" "Jor Eaton. The
| vtcaI cy in the second class clerkship was
! II led y The promotion OF Charles g. Wo d.
| ard Al u Frank b. FarnswOrth appointed TO
a first class cleTkship, vice WOUds rd, pro-
| nO.ed.
| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Senate in e. ,u'iye
session to-day confirmed The following ap-
| pointments:-JObn ID. Defrees, psI bile printer:
| Edgar NJ. Marble. to be \ Assistant Attorney
General of the United States, ia place OF A.
| > Gay lord, resigned; John l.. st evenS, of
| Maine, minister 10 SWe1en and Nor way.
| Ellery Nj. Brayton. collector of internal rev.
| e. ne, South Carolina; Robert !. Anderson,
| Us. attorney fer Montana; Ed z. John
| son, L. = attorney for Wyoming; James A.
! Warder. u. y. attorney middle district Tea
| nessee; George Is Patterson, u. s. attorney
southern district OF Florida; Rober. H. Gait
| tenGen, L. s. marshal district of Kentucky;
| JOSS ph IL. Morphls, u. :. marshal northern
district OF ssissippi; John Raymond, IT.
| ,. marshal Dakota territory; Philip Z. Will
| cox, L. s. marshal Colorado territory; Peter
| Z. Shannon, chief Justice supreme court OF
| Dakota; Robert l.. Hutchinson, u. s. mar
shall New Jersey, and veral postmasters.
| THE POSTMASTER GENERALS REPORT
| The Postmaster General, ip his forthcoming
| annual report, will call attention, as his pre-
decessOrs have done TO certain eccentricities
| IN the method of determining the compensa
| tion OF postmasters. An effort was made in
| this dire ction last year, but Congress failed
fully TO adopt the recommendations of the
| department, 30 that the proposed equaliza-
tiOn of salaries has failed in a great mea-
sure. In many of the smaller towns post
masters were receiving compensation as
| great as In many OF the larger cities. Toe
| theory OF the Post Office department is that
| the pOstmasters at the smaller offices should
get less and those at the larger more com
| peDsat1On. The Postmaster General will
urge additional legislation In regard to post
masters commissl Ons, 1t being found that
they engage In various practices not consist
| ent with their duties TO the department 1t
| Is now proposed To place a heavy penalty
| upon the sale Of stamps by pOstmasters for
less than their face value. The subject Of
| introducing dOmicile delivery OF letters has
been informally considered on several occa-
| siODs recently at the Post Office department
THIS system, now In operation in France,
1 GnncPSSfnI md M
| to the increased amount of mail transmitted, ,
| has not been excessive. The department is
rot yet ready to make such system for the
| United States, but IL is proposed tn urge an
| extension of The free delivery system in
| cities by adding TO the list OF cities not hay-
ing such facilities those having a population
| OF 10 COO and upward. The present limit OF
the sy stem is TO cities of 20 coo inhabitants.
| THE CAUCUs OF THE REPUBLICAN SEN
! AToRs.-The caucus OF republican Senator'S
on Saturday last, was of over four hours ID
| ration, and by far the most i'm portant politi-
| cal meeting of the present session of Con-
| gress. The caucns was called for the ostensi !
| bic purpose OF discussing the admission OF
| Kellogg TO n seat in the Senate, aud OF other
| business before that body, but the real obi ect
| OF the caucus was To learn the individual
| sentiments or Senators on tn subject OF the
| Presidents appointments, and to ascertain
| whether the confirmation of obIec,iOnable
| appointments could be presented by the
| small majority of republican Senator'S. The
| CIVIL SSTNICc TtlOt III anu sOuEQSED policies OF
the President we're discussed, but the leading
| point of consideration by the caucus was the
appointment OF democrats to offices in the
south. Speeches Were made by Senators
| COpkling, Howe, Edmunds, and Stanley
Matthews, and nearly every one present had
something 10 say. Mr.. Conkling denounced
| the action of the President in certain APP
| poiutments which have been confirmed and
| others which are awaiting confirmation. He
| claimed that President Hayes has been guilty
| of q violation OF the tenure Of Office act, and
| he Insisted on thorough revision by the
Senate (Which has co-Ordinate power with
the Executivel of all appointments.
| Several resolutions were introduced OF diff
| ferent construct on, but all OF the same pur-
| port, viz: that the President be requested by
| The Senate 10 comply with the tenure of OF
| fee act, and hereafter appoint no democrats
| 10 federal offices. A large majority were in
! favor OF the passage of these resolutions, but
the minority opposed Thereto was of suffi-
! Client size, when assisted by the democratic
! Senators, to successfully oppose the action
| of the msjorlty in open Senate. At last
! nearly every Senator IN the caucus voted for
| resolution that the President be REQ ouested
hereafter 10 appoint no democrats TO offiras
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