The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-22
POLITICAL POINTS.

Frederick W. Seward, son of the late Secre-
tary Seward, has been appointed Assistant Sec-
rotary of State.
The President has appointed Hon. Lot M.
Morrill, Collector of the Port of Portland, Me.
Asa O. Adds, of Vermont James B. Howell,
of Iowa, and Orange Ferris, of New York, have
been appointed Southern Claims Commission
ers. .t"'
The Republican members of the Pennsylva-
MIA Legislature met in caucus on the 18th inst.
and unanimously nominated J. Donald Cam
eron, late Secretary Of War, to fill the vacancy
in the United States Senate caused by the res
ignation of his father. e..
It appears that Hon. Stanley Matthews ad
dressed letter to Gov. Packard of Louisiana,
similar to the one sent to Gov. Chamberlain,
of South Carolina, urging him to abdicate his
claim to the Governorship in favor Of Nichols.
Packard has just replied to Matthews In the
course of his letter he says: "Ireceived
majority of the legal votes cast at the last
election, have been declared Governor by the
Legislature in joint session with an undisputed
fully vested with authority as Governor can
not with due regard to my oath Of Office and
duty to the 76, 900 voters who have elected me
the Chief Magistracy, though should receive
consideration and position in some appropriate
way, abandon those faithful men to the mer
CHESS vengeance of the White-League Democ-
racy."
A large delegation of colored men, represent
ing number of States, called on the President
the other day, and urged him to appoint Prof.
John M. Langston, of Washington, Commits
sioner of Agriculture. The President informed
them that it was his intention to appoint both
Prof. Langston and Fred Douglass to important
and responsible positions at all early day, but
he had not yet decided as to the place that
would be given the former
Postmaster General Key, finding himself over
whelmed nearly with applications for Office, has
caused the following circular to be prepared for
transmission to every applicant as the only an
swer that can possibly be given at present to any
of the constantly accommodating letters
PosToFFIoE DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON, -. {
SIR Your letter of the - has been received and
placed the files of the department for considera-
ton under the rules of the civil service when vacan-
cies occur. Atpresent none exist.
r. 1-9 49,, -, D. NJ. KEY Postmaster General.
A delegation of Illinois Republicans called on
the Presidentthe other day, to request the remov-
al of the Postmaster at Springfield in order to
give place to Mr.. Phillips, the defeated Repub-
lican candidate for Congress, and editor of the
Illinois State Journal. The President asked if
they had any charges to prefer against the
present Postmaster. The reply was g No, but he
is sort of halfway Democrat, and Mr..
Phillips, having been defeated for Congress, is
entitled to consideration at the hands of the
party" The President declined to take the ac-
ton requested, saying that he would not re-
move except for cause, whereupon the delega- |
ton retired very much disguised.
Hon. Stanley Matthews was nominated for
United States Senator, on the third ballot, by |
the Republican caucus of the Ohio Legislature.
His competitors were Judge Taft, ex-Congress-
man Shellabarger, Judge Lawrence and W. P. |
Gen. Garfield having withdrawn
from the contest 80
A Washington telegram to the Chicago Trib-
euae says: "The Presidents Southern policy, |
as nearly as it has been defined, seems to have
been thus The withdrawal of troops from the
State capitals in Louisiana and South Corolina
to their barracks, and for the present complete
and non-recognition of either
of the organizations pretending to be the legal
Governments"