Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-03-12
TELE OR G.
Congressman Hewitt Ar
ralgns the President.
BUT DECLARES THAT MS TITLE Is
VALID.
The Great Snow Blockade
in the East.
DISTRESS AT. TIE HOT SPRINGS,
ARKANSAS.
The Election In New Hampshire
To-Day.
lsrsciAL DIsrArcu TO u Coin HiIr
DAiLr Naval

heWiu saiu NO Houiu nos ns'o sPoAeA
on tho bill except for . rccsnt event which
hal clarified thr vbole country. THAI
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oveh' "S INC oooiouo Nv f'
Commission awarding $500. OOO TO Can
ada. lie coutrssted tho aiming legal
49,. !, a., p,,,.,n .,o h.d ronr..
hsns e''s -,
sented thai country Win tho respectaoie
but minor intellech who had represented
Amsric, In the Commission. He A.
tsoLed the present diplomatic service ~ q
sb.m and 4 refuge for WORKOUT politicians.
Anil favored only two foreign European
m-i..ions-one Al London, the worlds
Commercial center. and one IL Berlin, the
center Of political power. Those men
sboull be we'll paid and not Inundated
by association with other ministers. lie
favored the retention Of the South Ameri.
can missions, because every recurring rev.
| olutlon demanded ministers 10 protect
| our citizens there. Wherever commercial
and diplomatic interests were involved he
would retain ministers. but favored do
cressing expenses where only political
questions were 70 DO dealt with. The
President had power 10 make tho diplo-
matte service . source OF immense value
70 tho country. He real the Presidents
civil service reform order. and said the
Fifth Auditor OF the Treasury ~ been
making political speeches In New lamp
shire. He would not comment on the
fact. No President ever made such
pledges a. Hayes. and both parties mad
wondered that tho pledges were mol kept
This President. who came INTO once ~
no ordinary mode. but ny o Cwsarian
mode, owed u 70 both silcs 70 keep n ~
promises. nsu 10 Yep, us IAisn 1870
peopisf Men puzzled their prsihs " sn1w
WY no nAn hoI. Wa nus ~ 10
Ansd 70 lem.ia n's " ~ ~
nal usmpled u unue Io0', no. oeSaase n'
wanted " come INTO the Democratic parry,
because ne knew mat party sAu ~
recruit" from UNA uiicc'ion. ie ~. ~.
mat ne would NOT give apPo,n's ~.
political reAsons, !'nA, was " Wv Ly
whish hAa hom,nANa nun M rns. ~.
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OF eiecporAi Aeuon' snu .non =; spPol
menus were turned .o elu ~. h.S
mat ne ma reusruen 'n1so W. WI Gsa
secured MS eouhuhg my ,ns n,sn wo
OF rresiuent OF we on'es o'As AZ
begin win MS SAolpe., tne,o Sou'n W
found mere Two oecrctarle wno hsa W."
counsel on .ne tiecsoIAi oonnn,ss'o".
fryo-n the gentleman Is hiaklns shns
TACK on the oivu selViso Ieiotn, W sne
President, ! nope no wiz ~ W W s'.o
us-friends OF nus psry--sumc'en Iino W
reply. Loud laughter.
Hewitt said no thought the president
had mo civil service policy. Among nis
other appointments wero those Of wells
Anderson, Casanova and kenner IN Louis
lana. aud others In FLORIDA. The Presi'
dent had also broken big pledge ny aP'
pointing three pcrsonal frtends-Noyes.
who had been put by Hayes In nomination
~ Minister 10 France ; Comfy. who had
been dispatched by Hayes a. Minister TO
the sandwich Islands. and Lea. - Consul
10 Frankfort. Hewitt then read . letter
from Comfy 70 . private friend, ! q which
he pictured the duties OF the minister a.
principally ''going 10 take another drink"
which was read amid much laughter.
Hewitt resumed his speeph and proceeded
10 criticize the dlplomatio appointments.
Having mentioned the name OF Lee, Con.
sul.General at Frankfort. Jones OF Ohio
defended that appointment, and said Lee
was . man Of culture and integrity. and
that no better selection could have been
made. Hewitt said no was glad to hear u.
but no disclaimed any Intention oil I'M
pugning Lees character or abilities. His
objection 10 u wa that tho appointment
had been made on personal grounds. He
asked Jones whether Lee vas . German
scholar,
Jones said THAT Leo could both translate
aud speak HERMAN, anu nav w polnio
.sand.pa ~ "
McMahon asked Jones whether the
appointment had not been made on 20
soun' ~ ''naA'N WIZ"
ZONES ssid bs hal M lnovledrs ON that
subIect. lie oniy know that Iec's Der.
sonsl merits jnsiGed the appointment.
Hewitt replied, that whatever Loe's psr-
soual merits might be, his appointment
was excluded by The fact Of his personal
relations with the President. That was
The only poInt ho ohoso 10 mako In refer
ence 10 appolntmens.. OF the appoint.
ments of Rsssou 70 Austria, Lowell 10
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