The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-10-27
WASHINGTON.
The Daily budget OF Specu'
BHIfORs.
Eolger VIII be Given and WtIl
Accept ahe Treasury Port
folio,

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Washington, 26.-Tbe President
has accepted the resignation of
First Assistant Postmaster General
Tyner.
The total amount of bonds en-
braced in the l05th call, received up
to date, is $2,700,O0O.
Ex-CustOdian Pitney will answer
some Of the charges in the Meline
reports.
Prominent Indiana men are en-
deavoring to secure the appoint
ment Of General B. Wright, as
auditor of railroad accounts. A De-
tition in this behalf bearing, among
other names, that of John C. New.
was sent to the President to-day.
Secretary Window had a long
interview with President Arthur
this afternoon. The secretary says
with the close of business to-day, his
administration as secretary Of the
treasury virtually terminated. He
will be at the department part of the
time for the next few days.
The belief that COnkling isunti-
matelydesigned for the secretaryship
Of the treasury seems almost univer-
sally entertained here, and if he
were at liberty to accept it, it is
believed the President would have
appointed him. Ex-Secretary NOW
Senator) Window Informed the
associated press agent tonight,
positively, that Folger had been
offered, and has formerly accepted
the treasury, and that the President
will nominate him tomorrow.
Howe will be nominated tomorrow,
also, for attorney general, and it is
quite likely the Senate will adjourn
tomorrow evening.
The democrats think Sherman's
modification of his resolution for
information regarding treasury
matters has taken away its vim and
force. Senator Farley, who was
asked on Friday to get the testi-
mony out upon which the Meline
report was based, has not REQUIRED
to the subject and does not intend
TO. The feeling among democratic
senators is that it will be much
pleasanter to have the matter taken
up when the House meets, as the
members of that body will not be
restrained, as are senators, by cour-
tesy towards Mr.. Sherman.
It is positively stated tonight
that Chief Justice Folger, Of New
York, has been rendered and &C
cepted the appointment of Secre,
tary of. the treasury, and his name
will be sent to the Senate to-mor-
row. In connection with the ap-
pointmeut it is asserted that FOlgeI
agreed to accept on condition, OF
with the understanding, that he
shall be appointed to the United
States Supreme bench to succeed
Hunt, who, it is confidently believed.
will be retired on account of physical
disability by Congress. Judge
FOlger really did not want the sec
retaryship, but is ambitious to go
on the Supreme bench. 1t is still
asserted bY those who assume to
know that Conkling will succeed
Folger III the treasury before Ar
thurs administration grows very
old. It is also said that Cenkling
would have been appointed, but
that since he left the Senate he has
taken several very important law
suits. and accepted some thousands
of dollars in the shape of retainers,
and therefore cannot abandon these
cases; and it will be some months
before he can attend to them. Ar
thur is very anxious, SO the story
goes, to have Conkling at the head
Of the treasury, and his great en-
barrassment since Morgan declined,
has been to find a man who would
make way for COnkling, when he
gets ready to go into the cabinet.
Folger's retirement from the chief
justiceship of the New York court of
appeals viii necessitate the election
Of a successor, and the democrats
may win the election and thus get a
majority. This is one reason why
there was some hesitation in ap-
pointing Folger to the treasury, but
after looking over the field it appears