River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-12
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ADMIRAL PORTER has been appointed
Inspector General Of the navy.
The president has nominated Eliot G.
Jewett, of Missouri. 10 be superintendent
Of the new assay office at st. Louis.
GENERAE GEORGE SHERIDAN has resign
ed the recordership of the District of Co
lumbia, and will doubtless be succeeded by
Fred, Douglass.
IT transpires that Dorsey made direct
inquiry of Attorney General McN eagh if
he were implicated by the testimony taxi
en- in relation to star-route contracts and
rece ived calm answer in the affirmative
ATTORNEY GEN. MACVEAGH has been
instructed to obtain indictments against
the members ofthe star-route ring, and
more removals sill take place in the con-
tract division of the post office deparl-
lnent.
PRESIDENT GARFIELD states that in his
letter to Senator Dawes he declared that
he would not assist in elevating journal
list who constantly attacked and detained
him. The clause refers to the republican
nominee for secretary of the senate.
PRESIDENT GARFIELD on being inter
We've. regarding his appeal to Brady to
contribute literally to the campaign fund
stated that the star-route contractors were
never thought of when the letter was writ
ten the only idea being that Brady would
aid his party in the struggle from his am
pie means.
TIE programme agreed upon by the
committee of the republican senatorial
caucus at Washington, includes the hold
ing of executive sessions at once, all nom
nations now on the table to be referred 10
appropriate committees, the various trea-
ties to be fully acted upon, and the I'M
contested nominations then considered.
ANOTHER of the feuds engendered at the
Chicago convention is developed by the
selection for governor Of New Mexico of
Mr.. Sheldon, the Ohio delegate, who
fought John Sherman's nomination. The
ex-secretary has drawn his knife and sworn
TO be reyeDged when his enemy comes up
in executive session.
SENATOR DAWES has telegraphed to a
New England paper denying that he, or
any committee of which he Is a member,
advised he president to withdraw the
nomination Of Judge Robertson, or recon-
mended to him or to the caucus that action
on the nomination be postponed until an
other session.
WM. WALTER PHELPS. who has been ten
dered the mission to Austria, lives on an
estate of one thousand acres at Englewood.
n. He is one of the wealthiest citizens
of that state. and the most popular man in
the republican party there. So delicate
is his physical condition that it is not
thought that lie will accept diplomatic
position.
1T is announced from Albany that Judge
Robertson has been requested by Presi-
dent Garfield to visit Washington, and
Will proceed thither by the end Of the
week. The Judge declares that he will
take no step to placate Conkllng. Collect
or Merritt has engaged summer resi-
dence in the country, which fact shows
how slim are the hopes Of going to Lon
don.
The republican senators met in caucus
twice on the 4th inst As result, an ex-
ecutive session will be held at once, at
which the Chinese treaties will be the first
business in order. The nominations to be
acted upon will be those to which no re-
publican senator from the same state as the
candidates shall raise an objection. Conk-
ling has therby scored what will prove to
be 4 permanent point against the presi-
dent.
POSTMASTER GENERAL JAMES will pro-
baby reply to ex-senator DOrsey's letter
at an early day. He will probably say
that the department is investigating the
alleged frauds in connection with the star
route service, and will in due time be pre-
pared to make full report showing
whether the government has been &c
frauded. and if so, by whom, but that it
cannot undertake Il special Investigation
for the benefit of Mr.. Dorsey or any other
individual.
The letter which the star-route ring
threatens to publish unless the investiga-
ton be stopped is addressed to Jay Hub
bell, who was chairman Of the republican
congressional committee. 1t is said to
nave been written in reply to one from
Hubble stating that General Brady would
not assess the star-route contractors with
cut General Gar6eld's consent. General
Garfield wrote back that he hoped Brady
would do all in his power to facilitate the
raising Of funds necessary to meet the eX-
penses Of the campaign.
The republican caucus committee at
Washington is endeavorlng TO perfecs a
satisfactory programme to govern the
executive sessions The plan will doubt
less be 10 take up only such executive bus
mess a. will be presented by a special
committee. Five members of the caucus
committee, headed by Senator Dawes,
waited upon tHe president anu suggested
the withdrawal OF Robertson's nomination,
in the interest Of harmony, to which Gar
field replied, with some warmth, that no
such proposition could be entertained.
The United States Senate ratified the
Chinese and japanese treaties and took
final action on eighty-four nominations.
Among those confirmed were William
Walter Phelps to be minister to Austria
and Lionel A. Sheldon 10 be governor Of
New Mexico The president sent in the
name OF George p Pomeroy, of New
Jersey, to be secretary of legation at Paris,
and withdrew the nominations Of Stewart
L. Woodford, Asa w Tenney, Lewis F.
Payne, Clinton d. McDougbll, and John
/ TYLER to federal offices in the state of New