Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-24

DOMESTIC.
The Pacific Coast and Garfieid's Cabinet.
WASHINGTON, February 23d.-Direct and
nositiye information has been received IN the
Civ from General Garfield within the last
few DAYS. in regard to the subject of giving
the Pacific coast q representative IN his Cab
met which, in substance, is as follows: He
ia strongly inclined to fill some one of the
Cabinet positions by an appointment from
California. but has not yet fully determined
whether the pressing claims of other States
and sections will admit of his leaving place
for the Pacific coast at all. The present
probabilities, however, are decidedly in favor
of the reservation of a Cabinet appointment
for California, and in this event General
Gar6eld's choice will fall upon one of the two
names which he has for some time had under
consideration, namely, those of ex-senator
Aaron A. Sargent and Congressman Horace
Davis. Which one of the two will in
this case be selected has not been disclosed,
and the personal friends of both gentlemen
in this city seem to be equally confident; but
the general impression of Garheld's most in
innate friends in Congress is that the chances
of Horace Davis now preponderate
The Star this evening publishes the follow
ing: Representative Page of California,
who went to Mentor to urge the claims of ex-
Senator Sargent for Cabinet place, has re-
turned, He brings back NO assurances that
his mission was a success, but he found the
President elect in good health and spirits"
As similar statements have been published
elsewhere, it may be well to remark that
Representative Page has never visited Men
tor He went to New York city last Sunday
night on personal business, and returned to
the city Monday night, and the story of a
visit to Mentor has no other foundation than
his absence from the House OF Representa-
tiyes one day.
Cabinet Making.
WASHINGTON, February 23d.-A Republic
can Senator of prominence and influence
said very positively TO reporter of the West
ern Associated Press to-day " If you tele-
graph that Robert Lincoln will be Secretary
of War, Senator Sargent of California, Sec
rotary Of the Navy, and Wayne MacVeagh
of Pennsylvania, Attorney General, you will
name three of Garfeld's Cabinet" Sargent
was Chairman of the Senate Naval Commit
tee, and studied naval affairs closely. Mac
Veaph is son-in.law of Simon Cameron.
Senator Logan sticks to his assertion that
Lincoln will be Secretary Of War.
Republican Caucus on the AppOrtion-
ment Bill.
WASHINGTON, February 23d.-In the Re-
was opened by Lapham, who counseled op-
position to any apportionment bill which
would disturb the relative strength of the two
parties, particularly any back apportionment,
by which the Republican States of the North
would be affected disadvantageously. He be-
lieved 319 to be as low number as should be
adopted. Briggs and Butterworth favored
the proposition. Haskell strongly advocated
800 as the most satisfactory number to the
hot x1yilIipO to
mise upon 319. A general discussion ensued.
FRYE, Hawley and Robinson believed S17 a
fair compromise. The majority of the speak
ers strongly opposed any number less than
317, and resolution was finally offered by
Haskell that the Republicans refuse to vote
for an apportionment bill which fixes the
number of Representatives at less than 319.
The resolution was carried with few dis
senting votes, and the caucus adjourned.
Becoming Acquainted.
WASHINGTON, February 23d.-Vice-P resi-
dent-elect Arthur visited the Senate chamber
in company with Conkling to-day, who intro
duced him to many Senators on both sides OF
the chamber. Blaine also made his reappear-
ance in the Senate after long absence. He
was heartily congratulated by his Democratic
as well as his Republican associates. He
subsequently had talk with Arthur.
The Northwest BIizzard-Seyerity of the
Winter.
CHICAGO. February 23d.-The severity of
the winter in Iowa and the difficulties under
which transportation companies have labored
during almost four months are scarcely real
lied outside of the immediate circle of per-
sons who have personally experienced the
hardship. A gentleman just in from western
Iowa, where he is engaged in business which
requires constant travel, says nothing like
this season has ever been experienced in that
usually pleasant State. Open winters are
ton usually of short duration. This winter,
however, began on the 7th of November,
and since that time bare ground has hardly
been seen in the State. The weather iadica-
tons have been watched with the greatest
anxiety, but every expectation or indication
of a breakup has been disappointed, and
straightforward enduring cold wind and snow
have taken the place of the usual January
and February thaws. The railroads have
made manful but uneven battle against the
storms. No sooner have they cleared the
track and gotten fairly to running than ice or
drifted snow blocks the rails again, and it has
been one steady, expensive fight with the ele-
ments to keep in running order; and even
then many CT them have been obliged to
abandon trains and make every kind of shift
to carry their passengers. On the Pacific ex-
tension Of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Northern Company there were no trains from
February ID to February l9th, although there
were untiring efforts at opening the road.
The main line was kept comparatively clea'
Other roads of the trunk haes have generally
been able to send their trains out regularly,
but few have reached their destination on
time, and some of them have in certain in.
stances been entirely abandoned. The Sc
verify of the winter has told terribly on the
poor, who have been deprived of work, and
have been compelled to pay exorbitant prices
for fuel or suffer for the want of it. In
Nebraska it is believed that the season has
been similarly severe.
Financial BuIIdOzing.
NEW York, February 2Sd.-The uncer-
tainty in regard to the funding bill, and the
continued deposit in the ub-Treasury here
of the gold and legal tenders by national
banks to retire their circulation, were the all
absorbing topics of discussion in financial
circles to-day, and exercised marked inhu-
ence upon the stocks and money markets.
The Express says: Some of the prominent
national banks are aggravating the situation
by inducing their country correspondents to
deposit gold and legal tenders in the Treas
ury to retire their circulation, and by all
mapner OF threats as TO what they will do in
the future. No such financial bulldozing of
Congress and the President was ever before
resorted to. It remains to be seen whether
Secretary Sherman will come to the rescue
of the money market. and thwart the de-
signs of those who try to derange the none
tary situation and disturb legitimate trade.
Early Connection Promised.
ST. LOUIS, February 23d.-E. L. Patch,
Superintendent of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Ex-
press at Kansas City. is authority for saying
that the connection of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Rail-
roads will be made by March LIST, and that
about the 10th of that month trains will run
through to San Francisco.
Bernhardt's Jewels Protected by De.
fectives.
CINCINNATI. February 2Sd.-William Pink
erton, of the detective agency, who is in the
city, says the Bernhardt management having
been annoyed by pickpockets and thieves fol-
lowing them, and fearing theft of the valu-
ables carried by Bernhardt, have engaged
from him three detectIges-one from each of
the Offices in New York, Philadelphia and
Chicago-to travel with the company during
the remainder of its tour in this country.