Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-12-03


II few years previous in the important DO.
sliion of Collector of tho port of New
Y ork and when Hayes became President.
he uncoromoniously bounced the present
Chief Magistrate out of that fat and pow
erful office. Hayes did this Mt the instiga.
ton OF tho then Secretary of the Treasury,
who was himself in training for tho Re-
| publican nomination of the Presidency, and
to break the influence of tho Grant. Conk-
ling wing centered in New York, the
| patronage of the Custom House, with it's
gigantic machinery for political mnnipula-
ton had TO BIO taken away from the
naughty Senator, who was uanipulatinp
for Grants return to the White House.
| The feelings of the Conkliug and Blaine
factions in the Chicago Convention can
never be forgotten, and as Blaine saw tue
impossbility of his own nomination, he
dictated that Of his most intimate friend
and political companion - James A. Gar
| held. As concession to the Conkling-
Grant wing, however, which fought hard
for it's choice, Arthur was given tho nomi-
nation for the Vice Presidency. Blaines
triumph ever ranked in the hearts of the
ConkIing- Grant faction, and oven after the
campaign bad opened, the support for Gar.
field was of a Iukewnrm character. 1t
took considerable persuasion to induce
Conkling to enter the campaign, but he
finally consented, and was undoubtedly in.
strumental in carrying New York. The
time has come however, when the Conk-
ling-Grant faction controls the situation
and is now taking an active hand in shap.
ing the policy of the Administration aud
the complexion of the Cabinet. At one
time rumor strongly limited that California
would be honored with an appointment of
one of the Grant fnction in the person of
ex-senator Sergeant, either for the Sc
cretaryship of the Navy or INTERIOR but
the latest dispatches from Washington
give faint hope think, however, if there
is to be an appointment from West of the
Rocky Mountains, that it will be Sargent,
who is anxious to become Secretary of the
Navy. He has always taken specia in.
terost in the Mare Island Navy Yard, and
nothing would suit his old friends and
time-servers better than to see him at the
head of the Navy Department. The ever
bilious ChiOm'cte, however, which enter
tains personal spite for Sargent, has al
ready shown n disposition to open its mud
balters with n view to defeat the appoint
ment of the man who was instrumental in
securing the Reciprocity Treaty.
OTHER CABINET RUMoRs.
Although it has been reported on several
occasions of late that President Arthur
had determined upon his Cabinet, no mp.
pontment has been made public except
that of Judge Folger, who assumed the
duties of Secretary of the Treasury on the
llth inst, Window WINS much affected
while turning over the Secretary's private
keys to his successor, and remarked that
the recent changes had revived the sad
memories of the Summer. The latest
rumor is that Lincoln will retire from the
War Department by his own request, and
that Emory Storrs, who was prominently
Unidentified with the Beecher trial, will be
Attorney General, ex Senator Howe, Sere.
tary of Interior; Chauncey Flley of Mis-
souri,, Postmaster. General, and n Southern
man, possibly General Longstreet. Secre-
toned in connection with the State or War
Departments, but it is thought that the
selections will be madc Mt the suggestion
of Grant, who is the personal aud con-
iidential adviser of the President. 1t is
said the General desires to secure the APP
pointmeut of John Russell Young, of the
New York XeyuM staff, as Minister to
China, and in this event. Bingham, the
present incumbent, will probably be trans
ferred to Vienna. The notorious political
trickster, George G. Gorham, who is exc
Grated by all honest Republicans on the Paci-
fic Coast, and who is anxious to return to
his old position as Secretary of the Senate,
WAS mentioned for the position of Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury several days
since, but since Judge Folger assumed
charge of the Department, nothing further
has been heard of the political black-and-
tan.
Another item Of interest from WASH
ington is that the new British Minister, the
Hon. Lionel Snckvle West, presented his
credentials to President Arthur on the 18th
and formally assumed the duties pertain
ing to that Office. His wife, Mrs. CORVALLIS
West is the famous London beauty who
has for some time been the rival Of Mrs.
Langtry. The new Minister is described
as the reverse of handsome, but there is
no doubt he and his wife will bo the centre
of attraction in Washington society.
INCREASED OVERLAND MAIL FACILITIES.
As u matter OF interest to the residents
of the Islands as well as to the people Of
this coast, the arrangements Just com.
peted by the Postmaster. General to facil-
tate the despatch of the western.bound
mails from New York are of special impor-
lance. Hereafter the mails will reach San
Francisco thirty hours sooner than under
the former arrangement, and arriving at =
AN. instead of 1880 Pm. The new
schedule will DO observed in the transmits
sion Of the easteru- bound mails. The
variuus railroad officials are in consulta.
ton with view to lessenng the time on
the overland road to four days, and to
facilitate this, diniug-cars will be attached
80 that passengers may enjoy all the con-
veniences of frst.cass hotel in making
the trip across the Continent. by this
time next year, it is anticipated there will
he several through lines connecting in San
Francisco with New York, and in that
event there will be much competition,
whereas the Central Pacific now has the
monopoly. In this connection it is also
said there is au early probability ola rival
steamship company on the Pacific in OPP
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