Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-10-24
EASTERN DISPATCHES
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Cabinet specllations = Conkling
Pressed TO Accept the secretary.
ship Of the frsasury-Will he
Accept

WASHINGTON. October 24.-Ths fol.
lowing statement IL made BY enc who ID
In . position TO 10 we'll informed: The
Treasury Department has been rendered
to bat two persons -Csakling and o..
Governor Morgan. oentllng did not
decline In positive terms. but repre-.
scented his objections. personal and Pc.
litical. to acceptance. His health 10 pre-
scented a. Q serious objection. The
President then rendered the portfolio to
Morgan. who. after long consideration.
definitely declined on the ground Of id.
vsnssd age and pressure Of business.
The President returned 70 bis original
and earnest desire, and again rendered
the Sscrstsryship Of the Treasury 10
Oonkling. The latter has eonditionally
accepted. his health being the only bar.
risr. Should Conkling's physicians do.
tsrmins that his acceptance will not DO
prudent at present Mr.. Gilfllsn will
probably take the position temporarily.
Last evening II was thsught rather
doubtful II any Cabinet nominations
would bs sent to the Senate today. Ex.
Senator Howe has, u ID believed. accept
cd the position Of Attorney General, and
will DO nominated. Ex-Governor Nor
gan has written TO President Arthur,
stating Why hs thinks he should not 40.
cept. but not positively declining. II
Governor Morgan declines positively.
and this fact Il 10 thought must be known
to the President by this time, his deolin-
alton may delay the nomination for the
Treasury portfolio fer several days.
Judge Folgsr will probably be nsni.
mated to the Supreme Court early In the
evening session. - soon - astien can
be taken ON the case Of Judge Hunt.
The other Cabinet nominations are an
decided. The names Of ex-senator Sar-
gent, Senator Spencer, Clancy I. Fill
Icy and General Longstrset are among
the coming possibilities. The impress.
sion IL general that only Mr.. Hovs's
name will 20 into the Senate today. A
stalwart Senator said that Arthur could
easily make o Cabiust should he think
II Wise to 70 to the Senate for II, ~ did
Garfield, who took three frsn that body,
very seriously crippling his party BY do.
ing 20. Ex-senator Plat arrived ysster.
day and called upon the President with
General Grant. He says hs 10 net here
on political business.
Judge Tynsr's statement will DO laid
before the President, possibly today,
after which It will b given out for pub
lication. The statement made BY the
friends Of Tynsr to the effect that he
early called the attention Of Postmaster
General James to the existence Of his
report on the Oregon and California
routes, IL denied by high ~postoflcs ofi-
cials. They soy tina. not until Msgreu
was removed did Tynsr produce his sup.
pressed report, all the facts In which BY
that time had become kAswA to James
from his own investigations.
It IL thought that Gerham will relieve
the Republican Senators Of enbarrass-
ment By Withdrawing . candidate for
Secretary Of the Senate - o o a. Bar.
gents name is sent In % Secretary OF
the Interior.
General Grant positively disclaims
making any Effort to shape the Cabinet
BY advice or solicitation, nor 10 1t true,
be says, that he has urged the retention
Of Tynsr.
The 20. called suppressed report upon
the C~ustodian's office In the Treasury
Department, called for BY Sherman.
will be read tomorrow In the Senate. II
will be . disappointing document. being
mainly an exposition Of the illegally Of
the office OF Custodian. Upton, French
and Powers have made made replies and
explanations in regard to their csnneo.
ten with the transactions investigated.
The testimony taken will undoubtedly
bs called for. This Ii very voluminous,
and sewers two thousand pages Of iesls-
cap, and nearly all is under oath. It 10
said to bs Q kind Of grab bag. where
aomsthino ran be found with reference