, 1881-10-07
CENTS.

ments for thf Ss3|al meeting of 1881 on
boartt steam 50 II tic Mississippi en- route
to New OrIY s : pnIcers elected for the en-
suing yeqra Is : ,tdent, j.. w. Gould, Of st
!'"tls; Vlc( tlents, t. II. Voolfolk o.
Louisville, ,olnger Of st. Louis.
ONE Of THE. MOST IMPORTANT OFFICES
awaiting appointment frum President ar
fliur IL TINT Of Superintendent of the Cuas
Survey, na.le ydrant by tic death of Mr,
Patterson. Tho nn.ne ur Gen. e. 3. Gums
stuck, of tile Engineer Corps, Inns BEEN men,
tuned here NJ 0ne Of tic must compesent
men In thu country fur this position. lie has
been engaged! tor many yrnrs upon the sur.
vey of the Upper 1.nl;cs, where he l,as bce,1
for years cArrytng forward most extensive
system Of tic highest order Of gcoIogic sur
veylltx. 1ic has reputation nbrond ~ one
OF the most accomplished engineers In tho
public service 0f any nation and IL Intimately
arqtnintcd. from fnnK practical experience,
with all the scientific requirements Ut tho 20
sttton. Gt:li. C0inssUck Is ut present ut DE,
troit. bringing Ills work m the Inkes tu close
4 PROMINENT srAEwA1sr REPUBLICAN,,
Ut New York. who holds ligI, Government
position here, aid WHO l,as Just rct,lrupc
from Ills llnlne III that Stntr, expresses Ut
opinion that ex-senator Co,IklIng will not 70
lhto tbs Cabinet, though t.l.. cotlld do 50 IL
he tesfrct. Said this official tonight:
ConkiinE's friends IN New York are US .le-
votet! to lin rs ever. went home to tight
fur him, and 1 carried my county and sent
delegation to the State Convention that
would lave stoos' by him to the last. Conk-
ling Is sincerely tlesirous Ut har1notz-
ing the Republican party throughout
ali tile country. liz IL n warm
devoted FREUD ut President Arthur. and hi,
waits Arthur to make Il popular rrcst-
dent niH[ slrceett himself. Conll!ng Is a.
ways ready To ,naseany sacrifice for friend.
l have IN doubt that Arthur has already
offered coi,kilng Ills chnfce Of Cabinet POSI-
tons. but dD not believe lie will ncrnpt my,
fur the reason TINT CoMklfne knows Ills ell
trance Into tile Cabinet
WOULD u1si'tEAaE Il CERTAIN E1EstESr or
THE REPUBLICAN, TA1!Tf,
anil wostlt( enbHrr1lss Arthur. Therefore t,e
will not accGpt II, thongE there Is very re-
cent precedent for his appointment and ac-
ceptnMce, notwithstanding circumstances.
conkltng Is not more unpopular with one ele-
ncnt Of lis party tllatt blaine IS with another.
Anil Conkting's appointment TO Il Cabinet
position would not be moro distastefn to ono
portion of tho party than Blalne's appoint
,nent was to another portion. 1tlon't BELIEVE
SNAhl1Ak5 EAaC3 tH4llE AL u .AFu1JlEt pDSf"
| ton, but even II lie did don't believe lle
would accept one, for the reason hive
giyen." The gentleman who made this
statement IL a conspicuous member Of
prominent Republican circle LII New York
which has hitherto included ConkEine, Ar
thur, Plati, a,ld other Statwnrts. aud was mp
pointed to office BY Platt and ConklIng.
JAMES.
Itscents to be pretty well understood that
FOst,naster-t;enernlJ Junles will remain In Ills
present position. ut the desire Of President
Arthur, but he will not stay any longer than
Is required to wind up thu star-route prose.
cutlons. When these cases sllall i,aye been
disposed of l.a will rBtirs ut his own request,
uB all important position ofs higher
nay awaits his command In New
York. II Gen. James remains In tho
Cabinet, as now sccins assured, First Assist
.lnt Postnlaster-Gcneral Tyner will probably
retire. lie Illus reyer, 1t Is satd. beer, In ac-
cord with Ja,nes' administration Of tho De-
partmuut, and those familiar with James
purposes md intentions say Tyner would
llaye gone out lung ngo lind not President
Garfield been shot. It Is MI open secret Mt
the Department TINT Tyner ret!res II James
ror1.