Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-22
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. CABINET CHANGES. A New Lease for the Slate
 Makers.
 -Z--.-. NO NOMINATIONS TILL NEXT WEEK. And Probably Not Until Next
 Session.
A Conference With ths President.
General Grant and Senators
 ClOseted With Him.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

I GossipsLGeneraI Grant and Severn
 Senators CIoseted With the President- Other Matters.
 4 WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-Loaded steamboat and trains from Yorktown have been arriv
 ing all day. Secretary Blaine returned witt Q President Arthur. Assistant Secretarie Blaine and Hit and Chief Clerk Brown re
 mained with the foreign guests and are i:
 Richmond to-day. The Arlington Hotel hai : been wired to have rooms for both the Ger man and French visitors by to morrow at Il
 o'clock. The German visitors are to bs l sumptuously entertained by their country
 men in the District on Sunday. Governor
 Cullom and staff, of Illinois, start home to
 morrow
 II President Arthur stated definitely today ' that he should submit no Cabinet nomina
 tions to the Senate this week. This gives the
 slate makers new lease of life A member
 of the official family of the President stated
 this evening that he very much doubted ii I any nominations would be sent to the pres
 ent session of the Senate He thinks the
 President intends to make no Cabinet
 changes until compelled to, which means
 until vacancies occur. The same person ex- ! poets Windom to remain in for a while even ' U.
 since his credentials could scarcely reach l here before the adjournment of the Senate,
 and since his term then would not necessarily
 begin until December next. This programme
 is advanced on the theory of the President
 being alike anxious to retain James tempora-
 rily and give the Treasury to New York. I Finally he hopes Windom will remain long 1 enough for the Star route cases to be dis ] posed of andsthe difficulty be thus bridged
 W1ndom, however, stated to-day that such a ! programme has not even been mentioned to | him. Personally he considers that one as
 soon as elected to the Senate is not eligible to
 retain Cabinet office He called President Arthurs attention to-day to his nomination | for the Senatorship and afterwards stated | that he expected his successor would be ap- 1 pointed before the Minnesota election should
 take place, though he did not know that such l would be the case The gene ral opinion appears to have settled either on Governor Morgan or Judge Folger | for his successor. The latter is thought to | be willing to accept if he receives the offer, ' but the President is thought to be holding ! the portfolio for him only if Morgan will not | accept it. In regard to the latter there have been two exactly opposite reports here to- day. One came from a New York gentle man to the effect that Governor Morgan was settling up his private business preparatory to accepting the Secretaryship of the Treas ury. The other was to the effect that he had
 
 position in the Cabinet. It is said his reason for declining is that it would be impossible at present for him to sever his connection with the large commercial business he is in No new names came out today. Messrs Ere
 linghuysen, Lincoln, Sargent, Longstreet and Howe are generally conceded, but no one seems to know when they will be disposed Of New England Senator informed your correspondent that considerable pressure has been brought to bear to induce President Ar thur to appoint William E. Chandler of New Hampshire, Attorney General His appoint ment is being urged by friends of Mr Blaine and stalwart Republicans, who think Chan dler was defeated as Solicitor General by the efforts of Attorney General MacVeagh and that he should be recognized by the Presi- dent.
 General Grant reached here this afternoon and went direct to General Beale's At D. m General Beale'sccarriage was driven with General Grant to Senator Logan's, where the Senator and Senator Don Cameron entered it and were driven to the shouse on the hill, :" where they were presently joined by Senators Allison and Edmunds. These five gentlemen were closeted with President Arthur until after midnight and no one else was admitted during the evening. consultation on the Cabinet was certainly held, though the result is not expected to become apparent before tomorrow or Monday.
 General Dumont, inspector general of EG, a recommendation of great interest, and, if carried out, of great benefit to the officers of steam vessels. He recommended material reduction in their licenses. Facts and figures are given to prove that such reduction can be made without detriment to the public service, and that it will be but just to a class of hard working and deserving men who are poorly paid. He argues that this years sur plus of $88, ,971. 95 of funds in excess of the needs of the service shows that ST 50 per capita collected is about $5.3O in excess of the necessity. The aggregate surplus now idle ln the Treasury, he says, is sufficient to supply the deficiency for fifteen years if the tax should be reduced to sum sufficient to pay the expense of preparing licenses. or 1 about 50 cents per annum. He also cites the l fact that as no other class of citizens of the | United States are subjected to an income tax | for any purpose he expresses the hope that | Congress will speedily consider and so amend | the law that master engineers, pilots and | mates shall pay 50 cents for every inspectors | certificate. General Dumont's report will | also show that the present year closes de- | cade since the establishment of his office, and | shows that during the last five years there | has been decrease of $62, 763. 67 from the | contingent expenses of the first five, de | crease of 749 in the number of lives lost, | while there has been an increase Of 335,- 395, 452 in the number of passengers carried, 1 and of 3,113 in the number of steamers in- spected.
 Captain H. W. Howgate will plead to-mor. TOW to the indictment found against him by | the grand jury to-day. The indictment num- bers seventy four counts, the witnesses be- | ing government clerks and minor officials who kept the accounts by which the embez- clement was discovered. The indictment had been returned, and at the request of Dis. trict Attorney Corkhill, and in the absence of | counsel for defense, the Captain was called. 1 his recognizance was forfeited and bench | warrant issued for his arrest. Subsequently counsel appeared and explained and Judge Cox reconsidering declared the bench warrant void
 The nomination of ex-Marshal Dudley, of Indiana, as commissioner of pensions was reported to the Senate in executive session to-day, and went over under the l rules. His friends say all opposition has morrow.
 Gufteau.s Trial-Witness Fees Allowed
 for the Defense-RIenty of Witnesses on
 the Point of Insanity.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-In the Supreme l Court of the District of Columbia, criminal term, Judge Cox rendered his decision this morning upon the application of George Sco- vile, counsel for Guiteau, for an order of court allowing fees and expenses of defend ants witnesses. The judge held that it was clearly in the discretion of the court to allow expenses for reasonable number of wit sesses the same to be paid in the same man aer as government witnesses are paid and ,tated that he would decide in chambers as o the number of witnesses to be thus al- owed. Upon the question of assignment of counsel to assist in the defense, Judge Cox aid that he would defer the matter until , liter consulting with MT. Scoville. ,
 Mir. Scoville has received numerous replies, 2, score from New York alone, to his appeal Or testimony as to Ghiteau's insanity, and f hinks he will be able to get all the witnesses ,e needs He has received letter from A. | Macdonald, medical superintendent of the New York City asylum for She insane, won- t Iering where he got the idea of the doctors I avorfng the plea of insanity. Scoville re- ( died that friend had given Linn Dr. Mac I 9onaldss name as that useful witnesses, but , lad not intended to convey the idea that the 1 l