, 1881-03-18

Wnnad br impossible to obtain Il yote ltpoll
TIC pe'lfltnR resolution tllIs morning. and he
therefore ilInsed to adjourn. Agreed tn.
Adjourned.
"LONG" JONES.
THE ATTOIlSEY-HESEIlAt DECIDES AGAINST
11tat. AND THE PRESIDENT SENDS EOIt
THE rA1EIts IN TIE CASE.
5ptetas D1pasth 10 1As Chicago Tribune.
WARRINGTON, D. e.. March 17.-Thfs hns
been field dny III the contest over the
United Suttes Nara!talsA1p for the Northern
District of Illinois. Yesterday the oppo-
sittoA IL Mr.. Juncs' appointment was very
confident that he would be defeated, l,,st was
nls6 ycTy mysterious as to tic reasons upon
wli1cl! this confidence was based. as q re-
suit 1T tic most tiligeilt inquiry to-ttay It Is
possible 10 lift tho mysterious veil. 1t ap-
renrs TINT Attorney General MacVeax!t, to
dent, and with whom nil papers IT.
latsng to 1t had been filed, de-
clded last night tfat lle would report
adversely to the President upon tie applica-
tlo'. for tho appointment Of Jones, md as
compromise would recommend TINT Mnr8llal
1lllttrup be retained III Office. II cannot be
stated upon authority what tho reasons were
which Induced Afr. MAeN'engh to come to
this conclusion. liz Is reported to be
NOT DISPOSED TO TALK ABOUT IT
himself, ald NJ lie las been oyerrulcd and
the case taken out Of his lnntls by the 1'resI-
dent he probably will not be disposed to
eiligl.ten tho public MS to the reasons
which caused Him to como tu that
conclusion. There are, oft course. alt
sorts If rumors atn0lg the army uf ILL.,
n0is iieople here. witn, while waiting for att-
lWfntlncnts to Office. have nothing to do but
to gossip and to pry into other peoples busi-
ness. The opposition to Mr. Jones was this
morning extremely confident tint he would
be defeated, asd that either Marshal lIlldrup
or some other candidate. possibly Afr. Wood
cock, OF Sterling. or Col. Elliott, of Gen.
1fendcrson's i district, would SECURE the place.
Gell. Logan seems to llnve bee,, apprised Of
the apparent nufavorablc situation ttEs ln0r1l-
Ing, and Ie took the lcld enrIy for his candt-
date, antl
KE1'T II Att. DAY.
lie called upon the AttorNey-t;eneral cnr1y,
when Nj. MacVeagh, for the first time,
Iufor,netl lin TINT he should oppose
the appointment OF Junes, aud should
recommend that Marshal Ilflrup be con-
t!nucd In Office. This was surprise to
Senator Logan, ~ the inter hul expected,
or lad been led to believe, that ALr. 3[uc-
Vca2tl would report III JONES' favor. Sub
sequcntly Senator Logan called ut tic White
Houso and hui NIL Interview Of considerably
lnnre tlIan nn hour with President Garfield.
Whit tra,'spired is not t1etinltly klown,
but 1t car ba stated that, rs result
of ttlis interview, the President directed
that the papers In tho case Should bu trails
ferreu from the Department Of Justice
To TIFF WHITE HOUSE,
11h1 mi nj nr,1 i,
tlut lsc tho 1'scsitlcnt) would settle lie case
htu.self. h4lnference fro,n this, OF course,
Is either that the President Intends to tayor
tho appointment ot Jones, nr, II Ie decides
otherwise, to assulne all responsibility If the
decisInll. ut,d relieve Attorney-{;pneral Mae
Eeagh Of nny fnrthsr consideration Of tic
matter. At ull events, sincu TINT Interview,
tic friends Of Jones nre very 1nucll lMoru
confident Of his appointment than
they have been ut any t1n,e
during the tlay. Il telegram was received
here to-day from ex-Sl!rritf Huffman, Of
Chicago, referring' to the nilitayits filed
qffs on Ses ssl ssl ~ steGtnE GanEE as c"tS %e ill., s
Ing was fnr SOME time under Ills csneclul
supervision us Sheriff, anl tlut II :Jucs
walltcd nny testimony from lloiImann Iii re-
gurd to hin It could be lsgd.'
THE FRIENDS OF stI.. JONES
|uH HS!Hl!e congressman tsCOEEE IL. 1]Hfls
appears tllat Mr. Davis. wllilu liz las III no
sellso made MI n!li9nce with alr. Fur
well, Inns suggested to tho authorities
TINT il wise adjustment nf tho nlltter III no
person from the Second District cullIu IN MP.
painted to tic pfaco) would bo to continue
l1itllrdp III. Office. Alr. hIncVcagll SEEMS to
have acted upon Afr. Dnyis' suggestions, or,
at least, MI AiacVcagh's. conclusion was
Farwell's headquarters Tonight ll0ttllllx def
Init could DO lear,nd rs to tho jinnl decision.
AIr. FnrwoIl stIw tho President this Ntter-
noon before Logan did, but l,e atlitl tint lle
did not particularly discuss tho AfArshafship.
slIt. FAnwEIL.
had beard that tho supporters 0f 4J0nes wcro
very confident Of success, hut lt lln not
himself pretend to ktnW what tho decision,
wn5 Thera Wis q less 1ublnnt spirit, how
eyur, manifested ut tho Fnrwell headquarters
tl,all theirs was lust Night. anl the principal
cnck. 1iu mt manifest their former COLI
fi,lu,lce IN .Iul,cs' .lrteat. There hive bccn 10
1uissly contrary r,llnur3 relative to this nll-
ly0tl!illeMt that predictions A5 to the resllt
would be hazardous but
IT Is cEIIrA1N
that Senator Logan expects tint jones will
bt appointed. ntld That tho cnSt will be set
tied III Ills fnr0r Tomorrow, Farwcll nssertX
That llo Inns little personal Mterest III this Gull
test;. Tint he does mt wfalI It to t,. under
stool that tu y lighting anybody: tlnt l'e Inns
he snys liz undertook to lMake WIS thnt J0l,es
nnght not to l!e appointed. lilo tlUeS nut
know tu.hlRht whether ur llot Ills opposition
will prove successful.
MALONE.