Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-11
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. IN SPECIAL SESSION. The Senate Meet for Executive
 Business. ELECTION OF A PRESIDENT. Senator Bayard of Delaware
 the Man. The Cabinet Gossips at Work. An Early Change of Officials Pre-
 dicted.
The Cabinet Gossips at Work.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The New Administration = Proposed Changes in the Army-The Democrats
 in Caucus-A Candidate for Secretary
 The Gossip of the Cabinet Makers.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.-One of the first subjects to be brought to the attention of President Arthur will be retirements in the army and navy. Major General McDowen will be one of the first officers to be retired. Brigadier General Terry will in all probabii- ty be promoted to major general to fill the vacancy caused by McDowelrs retirement. Quartermaster General Meigs will be retired and Colonel Fucker will be his successor. Rear Admiral Rodgers will be placed on the retired list November 14 and Rear Admiral Howell will be retired November 24.
 The Supreme Court of the United States convened today. The members called on the President at noon and paid their respects. The docket will be taken up at noon to-mor- row. The Star reuters are delaying the mo tion to quash the information against them on account of having at last been granted permission to examine the records of the Postoffice department.
 The Democratic Senators went into caucus immediately after the Senate adjourned. After 8 two hours session they adjourned to 10 a. m. tomorrow The matter of electing the secretary before the swearing in of the three Senators elect was discussed, but no conclusion was reached. The election of 8 candidate for secretary whenever the subject comes up in the Senate was agreed upon and several ballots were had, re- sulting in the nomination of L. o. Washing ton, of the District of Columbia. General P. R nf Gonreio md I01nna1 Me- Ardle were his most formidable competitors. A commit ttee, Messrs Jones of Florida, Gar land and McPherson, were appointed to ex' anime the credentials of the Senators from New York and Rhode Island and report to the caucus in the morning The subject of the reorganization of committees was dis cussed, but no action was had thereon. The general tenor of the debate on the admins tration of the oath to the new Senators indi- cated that no formidable opposition would be made by the Democrats. The nomination of a candidate for secretary is understood sim ply to be in readiness should the question be sprung upon the Senate unexpectedly. Tue Republicans generally favor a postponement of the election until the regular session. No caucus of that side was held tonight, but one will be held at 10 B. to morrow. Further than this plan is not matured.
 The Cabinet gossips have not been so busy as usual to-day There are no outward
 
 official family of the President, although it is generally conceded that there will be two or more vacancies before long, and it Is thought probable that the opportunity thus afforded the President may result in com- plete change, at least as far as contemplated at all. That the resignations of MT. Macy eagh and Secretary Windom are soon to be accepted at their urgent request is generally known. The former does not say why he is anxious to leave the Cabinet. Secretary Windom stated to the agent of the National Associa- ted Press to-day that he preferred the Sena- torship from Minnesota to the Secretaryshlp of the Treasury, and that the President was fully aware of that fact and had been re quested to accept his resignation as soon as he could do so without inconvenienc1ng him. self His resignation, however, was in way contingent on his election to the Senate. Mir. Windom said his seeming urgent desire to get out of the Cabinet was by no means to be attributed to any lack of sympathy with the administration of President Arthur, and they had always been on the best of terms. They perfectly understood each other, and he had no doubt the President would accept his resignation in the spirit in which 1t was in- tended and in his own good time He fur ther said he wished to correct the report that he intended to go home to engage in the leg islative election. He should do no such thing He should remain in Washington as long as the President wished him to. In answer to direct question, he said he did not suppose his successor would be appoint ed immediately, and he could not say who it would be. According to the law of Minne- sota, if MT. Windom would be chosen to the Senate he could not be elected before two weeks from tomorrow.
 Ex-Senator Conkling did not return to New York as was expected. His remaining here keeps up the rumor of his possible Sue cession to the Treasury portfolio. He has, however, important legal business here and that is certainly one reason for his remaining
 The Secretary of the Treasury has an- nounced that he will redeem at the depart ment on and after Monday next, October IT, $5, GOO, 900 bonds embraced in the 1O5th call with interest to the date of payment The Secretary states that this action is taken simply because the Treasury has money avail able for the purpose, and interest to Decem- Der 24 on that amount of bonds if redeemed can be saved by this course. Weekly pur- chases in New York will be continued.
 Commissioner Raum has decided that the Internal Revenue department cannot proper ly sanction the sale of compounds made of whisky, water and strychnine and called "Tonic bitters." He says it should be called Doison