St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-26
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The canvass for the Speakership of
the next House of Representatives is be-
coming interesting, most of the candidates
having already established their headquar-
tiers in Washington in order to prosecute
their work more vigorously. The leading
contestants seem to be Keiffer, of Ohio,
kasson, of Iowa, Orth, of Indiana, and His
cock, OF New York, although there are at
least dozen others who aspire to the posi-
ton. A Washington dispatch says it is
not believed that the Democrats will make
any serious opposition to the Republicans
organizing the House, as in order to do so
they would have to combine with the Green.
hackers, and many Democrats would rather
give the Republicans undisputed control of
the House than to enter into such an alli-
ance, even were there probability of its
being successful.
THE newest Cabinet slate has Emory
Storrs for Attorney General, Howe, of Wis
consin, or Chaffee, of Colorado, for Secreta-
ry OF the Interior, Chauncey 1. Filey for
Postmaster-G General, and Gen. Longstreet
or some other Southern man for Secretary
OF the Navy. It is now said that Secretary
Lincoln will retire from the War Depart
ment by his own request. but who will be
his successor is not surmised. Frelinghuy-
sen, who it was thought was booked for
Secretary OF State, is not so confidently
named for that position now, since it is
known that he was offered and declined the
Attorney Generalship.
GAMBETTA has named the following
as his colleagues in the new French Cabinet:
Spuller, Foreign Affairs: LIE Lieyre. War:
Blondln, Marine: Gaze, Agriculture; Felix
Faure, Commerce and the Colonies; Les
guillon, Public Works; Martin Feuille JUS
tice; Deville, the Interior; De la Porte, FL
nance. A decree will be published reunit-
ms the Ministers of Public Instruction and
OF Worship. This is important in view of
the violent anti-clerical opinions of Paul
Bert, the Minister of Public instruction.
HE star-route conspiracy case, re-
Gently thrown out by Judge Cox when filed
as Informative. because the ofense charged
was an Infamous one, is to be presented in
the Police Court and the parties to the al
legged conspiracy rearrested. 1t is presumed
give bail. The papers will then 90 to the
Grand Jury.
A DISPATCH from New York. CITY
says Deputy Collector Thormalen, of the
First Collection District Of Illinois, has been
arrested on the charge OF embezzlement
while in the Government employ, and will
be held pending adyices from Chicago au-
thorities.
THE killing of Watson B. Smith, of
Omaha, it is now thought was the result of
an accident by his own hand, and not MUIR
der, as was at first generally believed. 1t
has been proven that the pistol found living
by his side was his own weapon, which he
has carried for several weeks, and as there
is no known reason for suspecting that he
committed suicide, the theory of accidental
shooting is the only one compatible with the
facts in the case so far as known.
The Minnesota House of Represent
atives has adopted articles OF impeachment
against E. st. Julian Cox, Judge of the
Ninth Judicial Circuit of that State. The
charges against him allege habitual drunk
enness, lewd and disgraceful conduct, and
various other offenses unbecoming to
Judge and disgraceful to the commonwealth.
The Kansas State Greenback Central
Committee, at its recent session at Topeka.
recommended thorough county, township
and district organization. A resolution was
adopted declaring thatinasmuch as in those
counties where the Greenbackers have acted
Independently they have shown the greatest
proportionate increase of strength, any
fusion with either Of the old parties be here
after discouraged.
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