The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-05-05

seen slrong oppvsition IN congress 20 maAnus
rood TO ex-Sergeant-at-Arms Thompson the
S1oQOoo damages awarded. IL 70 reported mat
judicial knowledge Of this fact prompted the
setting aside OF the verdict, though IL Is pref
~ we'll understood the court would have sus
tanned an award Of about 80 900 for tho sake
of teaching Congress to be more careful. 4.
A statement just completed by the postomce
department shows that up to April ~, lS6s.
there were 1900 postof1ces In the United
States. This includes an increase within the
past mouth Of $50 ofAoes-fully 60 per cent. OF
which d exnibitsd - having occurred in the
southern states. The average increase in the
number Of postofncoo In the country for sever
Al years preoeding Is0s has been $50 per year,
but It is believed by the postofnce department.
to be not unlikely that 1t WIN reach fully 5000
this year. n
The return Of Senator Logan is anxiously
awaited, as the army retirement question will
not be acted on In the senate until his arrival.
He is strongly In favorof compulsory retire
ment In the army at the age Of o.. There has
been much opposition developed I'm the senate
within the last few days against this measure.
This feeling IL mainly among the Democratic.
Southern senator's dislike Gen. Sheridan, and
viii naturally oppose the measure, because 1t
will place Sheridan at the head Of the army.
Mr.. Crump who has been for many years
steward at the white house has rendered his
resignation, on account of in-health. He broke
himself down in his close attendance upon
President Garfield. 1t is said that he strained
himself in lifting Gen. Garfield. He was given
a lunch by his associates at the white house.
After it he was presented with gold-headed
cane by Col. Crook. He will leave for Liver
pool, England, in few days, where he goes to
visit friends.
The senate committee on appropriations has
before it proposition to add nine hundred
clerks to the present force employed in the
pension Office here, so as to facilitate the ex-
animation Of pensions. The office is nearly
three years behind in the examination of the
cases now on file. The committee is not dis
posed to grant the large number Of extra
clerks desired by the commissioner of PEN
sions. The committee will probably report in
favor Of $50 clerks.
Commissioner of Pensions Dudley has or
dered the following: BY direction of the secre-
tary of the interior, no substitution of an at
torney by another will be recognized hereafter
without the written consent of the applicant
to the substitution of the particular person
proposed to be substituted, and in cases where
there is legal contract for fee the substitu-
ton of an attorney by another shall not DO
held to carry with it the rights of the former
attorney to the fee contracted for by him. UNI
less the claimant shall consent thereto in writ
ing. This order will not apply in cases where
the substitution of an attorney has been al
lowed prior to this date.
1t is said at the Department of Justice that
up to the present time not q single application
has been received for the pardon of Guiteau,
and this is accounted for by the fact that the
cran,,s aild ;ec'li' lass of persons VIII ~
lieve that Guiteau ought TO be hung are prob
ably waiting for action on the nation for
new trial. Ii Is not doubted at the department
that before the assassin pays the penalty OF
his crime many applications for his pardon
will be received. These will be filed and con-
sdered before the sentence is executed, but
there is not one chance in Il million of the At
torney General recommending mitigation of
the sentence or the granting of a reprieve
The big whisky-men from every one of the
large cities have been here to use their iniiu-
ence with the senators of their respective
states in favor of the billto extend indefinitely
the time in which whisky can remain in bond.
They have made so much impression that they
claim a majority of the senate in favor OF
passing the bill as 1t came from the house. As
has been shown very conclusively, the effect
of the measure would be to reduce the reve-
nues of the government so much as TO produce
a serious embarrassment The senate finance
committee is willing TO afford the whisky in
terest any reasonable measure of relief, aud
will report I'M amendment extending the time
in which whisky can remain in bond one year.
and perhaps longer. If the amendment Is
voted down and the bill passes as it came from
the house, it is quite sure to be vetoed by the
president.
On account of the large number of visitors
who come To see Guiteau, some of the prison.
ers in the jail have given him the name of
Jumbo" The number of callers is not so
great now as formerly. All strangers visiting
the jail are reque ted to register in the book
kept in the Office of the Jail, and an inspection
of the book shows that on week days the aver
age number Is about sixty-six, while some
days as many as l25 names appea'. Tae regis
ter indicates, too, that over seven-eigths of
the Wis tors are from the states and territories.
Every part OF the world IL repres intel in the
list. Among the women who called recently
was one who seemed to know something of
the Guiteau family. Upon her asking the pris-
oner If he was related To a DIR. Guiteau, he
answered that he believed there was some re-
lationship. She said she was sorry to hear it,
for she knew DR.. Guiteau's family to be very
respectable people. The prisoner retorted
angrily: "You had better move on now, for we
have had enough cranks here already" He
declined to have any further conversation with
the lady or her companions.