The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-07

The controversy between eX-Repre-
: tentative DeZendorf and the Arthur
administration is kept up with a good
deal of perslstency, especially on the
part of the disappointed and bounced
Readjuster. Dezendorf, like Massey,
J was for long time Readjuster and
stood high in the circles of that
sanity party; in fact he was
too big and attempted on more
than one occasion to cross swords
with little Billy, the grand mogul
and originator of the party. Billy
resents INSTRUMENTATION on the part
of any of his interiors and the man
who attempts 20 fight him in the
party ranks is sure to be relegated to
the everlasting shades of private life.
THE READJUsTER BOSS
Is like the first Napoleon
in this respect, he pursues
stiff-necked underling more reltnt-
leSSly than he would politician in
the opposite political party, and con-
tinueS his attacks until the insubor-
dinate is crushed and his character
blackened. Dezendorf felt his stand
ing and commenced to run matters to
suit himself in the Norfolk district,
and recklessly to give friends
positions without consulting head
quarters. Matters did not go on long
in this way before Malone became
angered and demanded a meek sub
mission to his will or the taking the
consequences. DeZendorf chose the
latter and ran in the late election as a
full Republican. But Malone aided
by the Washington administration
was too much for him.and he suffered
overwhelming defeat, hence his an
ger. TO spite his enemies DeZen-
dOrf has now called upon the secre-
tary Of the navy for an investigation !
into the management of the Norfolk |
navy yard, and pretends to be able to |
furnish Cha der with abundant evil |
dence of corrupt management. In |
the innocence of his soul he |
seems to think that the admin
iStration will be imprudent |
enough to hurt Malone. But he is
doomed to disappointment doubly so,
for he himself is known to be guilty |
Of much uncleanness when he had |
control of the yard. This is pretty |
thoroughly ventilated in Il letter |
written by Mr.. John II. Burroughs,
of Portsmouth, Va. This gentle |
man, after calling attention to
| the charge of corruption |
made by Mr.. DeZendOrf against |
the present management of the navy |
yaru proceeds to show that Mr.. |
| DeZendorf's practices were generally |
Il fragrant disregard of civil service |
reform principles while controlling |
the political patronage of his district |
and his criminal supervision of the |
wages Of the yards. In Il short while |
| DeZendorf will find out the great |
mistake he has made us Il |
politician; he always passed as IL Re |
publican befort joining the MahoniteS |
and if he had kept pretty quiet he
might have been given something by |
the administration, but now he has |
made an enemy of Malone, and as |
the administration is the plant tool |
of the little boss and would do any
| thing to please him, DeZendOrf will |
have to be overlooked for it plain |
that to aid him would be to disregard |
Malone, and this Arthur will not |
think of doing.
| THE TREASIRY BALANCE
will be very low when the $12,-
100000 pensions will be taken from the |
revenue. Although the warrants |
were sent in three days ago the checks |
have not yet been ground through |
the mill at the treasury end
of the building and subtracted |
from the reserve. The state |
ment at present therefore |
is: Assets 1884, 228, 546; liabilities |
$247, 442, 032; leaving an excess in |
cash of $136, 786.513, discarding the
cents. Within two days the pensions |
will reduce it about $l25,0O0,O00. The
treasury has lately been very liberal |
] 70 hn of &c
expected that great deal of it will |
go abroad the latter part of next |
month, when imports under the new |
tariff set in.
THE VENEZUELAN CLAIMANTS
in Washington claim that they can
not recover the papers in that case. |
| The old Venezuelan claims commits |
sion sat at Caracas and all the docu- |
mentary evidence was sent there to |
! be filed with the court. The result |
of that commission and its findings is |
well known. Congress being con-
WINGED of corruption in the tribunal,
passed a law setting aside all OF |
the judgments and authorizing Il |
new commission to meet in Washing |
ton. Claimants say it will be next to
impossible to make out many just |
/
republic, not only because of the |
natural difficulty from the long lapse |
of time but for the reason that they |
can never present their documentary
evidence. The willy South Americans,
true to their Spaniard origin, will take
care that no diplomatic chlcanery is
Deglectedlto their advantage. The first
| thing will be to profess an utter lack
of knowledge as to the alleged docu-
ments sent to their capital for use be-
fore the other commission.
POSTAL AFFAIRS.
The following new postmasters have
been commissioned for Texas Jo-
M. BRACE, Lyman, Motley county !
James w. Zimmerman, Naruna
Fritz X. Mueller, Cypress Top, Har-
ris county Russell G. Norton, Mar
pa, Preside county Sam
uel Lytle, Castroville Sterling
l.. Tarpley, Rock Hill.
John NJ. Lambert, postmaster at De
Leon, Comanche county, has been
placed under $1,000 bonds; July NJ.
Bell, at Willis, Montgomery county,
$1,000; Ewing McReynolds, at Lloyd,
Denton county, $500; Miss Dora A.
Ferguson. at Richmond, Fort Bend
county. $1,000. Taylor Bayou post
office, Jefferson county, has been NOV
ed three miles southwark from its
/ present site. John r. MCGEE, post
master at Brady, McCulloch county,
has been placed under $4,000 bonds;
James T. 0tey, at Clarendon, Donley
county, $1,000; Henry J. Mathews, at
Homer, Angelina county, $1,000, and
Charles w. Cox, at Pearsall, Frio
county, $1,000. The postoffice at Ben
Ficklin, Tom Green county, has been
iscontinued-mail will be sent to
Fort Concho; and also the postoffice
at Sparta, Bell county, from which
mail will be sent to Bolton. After
July l, on route 1884, from Dallas
to Grapevine, Dallas will be omitted
and the mail win begin at Grand
Prairie in the county Onroute 81 ,210,
from Ellinger to Fayetteville, mail
will hereafter leave Ellinger daily.
except Sunday, at $50 p. m; arrive
at Fayetteville by $50 p. M, leave
Fayetteville daily except Sunday at
1 20 p. M; arrive at Ellinger by 3:10
p. m. Route 31,324, from Mexia to
Tehuacana, mail will leave Mexia
daily except Sundays at $50 a. M, 1
arrive at Tchuacana by II a m, leave