The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-03-30

1854. lne theory rs tndL thr ST elton or
one OF the prominent members If the ma
tional republican party for the gubernator-
ial nomination in the Octnner slate would
necessarily give him the cad If all other
aspirants for the presidential nomination.
Most Of the members Ut ~ late congress
have go 70 home At the capitol, it is learn
ed that all the members of the asst house of
representatives have drawn their salaries
and settled their stationery accounts. After
the end of the current month the salaries
of the members of the next house will be
due for the month. All will 10 entitled to
the benefit of the payroll, save, pro ably,
Representative Ochiltree, who will be stop
ped and Representative Manning, of the
Second Mississippi district, who, though
holding Il certificate of election, declines to
file 1t, pending the contest with General
Chalmers.
A NAIVE LOBBYIST.
At dinner given here, says CORES
pendent, a prominent lobbyist, upon being
asked why so many members of 1.-THE third
house, fingered here after the session was
over, said In all earnestness: "YOu see, IL
takes about thirty days to settle up the mat
tiers, seeing that the legislation gets prompt
attention in the departments, and, above
all, waiting for cOnlngents. And by the
by, it is a fact that | never was disappoint-
ed In contingent fee, and have received
some for which had done nothing-noth-
lliS HdNlllB Detn ii cceSSdTy.
SECRETARY FoLGER.
Secretary Folger left the city very quiet
ly Saturday afternoon, and the fact OF his
department till this morning. Assistant
Secretary New saw Secretary Folger about
o'clock Saturday. He was then making
preparations to leave the city, but did not
say. where he was going, or when he expect
ed to return. While no definite infOrma-
fha Snbippt 10 Ia
general impression at the treasury depart
ment that Secretary Folger embarked on
the revenue-cutter Ewing at Baltimore for
short voyage.
GEN. SHERMAN LAST TOUR.
Gen. Sherman will this summer visit
posts in the far west for the last time as the
general of the army. He is going late in the
back in time to attend the notable army
meeting here in October. Gen. Sherman
has always had a partial side for the west
em posts and the officers and soldiers of the
frontier, and he has long made 1t practice
to go to the farthest posts once a year,l to
show the boys they are not forgotten. On
this trip he will devote himself particular
ly to Montana, Oregon, and California
Much of the distance will be made on horse
back, and the general will always have q
only two members of his staff. Coils. Tour
tellotte and Bacon, and but two of the par
ticular friends will go as his guests-name-
ly, Chief Justice Waite and Justice Grey of
the supreme court.
THE TREASURY.
Assistant Secretary French, who is now
acting as secretary of the treasury, said, in
response to inquiries, that he did not think
the present state OF the public treasury
would justify. the anticipation of interest
on the called bonds which will mature on
the LIST of May. next. He said also he would
not issue another bond unless specially di-
rected to do so by Secretary Folger. The
other call at present and also anticipating
interest on the bonds embraced in the last
call II 1t can be avoided He will, however,
accept the proposition of the comptroller of
the state of New York to surrender for re-
demption on the LIST of April next So, coo, 900
in bonds included in the last call, with the
understanding that the interest upon them
shall cease on that date.
TROUBLE FOR THE POOR CLERKS.
The civil-service reform bill, as it passed,
| provided that within sixty days of its en-
actment the postmaster-general should send
to the president list of the cities in which
more than fifty persons were. employed in
the postal service, together with a classifi-
cation of those employees according to sal
aries. The information has been complied
under the direction of the chief clerk, and
Is now ready. The following cities are set
down in the list as having more than fifty
persons employed in the postal service:
New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, In
dianapolis, Boston, Cleveland, Washing
ton, San Francisco, Sacramento, Chicago
st. Louis, New Orleans, Pittsburg, Detroit,
Cincinnati, Buffalo, Louisville, Galveston,
| Charleston Is. c., Portland (Me.), Jersey
City, Providence. and Baltimore-twenty
three in all. In these cities there are en-
| 1859 clerks, letter-carriers, etc, ZIG are
paid salaries Of $500 and over, 100 are
paid 81, 400 and over, 3,S4S over $500 and less
than s., 400, and 1,6O5 less than $500 per an
mum.
DIsMARCK's DECREE.
The proposition to enact retaliatory leg
islation against Germany in view of the
edict against the importation of American
pork, will, perhaps, be more favOrably re-
ceived when 1t is known that the State De-
the New York Chamber of Commerce, Of
ficially invited the German Government to
send to this country competent scientific
observer to look into the condition of the
American hog and the manner in which it
Is prepared for consumption and shipment.
The German Government has so far de-
clined to do this which yet would seem to
be reasonable way to ascertain con-
| clusively whether our hog products are in
furious to the consumers. The German
Government insists on excluding only the
! pork of America, and that on preteXt
which, being officially set up by q RESPONSE
BILE Government, tends to injure the repu-
tation of American hog products in all other
countries. This is so manifestly unfair that,
unless that is discontinued, Congress can
scarcely fail to take notice of it, and our
imports from Germany are large enough to
make retaliatOry measures entirely posi-
| BILE.
THE MIANToNOMoH'S TRIUMPH.
The monitor Miantonomoh having braved
the raging Delaware river and reached the
| Washington navy-yard, thus establishing
her triumphant success as war vessel, has
been ordered out of commission. Having
left League island on fair day, with fair
and gentle breeze, with speed developed
of about three knots an hour, and with an
other vessel kept close to her to pick uph
crew in case she should sink, she reached
the Washington navy-yard in time to per-
nit Robson to take the naval committee on
board to see what an admirable craft John
Roach had turned out. True, on the first
day of getting up steam her bilge pumps
failed to work, but Mr.. Roach fixed them.
Some fault was found also with the steer
ing gear, new device of four separate en-
| gines, one relieving the other every two
hours, so that the services of a quartermas-
| far dicnopvad xuith Thu nvnarfu,aptc