The Portland daily press., 1883-12-12
WASHINGTON.
The RepubIiean Convention.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-A pretty careful
canvass of the members of the National Re-
publican Committee would seem to indicate
that Mr. Fryes plan for change in the basis
OF the representation to the National Conven-
tion will not be approved. Mr.. Frye is not
very confident that it will be. The campaign
OF the committees over the different cities on
location is active this morning Philadelphia
and Cincinnati offer the strongest pecuniary
inducement.
George S. Gatchell and William S. Baldwin,
superintendent and General Passenger Agent
OF the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia
Railroad, arrived this morning to urge the
claim OF Chautauqua for holding the conven-
ton. Mr.. Gatchell says the auditorium will
seat 10 800 people and that the hotels will ac-
commodate twice as many as ever attend aeon
vention, and no one would be crowded. There
are, he says, several members of the committee
VINO favor Chantauqua as second choice, and
be has hopes that it will be selected as a COM
promise between the East and West. Seventy
five additional representative men from Penn
sylvania will arrive at two O'Clock. They rep
resent the business interests" and are certain
that Philadelphia is the only city that has the
necessary facilities for accommodating the con-
yention.
A strong Pennsylvania delegation, compris-
ing various Republican associations arrived in
this city today to urge upon the National Re-
publican Committee the selection of Philadel-
phia as the place of meeting of the convention
next year.
Nominations Concerned and New Ones
Made.
The Senate today confirmed the nomination
OF Walter g. Gresham of Indiana to be post
master general. f
The President sent the following nomina-
tions to the Senate today:
Albert q. Wyman of Nebraska to be treas
urer of the United States.
Edward o. Graves of New York to be assist
ant treasurer of the United States.
Walter Evans to be commissioner of Internal
Revenue.
Benjamin Butterworth Of Ohio to be COM
missioner of patents.
To be collector of Gust toms-Noel B. Mutt,
for the district of Passamaquoddy, Maine; AL
bert A. Gardner, district of Nantucket, Mass
Norman III. Camp of Vermont, to be assayel
in the United States assay office at Boise City,
Idaho
In the Revenue Service Francis Tuttle of
Maine to be first lieutenant; David A. Hall of
Rhode Island and VIM. HI. Roberts of Massa-
chusetts, to be first lieutenants.
George A. Cook, Samuel Howard and Chas.
| G. Fingar of Massachusetts, to be second lieu-
| tenants; to be first assistant engineer, Frank
| B. Randall of New Hampshire.
KelIogg's Trial Postponed.
In the case of ex-senator Kellogg Judge
| Wylie this morning granted motion of the
| government to postpone the trial until the
next term of court, on account of their inabili-
| ty to secure the attendance OF John A. Walsh.
a Peace Congress.
bill was introduced in the Senate by Mr..
| Sherman to-day which provides that the Presi-
| dent be authorized and requested to invite the
| Republics of Mexico, Central America, South
| America and the Empire of Brazil TO send del
| egates to q convention to meet in Washin gton,
| to consider the best mode of establishing upon
! firm and lasting basis, peaceful and reclpro-
| cal commercial relations, and adopt measures
| To pro q 0f a N
| al railroad to connect the countries named
| with the United States.a that $4,000 be ap-
| propriatedlto defray the expenses of such con-
| venton.
| Variety of Bills Introduced i'm the House.
| The number of bills introduced in the House
| today exceeded 200. Bills of private charac-
| ter predominated, and of these two thirds were
pension bills. OF more important. public meas
| ure, fully one-half were old and one of the
| pension bills has been introduced in every Con-
| gress since 1852.
Charges Against am Ex-Congressnian.
| Col. Boudinot, agent of the Cherokees has
| written Secretary Teller stating that he will
prove if allowed that the treasurer of the Cher
| okee nation paid ex-congressman Phillips $22,-
| 800 of an award of 100000, also that both
| Phillips and the Cherokee delegation repre-
| sented to the Cherokee council that said $22,-
| 800 was Co pay certain high officials in Wash
| ington for their influence in procuring an ap.
| interrogatores TO understand that such thigh
| officials were Secretary Teller and Senator
| Dawes. Col. Boudinot also -"Sombody
| has taken that money. l know, neither you
| nor Senator Dawes ever got dollar. / be-
| iieye VIM. A. Phillips did getit and probably
| shared with others.
Miscellaneous.
The State Department has cabled instruc-
| tions to Minister Lowell in regard to the
| O'Donnell affair. The Secretary declines to
give ont anytisiaa about the matter at present
| but will do SO soon as he hears from Mr.. Low
ell definitely about the matter.
| Senator Butler Of South Carolina in an in
| terview expresses kis sorrow and disgust that
| the Northern Democrats should have raised
| the sectional cry in the election of Carlisle,
| and advises the Southern Democrats to with
| draw from active support of the Democratic
party He recommends that the South refuse
| to send delegates to the national convention.
1t is learned that Secretary Frelinghuysen
| some days ago instructed Minister Lowell to
recognize O'Donnell's citizenship, and that to-
day further instructions were telegraphed to
| him.
Senator Anthony, accompanied by his
physician, visited the capitol today.
At the capitol many Senators of both
parties took occasion to greet him
heartily and express the hope that he would
| soon be restored to-complete health. His ply
| sician expresses the opinion that he will in q
| few days be able to assume his duties in the
| Senate.