The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-03-24
Our Washington Letter.
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TFRoM Qua SPECIAL CoEEEsrorpENT.l
WASHINGTON, D. c.. March II. 1883.
The President has appointed A. U. !
Wyman, Assistant Treasurer Of the Unit
ed States, TO DO Treasurer. vice jones
Gilfllan, whose resignation has been nc
cepted to take effect onthe first proximo.
Mr.. Wyman will secure bis bonds aud
qualify by that date. He was almost
overwhelmed yesterday afternoon.
The bond of the Treasurer it $50. 900
and must be approved by the Secretary
Of the Treasury before he can qualify.
It will also he necessary for the Secretary
to appoint committee to verify the
Treasury balance of the 3lst Of March,
so that the funds may be transferred to
the new incumbent for the opening OF
business on the FIRST proximo, when be
will assume the duties Of his office. Mr..
z. o. Graves, also OF the Treasury De-
pArtment, was competing hard Cor the
place. lie was known to be entirely un-
fit for the position, yet Secretary FOlgtr
pres sed his claims before the President,
who, however, luckily followed his own
notions in making the appointment.
Mr.. Wyman, who is Canadian by
birth, went into the Treasurers Office in
April 1868, and was Assistant Treasurer
from 1875 to 1876, when he was appoint
ed Treasurer. which position he soon af-
ter resigned because of i'll health. but
went back to the duties of Assistant
Treasurer. It is said the appointment
was well received in the Treasursrs Of
fee.
The Democratic party has list of
prospective Presidential candidates for
1854 of exceptional wealth and social
position. Included in the number are
Senators Bayard aud Pendl-ton, ex-Senn-
tor David Davis, Justice Field, General
George b. Mcclellan. Gen. Ben. Butler
aud Senator Fair. Mr.. Tilden would
undoubtedly be in the category If his
health was not SO unIromising. He is,
however, not to be considered in this
connection, although many prominent
Democrats say that if he should be able
to manage the campaign, he would b.
the best man the Democrats could pu,
up. Judge Davis dIsclaims Of filiation
with either of the political parties. but il,
is very we'll known that he still regards
himself as Presidential possibility, aud
would accept The Democratic nomination
with alacrily. All the gentlemen abovt
mentioned, with the exception of Senator
Bayard and Mr.. Tilden and Gen. Butler,
who have resided elsewhere, have i'll the
last two winters made the social horizon
of Washington fairly glisten with the
splondor aud elaboration of the dinners
md Other entertainments. Senator Bay
ri is proverbial for keeping an ope,
house, but his hospitality is modest snd
homelike, with no attempt at displa.
Gen. Mcclellan first made his advent il
Washington society last winter. Witt
the b ginning of this season be estab
lished himself in housekeeping on i
large scale and he and Mrs. Mcclellan
have been among the stars in the socia
armament, no one sIrpassing them il
the number and variety of their enter
tainments.
hrief has been filed by Ex-Governor
Crawford. as AN agent OF the State oi
! Kansas, with the Secretary of the Interior
in favor of, restoring to the State lands
now held by the A,chisop. Topeka ant
4 Santa Fe Railroad in excess of the grant,
to which they are by law entitled. Thi'
case will come before the Secretary fo
argument in few days. The counse
for the State says if this claim is adjnst
ed under the rule laid down by the Sh
p-elnn Court in passing uron this gran
that the State vii be entitled to betwe l
eight. hundred thousand and million
acres. Under auy circumstance it i
thought that the State is entitled Il
800. 600 acres of land now held by th,
railroad. The decision of this question
NAV lead to the adjustment OF land grant
similarly held by other railroads.
. 1t is understood that an effort is aoou
20 be made 10 have an extra session o
the Senate called 10 consider the Mexican
treaty. 1t has been ascertained sine
the Adjournment that the pnstponemen
Of the treaty was for motives other thai
those which have been given to the pub
lie, and that peculiar reasons not relat
ing to the treaty rendered and extra ses
ion undesirable to majority Of Sena
tors.
The promoters Of the treaty have. hope
that the President. who is understood Il
sympathizs with this view Of the case
may nevertheless be persuaded to call tn
Senate together at an early date.
AUGysT.