The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-11-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Washington News.


Washington News.
The report of the superintendent Of the for,
eign n ait service shows IS, 33as, Ola letters sent
and q, 4o4,0S5 received
Lieut. and Mrs. Greely will be the guests Of
Gen. and Mrs. Ruggles, in Washington, until
their own house is ready for them
The president has recognized John Barrow
Alexander, British vice consul of and for Port
Townsend, Wash, to reside at Port Townsend
The president has appointed Noah F. Lover
idge of Coldwater, Mich, second deputy COM
missioner OF pensions, vice Calvin B. Walker,
promoted.
Postofices established: Dakota-Fielder,
Hughes county. Postmasters Commissioned
West Webster, Lake Wilson, Mimi. Efie ].
Dodge, Drummcrd, Mont Frank A. Sherwood,
Fielder, Oak. ,
Secretary Teller has given several of his
clerks and messengers, who are unprotected
by the civil service rules, the private advice
that they would better save their salaries
against q rainy 4th of March.
The annual report of Judge Lawrence, first
comptroller of the treasury, was submitted to.
the secretary of the treasury Monday. The
number of vouchers examined And certified
during the year was ), 535, 72G, and involved the
sum OF s2.243, o5s, s92.
Secretary Teller, in his annual report will
call the attention Of congress to the fact that
the Indians are asserting their right to give
leases OF their reservations to cattle herders
and others. The secretary will hold that the
Indians only have the right to grant licenses
for the use Of their land
Tho fn11nUysnD crjor has nav ano:xa &c.,.
the war department. By direction of the pres
ident, and in accordance with revised statutes,
First Lieut.. Edgar I. Dudley, Second artillery,
ls detailed as professor of military science
and tactics ut the University of the State of
Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb, and will proceed for
duty accordingly.
The appointment of Otis P. g. Clarke to the
office of commissioner of pensions, was made
Saturday. He has long held the position of
assistant commissioner, and is thoroughly
familiar with the pension department in all its
branches. Calvin B. Walker of Indiana, at
present second deputy commissioner, has been
appointed first deputy commissioner, vice
Clarke promoted.
There are as many IS twenty applicants for
the governship Of Montana, to succeed Gov.
Crosby, who has resigned, and is now fully at
home in Frank Hatton's recent quarters as
hrst assistant postmaster general. There re-
mains about a year of the unexpired term.
The name OF Delegate Maginnis is mentioned
frequently for the place, and the president is
urged to step outside the line of the party and
appoint him.
Among the first measures which will receive
tho attention Of congress on it's assembling
will be the various bills relating to the land
and subsidized railroad. The friends Of these
corporations are beginning to arrive, and will
endeayor to ~forestall the pending legislation
detrimental to their roads. George Francis
Adams, the new president Of the Union Pacific
company, has been here looking after the suit
pending against the company.
Secretary McCulloch is busily engaged in
the preparation Of his annual report to con-
gress. 1t is intlmated that he will make some
important recommendations regarding the
tariff, on which subject he is understood to
have very decided views. In the meantime
Assistant Secretary Coon is acting secretary on
all routine matters. The secretary has re-
quested the comptroller of the currency and
treasurer of the United States to withhold their
annual reports from publication until after the
meeting of congress.
In view Of the fact that as civil service ex-
aminations become better and better known
they attract more and more applicants, the
commission has found it useful, after consulta-
ton with the president, to adopt the following
resolution, which will explain to applicants
why they may not receive an early notice to
appear and be examined: Resolved, That in
order to avoid the examination of a number Of
applicants greatly in excess of the needs of the
service and the imposition OF useless labor on
the board of examiners, whenever there shall
be on register in any state or territory more
persons, OF either sex, of any grade or class
than are likely to be required for certifi cation
during the next Six months, no more applicants
OF either sex and grade or class will be OK
mine for the state or territory till such ex-
cess has ceased, unless otherwise ordered by
the commission.
More attention has been secured to the theory
and practice of civil service reform by Cleve-
lands election, than any amount of debating
in congress would have done. It is believed
that the subject will be alluded to by every
member Of the cabine in the Forthcoming
annual report, and it is also believed
that without exception the administration
will express great faith in the necessity
for the welfare of the country in q
patriotic adherance to the principles of
civil service reform. Last year all the mem
bers of tho cabinet embodied in their an
nual reports references to the workings of civil
service reform. Most of them SAID that it had
been beneficial to the public service. 1t Is
currently reported that all, or nearly all, of the
cabinet officers will, in their annual reports
this year, describe the manner in which the
system of civil service reform has worked, and
say that it has resulted in securing to the gov.
eminent an excellent and efficient class of
terest to the HISTORY of future clerical events.
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