The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-12-11
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WASHINGTON, DeC. IN OminatlOnS:
Otis P. G. Clarke, Rhode Island, COM
missioner of pensions; Calvin P Walker
of Indiana, first deputy commissioner
of pensions; Noah p. Laveridge of
Michigan, second deputy commissioner
of pensions; Luther Harrison of Penn
| sylvanis, assistant commissioner general
of the land Office; George B. Anderson
of New York, Indian inspector; John E.
Bryant, United States marshal of the
northern district of Georgia; Stephen F
Wilson of Pennsylvania, associate JUS
| tice of the supreme court of New Mex
| loo; commissioners for Alaska: J. G..
Brady OF Alaska, to reside at Sitka; g..
p. Thric OF Pennsylvania, to reside at
| WROUGHT; Chester Reeber of California,
| to reside at Ounalaska.
The president also sent in the names
| of large number of persons appointed
during recess to various positions IN the
army and as registers of land offices and
Indian agencies.
Combinations: VIM. P. DunwOody
Iowa, member national board of health
Frank Hatton, Iowa, postmaster general
John 8. Crosby, New York, first assist
ant postmaster general.
The Springer committee on expendi.
lures in the department OF justice, which
by order of the house, is to conduct the
Investigation of the appointment and
employment of deputy marshals In Gin.
cinnati at the October election. will gel
to work shortly. The investigation will
be begun IN Washington, where q mum
Der Of witnesses will be examined and
then the committee will go to Cincin
natl. The following witnesses the secre
tary has summoned TO appear and testify
before the committee here: James N
Donnelly, disbursing clerk in the gen
eral land office; Moses B. Wright, clert
in the pension Office; E. @. Ford, also
clerk In the pension Office; Jno. Wright
IN the poetoffice department; Geo. L
McElfresh, United States detective
Chas. Hurley, ex-6reman, and VIM. Kav
anagh, all of Washington. These, il il
claimed, were made deputies in Cincln
: natl on election day. Ex-senator Pow
ell Clayton, of Arkansas, will also b
. summoned. Several residents of 81
Louis, local republican politicians, hav
been summoned. Among them 81.
Rogers, Henry Maulstee and Barne.
) Higgins.
The electoral votes of several state
we're received by the president of tn
senate today. The first which came b,
l messenger was Pennsylvania. The firs
{ by mail was from New Hampshire.
q Sheffield, the new senator from Rhod
Island has been appointed TO membershi
on the committees on claims, mines an
D mining. revolutionary claims and woma
r suffrage; Sabin, to committee examInin
a the several branches of the civil serVic {
Dawes, to the committee on naval affairs
Slater, TO the committee on Indian a
D fairs; Morgan, to the committee on fis
% / and ManHaPann the rhaiTmanEhin 4
/ the committee on printing.
Delegates representing clerks in Ii
postofilces the country called upon Pos
!. master General Hatton to lay before hi
2 6 proposition to classify postofflc
\ clerks and place them 'on an eQui
. ity with clerks in other branches of Il
government service. The delegatI
brought with them the draft of bi
l. intended to secure these results, and Il
n. postmaster general suggested that the
- cause the bill to be introduced N COZ
gress, when he would pass his opiniC
OF on its merits.
d To representatives of the PhiladeIph
at letter carriers, who seek TO secure Il
- benefits of the eight hour law, HAITI
to-day formally responded that the d
I partment never held that the eight hoI
Be law applied to letter carriers, and wit
Is out considering the legal aspect of q
case, he was Of the opinion the depsl
ment could not move IN the matter vii
he out clear and definite action by CO
m. gress.
A bill TO establish a court of appe;
was introduced in She house to-day
tx Oates. 1t is the same measure lat
To- duced in the senate in 1881 by Davis
"a Illinois.
The attorney general appointed Z
Representative Alexander r. Bateler
NO West Virginia, to be pardon clerk in I
it'll department OF justice.
rat Col. Oyams, japanese minister of =
and suite, arrived In Washington tod