The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-10-17

til the appointment of Mr.. Curry of Vir-
ginia was officially announced. Then he
expressed desire to return home, and a
purse was made up for him by some Of the
Democrats around Washington, and he
went South. His Costume was of tto old
hat and his brooches and all tha. were so
queer" ..4.." -s<
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue Miller
related an interesting incident that oc-
CURED the other day in his office. A
clerk came in and remarked that he had
worked and voted for Mr.. Cleveland and
was glad there was change in the admin
stration. Mr.. Miller told the clerk that he
was glad he had called, as he was exactly
the man he had been looking for. ''1f you
voted and worked for Cleveland you got
big lot of money for it and can well afford
to retire. You will be the next man dis
charged from the Office. Any clerk who
will hold ar Office under party and work
against it is not the man for me. And
the next day that clerk walked the plank.
When the pay of the employees of the Ala
bama Court Of Claims was held up by Con-
troller Durham, some of the lawyers prac-
ticing before the court proposed to advance
money to paylthe clerks, messengers, etc.,
if they would go on with their work. The
HE of the court expires by law with this
year; and the lawyers are naturally anxious
to get their cases disposed of. To-day
some of the employees complained that the
promised fund had not been provided, and
they said that if the money was not forth
coming IN a few days they would quit work.
A sensat ion was caused at the War De-
partment last week by the report that Gen
eral Sherid an did not intend to permit his
staff officers TO be sent away, but proposed to
appeal to thu, President as against the Sec
retary of Wa r, and to insist on their reten-
ton. This report was somewhat 1naccu-
rate. Genera Sheridan cherishes no DISC
bedient spirit oward the Secretary of War,
and has too mu ch sense 70 enter upon a
losing fight over his prert,gatives as CON-
manding officer c'f the Army. He IS aware
that the order in regard to limiting the
time of details of staff officers was sub
mitted to Mr.. Cleve. and and approved by
him before it was issued. Therefore, il
would be quite useles to attempt to get ii
rescinded. What he has done Is to write a
careful and elaborate protest to the Sec
retary of War, in which the hist Dry OF the
whole business of detailing sta It officers
from the beginning of tt e Goa er1,ment has
been gone over. The Ge neral ci aims that
the duties of his Office are such as to make
it important that he shoul,; be lie # who'll,
in TIE choice of sta # officers
His protest will handed to Secret ry Endl
colt when the latter returns, but it Is no
make an alteration in his or.ter ex e. nptint
the Office of the Lieutenant General from
its operation.
There will be a lively contest for the new
inspectorships which Mr.. Bayard will asl
Congress to create, for a salary of s 4oOs
and $4,000 for expenses offer tenn Via
ton to any man who is fond of tray 81
There is to be contest over this point u
Congress, but I think it can be shown that
it is a measure that will promote the eff
cheney of the service, and increase the rev
enues of the Go, -ernment by securing an
honest and unifo1 N system of valuatie n.
Consuls are allowed a wide discretion in
certifying to invoices and dishonest melt
have an easy opportum of securing pc
cuniary perquisites. 10 prevent losses to
the revenues on this account agents Re
and the custom officers who han
die the goods and see the inyoi>:es believe
they are badly needed.
The board of naval officers, of which
Commander McCalia is Preside Mt, ap-
pointed to make recommendation for the
of the Navy Depart ment,
has not yet submitted its report to the Sec
rotary of the Navy 1t is reported, howe, er,
that the board will recommend the creatio
Of position in the navy which shall corre-
spond to that of Adjutant General of the ]
army. The naval officer filing this Office |
would be charged with the movements of |
7es5els, the personnel Of the navy, and the
planning of naval operations. Another re-
ported recommendation is the consoIida- |
ion under one head Of the equipment, con-
truction, steam engineering and ordnance
From all indications it seems pretty GER
ain that the President will stick to his |
original intention not to appoint any civil
ans to the army this year, but will allow
he existing vacancies in the grade of Sec
md Lieutenant to remain until next year
o afford accomm odation for the unusually
arge graduating class. The President, if
e were so minded, could appoint seven
cen Lieutenants from civil life this year,
'ut he feels that it would be to the interest |
# the service to fill the vacancies from
Vest Point graduates, even though he has
0 wait a year to do so. An exception may
re made in the case of Sergeant Brainard
f Greely's arctic expedition, who, it is gen
rally acknowledged, deserves promotion
or good service. Gen. Hazen upon his
eturn intends to push the Sergeant's
laims for Second Lieutenancy, and he
aay succeed.
The President is now varying his even
ag recreation by taking walks instead of
lding out every evening as formerly He en-
oys walking out of doors lately. His life in
ther respects continues to be uneventful.
le works a greater number of hours and
ions than any President we have had for
lany years.
Mrs Hoyt, who is to remain as the Pres