Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-07-29

directly or indirectly concerned or Interested
i'm carrying ON the business of trade or com
merce.' The President I'm brief message,
thcroupon suggested TO Congress that Mr.. Stew
art be exempted by Joint resolution from the
action of the law. This was objected 10, and
Mr. stewart declined, and George s. Boutwell,
of Massachusetts, was appointed in his stead.
Soon afterward Mr.. Washburne gave up the OF
flee of Secretary Of State, being appointed Mill
lister to France, and was succeeded by Hamilton
Fish, of New York; while Secretary Schohcld
retired from the War Department, and was sue
ceceed by John A. Rawlins OF Illinois, VINO
died i'm September, when the vacancy was hlled
by the appointment of William w. Belknap, OF
Iowa MIR. Borie resigned IN June, and was sue
ceeded by George NJ. Robson, of New Jersey.
Mr. llOar resigned in July, 1870, and was sue
ceeded by A. T. Alderman, of Georgia, who re-
signed i'm December 1871, and was succeeded by
George H. Williams, of Oregon. MIR. Cox re
signed in November, 1870, and was succeeded
by Columbus DelanO, of OHIO. As President
Grant was in political harmony with the major
ity in Congress- the reconstruction of the lately
rebellious States, which had been delayed by
the lack of such harmony during the previous
administration, now went on A proclamation
by President Grant, dated May 10, directed that
there should be no reduction of the wages pald
TO Government employees in consequenceoi the
reduction in the hours of labor which Congress
had enacted. In 1871 President Grant urged the
annexation of Santo Domingo as territory OF
the United States. treaty TO effect this, ana
q so one by which the peninsula ana BAY OF
SANTANA were coded to the United States for
nifty years, at an annual rental OF SloO,0Oo IN
of President Grant and President Baez. Early
in 1870 these treaties We're confirmed by pOpu-
lar vote in Santo Domingo; but IL was believed
that free election had not been held, and IL
was said that, in anticipation of annexation,
the Dominican Government had granted to pri-
vate individuals every valuable franchise or
piece of property in its possession. In con-
tOrmity with a resolution of Congress, Iresl-
dent Grant appointed Is. Il. Wade OF ono, A. ID.
White OF New York, and ). g. Howe OF Massa-
chusetts, as commissioners TO visit Santo Do
mingo, accompanied by several scientific men,
and report upon the condition of the country,
the Government, and the people. Their report,
submitted in April, 1871, was favorable To an
ncXation, but the Senate withheld its approval
of the treaties. Joint high commission of
five British and five American members met at
Washington Feb. ~, 1871, and on May signed
a treaty ON the subject of the coast fisheries,
river navigation, and the Alabama claims.
The last named question was submitted to
court of arbitration to meet at Geneva, swift
zcrand, which, on Sept IA, 1872. awarded the
gross sum of Sl5,5O0,OOJ TO be paid by the Brit
ish Government TO the United States for dam
ages to American commerce by Confederate
cruisers fitted out in British ports The act 70
enforce the provisions OF the fourteenth amend
ment of the Constitution, popularity known as
the -kluX BILL was followed by Presiden-
tial proclamation eXhorttng obedience to II;
and ON oct IL, 1871, the President suspended
the privilege OF habeas corpus In the northern
counties of South Carolina. Under the pro-
visions of an act OF Congress of March 3, 1871,
President Grant appointed board of seven
commissioners to inquire into the condition of
the civil service and devise a plan for rendering
il more efficient Tho Chairman OF the Board,
George William Curtis, resigned in March, 1873,
bee use of essential differences between his
views and the Presidents on the enforcement of
the rules. At the National Republican Conven-
ton held In Philadelphia, June 3, 1872 President
Grant was renOminated by acclamaton, and
Henry Wilson of Massachusetts received the
nomination for Vice President: while Horace
Greeley and Il. GratZ Brown were the candi-
dates OF both the Liberal Republicans and the
Democrats. Grant and Wilson received 2ds
votes in the Electoral College, against 80 for
other candidates. Grants popular majority
over Greeley was 762,99l. During the last ses-
sion of the Forty-second Congress the salary of
the President was doubled, and those of the
Vice President Speaker of the House, Justices
of the Supreme Court, and heads of depart
ments increased % Der cent.