National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-05-05
DULL ron rHE DELIBERATIONS.
Secretary Manning BARS Ills Doors
Against the Hordes Of Place Hunters.

Secretary Manning BARS Ills Doors
Against the nordes Of Place -IIunterH.
The President and his Cabinet, with
the exception Of Secretary Bayard, who
has returned from Old Point Secretary
Manning, and the Attorney General, were
absent in Gettysburg yesterday. This
greatly increased the number of callers
to the secretaries who were in their offices,
Mr.. Manning having to bar out the visit.
ing statesmen and others who swarmed
upon the treasury building. Appoint
ment Clerk Higgins was accessible, how.
ever, and in turn possessed tho open ses-
anne to the Sccretary's shnctum. Ar.
Randall and Mr.. Bnrnum were also able
to penetrate the recesses Of the treasury
chiefs room.
Col Lamont WAS 10 his Office yesterday
for the first time since his illness. He
disposed Of considerable current business,
but only remained u short time at his
desk. Mr.. John Twcedalo, chief clerk Of
tho War Department. acted as secretary
during Secretary Endicotts absence.
Secretary Whitney failed to sign q desig.
nation for Commodore Walker Co act AZ
Secretary OF the Navy during his absence.
This oversight left the navy without any
authorized head in Washington. No
embarrassment Is likely to result.
Charles Deuby, prominent lawyer Of
Evansville Ind, is urged by Indianians
for appointment to the Russian mission,
left vacant by tho declination OF Mr..
Lawton.
A. NJ. Kelley qualified yesterday at the
State Department as minister 10 Austro-
Hungary.
Tho chiefs ofdivision Of the Treasury
Department are in rather all unsettled
condition. The discharges of the chief
Clork Of the bureau Of statistics and tho
chiefs Of division In the sixth auditors
office have made the seventy chiefs of
division anxious for their places, though
ia the past 10 was considered that officials
of that grade had nothing to fear from
political removals. In tho ease Of tho
chief clerk of tho bureau of statistics 10 is
said that tho man displaced was one Of
the most efficient aud useful in the de-
partment. 1t was the first dismissal of
the chief clerk of a treasury bureau on
partisan grounds. II would bo impossi-
bic for q clerk without experience to
properly fill these positions.
A Missouri delegation arrived yester-
day, as follows: Representative John r.
Hoard Col. j. G. Prather, member of the
Democratic national committee; Col.
John Knapp, of tho st. Louis Republican,
and John A. Scudder, president Of the
Anchor Line. They are horo principally
to aid Senators Vest and Coekrell in an en-
deSvor to secure the appointment of Gov.
Thomas Q. Reynolds to one Of the vacant
foreign missions. Ex-Goy. Reynolds is
engaged in preparing for Secretary Bay
ard his report as member Of the South
A sa
at the Arlington.
1t is claimed that the President Is de-
termined not to 20 outside Of this District
for marshal. The claims presented by
tho friends of each of the several eandi-
dates are so nearly matched by the others
that IL is difficult to predict tho result.
1t is said that tho Attorney General il
not disposed to make a Recommendation
in the matter.
The commission Of Postmaster Adreon,
of Baltimore, expires to-day. 1t Is stated
that his successor will be appointed in u
few days. There are number Of appli-
cants for the place. Maryland delega-
tions have been active during the past
weeks but Senator Germans man has
not yet been named.
designations have been rendered by
Daniel Maeauley, of Kentucky, O special
examiner, and John b.l English, of Nir-
ginia, a clerk Of class one in the pension
Office
A large number of employees we're dis
charged from the Portsmouth IN. H.
navy yard Saturday night Work in all
the departments is suspended.
The name Of Gen. George p. Ihrie. of
San Francisco, Cal, has been presented to
President Cleveland as compromise
candidate for the office of collector of the
port of San Francisco, and AZ q gentls-
man well qualified to heal the disssnsions
and turbulence in the Democratic party
of the Golden State. Con. Ihrie was q
Union brigadier.