The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-04-11

are inclined to doubt the rumor.
F. G.. Maxwell, of Maryland, has filed an ap
plication for chief postofice inspector. He is in
dorsed by the Maryland delegation.
Mr.. Edward johnson, of Baltimore, son o
the late Reverdy johnson, wants to bo U. s
Marshal for the District of Columbia.
-Ex-President Arthur has not been we'll sine
he left Washington. A maarial trouble, con
tracted two years ago, has reappeared
The Rev. Aaron Cleveland, great grandfathe
of the President, was an Episcopalean clergyman
He died in Philadelphia while on a visit to Benja
min Franklin.
Mr.. A. Leo Knott, of Baltimore, tho new
Second Assistant Postmaster General, will tax,
charge of his Office next Monday. He will reside
in Washington.
-Congressmen-electC Compton is in Washington
every day, looking for places for his hungry con
stituents. We have not yet heard of DR.. Shaw
being similarly engaged.
Owing to the extreme illness of Gen. Grant
the last public reception at the White House
which was to have been held on Friday, Sd inst.
was indefinitely postponed.
Senator German, accompanied by his family
left Washington Thursdad evening for New
Orleans, where they go to visit the Exposition
They will be absent two weeks.
COL W. H. Love, Mayor Latrobe's Private
Secretary, wants to be Naval Officer at Baltimore
and there are several other Baltimore gentlemen
who are troubled the same way.
james and Henry Garfield, sons of the lats
President. dined with President cleveland last
Sunday. They are said to be manly lads and the
President was much pleased with them.
During the extra session of the Senate the
President sent 125 nominations for civil offices.
OF the 1850 Presidential postofices he has az
pointed only fifty eight new postmasters.
An effort is being made to induce Pension
Commissioner Black to become candidate for
U. S. Senator from Illinois. The Democrats
claim that Gen. Blacks war record will assure his
election.
Hon. N. j. Coleman, editor of the Rural
World, has been appointed Commissioner of Ag-
riculture. The selection is thought to be first
class one, Mr.. Coleman being thoroughly practi-
cal farmer.
1t is now given out that Hon. j. Fred C.
Talbot, of Baltimore county, will be made Solicit
tor of Internal Revenue. The appointment is
under the Department of Justice and the salary
is $4,000 per annum.
On Sunday the President drove out to Blad-
ensburg and took look at the old dueling ground
at that historic spot He was noe favorably i'm
pressed with the place, which is grown up in
weeds and underbrush.
The extra session of the Senate having ad-
iourned, there is now considerable discussion as
to the Presidents power to make removals, &C.,
during the recess. There appears to be wide
difference of opinion on this subject.
The Commissioner of the Internal Revenue
wants Judge Chesley, the solicitor, retained. He
has held the placefor many years and is thoroughly
conversant with its duties. This is the position
for which Mr.. Talbot has been named
Mr.. John P. Cleveland, of Baltimore, called
on the President Wednesday ''to pay his respects"
As this was the second time Mr.. Cleveland was at
the White House within two weeks it is likely he
is thinking of something else besides respects"
A man who was an applicant for good
place in Washington had on his petition the
names of 16 Senators and 149 Representatives,
and yet he got left Which shows that petitions
have very little weight with the appointing
power.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Miller
says that Collector Sellman, of Maryland, will
not be disturbed before the first of May, and it
may be that he will be allowed to serve some time
longer. There is no telling yet who his successor
will be.
Several hundred children, who were playing
about the grounds of the White House on Easter
Monday, went in body to pay their respects to
the President who shook the hands of the little
ones and apparently enjoyed the novelty of the
occasion.
About twenty employees of the sergeant-at-
arms of the Senate are to be dropped, in accor-
dance with the Recommendation of the committee
of Republican Senators. This, with other reduc-
lions, will effect saving of between $4,000 and
$4,000 per year.
An ofice-seeker remarked to the President
on Tuesday that Maryland seemed to be pretty
we'll taken care of, to which he replied, "Yes, but
you know Maryland has the advantage of being
very close, which makes it much easier for the
people to get at me-
Gen. Black, the Commissioner of Pensions,
has requested the resignation of Miss Ada c..
Sweet, Pension Agent at Chicago, but that spunky
lady, whose commission does not expire until
some time next year, declines to comply with his
request and has appealed to the President.
"A good many Democratic newspapers are
disgruntled because Pearson was reappointed
postmaster at New York. One of these intmates
that if President Cleveland continues in his indie
pendent course there will certainly be new
party and it suggests that it be called the "Sur-
prise Party"
There are complaints in some quarters that
the President is appointing too many ex-Confed-
crates in the South. When it is remembered that
nearly all the prominent men of that section were
in the Confederate army his action in the prem
Uses is not surprising. He would either have to
appoint such or none.
The President ON Monday suspended the
postmaster at Rome, N. Y, because of some
crookedness in his accounts. In his letter to the
P. M. General on this subject the President
plainly and distinctly sets forth the fact that he
will not countenance official carelessness, much
less what appears to be crookedness on the part
of Government employees.
In recent conversations the President has
said that he intends, without fear or favor to re-
quire the strictest accountability of all public
servants from the highest to the lowest; that re-
trenchment shall be made whenever and wherever
practicable; that honesty and faithfulness shall
be the inAexible rule, and that no drones shall be
tolerated in any of the departments.
Boston Trareller's picture of Eugene Hig-
gins: "He is tall, rather spare man with hair
and mustache literally sprinkled with gray.
He will greet you with all the grace of Chester
field, and with the genial temperament of an In
gersoll thrown in. Mr.. Higgins appears to be a
man who is satisfied that this is very pleasant
world, and that sunshine in life is big thing.
He is an inveterate joker, and fond of harmless
mischief"
In preparing a detailed report as to the
character of the work done in his department,
chief appointment clerk Higgins discovered that
there was a young lady clerk credited with re-
ceiving salary Of $3.50 per annum, though in