Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-20
NEW YORK'S POSTMASTER
PEARSON TO BE SUCCEEDED BY
A BUSINESS MAN.

A Return to the Senate Said to be Mr.
McDOnald's Only Immediate Ambi-
tlon-Georgians en- route HOme-The
Nominations Sent to the Senate Yes-
terday.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-The indica-
tions at the White House now point to a
refusal on the part of the President to re-
appoint Postmaster Pearson, of New
York. The President has trustworthy in
form alton from New York that Mr.. Pear
son was an active Blaine man last year.
Numerous protests from business men
against his reapp0intment have been re-
ceived, but no application for the place
has been made. 1t will probably lie
/ filed with some we'll known business
man.
YESTERDAYS NOMINATIONS.
1t it said that the nominations sent to
I the capitol to-day, after the Senate ad-
/ jOurned, were Ex-Governor Porter of
Tennessee for Assistant Secretary of
| state, eX-COngressmen Atkins of Tennes-
I see for Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
/ eX-COngressman Sparks of Illinois for
/ Commissioner of the Land Office, and
John b. Stoll of Indiana for Public
| Printer.
3 1A OO~NALO AA<LE0EO
| There is nothing whatever in the report
that ex-senator Mcdonald has been
offered the position of Solicitor General
for the Department Of Justice. Such a
position would not be offered to a laWyar
of such high standing. No position has
been, or, 1t is understood, will be offered
| to him, for he has informed the President
that there is no place in his gift which he
would accept. Mr.. Mcdonald expects to
Z no rnturna1 70 10 ~, ~ Of
/ Benjamin Harrison. That is his desire.
GEORGIANs COMING HOME.
Gen. GordOn's family, Ben II. Hill, Jr.,
and Patrick Calhoun were among the
GeOrgians who left for home tonight.
JUDGE BLACKS POWERS.
Secretary Lamar proposes to give Com
missioner of Pensions Black a control of
the Pension Office which shall be practi-
/ cally absolute. His theory is that the re-
spOnsibility of the administration of the
/ pension system should rest upon one man,
and that that man should be the Commits
/ siOner of Pensions, and not the Secretary
Of the Interior. The jurisdiction exer-
/ cised by the latter should be almost pure
ly appellate. Therefore, he will hold
Commissioners Black responsible for the
Pension Office without in any way inter-
fering with his prerOgatives. There will
be no Irregular appointments by the Sec
rotary of the Interior in the Pension Bu-
reau under this administration.
MR.. HAY AT WORK.
Malcolm Hay spent most of the day
/ with First Assistant Postmaster General
/ Crosby learning the duties of his new
Office. Its principal duty now is the I'll
ing away the numerous letters which
/ are received every day from
men ard women desiring Post
masterships. Eight hundred letters
| of this character were received to-day,
/ This is larger number than has been re-
| ceived on any former day under this ad-
ministratiOn. Nothing will be done in
any except imperative cases for the pres
/ ent beyond recording the applications as
! they come in.
CAUSE FOR WORRY.
The Presidents determination to keep
! up to the strict letter of the civil service
law will cause him more trouble in the
next year than all the cares of state taken
together. Men who have jOurneyed hun
dreds of miles TO get here are not going
away so long as there is a ghost of a
chance left of securing place under the
government. The President did a wise
thing last week when he refused to see
visitors whose business was purely
that of Oficeseeking. 1t caused many a
hard word to be passed upon his admins
tratiOn. AS might be expected, he looks
with a kindlier eye upon the Democratic
than upon the Republican partisan, but
when it comes to a question of official ap-
pOintment, he desires and will have
honesty, fitness and capacity as the prime
attributes. This the President has COM
municated to the members of his Cabinet,
and it meets with their hearty anp4Oval.
MRS. YULEE's FUNERAL.
Mrs. Yulee's funeral this afternoon was
attended Wy all the prominent society lead
erS.