Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-08-21
cUg WASHINGTON EEaFHR.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGToN Linunst s IS:

affairs to De quiet with no pros
pec5s of future outbreak. Capt.
Lee, the new military Indian agent,
has assumed charge, and all arrange
meats seemed satisfactory. It, is
understood that Gen. Sheridan
mAde strong report against the
manner of conducting business by
some OF the lnhian agents, showing
irregularities aud abuses tending
to cause trouble among the Indians,
and recommending al entire reor-
ganizstion Of the Indian agent sys.
TEN. 1t is said that he discovered
that one Indian agent was drawing
supplies for twice as many Indians
as were in reality within the limits
of his agency.
The suit against First Controller
Durham by the authorities Of Mis-
sissippi to compel hin, to give
warrant for five thousand and some
odd dollars due that state from the
national government, is brought
with Judge Durham's consent.
There are two contrary decisions
in the case by Judge Lawrence and
Porter. Under these circumstances
and owing to the contrary state
ments of the case Judge Durham
determined to leave the matter to
Congress or to the courts to decid e.
1t will probably &C Eow through u
the courts and be finally settled
by the Supreme Court.
Attorney General Garland, in
reply to questions from Secretary
Manning, he's decided that in the
event that holders or owners OF
distilled spirits on which tax has
not been paid shall have failed
within the seven months specified
il the bond to withdraw them in
fact from the distillery warehouse
a forfeiture of the bond follows,
and the spirits are not protected
thereafter from an obligation for a
domestic tax. The effect Of the
bond while in force and before for
feiture is to free the spirits from
such obligation, but this effect
ceases upon the forfeiture of the
bond. Also, that the spirits GOV.
cred by expectation tond, after the
failure to withdraw them and after
the forfeiture OF the bond, are liable
to distraint, and that the condition
of the bond having been broken by
the failure to withdraw the spirits
from the warehouse, the right O.
the government to proceed upor
the bond is unquestioned.
The impression is that the mar
who got SO severely handled by tn,
President for making a bad recon
mendation which he was not willin.
4 to stand by, does not live in Ohio
@ but that some other state-or ter
ritory-had the distinction of pos
sessing new judge whose hacker
i didn't mean it. Ex-Represents
n tive Follett says he has thought tn
thing over, and finds that ther
has been no judge appointed i
a OHIO, and no Ohio man appointe
r to judgeship outside of the Stat
-, Mr.. FoIlett and other democrati
u members have informed the Pres
Vt dent on different occasions tha
:: nobody ever meant anything b
V signing petition, and that it We
not fair to hold them to a recon
mendation unless it was made in
personal letter; but the Preslder
has refused to see the thing in th'
u light, and wants to know what re
D. concentrations are for il not to re
IN ommend. The Presidents lett
al receives commendation on evel
; hand. and particular significance
attached to the reference to h
IL fight against the "bad elements
e. both parties"
in A commercial enterprise til
"a promises well, invites Americ
manufacturers and merchants to {
posit samples of their goods at
permanent exhibition at Rome f
in the purpose of extending Americ
- commerce with Italy. The projt
starts under a responsible auspic
vi and if judiciously managed oug
es to help our foreign trade.
nd present we export very little
~. Italy, though we leave annually
=. good deal of American money
''' that country. A well manas
'S- commercial agency, such as is n
ne proposed, might enable us to k'
Dr. the balance of trade nearer even
he Secretary Whitney has ms
public the criticisms Of the ma
- advisory board upon tie report
the Dolphin board of examine
with the reply of the latter.
an naval advisory board take up
n objections made by the examin
en board to the Dolphin and disc
5ht them at great length. endeavor
ats to show that the Dolphin is
,,'s structurally weak and has the sp
contracted for. The examin
'"' board in their reply maintain Il
1t former views, and point out furt
rt" defects in the Dolphin not
lev viously mentioned. LBNo1
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