The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-09-17
From Washington.

Inc SnlneSe munster, VINO recently n9Q n
stroke of paralysis, is now convalescent.
Charges of offensive partisanship" have
been made against Public Printer Rounds.
1t is Washington rumor that John
Roach intends to enter the United States
senate from Delaware.
A bill has been drawn up at the
treasury department for presentation to
congress, embracing the material features
of the Warner silver bill.
1t is understood in Washington that the
new silver services, glassware and china
ware ordered for the White House Indicate
an exceptionally gay winter.
1t is reported that the president will APP
point \. +. Seeberger of Chicago to the col
lectorship OF that port, in the place OF the
present collector, Spaulding.
The president studied Il list OF seventy or
eighty names ofapplicants for consulships.
during his off moments in the Adiroudacks
and he now says he is ready to dispose OF
fifty such positions.
President Cleveland announces that he
will give six hours IL week to the Office seek
ers-two hours on Mondays, Wednesdays,
Fridays-and that in November this time
will be shortened to two hours on Monday
only.
The acting postmaster general has ap-
masters, including the following: Dakota
Custer, Robert 5. Lewis. Oregon-Gold
Hill. w. s. Fitzgerald Eight Mile, Martha
A. Fuga; Huntington, Frank Blanchard.
The compiling OF the blue book requires
every department clerk to tell where his
home Is, what state appointed from, and
many other things. The average clerk
would just as lief not tell The form in
which these questions are put is exciting
- tla, tt,.,f ,l.,r
~ among the clerks.
Secretary Lamar is reopenng the way for
the adjudication OF certain contested Indian
homestead eases in Michigan, in which ac-
tion has been suspended since March II,
1877, by order of Carl Schurz, then secre-
tary OF the interior. The suspension OF ac-
tion was in regard to entries in the Todia
and Traverse City districts. now concentra-
ted at Reed City, Mich. Mr.. Lamar's OBJ
iect in this is to protect the Indians.
In the recent instructions sent by the
president to Gov. Schotield to be forward
ed to Gen Howard commanding the Platte,
for his guidance in settling the labor
troubles in Wyoming, he directed him to
send a sufficient force to protect life and
property where violence existed or was
threatened and to aid the civil authori-
ties in preserving the peace and arresting
those committing offenses against the law,
and to protect espe tally the Chinese labor
ers from i'll treatment at the hands of
other persons.
Secretary Van Arman of Arizona charged
the government S10O for the discount OF a
draft. The excuse was that people in the
territory would not handle drafts and they
had to be sent to San Francisco to be
cashed, at an expense which il this case
would have amounted to 5000, but Mr..
Van Arman sold it at discount OF 800
instead. Controller Durham disallowed
the claim, because he considered it illegal
and improper; q gentleman from Arizona
came into the first controllers office to tell
him that drafts on San Francisco were at
Il premium anywhere in Arizona.
Secretary Manning is mute when address
ed regarding the bill filed in the New York
courts to test the constitutionality of the
civil service commission and when pressed
will only reply that he cannot see why
people attribute to him any connection with
it. His intimate friends say that the
secretary was simply notified in advance
that such bill was to be filed but declined
to commit himself for or against the move
ment. Not being n lawyer, he had given the
question no consideration, and as politi-
clan he had too much sense to tangle up his
legs in the meshes OF the subject.
First Controller Durham gave hearing to
Judge Wilson and other lawyers interested
in cases pending before the court of COM
missioners of Alabama claims, who asked
reconsideration OF his action disallowing
the expense account OF the court. Decision
was reserved. The estatement of j Judge Har-
Ian, presiding Justice of the court, with re-
gard to alleged illegal expenditure OF the
court, was received at the state department
recently. Secretary Bayard declines to
give it out for publication at present. tits
"a very long document, and said to contain
an elaborate argument in support OF the as
sertion that the. court is legally organized
justifies the court for all the expenditures
which have been made, and asserts that it
has used every legitimate means in it's power
to accomplish the work imposed omit with
in the time prescribed by law.