The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-22
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GLOOMY WHEAT PROSPECT.

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terday and continued to-day seriously
affects the wheat. Good judges now es-
innate the crop at one-f fourth the average,
which, with the reduction of the acreage,
gives a gloomy prospect for the harvest.
GEN. GRANT PASSES 4 GOOD NIGHT.
NEW YORK, March 20-Gen. Grant
passed a good night and was feeling
much better this morning. Heate hearty
at breakfast. Gen. Grants daughter,
Nrs. Sartoris, arrived here to-day by the
steamer Baltic from Liverpool.
THE GETTYSBURG REUNION
WASHINGTON, March 20.-The presi-
dent has accepted the invitation of the
veterans of the first ana other corps to
visit the battlefield Of Gettysburg, when
they make their historical visit there on
the 4th and 9Th of May. He assured
Gov. Curtin that he would go unless pre-
vented by some urgent necessity of pub
lie service. If that occurs due notice will
be given, but Governor Curtin, who is
chairman of the invitation committee,
saws he does not believe that anything
will prevent the president from going,
rs he is anxious to be on the field when
the leading generals of both armies are
there to explain their movements. j. H.
Stine, historian of the First corps, says
the Governors of the states which fur
nished troops for the battle are also in
vited, and so far not single declinaton
has been received. Goveror Curtin is
anxious to have all the war governors
there. and ex-GovernOrs KirSwood and
Sprague, of Rhode Island, have replied
that they are coming. With the presi-
dent and his cabinet, the Governors and
war Governors and the veterns of both
armies who fought there, it promises to
be notable event.
CIVIL SERVICE.
WASHINGTON, March 20-Misappre-
hension appears to exist in regard to the
office of the Chief of the Appointment
Division of the Treasury Department.
The present incumbent of the office,
Trevitt, rendered his resignation about
two weeks ago and it was accepted by
Secretary Manning, to take effect April
1st, and Trevitt was granted leave of alb
sence till that date. In the meantime
Eugene Higgins, of Baltimore, was given
a position on the 'fraud rolf Of the
special agents division and assigned to
duty as acting chief of the appointment
division. and il is understood that he was
promised the Office as soon as Trevitt's
resignation shall have taken effect A
question has arisjn in connection with
this Office which is receiving careful at
tcntion and which in its settlement is
Liable to disarrange, or perhaps rearrange,
the Civil Service rules in relation to
offices under the government, and which
may prevent Higgins receiving the ap-
pointment to the Office for which me has
been selected. The Civil Service Com
mission hold tn It only those government
tai officers are exempt from the provis-
ions of the Civil Service act who are
nominated by the president and confirm
ed b. the senate, and few minor cases
of officials holding positions of finauc ial
or judiciary nature Yet by fule 19
of the Civil Service rules 'Chiefs of di-
vision or bureaus" are exempted from
examination. Chiefs of bureaus are
nominated by the president but the
chiefs of divisions are not, and righthere
is the hitch. This apparent inconsistent
cy is said to have been the result of the
opposition of certain prominent officials
under the late Administration to a thor
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law. Chiefs of bureaus in the state de-
partment are of equivalent rank with
chiefs of divisions in other departments,
and if the first are to be exempted, it is
claimed the others should be.
Before the close of the last admins
tration an effort was made to secure uni
form classification in all the departments
in accordance with the intent Of the act
as construed by the Civil Service Com
mission, in which chiefs of divisions
should be included. If Higgins is per.
manently appointed without examina-
ton to the office for which he has been
selected, it is claimed that it will be in
violation of the Civil Service Commits
sion. The Star of to-day. in an article
on this subject, says: 1t is understood
that the matter has been brought to the
attention of President Cleveland, and
that he has expressed himself as desirous
of carrying out to the letter the Civi
Service act, without regard TO specia
rules. If this is done. Trevitt's place a:
chief of the appointment division cannot
be filled by an arbitrary appointment
A prominent official remarked to a Stal
reporter to-day; President Cleveland
will immortalize himself if he straight
ems out this Civil Service business"
Give Him Shaft Of shiny Brass.
/ Milwaukee Journal
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