The Portland daily press., 1885-03-14
WASHINGTON.
Nominations By she Pre.iden,


sent ths following nominations to the Senate
to-day: Col. Nelson H. Davis, inspector gem
eral, to be inspector general with rank of
brigadier general; Lieut.. Col. Absalem Baird,
inspector general, to be inspector general with
tbs rank of colonel; Mai. Robert P. Hughes
to be inspector general with rank of lieutenant
colonel
Reducing the Force i'm the Treasury De-
partnaent.
The first decided action of Secretary Man
ming in regard to changes in the force under
the Treasury Department was announced this
morning. 1t consists of material reduction
OF the force in the special agents division
whereby it is expected saving of $4,000 an
nually will be effected. The services OF forty
persons in all have been dispensed with and
notices to that effect were mailed them to day.
The list includes six special agents. 26 special
inspectors OF customs and 10 employees whose
names are borne on the so called fraud roll. -
This action reduces the number of agents to
%, number of inspectors to % and fraud roll
employees to ID. No new appointments will be
made to fill the vacancies created. Secretary
Manning has also decided that hereafter the
appropriation for prevention and detection of
frauds upon the customs revenue shall not be
used for the purpose of making permanent ap-
pointments but shall be confined to paying for
information received concerning revenue
frauds and to enable the Department to en-
ploy persons in special cases where it is be-
lieved frauds are being perpetiated.
The Oklahoma B oomers.
AT the meeting of the cabinet yesterday the
Oklahoma question was considered at length
L. was said that the impression prevailed
among those who contemplated an invasion of
the territory that President Arthur's proclama-
ton relative to trespassing upon Indian lands
had become imperative with the close of his
administration and it was thought best that
President Cleveland should issue a proclama-
tion similar to that issued by President
Arthur. This proclamation is now being pre-
pared and will shortly be issued. 1t will for
bid the invasion of trespassers upon Indian
lands in the Indian territory.
The Senate Committees.
The following are chairmen of the Senate
committees as constituted by that body to-day:
On Agriculture and forestry-Mr. Miller of New
York.
On appropriations Mr.. Allison.
10 audit and control contingent expenses of the
Senate-Mr. Jones of Colorado.
Civil service and retrenchmeut-Mr. Hawisy.
Claims-Mr. Pike.
Commerce-Mr. Mcmillan.
District of Columba-Mr. Ingalls,.
Education and labor-Mr. Blair.
Engrossed bills-Mr. Salisbury.
Enrolled bils-Mr. Bowen.
Epidemic dseases-Mr. Harris.
To examine the several branches of the civil SER
vice-Mr. Sabine.
Expenditures of public money-hIr. Cullom
Finance-Mr. Morrill,.
Fisheries-Mr. Palmer.
Foreign relationship. Miller of California.
On improvement of Mississippi river-Mr Van
Wyck.
Indian affairs-Mr. Dawes.
Judiciary-Mr. Edmunds.
Library-Mr Sherman.
Manufactures-Afr. Riddleberger,
Military affairs-Mr. Sewell.
Mines and Mining-Mr. Teller.
Naval atfairs-Mr. Cameron.
Patents-Mr. Platt
Pensions-Mr. Mitchell.
Post Offices and post roads Mr.. Conger,
PriutiDg-hr. MandereOu.
Private land claims-Mr. Ransom,
Privileges and elections-Mr. Hoar.
Public buildings and grounds-Mr. Malone.
Public lands-Adr. Blume.
Railroads-Mr. Sawyer.
On revision of laws of the United States-Mr.
wilson OF Maryland.
Revolutionary claims-Mr. Jones of Florida.
Rules-Mr. Frye.
Territories-Mr. Harrison
Transportation routes to the sea board-Mr Al
drich.
To investigate the condition Of the Potomac river
front of Washipgton-Mr, Mcpherson
10 make provisions for taking the tenth census
and ascertaining the results thereof-Mr. Hale.
To inquire into all claims of citizens of The United
States against the government of Nicaragua-Mr.
Maxcy.
Woman suffrage Mr.. Cockrill.
On additional accommodation for the library OF
Congress-Mr Voorhees,
10 inquire as to the capacity of steel producing
works in the United States Mr.. Hawley.
new committee on coast defences was created
with Senator Dalph chairman.
A Sensation in the Hazen Trial.
The copy of the report of the Secretary Of
War for 1883 was presented TO the HaZsn
court martial this morning and evidence pro.
duced showing the same to have been received
by the chief signal officer This report con-
taiHed memorandum dated Sept. 10, 1883.
stating the Secretaries of War and Navy had
decided it was not practicable to send another
expedition to the relief of Lieut.. Greedy in
that year. Capt. Mills was examined with re-
gard to the presence of Gen. Hagen at the
signal office on Dec. IL, 1883, and the prosecu-
tion then rested their case.
The defence then called Capt. Mills as the
first witness. In answer TO questions as to
whether written copy of the above memoran-
DUN Is on file in the signal office he said that
he did not think such copy was on file there,
but that on the date of that decision the Secre-
tary OF War gave him q. hektograph copy of
the memorandum. His recollection was that
this copy was intended to be given the As
soeiated Press for publication as the answer to
numerous inquiries on the subject that had
come to the Secretary OF War.
Edmund Hudson, editor of the Capital OF
TINS city, was then called by the defense. His
attention was called to an item published in
that paper March 1, 1885, stating that Gen.
6axen had written a letter to the Secretary of
War, throwing the blame for the tragic ter
mlnation OF the Greedy relief expedition upon
tG ina. % 9fnclal, and stating further It was said
thaf Hazan had asked leave to go South in or
der to be absent from the city when the letter
should come into the hands of the Secretary.
Witness was asked if he had written the
article in question, aud the judge advocate
objected to the introduction of newspaper
articles as testimony on the ground that they
were irrelevant and immaterial.
In reply to this objection, Judge Mackey
counsel for the accused. excited q sensation in
the court by stating that he intended to trace
the article in question to the Secretary of War.
He said: 1--WE propose TO trace, by gradual
and well connected proof, this paragraph back
to the source that inspired it; we propose TO
follow, by chain Of we'll connected links, this
paragraph and the paragraph in the Chicago
tribune, perhaps, to the door of the Secretary
OF Wars chamber, follow them to his desk,
follow them to his hand, apd to show that the
war secretary, who has charged an officer Of
the army OF the United States with violation
OF duty by an alleged criticism Of bis action in
the public prints-that the Secretary OF War
sat at his desk and coined libel like mint,
and that he inspired this paragraph. The
court has admitted the Chicago Tribune des-
patch, in which was an inducement that led a
| reporter of the Evening Star to question the
accused. 1t appeared that the accused had