The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-28
NOTES ON EVENTS AT THE CAPITAL.
lettings Here and There in Washington
What the New Administration is
Doing Gleanings from the Tel
egraph and the Reliable
Correspondent.

Commissioner of Patents Montgomery took
charge of his Office on Monday. He is from
Michigan.
Among the applicants for the Postmastership
at Baltimore are Messrs. VIM. L. Montague and
Harris ]. Chiffon.
1t looks as though Representative Randall is
to have very big say in the distribution of the
patronage in Pennsylvania.
The new Postmaster General made his first
appointment on Monday-Miss George S. Walker,
of Nevada, to the position of copyist.
Sunday last was very quiet day at the Cap
ital. Hundreds of the ofice-hunters having de-
parted for their homes, the hotels were almost de-
serted.
Mr.. Malcolm Hay, of Pa, the new First As
sistant Postmaster General, qualified on Monday
and left the next day for Florida. He is in deli
cate health.
The President has rented pew in the First
Presbyterian church, Washington. The pastor,
Rev. B. Sunderland, was formerly chaplain of the
U. S. Senate.
AN exchange says Secretary Endcott never
made a campaign speech or political contribu-
ton. 1t is said he now chiefly occupies himself
wondering how he got there.
Attorney General Garland says he never did
wear claw hammer coat and he never will
There is no truth in the report, however, that he
attends receptions in a "duster."
"A number of postofice inspectors were noti
fed on Tuesday that their services would not be
required after 31st inst. Mr.. Jehu B. Askew, Of
Baltimore, is among the number.
Ex-senator Mcdonald of Indiana, did not
get to be minister to France. It is said the old
gentleman is mad and has picked up his grip sack
and skipped out for the Hoosier State.
Eugene Higgins still holds the fort in the
Treasury Department, but the Cevil Service re-
formers and others are going for his scalp. They
expect to have him bounced, and they may sue
coed.
The President on Tuesday appointed Mr.. D.
McConville, of Ohio, auditor of the Treasury for
the Postofice Department. He is about AZ years
of age and has been private secretary to Gov.
Hoadly.
Attorney eneral Garland has reduced the
force of examiners in the Department of Justice
from to 4. In making the reduction he retained
those who had been longest in the service of the
department.
Among other nominations sent to the Senate on
Tuesday were Henry O. Muldrow, of Mississippi,
to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior, and
VIM. A. ]. Sparks, of Illinois, to be Commissioner
of the general land Office.
Three examiners of the Department Of Justice
! kho,,, II
Monroe Heiskel, of Baltimore. Mr.. Heiskel is
Democrat and was Independent candidate for
Mayor against Gen. Latrobe.
Col. Fred. Raine, Of the German Correspon-
dent, Baltimore, was down few days ago to see
about his chances for consul general to Berlin
1t would be difficult to find better man for the
place, but he will not get it.
Representative Talbot called on the Pres
ident last Saturday and was introduced by Sena-
tor German. The interview is said to have been
brief one, but at the same time, Mr.. Talbotts
friends claim, entirely satisfactory.
Among the callers at the White House few
days ago was bustling old lady who wanted to
go all over the house. This privilege was refused
and she got very angry, exclaiming, "Well, I
thank my stars I'm Republican"
"A committee called upon the President on
Monday and invited him to attend the Army
of the Potomac reunion which will be held in
Baltimore early in May. The President thanked
the committee and said he hoped to be able to be
present.
MIR. E. D. Clark, of Mississippi, the newly
appointed Assistant Secretary the INTERIOR died
on Monday morning, of typhoid pneumonia. He
was i'll when he came to Washington and it is
thought the change Of climate was too much for
him. He was about 40 years Of age
The sale of tickets for the Inauguration ball
aggregated S35, 96S.5O, and for the promenade
concert the night following, $1,000. The total
receipts will be about $40 600, which will pay all
expenses and the committee will be able to return
every dollar of the subscriptions.
1t appears that the female ofdce-seekers are
more persistent and more successful than the men.
One of the former succeeded in gaining an inter-
view with a Cabinet minister on Monday, after he
had given positive orders to admit no one But
she gained nothing after all her shrewdness.
1t is now said that the Secretary of the Treas
ury is to give Mr.. Eugene Higgins, the chief ap-
pointment clerk of his department, fair hearing
to see if he disprove the serious charges that
have been brought against him. If he fails to do
so it is thought he will be asked to step down and
out.
1t appears that the President is moving right
along in his quiet way and is taking very little
heed of the politicians. The appointment of ex-
Senat Pendleton to the German mission is very
Calling to the salwart Democrats of Ohio, and
they kicking up lots of dust about it, but this
don't seem to trouble the President.
The President this week sent the following
nominations of foreign ministers to the Senate,
and they were all promptly confirmed: To France,
Robt. NJ. McLane, Maryland; to Germany, Geo.
H. Pendleton, Ohio; to Mexico, Henry R. Jack
son, Georgia; to England, Edward ]. Phelps,
Vermont; to Turkey, S. S. Cox, of New York.
And now comes the terrible story that Presi-
dent Clevelands sisters are Republicans, and fur
Their "that they make no effort to conceal the fact"
Really this is bit of information, which, if true,
is calculated to make the average Democrats
blood curdle. But we would advise them not to
get uneasy. The country's safe even if tits true.
"A Pennsylvania crank made his appearance
in the Supreme Court room on Monday, carrying
a huge valise. Upon being questioned he said he
came to sell the clothes in the valise to the Chief
Justice. The clothes consisted of several we'll
worn and greasy suits. 1t is not believed that
the Chief Justice needed them. The crank was
locked up.
The fight in Washington against the New
York Tammany organization receiving recogni
ton at the hands of the President still continues
and may lead to serious trouble between the fac
tions Tammany don't want any of the big offices,
but she wants her share of the subordinate ap-
pointments, and if she don't get it there is going
to be trouble.
A newspaper correspondent asserts that there
is serious quarrel brewing between the Presi-
dent and the moss-back Democrats of Tennessee
because of the appointment of ex-Gov Porter, of
that State, to the position of Assistant Secretary
of State. They claim that the selection was made