Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09
POLITICAL.

General w. w. III. Davis, the new Phil
adelphia pension agent, Monday assumed
charge of the office.
General w. w. H. Davis, the new pen
sion agent at Philadelphia, Tuesday APP
pointed several clerks.
A. e. Stevenson Monday qualified as
first assistant postmaster general and en-
tered upon his duties.
The President Monday appointed
Alexander M. Dick postmaster at West
Newton, Pa, in place of E. d. Smith, re-
signed.
Superintendent Fox of the United
States Mint, at Philadelphia, Monday
afternoon received about 700 applications
for various positions in the mint. The
candidates included 100 women.
Reports are current that Eugene Hig-
gins, appointment clerk in the treasury
department, is to be dismissed for his
notorious ignorance and boorishness in
the discharge of his official duties.
The Philadelphia Ledger says: Two
out of the three Philadelphia appoint
ments made thus far by Mr.. Cleveland
are of good soldiers who served with dis
tinetion during the war of the rebellion.
They We're not only good soldiers then
they have been good citizens since the
war.
In the county court at Pittsburg
Tuesday morning, Judge Baily rendered a
decision in the contested election case of
Morrison Foster VS.. Hugh Mcneil, state
senator from the Forty-second district.
The decision was in favor of Foster, who
was declared to be elected by III ma
jority. The election was held in 1882,
and the term is now about expired.
The motion for new trial in the case of
Joseph @. Mackin, convicted in Chicago
of perjury in connection with the Eigh-
teenth ward election frauds, was Tues
day overruled by Judge Moran, and
Maekin was sentenced to five years I'M
prisonment. A stay of proceedings for
10 days, however, was granted to enable
Mackin's counsel TO apply for writ of
supersedeas. The motion for new trial
was based upon the alleged insanity of Il
| juror named Gray, but the court dis.
covered nothing in the evidence offered to
sustain the allegation.
Senior Jorge Holguin, minister from
| Colombia, who is charged with special
mission, has presented his credentials tc
the President. Senior Holguin, in his
speech to the President, said that the
principal object of his mission was tc
convey to this government the specia
thanks of Colombia for the generous ant
loyal Interpretation of the existing treaties
between the two countries. Iii his repl,
the President expressed the goodwill thi
country had always bore Colombia, and i
had had opportunity to put it in praciica
form during the recent disturbance OF
the isthmus.
The New York letter in Tuesday
Philadelphia Ledger contains the follow
ing; John Kelly will soon be heart
from, once more, on the political situa
ton, or, to speak more specifically, OF
the present somewhat dubious rel ition
of Talnmany Hall to the administration
of President Cleveland. As Mr.. Kelly
said to be about finally retiring from til
political arena this promised pronuncil
mento will be m the nature of n sort o
farewell address. 1t was his intention +
have prepared it for the Fourth of Jul
Tammany celebration, but the iniirm stat
of his health prevented its completion ii
season. His position with reference 4
Civil Service reform is said to be this
that il is an unconstitutional stretch q
power to enable Republicans to keep il
office by keeping Democrats out; that it
the constitutional function of the Presi
dent to nominate, and the Senate to con
firm,and any intermediary power or bod
which interferes with, or imposes cond
, tions upon, the free exercise Of that right
is simply an usurpation, which cannot h
too sternly rebuked," &c The same idep
You will notice, was put forth by Mr.
McMahon ut the Tamnuny "big talk" o.
Saturday.