Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-03-12
WARRINGTON NEWS.

,bout the Usual A' -
a r,:., House to-day. The President
-, oorIv, and at once betook himself
az. .noninc his mail, which was unusually
w As one of the clerks at the "hlte
Ia nut it. President Cleveland re-
IL &c many letters in a day as eE :,
CeNeS d" Arthur received in a week.
Presiue"ff ,;r inference that many OF the
It Is " lII 70 appointments to ofilce'
T Ie,.eI P2rasident ran hurriedly through 'il &c
Inc pa and then began the rece I, ~
man NAL an many Of whom had peeu az, III
VISIBLE !!;, for some time. Among Cile
waiting ,ra IU Congressional delegates rom ron:
callers o,v Illinois, Iowa, North carolina 3Wni
he i M 40 The Secretary OF war
ana Io5 o%ont noon and had long co ,inaI-
calleu al, III the President. At l o cloc lA
ence , Ml,n. %, Of tbe White House were
the uoI omen 10 the public and the LIe 81,
EllIoN lioe ilant busy receiving calleie ~
dent VIZ Io ON Col. Lamont saId to-uay
over an. aI I,oJnction in the clerical force at
tnaI 1I!I House was made merely
We interests of economy. Therefore,
NINE . n,,tt would be made to I'LL
no aIISs created. He said there might
N" eoI he one or two more changes III
~ 1,,agr:onnel OF the force, but that would
u, ue II Since President Cleveland's IN
I Dg the entire clerical force, IN
oIrJ;no tbe private secretary, has been
i-,siIv engaged from 10 o'clock IN the
r,or1inc until midnight, 1t is expected
that tbe rush OF business will compel the
ellnt Of these working hours for
some time to come. One OF the reglI&-
tions Of the house prohibits employees
from smoking in the offices.
Edward D. Clark, OF Nlcksourg, MISS
to-day nominated for Assistant Secretary
Of the interior, is 4 member III very hign
standing OF the bar OF MISSISSIPPI, ana
has practiced before the Supreme Court
nj the United States. He is said to be a
man Of great legal learning and force OF
character. He mas also been so welded
70 his profession ihat he has steadtastly
declined to have any connection with
notifies. although holding strong Demo-
cratic opinion.
AT the Postoffice and interior Depart
mems the rush of visitors continued to-
day without diminution, and notices
have been posted in conspicuous places
bv the Postmaster General and Secretary
of Interior to the effect that only Sen&-
tors and Representatives would be re-
Ceived in the afternoon. This regulation
is beginning to have perceptible effect,
and both those officials now find time to
denote small portion OF the day to neces-
sarv routine business.
The Secretary of the Treasury had a
large number Of callers to-day, including
thee large delegaiions-one from Ken
lucky, headed by Senator Beck and
Speaker Carlisle; another fIom North
Carolina, headed by Senator Vance, and
third from Virginia, headed by Repre-
sentative Barbour. Secretary Manning
appointed Eugene Higgins OF Maryland
chief Of the appointment division Ct the
Treasury Department in place OF Trevitt
Of New York, resigned. Higgins is g
friend of Senator German.
Ece-President Hendricks recently APP
Piled to Postmaster General Villas to hav,
afIiend appointed to the position of su
per.ntendent of the free delivery at tn
Chicaoo postoffice, to take the place c
tAe Republican incumbent. Mr.. Villas
upon inquiry, learned that the above
named officer was usually appointed b
the Chicago postmaster, and so lntoGme
Mr.. Hendricks that he could not interfere
Gen. Black, the newly appointed Con-
missioner of Pensions, arrived here tC
dav and called upon the President an
Secretary Lamar. He met with cordla
Welcome, and VIII assume his official du
ties as soon as confirmed by the Senate
The caucus OF Republican Senators an
its caucus committee, which have bee
engaged early and late since the session
legan upon the allotment of places o.
demaioritv sides of the Senate commit
Ices, finished the task to-day, but the re
Gtwill not be formally declared unit
tomorrow. Senator COngef succeeds t
the Craftsmanship of the committee o.
post Offices and post roads, made Vacan
by the retirement Of Senator Hill. Scna
Tor Pike takes the chair OF the committe
On claims, held by Senator Cameron {
Wisconsin. Tenator Sewell takes Senate
Logans place at the head OF the com
mlttee on military affairs. Senate
kvartS is made a member Of the commit
tee on judiciary and foreign relations
Senator Teller is made chairman of tn
committee on mines and mining, and
member OF the committee on publ
lands. The judiciary committee is i'll
creased by one, and the commerce an
public building committees by two mem
bers each. Many other changes were
made IN the membership of committee
Tor the purpose Of equalizing the honors
responsibilities and labors of the commit
lee rooms, and the task of the caucU
committee was found one of considerabl
alillculty. Its members are unusuall
reucent about their proceedings, but it i
understood that the feature of their worl
winch proved most perplexing related t
the finance committee.
One Senator, it is said, asked TO be re
heYe from further service unon tbi
comA4Ittee unless its composition wa
y!hahg. IN some respects. He is cred
yea WIN the impression that New Enc
ana ld""9 wee dominant in the commit
We to have given this as hi
ieS' wi fishing 10 withdraw. This.
rep when brought before the f1I
tar;a precipitated a discussion of tn
as t IN, W which wool and pig lion figure
car "e .ea A. dement's. Neither tn
ba "COl h.f the committee seems /
rI ,'S zee IT'S Wy clear to make tn
fo l"i g desired by 10 Senator from OH
fno,, ne l..,.r''c;l membership OF tn
is - - coni'- &c It stands tonight
Som 'ii'e a. al lHe .aSt session. Man
nno, ,,'o III nave urged sherman to renal
cT ROM ShG finance committee, upon tn
fnano H IhaJ his familiarity with til
tbe ,,lO Ia affairs OF the government woul
His Se oe most conspicuously serviceabl,
mit nit name u: stands second upon the con
to.doIC isI: lie was not at the Capt.,
10 t G5ay, aud his uIther purposes in reear
u Tie matter are unknown.
The Monroe Doctrine.
hAsHINGTON March 10 NTor5o-o