Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-09-19
OCEAN.
Politics.

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Politics.
The Rsnewed Demand for Place
Cabinet Meeting.
epscial Correspondence Of the ISrEROcEAN.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE first cab.
met meeting since the presidents return
WIS held on Monday, Secretaries Bay.
ard, Manning and Lamar being present.
The Austrian mission and the Wyoming
troubles were discussed. The cabinet
meeting commencing at II a. m. con.
tinued until late in the afternoon. Con-
situations in relation to recommends,
tions to congress consumed most of the
time.
The question Of appointing Democrats
to Offices held by Republicans is one that
confronts the president on his return.
Some Of those who, either for themselves
or Others, want places. are already on
hand. The Ohio Democrats want con-
troll OF the federal offices of that state to
aid them in the pending political can
vass, and considerable pressure will be
brought to bear upon the president to
grant them this aid. The presidents at.
tention will be urgently called to the po-
litical status Of the senate, and the feas-
Utility Of making that body Democratic
during his term. According to the
Democratic calculations their party may
count upon electing Democratic sue
cessors to eight of the nine who go out
on their side. They count Delaware,
Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, Tennessee, Texas and West Vir.
ginia as safe to elect Democratic sena-
tors, the seat Of Fair, only, of Nevada, is
doubtful. With regard to the sixteen
retiring Republicans, Democrats con.
tend that eight of them a be replaced
by Democrats by good management. If
the Democrats could succeed in making
their estimate hold good they would
gain nine senators and loose one, which
would give them a majority of eight in
the senate. But in all calculations of
/, getting control of the upper house of the
national legislature, the distribution of
federal patronage in the states counted
upon to return Democratic senators in
stead of Republicans, is relied upon.
Well informed Democrats, however, are
not sanguine of receiving assistance from
the administration, whose policy as far
as can be discerned has been to avoid
the very appearance of interference in
state politics.
The appointment of Mrs. Mulligan to
succeed Miss Sweet as pension agent at
Chicago, ends a somewhat memorable
contest. In April last Gen. Black wrote
to Miss Sweet demanding her resigna.
ton and she declined to resign and ap.
pealed to the president for protection.
Tuesdays mail brought a letter to
the white house from Miss Sweet, in
which she says that having accepted the
eastern agency Of an enterprise having
it's headquarters in Chicago, she respect
fully tenders her resignation as pension
agent to take effect upon the..qualifca.
ton of her successor. The letter con.
cludes with an expression of thanks tc
the president and cabinet'for courtesies
and consideration. The president re-
ferred the letter to Secretary Lamar and
he yesterday recommended Mrs. Multi.
CAMS appointment. Mrs. Mulligan is
the widow Of the Union officer who or.
gained the original Mulligan brigade,
and as such is a woman with claims or
. grateful country. She has been Com.
missioner Blacks choice for the place 70,
some time, and by her appointment
Gen. Black has settled a question that
was becoming of some interest, namely,
whether he or Miss Sweet was the boss
Of his office.
Judge Bryant, assistant attorney gen.
eaal for the postofice department, re.
turned to the city today. He has been
up in the woods near Lake Superior
with Postmaster General Villas. He says
that Colonel Villas has gained five
pounds. The fish stories that he tells
would necessitate the enlargement OF
your columns to reproduce them.
The officials in the United States treas.
ury are well pleased with the financial
exhibit of the month of August during
which the debt was reduced nearly g..
100000. They consider all the figures
to be indicative of a revival of business
and that the prospect is now brighter
than at any time within the last year.
From the point Of view of public reve.
nues the appearances are equally en-.
c%ouraging, there has beena very general
upward tendency and the gold fund
has steadily increased.
1t is said that Mr.. Hewitt, of New
York, is again engaged in the prepare.
ton of a bill removing the duties on raw
materials, and that he expects that his
bill will be passed. 1t is said that an at.
tempt will be made to present a bill that
will meet the approval of Mr.. Carlisle
and other prominent Democrats, who
have heretofore been unable tn apree
upon any proposed measure for tariff
reduction.