Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-25

ministration, he was not known as can
didate for any Federal position. 1t is no
likely that he. would have received an,
Office had it not been for the sudden deatl
OF Clark The Secretary of the Interio
passed over Money and Van Manning
whose names have been mentioned 20
various positions under the Government
10 take Muldrow. The new Assistan
Secretary is about So years of age
is q graduate of the Uniyersit,
Of Mississippi q, lawyer by profession
and served in the Confederate arm,
throughout the war. He has been mem
Der of the Forty-ffth, Fortv-sixth, Forty
seventh and Forty eighth Congresses. IL
the last Congress, Muldrow was Chairman
of the Committee on Private Land Claims
but he is not known toShave any specia
familiarity with either Indian affairs. paten
laws or public lands.
The appointment of Sparks of Illinoi.
will, it is hoped, give the4riends of Morri
son in the Illinois Legislature some en-
enlargement to continue the fight in hi.
behalf Sparks pedigree was published il
these dispatches last week, when his nomi
nation for the position given him was pre-
dicted. lie has great capacity for work
but his ability to perform the business o.
the Land Office remains to be decided
McConville, who was nominated to be
Sixth Auditor of the Treasury, is known IL
but few people in this city. He is the Pri
vate Secretary of Governor Hoadly, OF
Ohio, and friends of the Governor the Nc.
Leans, Paynes and the Standard Oil Com.
pany, do not think that his nomination
squares the account with the appointment
of Pendleton to be Minister to Berlin. The
Sixth Auditor of the Treasury has the set.
tlap,ant Of oil tho
1t is an important Office and one that re-
quires familiarity with the settlement Of
Government accounts. McConville is from
Sterbenville, Ohio. and is said to be a
prominent local politician.
Henley Still Using His Brad-AwI on the
President.
WASHINGTON, March 24th.-Representa-
tive Henley called again at the White
House to-day, III reference to the California
appointments. The President. he saws,
again assured him he desired to recognize
the regular Democratic organization of the
State in making appointments to Office on
the coast Henley told the President that
he need have no difficulty in ascertaining
what was the regular organization and the
great majority that he claims to represent.
He again called the Presidents attention to
the overwhelming majority that the anti
Field men had in the Stockton Conven-
ton, and the President said, as he had pre-
viously observed to Henley and others.
that he would take the subject under con-
sideration. Meantime the board bills of the
applicants for office in California are at
tanning great proportions, and it is believed
that quite number of them will leave the
city before the end of the week
The Question of Adjournment.
WASHINGTON, March 24th.-Senators hope
that the extra session may adjourn not
later than the end of the present week, but
it is doubtful if they will be able TO get
away at that time. The Senate was in ex-
ecutive session all day on the We'll and
IAbra claims treaty, and it is not making
such progress as will justify the prediction
of an early adjournment. The President
does not seem to be in any haste to COM
plete the list of diplomatic appointments,
and it is understood that ne is averse to an
adjournment of the Senate until all nomi-
nations of this class have been made. The
Cabinet was in session all the afternoon
and the result Of its deliberations was SIM
ply the nomination Of three petty offices
The Senate will defer to the Presidents
wishes III the matter Of adjournment and
it is possible that matters will shape them
oNi'N ~ t4itte III tl'ijOilIliIIlCllb CtIl Dt
reached by Saturday. This. however. is
somewhat doubtful. Nothing will be done
hereafter in the Senate except to transact
executive business, and as one or two
treaties pending have not been disposed of,
it is probable that the first of the month
will pass and find the Senate still in session
California Inventors.
WASHINGTON, March 2Ith.-Patents were
icc1Ial tp (.1i f,,pt,ia to l.. /
lows William +. Hannes. Oakland. vine
fruit jar fastener; Thomas johnson. san
francisco, bicycle; John c. Kitton san
Francisco, ic, machine; William y. lie
page, San Francisco, armor for vessels.
forts, etc; Ernest L. Ransom Oakland.
mold or cribbing for concrete structures !:
John W. Rush, Stockton, sack holder
Capital Notes.
WAsE1NGToS, March 24th-Mr. McCon-
vile, nominated to be Auditor of the
Treasury, for the Postoffice Department.
is from Steubenville, Ohio, and is the pri-
vate Secretary of Governor Hoadly.
A committee, consisting OF Joseph
and TWm. Winchester, represent
ing the Civil Service Reform Association Of
MARYLAND waited ulc the Secretary III the
Ii easury to-day, and presented him a copy
Of resolutions adopted by that Association,
against the appointment of
Eugene Higgins as Chief of the Appoint
ment Division of the Treasury Department.
The Secretary promises to give the matter
Edwin W. Keightly Third Auditor of the
Treasury, today rendered his resignation
at the request of Secretary Manning. He
was active in politics in Indiana during the
ast campaign.
John w, Makay, ofNevada, called on the
President today
1t is understood that the Cabinet session
o-day was DEVOTED to the consideration of
TO be made before the adj
Of the Senate
Mr. Muldrow, nominated for Assistant
of the Interior, was u Colonel in
he Confederate army, and a member of
he fortyfifth fortv-siXth, forty-seventh and
orty -eigeth Congresses.
Mr.. Sparks, the new Commissioner of
he General Land Office, is well-known
politician, and served in Con-
,ress from 1874 to 1883, declining re-elec-
ion.
ees.
BALTIMORE. March 24th.-The communi-
alton of the committee of the Civil Service
lSIoIil ASSOtldllOn 10 secretary Manning
pon Eugene Higgins appointment as
Jerk was disclosed to-day. 1t begins with |
S75, when Higgins iseharged with having |
iolated the ballot-boXes at the time of |
Governor CAROLS election. After the cleo
ion, and while the ballots we're in the Office |
f the Clerk of the Supreme Court, he is |
harged with having fraudulently DESTROYED |
he ballots of one party and substituting |
he ticket of The other party. IL 1879 he is |
harged with having gone to GAINESVILLE |
istrict of Howard county, and of having |
cen ." the champion bulldozer of that dis
-ict' under a rowdy alias, and with |
istol and whisky-bottle in hand terrorized 1
ne quiet citizens, and illegally voted hun
reds of negro and others, brought from |
ne outside by the assistance OF the District |
.egister and other conspirators. Again, he
charged with being lobbyist, and with |
gliding an interest in a gambling house
What the Denver Railroad Meeting did
not do.
New YORK, March 2ith.-Transconti-
entail affairs now seem in a fair way of
cling settled. Your reporter was informed
n undisputed authority this morning that
ne meeting in Denver resulted in an agree
tent for the complete restoration of rates
n all overland routes on and after the 26th
lstant. Heretofore freight agents had it
| their power to cut rates at will: hereafter
he chiefs of freight departments only will
)sSeSS this privilege 4 source of crraaf |