The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-11-21
AT THE CAPITAL.
A Few More Appointments
Made Yesterday.
DISPOSED OF
What the President Thinks About
the Confirmation Of His Ap-
pointments.

use of a mixture OF slaked lime and suIphate
of copper as a cure for for mildew or rot
upon grapevines. This remedy is used in
France with favorable results.
NEW PosrMAsTERs.
The Postmaster General to-day appointed
the following fourth-class pOstmasters:
Standardization, Joseph Reed; Nor
wood, Joseph l. Street; Park City, Mrs. A.
A. St. Johns; Sheridan, 4. r. Bateman.
Washington Territory-Ldgsby, j. l.. Gun
ningham.
The President has appointed William 8.
Austin, OF Seattle, w. T.. Register OF the
Land Office at Vancouver, W. I.
LEGAL ORGANIZATION.
The Attorney General has given his opin-
ion to the Secretary OF the Treasury to the
effect that the Court of Commissioners on
the Alabama claims is a legally constituted
body as at present organized. The opinion
applies only to the appointment OF the
Judges and does not touch on general ques-
tions of legality as to the appointment OF
other officers Of the Court.
THE MEXICAN TREATY.
Mr.. Bayard, Secretary OF State, and Ro.
nero, the Mexican Minister, are about to
exchange ratifcations of the additional ar
ticles to the commercial treaty between the
United States and Mexico OF January ~,
1883, extending the time to May 20, 1885,
for the approval OF the necessary laws to
carry into effect the operations OF said
commercial treaty.
THE SPEAKER ILL.
Speaker Carlisle was so i'll when he ar
rived here this afternoon that he was
Obliged to take to his bed Immediately.
Visitors are not permitted to see him, and
cards are not taken to his room.
THROWING OUT CLAIMS.
The Second Comptroller Of the Treasury
to-day furnished the following statement
in rela ton to the claims which have been
disallowed by him in adjusting the ac'
counts OF a navy pay director. The Sec
ond Comptroller discovered two vouchers,
one for $27, purporting to be for $40
tive-cent foreign postage stamps, and the
other for $35, purportingto be for photo
graphs of fifty anatomical specimens Tor
the naval dispensary. They were
both made out in the name OF woman
who is an artist, residing
in Washington and were certified to and
approved by Philip S. Wales, Chief Of the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. The
Comptroller reports that an investigation
proved that they were both false and fraud
ulent, and that the money was actually
paid for two crayon portraits OF Wales,
ers upon the representation that there WAS
no appropriation out of which the expen'
ditures could be properly paid, and it was
necessary to make the vouchers IN this
form in order to obtain payment, and 1t
was customary to do SO. The Comptroller
directs that the amount be charged against
Surgeon Wales. The Comptroller also disal
lows the accounts of this pay director OF $l4l
for subsistence of the Committee on Appro'
priations of the House of Representative
while making visit on board the United
States steamer 'Tallapoosa' from WASH
ington to Norfolk, Fortress Monroe anC
Hampton, from March 28th to the 31st
| inclusive. There was no resolution OfCon'
| gres3 authorizing the Committee to make
| the trip at the Governments expense, anC
the Secretary OF the Navy had no authority
| TO furnish the Committee with su bsistenct
i and pay for the same out OF the appropria
ton for the support of the navy. Th,
| Comptroller also disallows an item ol
Sl,34O for 16,53O miles OF travel
claimed to have been performed
by Surgeon Billings in attending
the Internal Medical conference in London
in August. 1881, and travelling elsewhere
through various other countries in Europ'
under orders from the Navy Department
OF May ID, 1881. The Comptroller hold
that the War Department had no author
ity to send delegate to the Internationa
Medical Congress at the Governments ex
pense; that Congress alone could authorlz
such a representation and the service wa
in no way proper in the sense OF q milltar
one. The amount paid is ordered charge
against Surgeon Billings.
CONFIRMATION coNJEcrUREs.
The National Republican tomorrow will
have the following: .Fhe President, ia
conversat ton with Republican Senate
on Tuesday, told the latter that he woul'
esteem it great favor if Senators KNOWN
ANYTHING Objectionable or detrimental t.
the public interest about any person o
persons appointed by him, would appris
him OF the facts. The President expect
that fight will be made on some OF hi
appointments, but believes that the ms
jority OF Republican Senators will oppos
any attempt to defeat confirmation excep
in cases where unimpeachable facts al
presented, and if such cases exists an oil
lection will be called to his attention beiol
there is any organized opposition
THE PRESIDENT.
President Cleveland, as man, is ver
highly regarded by everybody in Washin
ton who is brought in contact with hin
Of course the politicians are not include
in the list. But as the Lord High Exec
tive in the "Mlkado" says, they never wi
be missed. The President always trea1
everyone very cordially, and tt
newspaper men especially look upo
him as gentleman whom success has ne
spoiled. vi course there are some men WI
have persistently misrepresented him, wh
are not very highly regarded by the Pres
dent, and who are not welcomed as co
,, daily at the White House when they NAL
, their periodical visits as they would like
be. But on the whole the press represent
, tiyes in Washington have come to belle'
, that in President Cleveland they have
I second Arthur, and a man who Is aiwa.
willing to meet them as one gentlema
should another.
THE PATENT CASES.
The discussion of the validity OF the tel
phone patent before the Interior Depar
ment the past week has attracted atte
ion again to other patents which have bee
in controversy for years, and which hal
in many instances involved the users
endless trouble and litigation. The Gree
drivewell is case in point. number
patment attorneys were discussing the SUI
iect in the presence of Commissioner Mon
= gomery, when one OF them remarke
'.This case illustrates the manner in whl'
. | some DdUcuUccS Will HSSClC VAaV oAC 'eAAANA'
= OF their patents has been passed upon
, the United States courts, and it also serv
q to do incalculable injury to men who ha'
innocently bought a patented article upt
which royalty has been paid. In the ca
OF this drvewell, the decision conhrmll
the validity of the patent was rendered
i court which was equally divided and
q only sustained the ruling OF the court belo
!, in that one instance. 1t is evident that
!, the interested parties would carry the ca
: to the highest court and get
a decision upon it's merits, that the tarme
s of the country would not be annoyed
s they have been for years past by shark
8 claiming the right to assess roy atty, viii
: right they back with a partial decision fro
J. the United States courts"
e The other attorneys present were OF I
o same opinion as the gentleman who spoil
e and Commissioner Montgomery gave
views as to the ability Of the patentees
sustain themselves before the United Stat
Supreme Court by stating that when pr'
ticing before the bar in Lansing, Michiga
he was approached by the agent OF
r drivewell company who desired to reta
a him in suits then pending before the cou1
a in Michigan. Mr.. Montgomery said he
:. ! clined the retainer and refused to have al
thing to do with the patent.