Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-13
BRYANT'S FATE SEALED.
HIS SPEEDY SUSPENSION AMONG
THE PROBABILITIES.

Gen. Gordon WIN Not Accept q Foreign
MissiOn-Cleveland Gives the asOr-
mons Cool ReceptiOn-Plaoes which
want Postmasters Accommodating
Eaton's Fear of DecapitatiOn.
WASHINGTON, May 12.-Gen. John b..
Gordon called on Attorney General Gar
land yesterday and strongly urged the
immediate removal of United States Mar
shal Bryant, of North Geor.da. Gen. Cor
don told Attorney General Garland that
Marshal Bryant was unfit for the office.
He spoke of his Incorporate stump
speeches and his wantOn attacks ON GeOr-
gla Democrats. He described him as a
typical offensive partisan. He alluded to
the charges made by Collector Crenshaw
and his deputies against Bryant and his
deputies. 1t is understood that Senator
COlquitt and other prominent Georgia
Democrats have made similar representa-
tions TO the Attorney General and to the
President. These statements will proha-
bly, induce the President to suspend Bry-
ant
Gen. Gordon saws that he would not ac-
cept place in the diplomatic service of
the government. He could have had the
Russian mission, it is understood, If he
would have taken it.
POSTMAsTERsHIPs
A post office has been established at
Franklin, Edgefield county, S. c., with
Reuben NJ. Johnson as Postmaster. Post
masters have been commissioned as tOl-
lows: Jonathan N. COggins, at BelltOn.
Ga, and Jacob NJ. TO and, at Joseph, Ga.
Only dozen new post Offices have been
established since March 10. This is largely
due to the absence Of the First Assistant
Postmaster General. Ordinarily the Post
Office Department establishes new post
offices at the rate of ten day. There are
several hundred applications for new
post offices awaiting Mr.. Hays return
which is expected to be this week Many
letters have been sent to the Post Office
Department complaining about the delay
in considering these applications 1t was
unavoidable under the circumstances.
Postmaster General Villas has his hands
full with the POstmasters. tie has been
obliged to announce that hereafter he will
be unable to give so much time as he has
gwen in the past to hearing advice on this
subject. He must have more OF his own
time, he says, in order to properly per-
form his duties.
EXCHANGED HIS MISSION.
Bayless w. Hanna, of Indiana, does not
his wife's health would not admit it he
has declined to go to Persia, and has been
given the mission to the Argentine Re-
public instead. The latter has $1,000
salary. The Persian mission has only
$4,000.
CALL OF THE MORMONs.
The Mormon delegation called on the
President to-day and presented the re-
Gently adopted Mormon memorial against
the enforcement of the law against the
anli-polygamists. The President received
them very coldly. They were not left in
doubt as to what his views were on that
subject.
EATON'S RETENTION.
For several days petitions and letters
signed by teachers have been coming in
from Virginia and Maryland urging the
retention in office Of Commissioner of
Education Eaton. There was some curl
Osity here to know why those petitions
and letters were coming from only two
States. 1t is explained that the Commits
siOner, hearing a report that he was
about to be replaced, called upon his
nearest friends to rally to his support.