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own people.
H r. that in the. event Of an
war, President Cleveland call
n Of congress to provide means
States to take advantage Of the
)rtunity.
Of George D.. Prentice, old and
l.. has worked 1t desk in one Of
tents at Washington for years on q
~ and is perfectly contented, only
De let alone.
ry Manning recently appointed John
IL Of Hoboken, N. j., to b. superin-
.of engraving of; the bsreaa Of engrav-
I'd printing vice Geo. W. Cosilear, re-
ed, at = salary Of $4,000 per annum.
In compliance with the request Of Secretary
Manning, Mr. Robert s. Widdecombe, chief of
division in the Office of the auditor of the
treasury for the postofice department, ten.
prox.
The statement has been officially authorized
that TIE policy Of the administration will be
to appoint negro Democrats to positions
throughout the country from which it is deemed
expedient to remove the present colored in
cumbents
Secretary Manning appointed B. Frank Ab-
bett, OF New Jersey, chief of q division in the
Office of the auditor of the treasury for the
postofice department., vice Mr.. Widdcomb of
Maryland resigned by request The appointee
is brother of the governor of New Jersey.
It is understood that the policy of this ad-
ministration with regard to appointment to
places In the Southern states that are now held
by colored Republicans, will be not to substi-
tute white mon for colOred men, but to replace
incompetent or dishonest colored Republicans
with colored Democrates who are worthy and
capable.
Although no official information has been
received by the marine hospital bureau Of the
existence of cholera in any part OF Europe,
the authorities e. ale taking every possible Pre-:
country. The sanitary inspectors attached to
foreign legations have ali been appointed by
the secretary of the navy. The quarantine sys-
tenn will be put in operation by the LIST of May.
The special committee appointed by Acting
Secretary Fairchild to examine the methods of
doing business in the Office of the second con-
troller of the treasury, has reported that the
work of the bureau is about three months in
arrears, and can only be brought up to date
by extra DILIGENCE on part of the clerical force
and by slight increase in the number of
clerks.
Pension Commissioner Black said that in the
appointment Of boards of surgeons in the
various cities of the country to examine appli-
cants for pensions, his policy will be to select
from both political parties. The surgeons
constitute board, and theeustom has been to
select entirely from Republican, Gen. Black
says he intends to have each board of his se :.
lection composed of two Democrats and cte
Republican.
Secretary Lamar, in conversation with sew
eral democrats, one of whom remarked that
there was dissatisfaction in the party at what
was considered the dilatoriness of the adminis-
tration in removing republicans :,c, .r.t,na IA
democrats, said somewh., s,en;fi eanf,v ,hs fhsst i 4
snouAo $40. W I....suberea that not ONLY a new
, f;-ssy, but new men had come into control Of
The government; that the inen III Charge Of the
departments could not familiariz6 the1nseslve5
with the vast interests and duties tntrusted to
them in q day, and it was better for the coun-
try for the administration to proceed slowly.