The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-09-17
From WAShington.

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stroke OF paralysis, is now convalescent.
Charges OF Offensive partisanship" have
been made against Public Printer Rounds.
1t is a Washington rumor that John
Roach intends to enter tho United States
senate from Delaware.
A bill has been drawn up at the
treasury department for presentation to
congress, embracing tho material features
OF the Warner silver bill.
It is understood in Washington that the
ware ordered for the White House indicate
an exceptionally gay winter.
1t is reported that the president will APP
point A. F. Scebcrger OF Chicago to the col
lectorship OF that port, in the place OF the
present collector, Spaulding.
The president studied a list OF seventy or
eighty names ofapplicants for consulships,
during his off moments in the Adirondacks
and he now says he is ready to dispose of
fifty such positions.
President Cleveland announces that he
will give six hours a week to the Office seek
crs-twO hours on Mondays, Wednesdays,
Fridays-and that in November this time
will be shortened to two hours on Monday
only.
The acting postmaster general has ap-
pointed seventy-seven iourth-cla post
masters, including the following: Dakota
Custer Robert s. Lewis. Oregon-Gold
Hill, W. S. Fitzgerald; Eight Mile, Martha
A. Fusa; Huntington, Frank Blanchard.
The compiling OF the blue book requires
every department clerk to tell where his
home is, what state appointed from, and
many other things. The average clerk
would just as lief not tell. The form in
which these questions are put is exciting
another OF the panics that arrives regular
~ among the clerks.
Secretary Lamar is reopcning the way for
the adjudication ofcertain contested Indian
homestead cases in Michigan, in which ac-
ton has been suspended since March IA,
1877, by order Of Carl Schurz, then secre-
tAry OF the interior. The suspension OF ac-
ton was in regard to entries in the Todia
and Traverse City DISTRICTS now concentra-
ted ut Reed City, Mich. Mr.. Lamar's OBJ
ject in this is to protect the Indians.
In the recent instructions sent by the
president to Gov. Schotield to be forward
ed to Gen Howard, commanding the Platte,
for his guidance in settling the labor
send sufficient force to protect life and
property where violence existed or was
threatened, and to aid the civil authori-
ties i'll preserving the peace and arresting
those committing offenses against the law,
and to protect ospe :ially the Chinese labor
ers from i'll treatment at the hands OF
other persons.
Secretary Van Amman Of Arizona charged
the government 800 for the discount OF u
draft. The excuse was that people in the
territory would not handle drafts and they
had to be sent to San Francisco to be
cashed, at an expense which III this case
Il !, ,A>1
Van Arman sold it ut IL discount Of 500
instead. Controller Durham disalowcd
the clam, because no considered it illegal
and improper; Il gentleman from Arizona
came into the first controllers office to toll
him that drafts ON San Francisco were at
= premium anywhere in Arizona.
Secretary Manning is mute when address
ed regarding the bill filed in the New York
courts to test the consiitntionality of the
civil service commission, and when pressed
will only reply That he cannot see Why
people attribute to him any connection with
It, His intimate friends say that the
secretary was simply notified in advance
that such /, bill was to be filed, but declined
to commit himself for or against the move
ment. Not being Il lawyer, he had given tho
question no consideration, and AS a politi-
clan he had too much sense to tangle up his
legs in the ,le.l.cs OF the subject.
First Controller Dufhant gave hearing to
Judge Wilson and other lawyers interested
in eases pending before the court OF COM
missiOners OF Alabama claims, who asked q
reconsideration of his action disaliowing
the expense account OF the court. Decision
was reserved. reinstatement OF Judge Har.
Ian, presiding justice of the court, with re.
gard to alleged illegal expenditure OF the
court, was RECEIVED at the state department
recently. Secretary Bayard declines to
give it out for publications 81 present. tits
I. very long document, and sale, &c contain
a'' elaborate argument in support oithe az:
justifies the court for all the expenditures
which have been made, and asserts that it
has used every legitimate means ia it's power
to accomplish tho work imposed on it with.
in the time prescribed by law.