The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-03-08

his successor to the supreme court.
The party proceeded from the DEPART
ment of justice to the treasury DEPART
ment, where the oath was admhis-
tered to Secretary Manning. In alidi-
ton to those already named there
were present ex-SeCretary McCulheh,
Assistant Secretary Coon, W. Ii.
Barnum, of Connecticut Smith NJ
Weed, of New York, and many
others, Including several ladies,
CALLING on THE NEW BOSS.
Soon after Secretary Manning had
qualified. all bureau officers and chiefs
of divisions visited his office and paid
their respects.
PHIL THOMPSON,
of Kentucky, il mading a strong fight
for the comnissionership of internal
revenue. He has the earnest support
of Messrs. Beck, Blackburn aud Car
Isle.
GEN. GRANTS COMMISSION.
When the commission was made
out for the appointment OF Gen.
Grant on the retired list, Secretary
mcnt, thinking it proper the new sec
rotary should be given the opportu-
nifty TO countersign ii after signature
by the president. Yesterday the
president sent for il in order there
might be no delay in making the APP
pointment. Secretary Lincoln took
the commission to the mansion and
handed 1t to the president, remarking
he had not yet acted upon it because
he thought Judge Endicott would be
pleased to attend To it as one OF his
first official duties.
"rhat was very thoughtful in you,
Mr.. Lincoln" observed the president !;
II have no doubt il would be pleas
ure to Judge Eudicott, still will sign
it myself that there will be no delay,
and'then MIR. Eudicolt can counter
sign it,
lie therefore affixed his signature
TO the commission. After an official
record was made, il was returned to
the war department. This morning
it was on the desk of the new secre-
tary of war, and the first official act
of Secretary EndicOtt was to counter
sign it,
LAMAR AND Villas SWORN IN.
Postmaster. General Villas and Sec
rotary Lamar also took the oath OF
Office, aud entered upon the discharge
of their duties. There was little
formality in either case. The oaths
were administered by Justice Field in
tho presence of Secretaries Bayard
and Manning, Gen. Garland and
others.
NO oFFICE-sEEK NEED APPLY.
The president has notified his pri-
vate secretary that he does not pro-
pose TO receive persons who call in
regard to appointments, as he is de-
,irous all applications shall be acted
upon by the head of the departments
10 which they belong.
THE RUSH OF VISITORS
/ to the White House continued to-day
with 10 decrease in the number. The
majority merely called to pay their
respects to the president, bat many
came on business. There were sew
cral delegations, including one from
Missouri, headed by Senators Cockrell
and Vest; another from Texas, head.
ed by Senator Coke. and others frOH
Kansas and Colorado Among the
callers were e-Prosident Hen.
bricks, senator Voorhees, and Judge
NiblOck, SeCI etaries Bayard and Man.
ming, Attorney Garland, Post
master-Gcneral Villas, oX-Secrotary
I McCulloch, Senators Beck, Black
burn, Colquitt. George, salisbury
/ PAYNE and German. Speaker Carlisle
/ Representatives Morrison. Moulton
Cox New York;, Bedford, O'Neill
Warner (Ohio), Bland, Morrill,, Dor
sheimer, Greenleaf Finch, White
Hill aud llardeman; the District OF
Columbia commissioners, PhmbC
Cousins, Erastus l.. Corning, Judge
Free, ID. G. Williams (rennessee), Il
j. Newman New York;, Commits
sioner Butterw nth, Julius House
man, T. ID. NJ. Sweat, Edward II
Bacon and Il. w. Jones wisconsin,
Judges of the court of claims callet
in body about . p. III.
SECRETARY LAMAR
received great number OF congratu
latory calls to-day. The commits
sioner-gcneral of the land office, tn,
commissioner OF Indian affairs an,
the commissioner of pensions had pre-
pared their designations, but at tn,
sccretary's request deferred present
ing them until Monday. one of Sec
retarv I.amar's first official acts wa
to reiustate Mr., Hanna as private sec
rotary to tho secretary OF the interior
which position he has held under sec
retaries Schurz and Teller. From re
, marks that have been made by tn
new secretary it is evidently his IL
| tention to adopt a very conservatiy
. course.
, In making changes in the personne
of the interior department he is sal
to be thoroughly in sympathy wit
President Cieyeland's views upon civ
: service principles.
l. POsTMAsTER-GENER Villas
i, also received number of callers, bl
- leu the department early in the atte
= noon, thus preventing the assistal
Is acknowledgement from presentir
n their designations.