The Penn's Grove record., 1885-09-26
m,smiHToN LETTER.

Washington, ID. G., September p, 'S5.
No fun Cabinet meeting has been
held sircethe Presidents return, but,
st three incomplete meetings, the Aus
trian Mission. the Chinese Massacre IN
wyoming. the silver policy, and minor
matters under the Interior and Treas
ury Departments were discussed.
First Auditor Chenoweth, of the
Treasury Department, has returned to
Washington from Texas, ready to con-
. inuc his attack upon the Coast Survey.
lie claims that the developments yet
10 DO anusru1ced are fully as striking
a those alre ,dy made public.
Tine subject is che on which there is
t,uch difference Of opinion in oG.clal
circles.
Admiral Jouatt's case, in which the
Treasury charges him with SEQ for
money expended in a luncheon to Wis
itors on board his flag ship, the Ten
resee. an the New Orleans Exposition
IS undoubtedly IL hard one. In most if
not all foreign nayies allowances are
made to commanding officers for neces-
sssy o. lea$onab,e omciai hospitalities
But the second Comptroller certainly
apncars TO have The best of it i'll the
discussion rnder the law Of tie matter.
lie contends that contingent expen-
scs. allowed by law, aye incidental
expenses necessary to Che proper per-
formaaces Of the duties required by
the dc.artment, and he can find no
equation Of the d Department, requiring
asla.lals TO give luncheon on their flag
SHIPS.
one OF the hardest fought contest
oyer a post office since the Admins
tration c.lne into power has been de-
c.Gel in the appointment Of Mr.. Lem
UelB. Fowler to lie postmaster at Au-
rHsta. Maine. Tie principal applicant
and the enc whose name has been most
intimately connected with the Augusta
o.iee. was Col. Charles 3. Morton, and
and It was this fact that caused the
ultimate decision in the case to lie
locked forward to with especial inter-
81. Cgl. Morton is one of the proprie-
to.s Of the Augusta New Bra. and dur
ing The Presidential election of 1884 he
ns4Ga ,iat journal famous by his stall.
wazt adherence to The defence of Mn.
Cleveland. When the welt-remeIber-
cd : ayic5 were circulated against the
Dc;oocrutic candidate for tile Presiden-
cs. Cd. Norton was ore Of the first to
,ake up culgels in his def encc. The
articles he printed had the more weight
insomuch as they originated from Mr..
BlaiHe's own home, where his youthful
career was well known TO nearly if not
qai,e alIof the older residents.
soon after / resident Cleveland's in
au5urati0n Mr.. Morton's name was
prominently mentioned as a candidate
for the position Of postmaster Of Au- |
eusta, and his friends urged as his
strongest recommendation, the servi-
ces lie had rendered the Democratic
party through liz medium of his paper.
About this time Mr. Blaine and both |
of the Senat CTS from Maine took up |
the matter and wrote letters to Dir.
Cleveland, asking asa personal favor
to themselves, that the appointment Ie
not given to Col. Norton. This act On
on thepart of the Republicans stirred |
up the Deps9eTa.s Of Maine, and from
that time Hythiag eDalI have pleased
them better thsn lie appointment Of
C7s Aorseg Aew days ago the lat
ter came b " ashiDgton. He called
en- PaesldcnlC Cleveland at The White
use and in Tie coarse Of q very
SAINT Interview he withdrew his
application. It is asserted that, while
the President favored Col. Morton per-
soaally, the charges of having indie !
Gently nialigned Hon. James G.. Blaine
in "a newspaper during the recent cam
paign had 10 be regarded, and lie de-
cided that, in view of the emphatic
pr1trst Of the Maine Senators, the APP
poiD,Iaent of Col. Morton would lie in
jadieious. Col, Morton readily agreed
to Mr.. FOwler's selection, with a view,
it is said, Of securing tie appointment
rs deputy postmaster. S. c.