The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-25

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rios, OF Guatemaia, who has proclaimed a
union OF the Central American States The
Mexican Legation has been directed toleaye
Guatemala and proceed to San Salvador.
Inc forces OF the latter State are concen-
trated on the frontier of Guatemala.
Among recent applications for office are
those of Colonel Isaac R Diller, OF Chi
cage, TO be consul general at London Paris
or Berlin; Captain L. I. Dwight, of Peoria,
for commissioner of Indian affairs. Judre
j. p. Cassidy, of Council Bluffs, T. be a
government director of the Union Pacific
road, and A. J. Bradley, cOIored citizen of
Chicago, for recorder of wills in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Secretary Of the Treasury Manning has
decided to reduce the force in the Special
Agents Division of his department by dis
penslng with the services of forty persons
The list includes six special agents, TWEEN
ty-six. special inspectors of customs, and
ten grand rolP' employees The changes
are made, 1T Is said, solely in the interest
OF economy, and no appointments will be
made to I'LL the places of those DISCHARGED.
1t IS reported that the authorities of Mex
leo, San Salvador, and Nicaragua have
posted guards at the cable landings of the
Central % South American Telegraph Com
pany. Secretary BavaTd has telegraphed
to the United States Legation at Guatemala
stating that that Government will be held
responsl bic for injuries to the cables or
other interests of United States citizens in
Central America. 1t is said that the revo-
luton at Panama is ended
President Cleveland has nominated Col
Nelson III. Davis, lnSpectOr-General to be
1nspeetor-General with the rank of Briga-
dler-General; Lieut.. Col. AbSalom Baird,
nSpector-General, to be InSpector-Generai
with the rank of Colonel; and Mai Robert
L. Hughes, to be 1nSDectOr-General with
the rank of Lieutenant-COlon Charles s.
Falrchlid, of New York, was confirmed by
the Senate as Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury.
Senator Edmunds in the executive session
or the Senate offered a resolution recitinr
the proclamation of President Barrios of
Guatemala and declaring that prompt
action should be taken to preserve the
autonomy of the Central American Repub-
lies and to protect the interests of the
United States The resolution was re-
ferred to the Foreign Affairs Committee.
and, being reported back with a favorable
recommendation, was passed in executive
session by vote of forty ayes to seven
noes.
Final arrangements were made in the
United States Senate Friday in regard to
the committees of that body. A new Com
mittee on Coast Defenses was created. Mr..
Sherman declined to serve on the Finance
Committee. Mr.. ingalls, offered a resolu-
ton calling upon the President for informa-
ton relating to the occupation of Oklahoma.
The Presidents message asking 1or the re-
turn of the Nicaraguan, Dominican, and
Spanish treaties was laid before the Senate.
The treaties were returned to the Executive
at once.
Foreign affairs are likely to claim the at
tention of the Senate this week. Several
minor treaties are TO be considered relating
to the rectitication of the Mexican boundary
and the rehabilitation of the Well and La
Abra claims. The complications in Central
America will doubtless come up for discus
sion, but it is believed that the important
treaties recently withdrawn by the Presi
dent will be held until the regular session.
Friends of the Nicaragua treaty insist that
Secretary Bayard has made great mistake
in not embracing the opportunity for inter-
ference offered by the recent pronunciamen-
to of President Barrios.
Maj. Burke, editor of the New Orleans
Times-Democrat, who is credited with the
discovery that ex-Confederates are prevent
ed from holding Office under the civil-serv .ce
rules, says that it does not make much diff
ference anyway. 1t is hard on the politi-
Clans but they will have to grin and bear
it. The South has gone out of politics."
says Maj. Burke, quoting Col Mcclure.
Besides, the people of louisiana are far
more anxious at present about the attitude
of the new Administration in regard to the
improvement of the Mississippi River and
the extension of trade with Spanish-Ameri-
can countries than about the Federal offices.
Henry A. Newman, formerly chief of the
Missouri Bureau of Labor Statistics, has
been apo nted special agent of the Nstiall-
al Labor Bureau.
notwithstanding the failure of congress
last session to make an appropriation for
the rivers and harbors, the engineers in
charge of the Improvements will be able to
continue work for some time. OF the STA
600, 600 appropriated at the close OF the first
So 010, 900 balance In the treasury ~ re latter
part of February. This appropriation was
not made unit July, 1884 and it was not
until August that it was available, At
that time but short period remained dur
Ing WHICH work could be accomplished.
Especially was this the case in the north.
A considerable portion of the So, eco eco
will be used in contracts which have been
made, and under which contractors will
work during the coming season.
President Cleveland sent the following
nominations to the Senate Wednesday:
Milton j. Durham, of Kentucky to be First
Controller of the Treasury; William Gar
rard. of Nevada, to be Superintendent of
the Mint at Carson City, New; Jane r.
Kya rs- OF NeHada ( De o1nsr Of The Mint
Pennsylvania, TO be First Assistant Post
masterGeneral; Martin V. Montgomery, OF
Michigan, to be Commissioner of Pateafs;
David S. Baker, Jr., of Rhode Island, TO be
United States Attorney far the District of
Rhode Island; Benjamin II. Hill, Jr., Of
Georgia, to be United States Attorney for
the Northern District Of Georgia. DIR.
Francis Wharton, of Philadelphia, has beeE
international law in the State Department,
10 succeed Judge Q'ColnoE.
Further consideration Is being given BY
the Administration at Washington to the
Oklahoma question. and it is probable that
a conclusion will be reached very soon, as
the situation in Southern Kansas II consid-
cred critical. The settlers are reported to
be very much exaspefated because the cat
tlemen claim that they will be left in ex-
elusive possession OF Oklahoma. Mr.. Cleye.
land expressed his views on the lneiiaa
question in an interview with hsed-Gloud,
who came to complain III Agent MeGilli-
cuddy and to demand a new agent. The
President promised 10 give attention to the
complaint and said that it would be the
policy of his Administration to civilizs the
Indians, to give them their lands IN several
ty. and to ultimately make them citizens.
1t Is believed that me choice fer Indian
Commisslpaer lies between ex-Congressman
Atkins and Col. MoneypennF.
President Cleveland appointed Joseph 8.
Miller OF West Virginia 10 be Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue, ExS Congressman Phil
Thompson WAS backed for the place by
Speaker Carlisle, Senators Beck and Black
burn, and number of Congressmen- Mr..
Miller was supported by ex-Speaker Ram.
dali and the West Virginia Senators, Mr..
Randalfs opposition TO Them Psen.s eandi-
dacy was attributed Ia spite, Randall Eav-
ing always IAaintalned that the Kentucky
whisky interest," which Thompson sup
feat In the Speakership CONTEXT me
Presidents decision againss ME. Thompson
Is, however, supposed u b due entirely to
the fact that he did NOT wish 10 appoint q
ComMissioner of Internal Revenue from a
4 state which was largely interested in the
distillatioA OF whisky
Mr. Van Wyck's Backbone, Railroad
land-grant resolution was led before the
Senate Monday. Mr.. Esstis denounced the
| grant as illegal and fraudulent. The Back
Done Lempany, he said, was a nuisance
| ana Disgrace. In 1861, by one OF the most
extraordinary proceedings ON record, thia
del19ct company had made an assignment
to the View Orleans Pacific Company, and
y was urn such o title that the latter based
its claims. Tie transfer was absolutely
void and Illegal. Mr.. Teller defended his
course. falling baLL upon the opinion OF
the Att0rney-Gener Ard the House Judi
ciary Committee. Mr.. Va.z Wyck replied
in sarcastic speech. R-ferri1S 10 Okla
homa, he said that the Eederal Csyonets
| were pointed against the breasts Of the
hardy pioneer. but there were no bayone.s
Ia drive out the cattle syndicates or to de
sHoy the fences Illegally inclosing millions
Of acres Of public property In the exuber
ance of his sympathy for Gould and Hunt
tngt0n M. Teller had hastened 10 issue thu
patents, fearful lest the next Congress ana
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