New-York tribune., 1885-03-17

successor in the Senate The Democratic Legsla-
ture of Indiana which. on n joint ballot. has q ma
iory of otysx passed an act "a tha neo So
cratic party that Democrats hope that ts successor
will be Democratic too. If that should turn out TO
be the wae n1eR he eeSed Senator
For that place be would then have an almost uhah'
nous support =, - :; ., 30
Henry Ward Beecher. He called on the Iresident
early in the day. and then paid his respects 10 sec
retary Manning He renamed IN the ONCE e. Oh tne
attei for some time. He is not looking after any
pOlitcal rewards for himself but wants some OF HIS
friends in New-York left undisturbed. .,-.-...
How do you like the way tie e. rev AGhasirn Red hv
tion has started ont NJ Beecher Y he was asked oy
Office. ar, u .h,,o
that is being complained of namely. MT. ClcVeI1
lands deliberation about making changes, iiho % -
think that in making new appointments ~ oo,o. t 70
a question between Republican and q DemoGrat' lt'
the Democrat should certainly be chosen but,
when man occupies place for when ne Is sulteu,
performs his duties faithfully and Is not inaecenN NY
PARTISAN he should not he disturbed. refer TO tne
subordinate places. think the Administration is
going to he a success" ,,.. ,
Senators Cockrel and Vest, of Missouri, and
Jones. of Arkansas, called upon the PRESIDENT TO-
dav. in lthe interest of n. NJ Bell of St. Louis. Tor
First Assistant Postmaster-General Inc fresi-
dent had sent to Postmaster-General Was lor lhe
papers of applicants for this position, and they were
sent to him this morning, with the UNDERSTANDING
that selection would he made during tne gay, Sd r
ence for Mr. Bell. The appointment of Bell is re;
garled as more than probable; IT is UNDERSTOOD
that the selection of second and thlrd assistants
will be deferred until some time next month";
CAPTAIN Edward w. Anderson, of the hIm OF
Anderson g. Smith. patent attorneys, is canuiua'c
for Commissioner of Patents. ,,.
The statement is made, tonight, that Mt ost3r,
for the present at least, is to retain his posi- III
Madrid. He is still here, hut will soon start ior
Spain This is generally understood to mean that
the Administration has not given up all nope yet
of negotiating satisfactory treaty for the ieguEl
tion of the commerce between the United states anu
Cuba and Porto Rico. -, -,
Colonel r. j. Bright, of Indiana, who had been been
mentioned as n candidate for the ONCE Oh fnphc
Printer denies that he is seeking the place ne Is
employing his energies IN another direction. MI.
Carver, of The Dubuque Herald, however wants the
Office. cou.;
Colonel j. S. Darke of Brunswick, Georgia,
desires to be Collector of that Port
Ex- Representative Post, OF pennsylvania hopes
TO be Mr. Lamar's assistant, provided for by Soh-
gress at its last session, with the pay OF S1,ooo
year. -, c... Co,,
during the last Congress, thinks that the chiei
clerkship-nothing less-of the Pension Office would
Assistant Commissioner Dyrenforth considers
himself as leading in the race for the ComnBsi pner-
ship of Patents, although we'll informed people
believe his chances are not good.
Ex-Representatve Sparks, of Illinois, and ex-Rep,
talked of in connection with the Commssionershlp
of the Land Office, and the First Assistant Post-
master Generalsbip, respectively. Mr. sparks ny
the way is a thorough going Democrat. lie yoten
against the passage of the Civil Service Dill IN Tue
XIVlIth Congress-.