, 1886-03-25

1hO AeiLiN.o VI lIe press VI lut iSlii-
tory. With one or two exceptions,
all denounce it. The movement is
not likely to succeed.
1t is understood that Major-Gen-
eral Schotield will be transferred to
the Division of the Atlantic, with
headquarters at New York; that
Major General Terry will be assigned
to command the Division OF the
Missouri, with headquarters at Chi
cago, and that General Howard will
be given command Of the Division of
the Pacific, with headquarters at San
Francisco. The proposed transfer of
General Schofield is said to be in
strict accord with his expressed
desire.
Attorney-General Garland has
given an opinion to the President,
that in the event of failure by the SEN
ate to confirm appointees in cases of
suspension, the old officials take their
places again. Such being the case
the Senate should not fail to con-
firm every fit appointment the Presi-
dent has made. 1t must necessarily
refuse its consent to the appointment
OF unfit persons. The fact that an
appolntee is democratic partisan,
should be strong recommendation
In favor of his confirmation. A "mug
wump" has no rights, for the gender
of the ''critter" Is unknown.
During the last ten years American
investments in China have been in
creasing at very rapid rate. They
now exceed S50,000,000. These in
vestments are under the management
of Americans resident in China who
have been filled with alarm at the
suggestion of retaliation ON the part
of the Chinese government for the
treatment which the Chinese in the
United States have been receiving.
Ii the Chinese are driven cut of this
country of course our people in China
will be driven away from there; and
the magnitude of their investments
in China makes this possibility very
serious matter. Representations to
this effect have been made to con
gress within the past few weeks, and
have had powerful effect. Ameri-
cans resident in China or having in
vestments there have presented this
| view OF the case to the committees of
both houses of congress, and this has
been great force in determining
those committees not to report mea-
sures for extreme proceedings against
| the Chinese in the United States.
The Washington correspondence
of the OregOniaR, of recent date,
says: Beriah Brown, of Seattle, called
on the president yesterday to plead
his cause for the goyernorship of
Washington Territory. Mr. Brown
tells me that the president received
him kindly, but told him that he had
not yet considered the matter of this
appointment and could not say when
it would be considered; that if Wash
ington Territory was all that COM
prises the Union her people would
not have to complain about his taking
no special and continued interest in
her affairs, but that there were other
sections larger and more populous
that required his immediate attention.
The applicant left the president
hopeful that the appointment would
be given him. He says the president
uttered certain words that could not
well be construed otherwise than
giving encouragement The execu-
tive would not say, however, whether
he would appoint new man before
Governor Squire's term expires or
not Mr.. Brown thinks if it was left
with the cabinet he would be ap-
pointed tomorrow Postmaster Gen
eral Villas is an old acquaintance, the
applicant having known him when q
boy.
A Washington correspondent writes:
Endicott is to be praised for his eff
forts toward making officers wear
their uniforms on full dress occasions
in place of the dull black civilian
swallow tail. Women can never un-I
derstand an officers objection to
wearing his uniform, when he looks
his best in it, nor can they under
stand why successive Secretaries have
changed and changed the uniform,
and only made it the worse for their
meddling. Each one has altered n
button, or strap. or the width of a
braid fer no special reason, and as all
these changes entail heavy expenses
on the officers, it is to be condemned |
on that score alone. General Belk
nap, or some other Secretary of about |
that era, took it into his tasteless
head to rob the uniform OF its best
features by doing away with the
crimson sash that knotted about the
waist and falling by the sword hit
was the officers best insignia. Tie
crimson sash is associated with the
grandest of army days, and gave the
touch of color to the uniform that
was better than the triple-plated gold
in sparing quantities that does IN this
day The infantry officer at this mo-
ment is a proper subject for sympa-
thy, for Army Regulations oblige him
to wear uniform that for color and
cut and general combination defes
any attempt to make it worse or more
unbecoming. It's plainness does not
make it inexpensive either, as the
uniform of our army officers IS more
costly than that of any European
army, and with its constant changes
only succeeds in becoming worse.
If any more alterations in stitches,
and buttons, and bra1ds are intended
it would be far better to TO let the
wives of the Secretaries attend to the
matter, or Redfern himself, since the
succession of worthy men succeeding
Mr.. Stanton have proved their con
spicuous inability to deal with the
question |