The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-07-28


| lines and other rope, for voyage under sec
| tion 2511 of the Revised Statutes as amend
| ed. The section referred to authorizes th'
| withdrawal, free of duty, of all articles o.
foreign production needed for the repair o.
| vessels The department has decided tha
| cordage and lines required by the whaler:
! may properly be withdrawn under the law
| cited.
Cutting to be Released.
Congressman Lanham of Texas, who rep
| resents the district in which Editor Cutting
| lives, went to the State Department yester
day afternoon, and asked Secretary Bayard
| when Mr.. Cutting would be released. Secre-
| tary Bayard said he was assured by the Mex
| ican government that Cutting would be re-
leased this week, probably by Wednesday
| He had asked, he said, whether the cOncen-
| tration Of Mexican troops at Paso del Norte
| of Cutting, and the representative of Mexico
| had replied that it had not. The troops had
concentrated there to meet the possibilities
| of the present insurrectionary state of the
country.
Recommended to Pass.
Senator Aldrieh today reported back the
bill to pension Thos. S. Hopkins of Maine,
with recommendation that it be passed
notwithstanding the Presidents veto.
River and Harbor Bill.
The House sustained its conferees ON the
ate amendments as to the Michigan canals
and the Hennepin.
Not Sustained by the Evidence.
The report of Capt E. E. Potter, COM
manding the South Atlantic station, who in
vestigated the charges made by United States
Consul Siler, at Cape Town, against Pay
master Hobbs of the Juniata, and Paymast-
er Thompson of the Lancaster, of fraudu-
lent practice in the purchase Of Naval sup
,N1io NJ do do
He says he made a thorough investigation of
all the allegations against the two paymast-
ers and found them not sustained by the evil
dence.
Republicans Removed to Put Demo-
Gratis in.
The injunction of secrecy has been rem9y-
ed from the reports of the Senate committee
on post offices and post roads, upon the NOM
nations of a dozen or more Indiana post
masters appointed to positions created by
the suspension Of incumbentS. In all OF the
cases the committee reports that the suspen-
sons were made for purely political reasons,
and for the purpose of putting Republicans
out and Democrats in. Charges of offensive
partisanship against all those suspended the
committee say were not sustained All OF
the appointeeS, however, were reported to be
competent, and their nominations were con-
firmed.
FGQSEdi OfIICSTS tIf FOIllSSs
There will probably be an early opportuni-
ty to discover whether the Presidents order
relative to the participation of federal off
GERS in politics means anything The nota-
BILE instance to be called to his attention is
the fact that within a week after the order
was issued federal officers in Vermont took
part in the Democratic convention in that
State. The Civil Service Commission has
received complaint of offensive partisan
ship against Albert Sparks, postmaster at
Mount Vernon, Ind The document formu-
lates series of charges, and states that the
post Office is used as political headquarters.
The Indian Service.
The friends of reform in the Indian ser
vice are very apprehensive that the Indian
Bureau is to be again subjected to partisan
influence. They say that throughout the
service there are evidences of purpose to
weaken the efficiency of the service in the
interests of partisanship.
OIeomargarine.
The friends of the oleomargarine bill are
hopeful that the President will sign it, not
withstanding the points raised as to its con-
stitutionaliGy. They say that as governor he
signed two ELECTROMAGNETIC bills which
the lawyers pronounced unconstitutional.
United States Commissioners Fees.
An amendment has been added to the sun
dry civil bill, which fixes the compensation
and fees to be paid to a United States Com
missioner at an amount not to exceed $500
annually. The following is the amount
drawn by commissioners in Maine during
the fiscal years 1884 and 1885:
1884. 1885.
w. S. Choate. Augusta. ...$216 $232
L. NJ. Rand, Portland. ............... 704 73l
Charles Hamlin, Bangor. ........-.- - 80
l.. G Downs, Calais ais............-..... l8
e. +. Webb, Calais is................-.. 10
j. f Badger, Augusta. ........... II "
In the State of Massachusetts, Mr. Henry
L. Hallett was the only commissioner that
rendered accounts against the United States,
and the books of the department. 90 not
show money paid to any other commissioner.
Bills Approved by the President.
The President today approved the naval
appropriation bill and 13 private pension
bills.
Nominations by the President.
The President sent the following nomina-
tions to the Senate today:
ostmasters-Everett III. Brewer, at Bar
Harbor, Maine; George I. Mooney, at st.
Albans, Vt.
The Cutting Case.
Secretary Bayard said today, in speaking
of the Cutting case, that he had no doupG
whatever that the Mexican authorities would
do what was right in the matter. The some
what unsettled condition of Mexican aftalrs
Just at present might, he thought, prevent
prompt action in the case, but he mad no no
doubt that the pending negotiations will
have satisfactory termination.
Minor Matters.
1t is expected that Public Printer Rounds
will retire from his office about Sept. l. Inc
selection of his successor is said to rest be-
tween Mr.. Heating, editor of the Memphis
Appeal, and Col Rogers of Buffalo. Demo
cratic congressman generally regret Mr.;
Rounds departure from the government m
printing office, as he has been exceedingly
obliging to them.
The friends of the widow of DR.. Payy OF
the Greedy expedition say that she IS deprlv-
ed of some of the most valuable OF her nus
bands papers, because they are retained py
a lawyer until small fee is paid.
ANorAEP pEEnsII TING ATTOR-