, 1886-02-11
The se'rrkln Ar9us.


The Dispatch hai III @; passenger
fjr Clallam today
Our city counci! Will hold It's regula
monthly meeting on Friday evening.
The Legislature Will adjourn today
Dr. Hill expects t. get home Saturday.
Or. Wilson went 10 Whidb,
island today to attend Major Sewe!l, WHO
is quite Ill.
Chinese new year passed off very
quietly. \ few fire crackers were burned;
but the usual festivities were omitted.
Miss Narcissa White will he glad to
meet the ladies' Of the ". c. T. [. on
Saturday forenoon al 10 o'clock, in the
Presbyterian church.
The C. b. Bishop Comedy Co, now
playing in New Market Theatre, Port
land. are booked for Learuei's Opera
House on Thursday. Feb. l1th, under
the management OF Geo. X. Beede.
Mr.. Peter Mutty, the Port Discovery
hotel man. has Just returned from visit
TO his old home in Veaz:c, Maine. He
travelled by the Southern Pacific, and
thus avoided the blockade ON the y. r,
but met the washouts which were just
az bad us far as impeding travel was
concerned.
Capt. Wright and Engineer Sweeney.
with force Of men left this morning on
the steamer Enterprise fer the head Of
the bay to get steam up on the Eliza
Anderson and bring her down. We
understand that she will go on the ways
at Seattle, 10 haze her bottom examined
for the purpose OF learning il she received
any damage while ashore on Peckham
spit sometime ago. Capt. Watt Is
spoken Of as having been engaged as
pilot.
We are informed that Capt. Carroll
had nothing whatever to do with the
purchase of the steamer Lucy. She was
purchased by Capt. II. E. Morgan for the
Treadwell mining company; or rather
for the Alaskan Mining and Milling Co,
owning and operating the Treadwell
quartz mine. Capt. Carroll examined
the little steamer once at the request of
the purchasers. and gave his opinion of it
but he had nothing further 10 do with
it. So many hard things have been
said of him since the late seizure OF
opium on the Idaho that any unjust
suspicion or intimation should be cor
rected. Our first item about this matter
was the correct one.
great deal Of interest centers just
now in the matter of Collector Beecher'
confirmation, Democrats Of Washington
Territory (eading ones at least are said
to be almost unanimously opposed to
him; and some OF the leading democratic
lawyers in Seattle have been industri,
ously working up charges for moGths
past. 1t is understood that the Presiden
took interest enough in his protege to
send him a private telegram asking him
to 90 to probably to afford
him an opportunity to explain matters
pertaining to the damaging affidavits
sent on; and it is said that this is what
took Mr.. BeecheF away so suddenly
Our democratic friends, of course, would
prefer to see the office go to a simon
pure party man from way back" SO thai
the subordinate positions might be useC
for partisan advantage Capt. Beeeher Ii
a1to0athar tor indauau1 ont fo emit them
Although protesting democratic princi
pies, he received his appointment through
his eminent republican father; be is from
republican family, and his sympathie:
are probably on the republican side
other things being equal; at least ht
feels independence enough to divorce
the customs service entirely from polite:
and his subordiEates are appointed o.
personal fitness for the. duties to bt
assigned them. Acting on this principle
he has already succeeded in giving III
an administration quite conspicuous fo
efficient service. The democratic friends
are not adding to their boasted reputa-
ton for reform policy by opposing 81
capable an officer because he does no
happen to be copper-fastened, hide
bound mossback; yet there are certain
occasions when even q democrat mus
lay aside his reform predilections-anc
one Of those cases is when it happen
that fat offices are in view. Republican
senators, those of them who act from
policy, would prefer to confirm an ok
line democrat to scion from republican
mugwumpery-so that the chances TO
our Collector cannot be said to be th,
best. 1t is said that Delegate VOORHEES,
doesn't want Beecher, and may therefor
get his pa and other democratic Senator
TO oppose the nomination. 1t now seem
likely that in case Beecher fails tn
appointment will be given to a Mr.
Slack, OF Indiana, son Of the late EN-:
nent Judge Slack who was such al
intimate friend of the Hendricks ant
Voorhees, families. Mr.. Slack was I
prominent aspirant for the place las
year. is a wealthy man, and is reported
to have fifty thousand dollars to inVes
permanently in Port Townsend if he get
the collectorship. We hope Herber
Foote viii be confirmed, but if he isn't
of course it will be consoling TO know
that q desirable citizen may get th'
sugar plum.
ESrnr,. E-rfdax,S NaiIx.