The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-21
The Boutelle Resolution a Bluff.
The Secretary Of War Returns His
Answer to the House.
No Flags Have Been Given Up Dur
ing Endicott's Administration.
Important Decisions by the United
States Supreme Court.
Nothing OF Great Moment Accomplished
by Congress, Although a Number OF
Good Bills Are Introduced-Gen-
eral Washington News.

Special Dispatch 10 The Appeal.
WASHINGTON, Feb 20.-The following
changes have been made in the star schcd-
ulcs In Tennessee: lockwood to Kings
Creek, leave lockwood daily except Sun.
Days ut $50 o'clock p. M, arrive at Kings
Creek by 4 o'clock p. m; leave Kings
Creek daily except Sundays at 1880
o'clock p. M, arrive at lockwood by
o'clock p. m. Purdy to Savannah: Leave
Purdy daily except Sundays at Z o'clock
n. M, arrive at Savannah by 10 o'clock M;
leave Savannah daily except Sundays at
| O'Clock p. m, arrive at Purdy by 0
O'Clock p. IN. Adopted February
-, 1885, Sylco to Alaculsy Leave
Sylco Saturday at o'clock p. M,
OF on arrival OF mail on Route lO,257; ar
rive at Alaoulsy in two and three-quartcr
hours. Leave Aacusy Saturday Mt S
o'clock am.; arrive at Sylco by 1915
o'clock AIN.
Purly TO Bethel Springs Leave Purdy
daily except Sunday at 1915 o'clock am,
arrive at Bethel Springs by ll;i5 o'clock
am; leave Bethel Springs daily except
Sunday ut i:i5 O'Clock pm, arrive at Pur.
dy by 6;l0 o'clock pm. Adopted fcbm.
AIRY ~, 1883.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
The delegation from the western cities
are ~ busy rs bees tonight striving 10 80
curc the honor of entertaining the next
national Democratic convention. Three
principal delegations, Chicago, -. Louis
| and San Francisco, are all confident Of
success. All three unite In declaring the
convention will 20 West, and assert that
the Cincinnati people realize that their
| fight IL almost hopeless one. OF the
three delegations, ran Imnclscois most en-
| thusastr and il il admitted by the -.
| Louis delegation that tonight the talk runs
| toward the Pacific coast, hut they assert
| that this Is due 10 the eXtrayugant prom
iscs that arc being made. The Chicago
delegates are the quicicst, but their plan
Of campaign IN well defined aud each COM
mitcc does what Is allotted 10 II and re-.
ports 10 headquarters without making
much noise Naturally the rival dclega-
tions are unwilling TO sly much, except in
q general way about their expectations.
When asked II they would hato eighteen
votes, Mr. 1nilyic, The san Iranclsro r,p.
|
more than that"
The 81. Louis people say they expect To
be well up Ia the procession, and Chicago
IL evidently feared by the others. From
the best analysis possible, II would seem
that San Francisco expects all the country
west Of the Rocky mountains aud a mlm.
Der Of votes in the south. II is conceded
that Chicago will have the votes OF New
England, with the exception of Prince, OF
| Massachusetts,, who Is IN layorOi Il. Louis
This, together with the northwest aud
some support from the central section, will
give the Lake City good showing 10 start
or with and u expects 10 add enough
| votes 10 secure the convention after q bal
lot or two 81 respect IL given by com.
miilccmcn 10 their respective cities. ~.
Louis strengthened viii come the Mis-
souri, valley and the southern States and
Territories, and II II feared that some VI
the southern States favor ~. Louis, ~ a
second choice after San Francisco.
PosrNAsrris' SALARIES.
Representative Blount, Of Georgia. to-
day introduced In the House a bill pro-
viding for ro-classlcaiion of posimasters
and a Encouragement Of salaries. Under
iis terms, with the exception Of the cities
Of New York and Washington, where the
p0slmasterH salaries arc fixed ut SS,ON
aud 5000 respectively, pOstmastcrs are o.
be divided into three clnS-cs, according %
the revenues Of their Offices. In first class
ollircs, where the grJss receipts are BE-.
tween SiOO,OO0 aud SiOOOOO, the salaries
range from ., 800 10 $1,000. In the second
class, whore tho gfOss receipts are between
SO, 900 and SO, 600, Tie salaries are 10 rangc
between 81 900 and $500. The salaries
OF these two classes are 10 bc paid out Of
the receipts Of their Offices Postmasters
Of the third class, which includes all not
covered by the other two clarSes, are 10
receive, In addition TO the commissions on
the money order aud special delivery, .
compensation based ON the receipts ol
their offices from all quarters, ranging IRON
the whole where the receipts mc less than
500 mp 10 Sll7 per quarter. Arrangements
are made for an annual adjustment ol sala-
mes. for the allowance of expenses 81 rent,
light and fuel, clerk hire, furniture nnd
incidcnials, at flint aud second class Offices.
NOMINATIONS
The President today sent tho following
nominations to the Senate: lntcnor-Nm:
N. Steele. Of Colorado, 20 DO register OF
the land Office NJ Montrosc formerly Lake
CITY,, Col; Henry Charles Fink, oil Col.
omdo, 10 bc receiver OF public moneys ~
Montrose formerly Lake City, Coli Enos
q. llccn, Of Iowa, 10 be- agent for the sac
and Fox agency In Iowa. L. 7. Briscoe,
Of Mississippi, 10 he agent for the INDIAN.
Of the Crow agency IN Montana; Leonard
u. Cornell, Of New York, TO he rcceiyeer OF
public moneys nj Spokane fallS, in wash
ingion Territory.
ron TnE CONSCIENCE FrNp.
The Secretary o. the Treasury received
through Adams express a package con-
tanning 1000 In National bank notes,
shipped by "a Freeman" at Cincinnati.
II was accompanied by q note asking that
the money he placed 10 the crcdit OF the
Conscience Fund and bearing the signature