New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-20


quietly active and impressed their views resatdins
the s7pointnent Of man othsr upon the Presi
dent with good deal Of energy. Senasor Antnony
Higgins, OF Delaware, went into the Presidents
library followed by Representative j. d. Taylor 1usi
- Senators spooner and Plumb came in Represents
tive Ben Butterworth called with W. b. Forbush, OF
CsnotnnaA. The latter wants 10 be Supervising
Architect az t,e Treasury II Is understood that a
change win be made In the ohce Of Supervising
Architect Of the Treasury in few days. Secretary
window hes rendered the Office 10 leading architect
in tho West and is awaiting hs answer.
The Cabinet met at halfpast 10 o'clock one OF inc
matters considered was the case OF an lhinois post
master whose removal asked by one Of tho Illinois
Congressman because Of the postmastee's political
activity II was admitted by the Congressman that
the cfhco was well managed, and the matter was
called the attention Of the Cabinet for the reason
that tho action taken In this case might constitute
precedent hereafter Postmaster General Wanamaker
SAID tonight that he did not foel at liberty 10 talk
shout what took plsce at the Cabinet meeting There
Is reason to believe however that the result of tire
meeting was adverse TO the wishes Of the Illinois
Congressman, but It Is not known whether or not any
fixed line OF action In of this kind was determined
upon
a Charles Chcsley, who for many years was Solicitor
Of Internal Revenue and who held hts post for nearly
three years under Democratic Administration, Is
again an applicant for his old Office.
: Colonel J. b Parsons, formerly Marshal of the
Supreme Court Of the United States, is candidate
for Controller of the Currency. He has the strongest
and most influential backing He IS warmly recon-
uendod among others by Senator Sherman. This seems
to have awakened the enmity Of small and irrespons
bic clique Of politicians who reytvlng the old
stories Of Colonel Parsons's alleged connection with
the De Golyer pavement contracts. Those charges
were investigated by Chief Justice Waite before the
Marshalship Of the United states Supreme Court
offered to Colonel Parsons and found by ihe
Chief Justice to be entirely groundless The Same
charges were again preferred by the same set Of
politicians whom Controller Cannon appointed Colonel
Parsons bank examiner. Mr. Cannon, like Chief
Justice Waite, found the charges to be absolutely
without foundation. Senator sherman seems to have
supposed that he would lend his name and influence
to Colonel Parsons's candidacy:
Evarts contemplating an early retirement from the
Senate SGT the Tongues Of gossip wagsns to-day Il,
kngish MISSION In fact It was said that me place
had w been on offered to him and be had declined Il h,
replied Nothing has been said BY me respecting
The retirement IRON the position now hold old, AS 70
wkat has not been offered him. There is authority
rom me for the publication Of any of these stories
FOR INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSIONER.
Montgomery, Ala, March I9.-Theodore WEIGH. Of
Montgomery, general freight agent OF the Louisville
aud Nashville Railroad, Is being urged for the vacancy
on tho Board Of Interstate Commerce Commissioners
NS-@SNON~~'
Mr.. Weleh is Republican,
APPOINTMENTS IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS
Washington, March 19.--Postmaster- General Wanna
maker to-day appointed the following named fourth
class postmasters Mrs. Mary N. Corts, Harms City,
Penn. Mrs. Matte 8. Coolidge, North uvermore,
Me-; Warren r. Jones, Round Pond, Ne. /; John s.
Marsh, sheepscott Bridge, Me-; William Mckinney,
wcstport, Ne. James w.. Burt Hannibal, N. Y;
Martin Loomis, Howardytile, n. Y; william 7.
Eaglesfon. Mt. Riga Il. Y.
Secretary Tracy has appointed j. B. Davis to be
foreman Of the gun shops and foundry, and George
e. Wilson TO be foreman of the gun carriage and
projectiic shops at the Washington Navy Yard
Captain Edmund r. Morse, OF Rutland. Vt, has
been appointed private secretary Secretary PROCTOR
Captain Morse graduated from Cornell Unver
sity In 1870 sad upti recently has been actively en-
gagged Ia the management OF the large marble inter
h,sSsndsr 'N D. brown. has eesn sppolnted store.
GoSdefsoD storekeoper at New-York.
APPOINTMENTS TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY.
Washington, March 1o.-The Secretary Of the Navy
sent out yesterday the usual notices to members Of
Congress who have vacancies at the Naval Academy
20 mako their nominations Of candidates, who viii be
permitted report on May 10 for examination There
arc now foty-seven vacancies, and there viii be forty
one early IN May account Of thai number Of
cadets completing the SIX years Only cadet
Il allowed to each Congressional District and its Repre-
sentative has the selection OF tho candidate.
Neither the President Secretary of the Navy
the Senators have anything to say in this matter,
snd therefore applications to them are useless There
are no vacancies at large for tho President to al and
VIII until 1890, and then only ons, unless
some casualty interferes The candidates nominated
to I'll the vacancies above referred to must not be
Under fifteen nor over twenty years when they report
for examination, and must be actually residing in the
district nom which they are appointed
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Washington, March ie.-The decision of the Repub-
ican last week that the sepate has power to
elect president pro ten. foi service during the
entire Congress has not settled the question One OF
the Republican Senators reserved the right to raise
the question In open Senate and have that body de-
eide. Tho preccdents now being LOOKED up by
Senators both sides the Chamber and 1t Is this mat
ter, II IS beloved which is at the bottom OF the dis
cussion upon the power of the Senate TO transact
legislative business at extraordinary sessions such
the present
- ERRORS IN APPROPRIATION BILLs.
!. Washington, March 1e.--The clerks Of the Com
mittees Appropriations Of the two houses Of Con-
gress having completed their statement OF the appro
priatons made ct the last session. arc now looking
over the acts TO discover the errors Of enrolment
several have already been discovered, two of them
annoying to Representative Randall and Senator Ed
munds The first Is the omission OF amendment
reported By the House Committee on Appropriations
to Senate amendment 10 the paragraph approprat
Ing S6S0,o00 for fuel, lights and water for public
buildings. The House Committee proposed to concur
In the Senate amendment, with amendment made
By Chairman Randall for the purpose Of preventing
the Letting Of these contracts BY Chief Clerk Yoamans
OF the Treasury Department. whose methods were
not thought to be economical by Mr.. Randall.
Tho other error was the failure properly to enrol
= senate amendment in relation to the Washington
aqucduct tunnel The original amendment, made by
TIE Senate Committee ON Appropriations, was para
graph sppropraiing 10000 to defray the expenses
OF the joint select committee which investigated the
fraudulent work done on said tunnel, to be paid on
vouchers approved by tho chairman of that committee
Controller Durham having expressed the opinion that
the committee would have legal existence after the
expiration of the Lth Congress, the following words
were added after the word committee " who shall
have power 70 settle and approve vouchers, notwih-
stsnding the dissolution of the committee