Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-22
FROM WASHINGTON.
Additional Nominations by
the President.
DEPARTMENTAL RED TAPE
The Senate Keeps Back the An
nOuncement of Combinations.
After the Boomers.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
The President sent the following nom
nations to the Senate: Miles G. Moore,
Walla Walla, W. r., Governor of Wash
ington Territory; Oliver G. White, Wash
ington Territory, Secretary of Washing
ton Territory; Henry N. Blaine, Mon
tana, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of Montana; John D. Fleming, Colorado,
United States Attorney for the District of
Colorado.
1t is practically settled that Fred @.
Bracket, of Washington, will sue
ceed Z. w. Youmans as chief clerk of
the Treasury. 1t is said that George S.
Windlim, of Philadelphia, has accepted
the office of Supervising Architect of the
Treasury.
PAIR OF THE NOMINEES.
Henry n. Blake. who was to-day nom
mated Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Montana, is about 55 years of
age, and is one OF the best known law
yers in the State, having practiced his
profession at Virginia City for the last
twenty-five years. At different times he
has served as member of the Territor
ial Legislature, as q member of the con-
stitutional convention and as Associate
Justice OF the Supreme Bench.
John D. Fleming, the new United
States Attorney for the District of Colo
RADIO, is young man engaged in the
practice of law at Leadville. He wac
recommended for the office by the Con-
gressional delegation and the prominent
Republicans of the State.
Charles M. Pendley, who has been for
many years official stenographer at the
White House, has been appointed pri-
vate secretary to the Secretary of the
Treasury, to take effect April 1st.
COMBINATIONS KEPT SECRET.
In executive session to-day, the Sem
ate confirmed a number of territorial
and postal nominations, comprising all
that had up to date been reported from
the committee. The list is, however
withheld, the Senate having failed to
suspend the operation of the rule which
keeps combinations secret and delays
notification to the President until two
additional executive sessions shall have
supervened without entry of a motion to
reconsider.
"CIRCUNLoCUTIoN" BUREAUS.
The special committee, appointed in
the last Congress to investigate the
methods of doing business in the execu-
tive departments, of which committee
Senator Cockrell is chairman, has CON-
pleted its work, and the report prepared
by Cockrell (who has really been the
committee) will be made to the Senate
in few days. The document
is an exhaustive and interesting one,
continuing numerous illustrations OF how
red tape and senseless adherence to
forms and precedence interrupts ard re-
tards the dispatch OF public business. The
report will show that, in some depart
ments, of the pension and land bureaus
for instance, it requires az long a time
as four or five years to settle claim or
get information of certain kinds. Claim 8
| filed as far back as 1884 i'll these bureaus
are still undisposed Of. In some offices
efforts are being made to get out of the
old ruts, and adopt new and better
methods, with the result that business is
dispatched with greater accuracy, more
speedily and with more benefit to those
interested. The Paymaster-G Generals
Office is up with current business, and re-
quests for information are an
swered within twenty-four hours. In the
Surgeon Generals Office, DIR. Ainsworth
has introduced card index by the use
of which he has caught up with bust.
ness which was over year behind at the
time he took hold, and has been able to
furnish information in seventy.two per
cent. OF the cases against fifty-nine per
cent. under the old style. Cockrell says
there is, however, in many, if not in
most cases, a disposition to ignore i'm
proved ways of doing business, and the
report will recommend, among other
things, that commission be appointed
with authority and direction to institute
the reforms suggested.
GETTING READY TO ADJOURN.
In executive session of the Senate this
afternoon, Sherman announced that
President Harrison had informed him
that he (the PIesident) would be so far
along with his nominations that the SEN
ate might conveniently adjourn next
week. 1t is expected that the special
session will end on Thursday or Friday
next. In order to assist the President in
his intention, the Senate did not take
the usual three-day recess to-day, but
will meet again tomorrow. This notifi-
cation makes it practically certain that
no legislative business will be trans
acted before adjournment. There will
probably be, however, some discussion
of the resolutions introduced yesterday
by Butler declaring that the Senate has
no power to elect President pro tenn. for
service during the entire term of Con-
gress, decision by the Senate being de-
sired by number of Senators upon that
point.
WANNAMAKER WANTS WORK DONE.
Postmaster General Wannamaker has
issued an order directing all clerks in the
Office of the First Assistant Postmaster
General and such as may be required
from other bureaus of the department,
until otherwise directed, to begin work
at 80 o'clock A. NJ. instead of 8, as here
tofore, and remain at their desks until 6
O'Clock P. NJ. instead of 4. This increase
of hours is made for the purpose OF facili-
tating the dispatch of applications and
the preparation of papers for action in
the Office of the First Assistant Postmas-
ter General. The clerks in the dead
letter Office are also required to work
from 8 80 until 6, so that the work now
in arrears in that division may be
brought up.
THE CHIN KIANG RIOTS.
The Department of State has received
further details concerning the recent
riots at Chin Kiang. The trouble arose
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