Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-30
GEN. TUCKER'S WAR RECORD
Charged With Being a Member OF
the Copperhead fraternity.
AN ANTl-MAHone DELEGATION.
Opponents of the Generals Ruie Call
ON the President - Tanner
Strikes a Heavy Blow at
the Surplus.
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There was a lively scramble around the
war department and the congressional
library, to-day, by those who were interested
IN looking up the war record of General
Beverly Tucker, the Virginian whose name
was withdrawn as special envoy to Hayti.
1t is not probable that in the event there ID
such thing as Haytien commission Mr..
Tucker will be a member of it. Besides his
connection with the confederacy as a special
agent to England during the war; his indict-
ment on the charge of conspiracy in the as
sassnation of Lincoln, and his Indebtedness
to the government as consul to Liverpool,
which office he held a quarter OF century
ago, 1t is stated that the records show that
he was given the credit of affording assist.
ance to the consplrators who came so near
creating revolution in Indiana Immediately
after the war, and that he was q member Of
the copperhead fraternity which Governor
Morton had so much trouble in breaking up
in 1865. 1t was represented to President
Harrison that the fact that Tucker has been
three tunes appointed under republican ad-
ministrations to fill honorable positions, and
if either his war or post-bellum record was
not creditable the fact would have been dis
closed long ago.
General Lew Wallace left Washington, this
afternoon, for New York, with President
Harrison, and after the decoration ceremo.
MES, tomorrow, he will go to West Point,
where he will be a member of the board OF
visitors appointed every year to inspect the
military school. His work will take about
ten days, and then, it is stated, he will re-
turn to his home in Indiana. This fact, to-
gether with the intimation that advices have
been received at the state department to the
effect that the revolution IN Hayti was at an
end, and the privileges for coaling stations
and so forth, claimed by the United States,
would be accorded without dispute, have
made, it is said, an expedition to Hayti un.
necessary, and it need create no surprise IL
there is no such thing as Haytien commits.
sion.
THE ANTI-MAHoNE DELEGATION.
For while to-day politicians gave up the
discussion of offlce-seekng and talked about
impression which would be created upon the
president by the antl-Mahone delegation
which visited the white house this morning.
There was a large crowd and they repre-
sented the Brady Wise and other elements
opposed TO General Mahones rule in Vir-
ginia A strong speech was made to the
president in which it was set forth that this
faction did not desire to rule the republican
party in the Old Dominion or to dictate the
appointments. The only favor asked was
that they should be treated as other repub.
licans in the distribution of federal offices,
and that the administration should use its
influence in seeing that men selected from
this wing of the party for representation in
conventions inside and out of the stata, were
recognized. President Harrison heard all
that was said but gave no answer. General
Malone stood in the distance aud saw the
delegation go to and return from the white
house and laughed heartily at the proceed
ings. ......
CHUNK OF SURPLUS.
Commissioner Tanner struck another heavy
blow at the surplus when he granted PEN
sion to-day to Phillip Flood, of Elyria, who is
totally blind S72 month, and $4,000 ar
rearages. Flood was private in the Forty
second Ohio, which was a part of General
Garfeld's regiment. The commissioner ls
Interpreting the law in cases of this kind so
as to grant universal retroactive pensions,
and his decisions are approved by the
authority above him. He has set sufficient
number of precedents during the past two
| months to cover cases of almost every
character.
DID ALL THEY COULD.
Criticisms passed on the subject embraced
in the act extending the northern boundary
of Nebraska, seeming to reflect on the dele
CATION here, cause those of the delegation
! here to retaiate. The fact appears to bs
that the act of congress ceding the strip, the
eighteen townships known as the old Ponca
reservation, was conditioned upon the state's
acceptance of the deed of conditional cession
to be signltied in specified time by an act
| of the legislature This it is said, has been
| done. but another was that the act was not
| to become operative until the president is
| sued his proclamation declaring the Indian
title eXtingushed. The title was in the
| Ponca tribe, and until congress acted in
| some way the president had no authority to
| issue the proclamation. In the old
Sioux reservation opening act that
| the Sioux refused year more ago
to ratity, Senator Henderson secured the in
| sertion of a clause providing for allotments
| to the Poncas of lands IN this Ponca reserva.
| tion, the balance not required Dy the Poncas
| to be thrown open to settlement IL the Sioux
| ratified or accepted the act. The Sioux, 1t Is
| well known, refused and SO more liberal
| act was passed last March, in which Mandcr-
| son had Incorporated the same provision conf
| tanned in the aforesaid Sioux act. That also
fell through, 50 that il the Sioux accept the
recent act, the president will announce that
| fact by proclamation. Six months after this
| allotments are to be made to the Poncas, and
| then the proclamation issues, and all land
not allotted is thrown open to settlement. All
| has been done here by the delegation that
| could be done. The rest is an executive and
| administrative act.
IOWA PosTMAsTERs.
!. Beardsley, Barney Madison county,
| vice j. w. Galbraith, resigned; q. IL. Rider,
Berwick, Polk county, vice II. Taylor.
| resigned: III. S. Orris Brushy, Webster
county, vice w. A. Powell, resigned; V. G..
| Rose, Dean, Appanoose county, vice ii.
Page county, vice A. j. Heady resigned; j..
j. Oelbcrg, Lima, Fayette county, vice Pd
II. Hastings. resigned Charles W.Comstock,
Lost Nation, Clinton county vice Il. NJ.
Frasier, resigned; A. II. Grissell, Mento,
Guthrie county, vice II. B. Shaver, resigned;
| w. o. Book, New Albin, Allamakee county,
vice William Coleman, removed: l.. Fl.
Stroud, Pacific junction, Mills county, vice
George W. Colburn, resigned; 1. A. McKcrn,
Ray, Appanoose county, vice N. M. McCloud,
resigned; George X. Battle, Tuskcega, Deca-
tur county. vice II. w. Bowman, resigned I;
+. w. Miller Winslow. Blackhawk county,
vice George l.. Flora, resigned.
MIsCBLLANEous.
Commissioner Tanner to-day appointed
the following members of the medical exani-
ming boards in Iowa; Mount Pleasant,
Drs. A. W. Mcclure and +. q. Mehler
Keosoqua, Drs. j. NJ. Randall and w. +,
Harris; Washington, Drs William OFT, H..
r. jenkins and j. II. Burroughs; Fairfield,
Drs. ID. w. Worthington, Eugene Campbell
and J. II. Hayden.