The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 25.

Oel A. ASne, removed.
Joseph H. Manly, at Augusta, Ga,
vice L, B. Fowler, removed.
Hansfori Anderson, West Point,
Va, office become presidential.
Louis Della me, Ashland, Va, office
became presidential.
VIM. w. Logan, Woodtock, Va,
vice J. Fl. RodeSer, commission ex-
pired.
VIM. II. Gibbs. jackson, Miss. vice
Writ Adams, deceased, Byron Lemly
not having been confined by the
Senate.
Jas f. Everitt, Yazoo City, Miss,
vice Claiborne Baumau, commission
expired.
WHEN COL. SHAFFER WILL TAKE
CHARGE.
Chatting with Captain Ashe about
the appointment of Mr.. Shaffer as
postmaster, he said h, had expected
an appointment would be made to
the postOfice some months ago and
had made his arrangements accord.
ingly to return to his old position as
editor of the News Observer. He
says the new postmaster will proba>
bly, take charge on the first of July,
if his commission should be made
out by that time, The bonds has to
be perfected and approved at Wash
ington before the commission is is
sued and several days are necessarily
consumed in getting the bondsmep
together. The bond is $4,000
doubIy justified. making justified
bond of $4,000. The pay of the
Office has been 81. 500. There are
five clerks in the postofics whose
aggregate salaries are $4,000, and
there are five mail carriers, some of
whom get $3.50, one 5000. At the end
OF years service the pay of these
is $3.50.
Capt. Ashe says there ought by al!
means to be another clerk at the post.
office for night service for the changes
Of the mails. and bringing in TIE New
York mail st midnight. lie urged
the democratic administr ltion to al
low night clerk, but they were
then about to 90 out. He subser
quentlY pressed it on the new ad>
ministration without avail. Perhaps
Mr.. Shaffer can succeed. Il is much
needed.
Harrison as q janketer bids fair to
be on par with his Republican pre-
decessors. He returned Monday
evening from a three day trip down
the river, and to-day he has gone to
Cape May to remain until next Tues
day. II be is overworked now, as he
says he lie, God help the country if
an occasion should arise demanding
some real work of its executive. II
he is oyerworked many members of
his party would like to know what
the nature of the work was; he has
done absolutely nothing, so far as the
public knows, towards establishing a
national policy of any bind. aad the
two hours a day which he gives up
to the hungry place seekes il hardly
enough to break him down. II he is
Overwo:ked it is from nursing "Babv
Mckee" probably the hardest work
he has performed since his inauger.
alton.
Corporal Tanner has just allow ed
an increase of pension 10 Senator
Mandersou, Of Nebraska, that comes
along Sith il $4,000 arrearages. 1t
may seem a little strange that the
Senator never applied for this in
crease Of pension before, but then,
perhaps, Gen. Black was not sc aEx-
ious TO Oblige the Senator a. the
Corporal is.
Attorney General Miller must be
mad because be has not received that
appointment to the United States
Supreme Court which he so conf,
IDENTIFY expected a short time ago.
He las refused to give an opinion
on the question referred to him by
the Treasury Department as TO
whether ii would be a violation of
law for the Catholic University to
be located heie, to bring over from
Europe a c0rps Of instructors. The
Solicitor Of the Treasury has already
given bis opinion. He says il would
be violation Of law. One of the
most prominent lawyers Of THIS city
the same gentleman is one Ut the
Board Vf trustees Of the University
says the University will bring over
instructors, and he does not believe
that any court in the c.untry will
sustain the administration in con-
STRUNG the alien ,nt:act Law 30 a.
10 exclude them.
A bit Of scandal has leaked out
Obout the sudden redgnallon Of the
private secretary Of Corporal Tanner.
81 was thought little strange that he
should prefer being a timber agent
Of the Interior Department in the far
west 10 being private secretary TO the
Commissioner Of Pensions. Now that
the facts ere out il il thought that he
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