Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-27
TALK OF WASHINGTON.
Congressman Cox and the
 Eleventh Census.
THE CHARGES AGAINST MIR. NEW.

THE CHARGES AGAINST MIR. NEW. Continuation of the Lydecker Court Mar tial-The New Gunboat Yorktown-Con- hrmations and Appointmcnts-A Paper That Interests Naval Omcers.
 WASHINGTON, March 27.-Rcpresentative Cox, of New York, callel on the president yesterday ''to talk census for a few minutes, as he said 'I drew up the bills providing for the last census and this one," said Mir. Cox, land am anxious to see that good man be placed at the head of affairs. The work has been smplified considerably. We have reduced the number of possible philo- sophie treatises - artistic brochures - for where there were twenty ty-seven principal sub jscts in the tenth census, there will only be seven in the eleventh. l am simply going to describe to the president the kind of super intendent 1 think we ought to have. There seems to be plenty of good material willing to sacrifice itself"
 THE CHARGES AGAINST MIR. NEW.
 John C. New appeared lcfore the senate committee on commerce to answer the charges made against him. Ex-Senntor Mcdonald, of Indiana, and E. w. Halford, the presi- dents private secretary, appeared before the committee in behalf of MT. New At the conclusion of the hearing the committee de- termined unanimously on favorable report on the nomination of MT. New 70 be consul general at London.
 THE LYDECNER COURT MARTIAL.
 Before the Lyd, cker court martial the cross examination of Lieut.. Townsend was con- tinued. The bal work found last summer in the aqueduct he told Col. Comstock, was of the samc character that discovered in the autumn. There was bad work found prior to the presentation of the charges, and also prior to the discovery of the bad work in the New York tunnel In previous case of the discovery of bad work the inspector, O'Brien, was not discharged, but was cautioned and allowed to remain on the work. In other in- stances the inspectors over bad work were always discharged. "OBrien had the repu- tation of being one of the best inspectors in the tunnel" Lieut. Townsend said, land I was not sure but that he might be mistaken in his inspection. Therefore I thought it best to give him another trial" Tho lieuten- ant stated that the contractors had made ire quent offers to repair the tunnel at their own expense, but they could not be accepted on account of an act of congress which put stop to all work
 THE YORKTOWN.
 A good deal of pressure is being brought to bear by naval officers to secure assign ments to the new gunboat York own, which is soon to go into commission While this is generally the case upon the compl~ ton of a new vessel, the Yorktown holds out superior inducements, because of her fine officers q arters and generally good qualities. It is the present understanding that she will be commanded by Commander Chadwick, now attached to the American legation i'll London.
 COMBINATIONS.
 The senate in secret session confirmed the following nominations: James Tanner, con- missioner of pensions; Jeremiah Sullivan, collector of customs for Montana and Idaho. David M. Lines, spec al examiner drugs, etc. New Orleans; James w. Wakefield collector of customs, Bath, Me; Seligman Brothers, special fiscal agents, navy depart ment, at London; George w. Mcbride, col lector of customs for Grand Haven, Mich {; Charles G. Edwards, collector of customs for Minnesota; Charles NJ. Bradshaw, collector of customs, Puget Sound; E. T. Wal rond, United States attorney, Indian Terri tory; T. B Needles, marshal, Indian Terri tory; J. III. Shackleford, judge, Indian Terri tory; and the following postmasters: Penn sylvaria-M. B. Higley, Minersville; w. D. Walter, Stroudsburg; J. Nj. Clark, New Cas- tie; NJ. " Shay, Watsontown. Ohio-J. K Johnson, Coshocton; J. R. Crane, James, town. Virginia-G. L. Borum, Suffolk Texas-J. c. Witchler, Rockdale Wiscon- sin-G c. Breed, Chiffon; J. M Hubbard, Stoughton; Theodore Burr, Lancaster. Massachusetts-W w. Avery, Plymouth; {; J. E Mole, Adams; c. L. Merriam, Shel- burne Falls. Illinois-J. S. Neville Bloom ington; w. H. Cullimore, Centralia Kan sas-Anen Chadwick, Armourdale: J. l.. King. Topeka; R. F. Jones, Helton. Iowa c. J. Wonser, Ottumwa.
 MIR. wANAMAKERs APPOINTMENTS
 Postmaster General Wanamaker yesterday appointed tine following division superintend- ents of the railway mail service: First divis- ion, w. H. Bigelow, Boston, Mass, vice George E. Darne; second division, R C. Jackson, New York, vice w. F. Doolittle: third division, c. w. Vickery, Washington D. C., vice Eugene Darlington; fourth di- vision, L. Nj. Terrell, Atlanta Ga. vice B. M Turner; fifth division, George w Pepper, Cleveland, O., vice F. B. Dodge. With the exception of Mir. Pepper all of the new su- perintendents held the positions four years ago to which they were appointed yesterday, and were removed soon after Mir. Cleveland was elected president Mir. Pepper is rail- way postal clerk running between Chicago and Cleveland.
 SHEATHED OR UNSHHATHED SHIPS.
 Naval Constructor Hichborn has written a paper on "Sheathed or Unsheathed Ships, :" that is attracting great deal of attention from navy officers He advances strong ar guments against the present method of con structing the bottoms of steel naval vessels and urges upon congress the necessity, if these ships are to be made lasting and effective, of sheathing their bottoms with wood, covered with copper. He calls atten- tion to some remarkable effects of the action of salt water upon iron and steel, which de- tract much from the efficiency of unshea thed vessels, and through rapid fouling interferes with their speed. Chief Constructor Wilson and other naval officers have long argued in favor of sheathing steel vessels, but have been overruled by congress on the question of cost The subject will undoubtedly come up for decision when the next appropriation bill is before congress.
 NOTES.
 At 5 o'clock ex-Congressman Mahoney was reported sinking slowly with no homes of his