Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-08

He remained With the Inter. Ocean until
nc was appointed postmaster OF Chicago by
President HAYES, aud which position be filed
during the administration OF Garfield and
Arthur. President Cleveland appointed his
successor on the expiration OF his term OF
Office. Since reltnqutshing the postmaster
ship he has been engaged In editorial work
on various papers. among them the Chicago
Herald. Palmer was not candidate for the
place. and the only letters on file at the
White House IN connection with his APP
pointment are sOn ncndations sent In volun-
tsriiy since hrs nsme wss publicly mentioned.
Roosevelt Is well-known member OF the
Roosevelt family Of New YORK, sud has taken
an active part in The politics Of that State.
lie was one 81 the delegates at large 20 the
Republican Convention in 1884. aud was the
Republican candidate for mayor OF New
YORK city al the election preceding the last
mayoralty contest. running against Abram
$. Hewitt and Henry George. lie Is 3 man
Of literary taste and has written a number
81 magazine articles descriptive OF life on a
large ranch which he owned IN Montana.
lie is about forty years old and Is a quick,
nervous, and energetic worker He IL not
now IN WASHINGTON, but was here In consul.
ia'ion with the President before he accepted
the appointment.
uNMlilrUA i tue NfifEkNOWu ANNfNAiLb
Secretary 81 the Treasury from south Caro-
Ina appointed by President Cleveland. lie
wss born m Charleston, :. e., spd f. about
tiiy years old. lie was educated at the L MI
yerslty Of south Carolina, and alter he was
graduated iherefrom studied and prsciiced
law for some time I'm Columbia He took an
sctye interest in politics and was elected
Governor o. the state. which he resigned 10
accept The assistant scCfetarvshIp Of tho TTcs-
eurv lie was one OF the most popular
q the aprointccs OF the last Administration.
President lcycIand IN February last sent
M bis nomination 10 The senate for the office
% which be was this evening appointed,
but Wa not confirmed, the Senate having
adopted q policy OF nou-ac,ion on the sp-
poiuimcuts made by President Clevel snd to-
wards The close ~ bis ADMINISTRATION. His
appointment 0as urged by a great many
prominent Democrats, and also, It is said,
by a uumtcr Of Republican Senators and
prescntaiiycs.
APPOINTED rOsTNAsTERs.
WAwIN5roN. May THE President to-
dsy appoiAicd fny-niue postmssters, among
them the following southern: Robert l..
Houston. Birmin gbsm, Ala, vice NJ. T..
Thro'kmorfou, deceased; Dallas b. Smith.
Opeuks. Ala, vice r.. A. Mitchell. resigned;
W IIfiil ~ ~ NhAs fffiilf8 va NiNS
William u. Wheicbel, commission expired;
Jesse T.. owen, Swcetwater, Tenn, wee
John =. Ycarwooj. commission expired;
George b. French, Wilmington, n. G., vice
oscar &. Parsley, removed julius Il. For
tune shelby, y. C., vice Benjamin f. La
gan, removed.
RAILROADS Before THE COMMISSION.
WAsu>GI0V. May Re Representative Of
twcuty-~ix railroads, most % them western,
were before the interstate Commerce Com
mission today u response 20 an order re-
Quiring them 20 set forth what commission
each OF them pays upon the sale Of passenger
tickets and to whom. and how this business
is conducted by them. Several OF the roads
hxd fled ans yer. With the commission. hut
a in,jority answered through their repre-
srutafiyCs. TIE general thread Of The testi-
mony given was that the roads were paying
commissions In accordance with the rstes
established ny the Western Passenger
Agents Association, and that the roads
were sctug under this agreement, which
YEA. generally faithfully observed TO The bet
tcrmeut ~ the service. some lew OF the
roads do not pay commissions, but ms
iorltv do. and these AL affirmed that such
payment was not intended 10 be used as a
mcsns u cutting rates. The reasons were
given in ali cs-cs aud the practice WAS gene
rally defended.