The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-09-26
POLITICAL.

fDLillIAi.
The Secretary of War decides that the United
States troops stationed on military reservations
IN the new States arc prohibited by law from
voting at the coming electiOns.-The State
Department is informed that there is no truth
in the reports OF cholera at Athens and yellow
fever at san J uan del NOrte.-Thc report OF
Acting COMMISSIONER Stone. of the General
Land Office aTTaigus the administration Of
the office under bis predecessor, Commissioners
Sparks.-Secgetary Window will hereafter
accept the lowest offers for the amounts Of sill
yer required for eona2e.-Presldent Harri-
son has appointed Henry B. Robinson Post
master at Railway. y. j., vice g. Il. Lindsay.
resigned.-Ex. Governor Albeit WAS notified,
at jersey City, \. J., OF his nomination for Gov
eFnOr by the Democratic Convention, aud, IN
accepting the nomination, made speech in
which he called for an aggressive campaign.
Robert ii. Terrell. col0red. has been APP
pointed Chief Of the Navy Pay Division OF the
Fourth Auditors Ofiice.-- Edward o. Leech
IS spoken of for Director Of the Mint.-Tbe
Civil Service Commission reports in the case
OF the Minneapolis Posiofec, that number Of
appointments were irregularly made.--Coi.
Gibbs made sensational speech ia the State
Senate Of Georgia last week. lie SAID that the
South is not large enough for the negro and
the Yankee. One or tile other must go. q" IL
negro Outrages continue" he said, the white
iF1ope Will RISE LOT tullEtdtlui OF EAbtItnIiIA-
ton. "-Senor Arag0n, Of Costa Rica in an
interview i'm New York, said the reason why
the United States had comparatively little
trade with them was not owing to the high
tarin, but because the other countries cater 10
their trade.-The Secretary of the Treasury
has appointed 10 the Internal Revenue Service
g. A. Date Henry Eikin aud A. w. Greenlee.
Storekeepers, I'D Pennsylvania District
Comptroller Of Currency Lacey thinks the
present National banking system will remain
until something better IS nveDtcd.--sheriG
Flack, Of New York, has resigned from the
Committee Of Twenty -four Of Tammany Hall,
and severed his last tic with that organization.
a conference Of wool manufacturers was
held in Boston for the purpose of reaching an
agreement IN reference to proposed changes in
the wool taTif.-lhe Board Of Trade OF st.
Joseph, No, adopted resolutions and issued a
call favoring holding the Worlds Fair ia the
West, and calling for "A Convention in Chicago
on Oct. 3-Ihc colOred men of Cable County,
Ga. are agitatng for colonization In one of tho
Northwestern S1atrE.-PTcsident Harrison
has granted "a number of pardOns and commn-
tatiOns Of sentence To ofiendcrs.--A meeting
Of c0lored men in Boston adopted resolutions
strongly coBdemning the race troubles in the
South.-Senat0r Plumb has made a tour OF
the four New States, and feels sure of Republi.
can success in three Of them.--Owing to the
split in the Republican Convention TO nominate
a State Senator TO represent the Counties OF
Dinwiddie, Sussex aud Greensyille, in Viz
GINA, two Conventions were held, each OF which
placed candidate in COMMUNICATION. Il.
Burd GTubb and CT Gov. Leon Albeit attend.
ed the State Fair at Trenton, accom- panied by
many Of their followers.