Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-29
FROM WASHINGTON.
Appointments to Office by
the President.
AN INJUDICIOUS OFFICIAL.
He Clashes With the Alleged Ideas
of Civil Service Reform of
the Republicans.
Associated Press DISPATCHES to the HERALD.

Associated Press DISPATCHES to the HERALD.
WASHINGTON, June 2S.-The President
this afternoon appointed James A.
Wright. of Illinois, to be agent for the
Indians of the Rosebud agency in Da-
kota; Captain Meredith, of Chicago,
chief of the bureau of engraving and
printing; Frederick Douglas, of the Dis
trict of Columbia, to be Minister Resi-
dent and Consul General of the United
States to Hayti, and Daniel M. Ransdell
of Indiana, to be United States Marshal
of the District of Columbia.
A DIFFICULT MISSION.
1t is understood that Fred Douglass
will accept the mission. 1t is said that
the appointment will, in no wise, change
the situation OF the United States toward
the contending parties. Douglass
commission will accredit him to
the Republic Of Hayti and he
will present his credentials to whom
soever, at the time, represents the
authority of that republic. The dealings
Of the present Minister, Thompson, have
been with Legitime, and the situation
will remain just the same as before
Thompson's recall, unless events in
Hayti should, in the meantime, undergo
change.
LAST OF THE STAR ROUTE CASES.
The docket of the Criminal Court,
District of Columbia, was today finally
cleared of number of cases which had
been on the boards ever since the in
itiation OF the celebrated Star
route cases against ex-senator Stephen
w. Dorsey, Thos. G. Brather and others.
Assistant Attorney Dome stated in court
this morning that there were twenty
four Of these cases on the docket,
and as the Government had failed
to secure conviction in the main
case, i. would be impossible
to get convictions in the other cases,
and he did not think the ends of justice
would be subserved by their prosecution.
He therefore asked leave to noHe prosequi
the other cases, and the court directed
this to be done. The indictments on those
cases charged conspiracy and perjury
against the defendants, among whom are
John W .Dorsey, Stephen W.Dorsey. VIM.
Pitt Kellogg, John Il. Minor, Thos. j.
Brady. N. M. Vaile, A. o. Buck, Jno. M.
Peck and others.
CUSTOMS ARRANGEMENTS WITH SALVADOR.
The customs officers have been in
formed that the Parcels Post Convention
has been concluded with the Republic OF
Salvador, and are instructed to treat
dutiable merchandise arriving from that
country by parcels post the same as
similar Transportation from British West
Indies colonies.
NO TROUBLE AT DELAGoA.
The Department of State has no adj
VICES of any trouble at Delsgoa Bay, and
has no intention of sending war vessels
there.
FRESH OFFICIAL sNUBBED.
A communication recently received by
the Civil Service Commission from P. NJ
Wright, Secretary of the local Board of
Civil Service Examiners at Port Huron,
Mich, asking that the Board be allowed
to hold competitive examination on
the 18th of July for clerks and inspectors
in the custom house, in place of that an
nounced for the 18th of June, which was
not held. The Commission has directed
reply allowing the examination to be
held for clerks, but not for inspectors, on
the ground that the Secretary of the Board
furnished no statement of the number of
names on the eligible list for appoint
ment as inspectors. Speaking of this
action Commissioner Roosevelt, on be-
half Of the commission, said: 1--WE are
especially reluctant to do this, but it is
in consequence of an article which ap-
peared in Detroit paper purporting to
be an interview with Mr.. Geer, Collector
of Customs at Port Huron. So far as we
know, this interview has not been re-
pudiated. In it Geer is reported as
strenuously condemning the civil service
law, and stating his belief that the proper
theory to adopt in the management of
his Office is that implied in the old adage
To the victors belong the spoils.' Geer
being a representative officer of the GUS
tom house whose duty it is to administer
the law which he thus condemns, his ex-
pressions render it especially incumbent
upon the Commissioners to see that
no chance whatever is given for
evasion of the law. The Commission
have, of course, no control over the
expressions of a public officer, but they
intend to make it their particular duty to
prevent any administration of the law in
accordance with the theories enunciated
by Geer. They will tolerate no violation,
and no evasion of the statute. The
examinations are open to all, Democrats
and Republicans alike"
Continuing, Roosevelt says: "This
statement is considered as an authori-
tative statement of the position of the
Commission. Statements of the kind
attributed to Geer have the effect of
keeping Democratic applicants from
applying for competitive examination in
the classified service. We wish to show
them that the Commission will take good
care to see that Geer's words remain
words only, and do not crystalline into
Deeds"
NO REASON IN THE GRUMBLE.
Complaint has been made that the
Government has contract for the pur-
chase of SO, 900 annealed bricks made in
England, for use in the construction
Of the Congressional Library building.
Gen. Casey, chief of the engineers, who
has charge of the work, said he had
bought those bricks because they were
the cheapest and best. He said he had
advertised extensively for bids for these
bricks, and that not single American
had put in proposal.
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