The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-11-26
HOOD RIVER OREGON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 1892.
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
A Number Of Vacancies In the Higher
Offices Of the Executive Depart
ments Of Government.

The President has appointed AlberI
II. Nash postmaster at Salt Lake City
Utah, vice Irving A, Benton, who re.
signed 10 accept the appointment o.
United States Marshal.
Neither General Schofeld, who Ia act
ing ~ Secretary OF War, nor any other
army officer at the department la aware
OF any contemplated exchange OF com
manda between General Howard and
General Miles, as reported from Chicago
Little credence Ia given TO the story.
Fifth Auditor Timme in his annual
report 10 the Secretary OF the Treasury
shows the adjustment during the year oI
accounts aggregating 1927 1880, ,607 and
representing expenpes incurred In the
diplomatic and consular service, internal
revenue service, census office, Smithson.
ian Institution, etc.
There are number OF vacancies in the
higher Offices Of the executive depart
ments OF the government, and the prob
lem ol filling them has been consider.
ably complicated by the results Of the
recent election. In view OF the fact that
u general change will be made by the
new administration In March, the vacan-
cies are not altogether desirable prizes.
Among them are the First Assistant
Postmaster Generaship, Commissioner
of the General .and Office, and num-
ber OF diplomatic places, including the
Russian, Portuguese, Italian and Swiss
Missions. The resignation OF Assist
ant Secretary Of the Treasury Netteton
and Mr.. Crounse, who was the Republi.
can candidate for Governor of Nebraska,
will take effect next month. The Presi-
dent will also have four vacancies on the
bench 10 oil between now and March 4.
These are life positions and the most al
Turing prizes remaining within the gift
OF the administration.
The probability OF an extra session Of
Congress Immediately following the in
auguration OF the President-elect il a
subject OF general conversation in Wash.
ington. A special session OF the Senate
IL always Gale at the beginning of a
new administration, TO confirm men,
bers oil the Cabinet and diplomatic rep
resentatives OF the United States abroad,
but the present election, having turned
on questions OF domestic policy, it is
said TO be obvious 10 experienced poiti-
cal leaders OF all parties that an extra
session Of both Houses OF Congress is an
almost inevitable result. Secretary OF
the Treasury Foster among others ad-
mi,s this. The country, he says, chal.
lenged the judgment OF the Republicans
on the Mckinley bill, and the result
must be accepted as the will OF the peo.
pie that a different policy must be put
into effect. Ex-Secretary Bayard writes
to Il friend here in like effect, adding the
people will expect this TO be done with
out unnecessary delay.
Advices from Samoa are TO the effect
that the differences between the factions
on the isIands, headed by Mataafe, the
recognized King, and Malietoa, the
claimant 10 the throne, have reached an
acute phase. To fully protect the inter
ests of the United States it has been de-
cided that vessel be sent there at the
earliest practicable moment. Besides
this reason, based on expendiency, il
appears that under the terms OF the trip
artite treaty the United States is under
obligation to keep q naval vessel at
Samoa. There has been no United
States naval vessel there for many
months, the lroquois being the last to
call The Alliance lie now at Honolulu,
with the Boston, under orders to Samoa,
but these orders were countermanded,
probably because OF critical turn in
Hawaiian politics. 1t is the present in
tention to send in her place the Ranger,
recently of the Behring sea feet and
now at Mare Island, San Francisco. 1t
will require about months time to pre-
pare the vessel for the trip, and another
month or six weeks for the passage, 80
she will not be able to reach Samoa be-
fore next year.