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The National tribune., 1893-03-16
FILLING THE OFFICES.
Appointments Made by President Cleveland
Last Week.

Appointments Made by President Cleveland
Last Week.
President Cleveland sent the following NOM
nations to the Senate (which ID in extra ses-
sion) during the past week:
Josiah Quincy. Of Massachusetts,, to b First
Assistant Secretary Of State.
Robert A. Maxwell, of New York, 70 be
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General.
Isaac P. Gray, Of Indiana, to BE- Envoy Ex.
trsordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary OF
the United States to Mexico.
Patrick A. Collins, Of Massachusetts, to b
Consul General of the United States at London,
England.
Josish Quincy is politician of the younger
sclIool, who has managed to win the esteem
and confidence of President Cleveland by en-
ergetic and well-direeted efforts in the manage
ment of party policy. He is 81 years old
and is the last of the historic Quincy family Of
Massachusetts. He has . moderate fortune
and is lawyer by profession, but has devoted
considerable of bis time to politics.
Dir. Maxwell has always been An ardent
Cleveland man. and belongs to the anti snap
per wing Of the Democratic party Of New
York. He was removed from the position Of
Fire Insurance Commissioner of New York by
Gov. Hill because he was toe pronounced in
his Cleveland sentimeuta. Mf. Maxwell, As
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, will
WELD the az which Mr.. Stevenson aud Mr..
Clarkson made historic by cutting of Post
masters official heads, although those gentle
men were First Assistant Postmasters-General,
thsdutiss having been transferred to the Fourth
Assistant.
Gov. Gray, of Indiana, has been 50 prominent
in Indiana and National politics that he II
we'll known to everybody. He was . bitter
Republican after the war, and In 1869 locked
the doors of the Indiana Senate in order to con-
fine the Democratic members Of that body 30 AZ
to secure a quorum for the passage Of the Four
tenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Con-
stitution. He was Colonel Of the 4th Ind Cav,
and since he has Joined the Democratic party
has been . candidate for both President and
Vica. President at every National Convention.
He Was . prominent candidate for the first
place On the ticket at the Convention which
nominated Mr.. Cleveland at Chicago last June,
but he went to work with will for the nomi-
nees. and did everything in his power to elect
Cleveland and Stevenson. Many prominent
Democrats are much disguised at his selection
for so prominent place by the President
P. A. Collins is known az stanch Democrat
and q good stump speaker. He is an Irishman
by birth, ID lawyer, and has Q good practice.
He at one time was representative in Con-
gress from Boston district, but resigned be-
cause he could not afford to continue in Con-
gresA
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ANOTHER VETERAN GONE,

George H. Wells, Sergeant Of Co. 81, 123d
N. Y, died ON Saturday, March 4, in one Of
the Washington hospitals. Comrzde Wells had
been resident of Washington for many years.
and was an employe of TIE NATIONAL TRIB.
UNE at tho time of his death. He saw service
in both the Army of the Potomac and Shsr-
mans army, his regiment being in the Twelfth
and Twentieth Corps. He was buried with
Grand Army honors in Arlington National
Cemetery on Tuesday. March z. Junior Vice
Department. Commander Janney having charge
of the ceremonies. Comrade Wells had no
relatives In Washin gton, and the only known
relative he has living, sister, resides at ST.
Louis, Me-
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THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY.
Bill to Establish National College at WASH
in2ton FavorabIy Reported.

Bill to Establish q National College at WASH
ington Favorabiy Reported.
During the sgd Congress bill to establish .
National University nero at Washington was
introduced in both Houses OF Congress. but was
not reached in the House because Of the nu-
merous measures in advances of IL. It Was
reached in the Senate mmittee, however,
and was unanimously reported, with very CO.
gent reasons why it should be passed. The
Senates Committee report sets forth the great
need of such institution, with the in6ueuce
it would exert upon the collegiate aud all sub
ordinate institutions. the effective manner In
which it would utilize the material and educa-
tional resources at the National Capital. and
the way il would contribute 70 the advance
meut of scisnce, thus securing to the United
States such leadership in science and learning
as they already enjoy in power and wealth.
OF the bill itself the report says:
"The bill is intended TO represent and give
fruieion to the plans and desires of Washing
ton, Jefferson, Madison and other Presidents,
together with q multitude Of citizens in other
high stations. II WAS prepared with the con-
currence of citizens most com petent to advise
in such matters and not only the ends sought
to be attained, but also the means and agencies
to be employed, have received the sanction OF
many Of the foremost scholars and statesmen
of all portions of the country"
The COMMITTEES then present . condensed
outline of tbs measure, with the fullest Sane
ton Of the scope, plan Of governments and
method of endowing the proposed University,
concluding as follows:
"Your COMMITTEES are Of the opinion that the
cause of American education demands sueh an
Institution rs this bill provides for; that the
highest dignity and welfare of the Nation de-
mand it; that it should be established at the
Capital Of the country, and that after delay
Of 100 years since it wss 6rss proposed and
sought to be established by the founders Of the
Government, it would be unworthy Of 30 great
people to wait longer for . more favorable
time in which to meet all those b Ugh demsnda
The committee therefore unanimously approve
the bill and recommend its passage"
This unanimous report, by 80 able q commit
tee a. Senators Proctor, Hnnton, Butler, Sher-
man, Kyle, WashbuEn. Squire, aud DOlph il
certainly very suspicious re0pening of the
subject in tho National Legislature and justi-
iss the hope that the coming Congress may
bring it to satisfactory issue.
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THE ANTIETAM BATTLEFIELD.
he Work Of Marking the Lines Progress.
Ing satisfactorily.


Gen. Henry Heth, Of Virginia, and Col J. G
Stearna Of Vermont, whs were ON opposite
sides Of the conflict daring the war Of the 70.
bellion, but who are now Commissioners ia
mark the opposing limos Of battle Of the grsa,
field Of Antietam, were together on Friday
evening at an uptown hotel telling few In
terested listeners about their work On the
battlefield. These gentlemen were appointed
about two years ago by Secretary Proctor, in
accordance with an set Of Congress- to mark
the lines Of both the Armies Of Northern Vir-
GINA and Potomac, besides the positions held
by the Regular Army in that great contest Of
arms. Col. Stearns was In . communicative
mood and said: Eve are getting along clsv-
erly, having temporarily marked the position
of the Regular Army, and are almost done with
locating the lines Of the Confederate troops.
Next week We will 90 to the field with some
Baltimore and Richmond gentlemen who were
officers on the Southern side. Representatives
Harries and Hall, of Minnesota, will also accom-
pxny Us
1.-THE fight ct Antietam, Or sharpsburs. -
the Southerners style II, was the blsodisst
single-day engagement Of the whole war. On
both sides the aggregate killed and wounded
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tention OF committing suicide. He died on
Thursday morning. The Ceroner viewed
the body and decided that An inquest was
unnecessary, as the death was evidently acct
dental. The body was removed to the morgus
to await the action Of his friends. Moore was
q member Of the I'd Md. during the war, and
was in Washington awaiting admission to the
Soldiers Homo. He was buried by the Grand
Army at Arlington.
Mr.. Harrison's Secretary Of the Interior,
Gen. John W. Noble. left Washington for St.
Louis, his old home, on Tuesday evening,
March Z. having been retained in big law
suit in that city. He said to reporter that
cabinet life is very desirable, but it cost me
just $50, 900 year over and above my salary to
be in offics. It means hard labor, constant
anxiety and about the only reward one gets 10
the knowledge that he has served his country.
Gen. Noble was asked what he thought OF
President ClsveIand's statement In bis In
auEural address about :" the wild and reckless
expenditure for pensions" to which he replied
emphaticxlly: "It is the biggest humbuggery
have ever heard. The attempt to reform 10,
so called, would be more expensive than any
possible amount that could be saved. Both
parties in 'S6 were procIaimins in favor Of PEN
sions, as can be seen by an examination OF the
platforms And what ths Republicans did was
to pass dependent pension law, and not ser
vice bill, which was a compromise, although
many wanted to give pensions to every man
that had served in the Union army. Four
hundred additional clerks were provided, and
the result has been q careful administration OF
the law. Many 9 pension law which Mr..
Cleveland has inveighed against was passed
subsequently by aid of votes from the South.
Mr.. Cleveland and his Congress will not find
enough in the wild and reckless expenditure
to pay the expenses Of an investigation"
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THE HAWAIIAN TREATY.

Great Difference between Treaties and
Nominations under Senats Rules.
An erroneous impression seems to prevail
that treaties, like nominations by the Presi-
dent. or bills or resolutions, die with the az
piration of Congress, and it 10 therefore A.
sumed that the Hawaiian annexation treaty,
which was before the SD Congress, is dead, BE-
cause the Senate failed to take action on 1t be-
fore the close Of that Congress on March 4.
The Senate's rules on these points sre very ex-
picit, and there ean bo Ne reasonable doubt
between the standing of treaties and Of nomi-
nations, bills, etc. The Senate rule governing
nominations says that nominations neither
confirmed nor rejected during. the session
at which they are made shall not be acted upon
at any succeeding session without being again
madc to the Senate by the President, and il
the Senate shall adjourn or take . recess for
more than 30 days. ali nominations pending and
not finally acted upon 1T the time Of taking
such adjournment OK recess shall BE- returned
by the Secretary to the President, and shall
not again be considered unless they shall again
be made to the Senate by the President"
In relation to treaties, however. the Senate
rule is quito explicit, saying: treaties trans
mitted BY the President to the Senate for ratiA-
cation shall DO resumed at the second or any
subsequent session Of the same Congress at the
stage in which they were left al the fnal I'D
iouFnment oil the session at which they were
transmitted. but all proceedings on treaties
shall terminate with the Congress. and they
shall be resumed at tho commencement Of the
next Congress as if no proceedings had pre-
viously been had thereon"
One Of the first moves by the new Admins
tration In ths Hawaiian matter was made on
Thursday, March 8. when the pending anue1s-
tien treaty was Withdrawn by President Glove
land. This leaves the question just whore It
was when the request was made By the
Hawaiian Provisional Government for snnexa-
ton, and leaves Mr.. Clevsland's Administrstien
free to proceed with any policy it may have in
Wow. What will be the next move is merely
speculative, as Secretary Gresham il non COM
INITIAL On the subject, and the subordinate
officials Of the State Departments appear to b
as much in Ignorance as persons on tho outside.
There must be further Developments therefore,
before the full significance Of the withdrawal
of the treaty can be deinitsly known.
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Ex.SEGRETARY RUSK.
Presented with q Handsome Tea Service b.
Department Employees.

Presented with a Handsome Tea Service BY
Department Employees.
Secretary of Agriculture "UneIe Jerry"
Rnsk took leave of the employees of bis Depart
ment on Tuesday morning, ana Turned the
Department over to Hon. J. Sterling Morton.
the new Secretary. On Tuesday evening the
employees of the Agricultural Department, to
the number of about 201, presented themselves
at the Rusk mansion, with Assistant Secretary
Willis at their head many of tho gentlemen
being accompanied by their wives and families.
This visit was made ostensibiy TO permit the
families OF the clerks to bid Uncle Jerry and
Mrs. Rusk farewell. besides allowing the en-
ployes to take leave of the Goaeral with less
formaiity than necessarily accompanied the
official ceremony at the Departments.
The guests having taken possession of the
ex-Secrstary's home, there deposited on
table in the parior waiter holding six solid
silver pieces comprising a complete tea service.
General and Mrs. Rusk received their hrst
intimation from the remarks Of Assistant Sec
rotary Willis, who made the presentation
speech, saying in part:
We wished TO give you Q parting testimonial Of
our esteem-to express in a small degree at least,
our high appreciation for the kind acts and deeds
that you have manifested TO Us in tho last four
years. We wanted something sangibfs and visible
To- remind you that there hearts back here that
throb for you and think II you. We shall never
forget yon We hope yosk2a.l never forget as
| came from, one Of your receptions that we had
representative fsout the Departments among the
ladies Of the Cabinet VINO had superior ia eour-
tesy, dignity, and Kindness to all, aud so we
thought would unite Mrs. Rnsk with you in
this little testimonial. Hence selected tea
service which will be to you both reminder of
the days that gone, and that there are persons
who long you and they shall live, will
remember with kind feeling tie sffeetonsts care
and consideration you have shown TO US all.
Ex-Secretary Rusk replied la q neat speech,
in which he attri IN ted much Of the credit won
by the Agricultural Department to the inteili-
gent and cordial support always afforded him
by his late associates. He assured them that
he needed no token TO keep them in remem-
brance, but approaching, as no did, this testi-
monial of their regard. it would ever be regard
ed rather as an evidence of their kind feeling
toward Mrs. Rusk aud himself, so beautifully
expressed by his colaborer, Assistant Secretary
Willis, than as a reminder of those who would
always have warm place in his heart
The waiter has engraved upon it the picture
Of the Main Agricultural Department Building,
with the initials y. u. b." which are dupi-
Gated on each piece of the set. The plate on
the case bears the following inscription Pre-
scented to Hon. J. NJ. Rusk (1689-Secretary OF
Agriculture-1s93) from his late associates in
the United States Department of Agriculture,
as mark Of their esteem and regard. WASH
ington, d. C., March g. 1893"
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THE pAIsY-CHAIN GUILD.
Condition of the Funds for a Contagior
Disease Hospital

Condition of the Funds for Contagious
Disease Hospital.
At meeting Of the Daisy Chain Guild held
on Friday afternoon at the residences Of Repre-
sentative Hit, of Illinois, Archibald Hopkins,
Treasurer, made an interesting report of the
financial condition of the Guild. The resigna-
ton of Miss Lena Morton, daughter Of sx- Vice
President Morton, as President Of the Guild
vas announced, and Miss Alice Rochester was
elected President.
Congress 1t the last session appropriated
SIS, 600 toward the purchase Of ground and the
erection Of hospital for contagious diseases.
This sum was granted by Congress upon the
provisional condition that IL shall be expended
$4,000 for the purchase Of site, ana 5000
toward building BY the Dstries Commits
sioners, who shan combine with the Guild in
the matter.
The difficulties attending the selection Of .
suitable sits for ths hospital have nc lzss
been overcome. From the nature of ths pur-
pose of the hospital, it had to De sufficiently
remote from dwellings to sllay all fears Ct con-
tagion in the neighborhood. pieces Of we'll
timherea ground, containing IL acres, supplied
with water and near TO a lice of electric sczxs,
has besn offered for Sd, 900. In order to isolate
diphtheria, scarlet fever, smalIpo and similar
contagious diseases, is viii be necessary 10 build
eight payiions, at q further esss Of S35 COO.
The amount now in the treasury Of che Guild
In bank awaiting investment, and s325 re-
csived from tableaux recently heid nc the rssi-
dsncs of -Pcstmaster-G General Wsnamaksr,
and S515 which the Normal Institute raised for
the purpose of supplying the heating apparatus
of the hospital. such necessary furnishings
rs ahall hereafter be decided upeu.
During the past three weeks there has been
received o gift Of $500 from Mrs. John Davis
Jones, another of $500 from Mira Carroll Mar
Ger, and third gift of $500 from lady whose
name Ia withheld. The linen for the hospital
has been supplied by the Kings Daughters.
Miss Irving has contributed piGfurs valued ss
500, that il to be rallied, and this Columbia
operate Company has signiGed its desire TO
give IN opsretta for the bensit Of che hospital
fund. During the past two years the Guild has
expended the sum of S279. 90 in tina maintenance
of the kindsrgarten at the Children's Hospital,
which is an expense voluntarily assumed some
years ago.
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WILL BONDS BIZ ISSUEpf
II IL Believed MIR. Carlisle Must Do 50 e
fI,o oil

It II Believed Mr.. Carlisle Must Do So 70
Keep Up the Gold Reserve.
Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle stubbornly
refuses to be interviewed on the question of tbs
probable issue of bonds in order to keep intact
the gold reserve i'm the Treasury, but il ID the
almost general opinion of public men hero In
Washington. Democrats IS we'll a Republicans
that Mr.. Carlisle will be compelled to take i'm
mediate action of some kind to at once replenish
the Governments supply Of gold. Still, it can
not be learned whether is has been decided
definitely to issue bonds for this purpose. The
matter was talked over informally at tho first
meeting Of the Cleveland Cabinet on Tuesday,
March T. but as the question Is one which By
common consent viii he left entirely to Secretary
Carlisle for settlement, after consulting with
President Cleveland. no conclusion was reached.
Secretary Carlisle does not appear any more
anxious to issue boais than was Secretary
Foster. but it is predicted that be viii have to
take this course to keep mp the gold reserve
Secretary Foster said. just after leaving the
Treasury Department, that there Was but little
free gold In the Treasury, but the situation. at
present, was not nearly SO alarming a. il was .
week or two ago. Mr.. Foster also said that
Secretary Carlisle had an undeubted right to
use part of the gold reserve If he thought it was
necessary. He thought Congress ought to have
increased the whisky tax so cents On the gal
lon, which would have given rs . chance to in
crease our stock Of money. Persons was are
close to Mr.. Carlisle say he does not regard him
self - legally authorized to touch the geld re-
serve, and if the supply of free gold Is NOS %
once replenis hed from some source Mr.. Carlials
will be compelled to issue bonds.
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THEY HAVE NO CHANCE.

Of President Cieseland's callers ON Thursday,
March 9, and he asked him IL the rule of not
appointing men who had held Office under him
four years ago was to prevail, a reported.
President Cleveland replied in the affirmative,
and when ask ed if the rule vas infsxibls, Mr.
Cleveland responded that it would be 50 sub
stsntially; there might be exceptional and az
traordinary circumstances which might cause
some departures from il. but he could not call
to mind many possibilities to justify change
from the policy decided upon. Mr.. Springer
asked If the rule was also to apply to fourth
class postofices. Mr. Clsvsland's response WAS
that he had net thought about that, bat he
gave the decided impression that it would pre-
vail to az great an extent q possible with these
small misunderstanding.
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footed up about "a. 900 men, and the losses were
nesrIy equal. Tire fight lasted only one day.
but It's record of slaughter was not paralieied."
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VETERANS IN THE CITY.
Capt E l. Grant, Superintendent National
Cemetery. Yorktown, Va. Comrade Grant b.
longsd to Co. Z, 143th Pa
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CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.
Mira Hoka Saith, vile Of the new Secretary
Of the Interior viii not come to the National
Capital until next Autumn.
-.
1t is now recalled that when Secretary Of the
Navy Herbert was youngster he was often
spoken Of as that big headed little boy"
-
Miss Rose Cleveland. the Presidents sister,
who was mistress of the Executive Mansion
during the first part of Mr.. Cleveland's first
term, il is said on good authority. will not re-
turn TO this country until sometime in April,
notwithstanding all other reports to the con-
trary.
The warship Essex arrived at the Norfolk
Navy-yard last week, and the Navy Depart
meDt has ordered her TO Be surveyed, to SET
whether or not she can be repaired within the
10 per cent. limit allowed by law. Should tAs
report Of the board of survey be adverse, the
Essex will probably be used a . school ship, oil
offered for sale
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Solely, Ad
niral Gherarii and Commodore Ramsey held
q conference at the Navy Department On Thurs
day, March 9, regarding the changing of tint
date Of the Grand Naval Review. At the con
ference it was decided that the rendezvous
should take place in Hampton Roads, April IL
On the oath of April the feet win sail for New
York, whore the Grand Review will bs held OF
April ~.
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An officer in one Of the Pennsylvania resi-
ments which was present ut President Ceve-
lands Inauguration. and which was CHARTERED
In the State, War and Navy Department Build
ing. had . pleasant experience during his stay
in those magnificent quarters. His name is
Simon Cameron. and he 10 Quartermaster of
the regiment. He was on duty ~ officer OF
the day and was making his rounds of the
building, when he came face to face with the
largs oil portraits Of two Of his relatives who
have been Secretaries Of War. One was his
grandfather, whose name he bears, who was
first Secretary of War under President Lincoln,
and the other was his uncle, Senator Don
Cameron. who was Secretary of War during
Gen. Grants second Administration. It is not
every man who can boast Of his family having
furnished two Secretaries of War, and conse-
quently Quartermaster Cameron felt just the
least bit proud Of his name as he gagged ct the
portraits Of his two distinguished kinsmsn.
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Mrs. n. d. Lincoln, of Washington, recently
was presented with relic by Mrs. o. M. Spof-
ford, of Pulaski, Tenn. The relic consists of
blocks of wood from tree on Lookout Mount
ain. in which is embedded bullet, over which
IS engraved Lookout Mountain" on a silver
plate, the whole forming an exquisite ink
stand. 1t is not known whether the bullet is
from rebel or Union gun.
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Secretary OF State Gresham, like many other
men in public life. has wife who attends to a
great deal of his correspondence for him. It il
said that Mrs. Gresham is very fond Of Wash
ineten, but likes il best when it Ia most de-
serted. Secretary Gresham limps little when
he walks, and one of his legs is crooked. This
is the result of wound received on the Goth
OF July, 1864. while commanding the Fourth
Division, Seventeenth Corps in front of At
lanta. The General was out On the skirmish-
line when struck by rebel bullet. which
ended bis campaigning with the Army Of the
Tennessee
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friend of Secretary Carlisle says that it is
the petty vexations of life that annoy the Secre-
tary, and that big questions disturb him very
little. While he was Speaker of the House it
became necessary for him to appoint two ele-
vator boys, and the worry entailed On him in
his endeavor to select the ittest two out of so
applicants upset him more than any other event
of bis whole term of office. 81 wish that ele.
vator would sink" he said one day, after rum
ming the gauntlet of q dozen beseeching
mothers. i never could understand the need
of an elevator in the House. anyway"