Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-03-31

Cleveland Win Smash States.
speefcI 7slssraHs 20 tts hs0ifts--
WAsH1NGroN, ID. c., March 5O.-The
good right arm of Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Maxwell IS rapidly
pettipg into working trim, as was shown
to-day by the decapitation OF 1877 Iourth
class Republican p0stmasterS ana ther
replacement by Democrats.
or this number fourteen were IN west
Vir1fpia ana twelve Of sheSe fourteen
Republicans were remoVed' the O'neE
TWO hal resigned.
Al Addison, Webster county, A. j.
Corar WAS appointed 10 succeed h. A.
Arthur: at Anthem, WetZel county, ID.
L. Anderson, TO succeed l.. l.. Stewart;
at Beaver Mills, Nicholas county y u
Williams, % succeed w. y. Callahan; az
BenwoOd, Marshall county, l.. ID. Dol
bear. 20 succeed A. L. Pelley; at Fair
view. Hancock county, ID. l.. Evans, to
succeed r. A. Shaw; at Fayetteville, Z.
n. Burgess, 10 succeed Y. b. Bowyer;
az FrankfOrd, GreeCbrier county, Miss
II. c. Kincaid, 70 succeed =. h. Hanna;
at Hacker Valley, Webster county,
c. A. Curry 10 succeed w. Z. Duke; at
Raleigh @. H., w. T. Shermale, TO sue
ceed ). j. Newlan; az West Liberty,
Ohio county, A. j. McCOlioch, to sue
eeed TO w. NJ. Dunlap; at West Mill
ford, Harrison county, T.. Nj. Smith, TO
succeed G.. l.. Bartlett. All the above
were removals
AT Mt. Carbon, Fayette county, c. L.
Walker succeeds 5. Dixon, resigned,
and at New Milton, Doddridge county,
]. Ribletts succeeds j. ii. Davis, re-
signed.
Although not included in to-day's
list Ernest ECkOls was appointed Post
master at Caperton, Fayette county, at
the REQUEST Of Mr.. Anderson. The Re
publican incumbent was removed. Mr..
Anderson has also asked the removal OF
the Republican postmasters and the ap-
pointment Of Democrats as follows: At
Sellers. ]. y. Birthy; Peeks Run, +. T.
Oorder; Indian Camp, Hiram Been; Al
ton, A. d. T. Pringle; Hemlock, Peter
Scott: all Upshur county, ard Thomas
Hin at Madison, Boone county.
FIRST PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT.
West Virginia got its first Presiden-
tial appointment to-day when the name
of Mr.. Luther NJ. Shaffer, OF Martins
burQ. WAS sent 20 the Senate for the pO-
sition OF United States Consul az STAN
ford. Ontario. The appointment or Mr..
Shaffer was urged by Senator Faulkner
and ReDresentative Wilson. The place
pavs a salary oi Sl,j0O a year
and the fees are very meagre.
MIR. Shaffer is an ex-Ofiicial, haying
held the post OF United States CONNER
cial agent az Port Hope, Ontario, when
Cleveland was President before. lie
was not, however, allowed 20 complete
his fopr years term by Harrison, and
this fact brought him under the eXcep-
tions 20 Mr. Cleveland's rule against the
apDointment OF eX-OiicehOlders.
Senator Camden aud Representative
Wilson were az the White House to-
dav. and had another brief talk with
the Presidents regarding the West Vir-
rfnia appointments. The President said
he would take up the papers relating 70
the West Virginia federal officials just
as soon as he found 10 possible 20 do so,
and would dispose of them without de-
Law. As TO the Internal Revenue Com
missionership, he said be had not yet
come 20 a decision.
Senator Camden will leave here to-
morrow for ParkerSburg, where be will
remain for some days. Mrs. Camden
has not yet recovered from her illness
and the Senator has been trying 20 join
her for the last week, but has been IN
able 10 leave here owing % the number
of matters demanding his attention. He
said to-day he believed he had done all
il was in his power 10 do in the way Of
filing papers and urging appointments
TO Office, and now thought his further
presence here az this time could do no
ROO1.
Mr.. Blaine w. Taylor, Of Randolph,
has decided 70 apply FOR position as
chief Of division IN the Treasury De-
partment
The only West Virginia application
for Office fled at the Treasury Depart
mept to-day was that of Mr.. !. Il. Hand
Ian, Of Wheeling, who formally applied
for the position OF Collector Of Customs
at Wheeling.
Mr.. John J. Coniff and DR.. John A.
Campbell, OF Wheeling, we're among the
West Virginia arrivals In town to-day.
THE PRESIDENTS NOMINArIoNS.
The President to-day sent the follow
ing nominations 90 the Senate:
Thomas +. Bayard, Of Delaware,to be
ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipO-
tentiary 20 Great Britain. To be EuvOys
Extraordinary and Ministers PienipO-
ten,iary OF the United States:
James ID. Porter. Of Tennessee,
20 Chile; James A. Mckenzie,
of Kentucky, % Peru; Lewis Fhker.
OF Minnesota, 20 Nicaragua, Costa Rica
and Salvador: Pierce NJ. B. Young, Of
GeOrgia. 70 Guatemala and Honduras;
Edwin Dunn, OF Ohio, now secretary OF
legation 10 Japan, 10 japan; John NJ.
Reynolds, Of Pennsylvania, 10 be Assist
ant Secretary OF the Interior, vice Cyrus
Bussey. resigned; Lawrence Max
well, Jr., Of Ohio, 20 be Solicitor
General, vice Charles p. Hall; John l.
Hall. OF Missouri, TO be Assistaht At
torney General, Vice George Shields,
resigned; NJ. p. PendletOn, Of Maine,
Consul to PictOu; Theodore N. stephens,
Of Illinois, Consul 70 Annaberg; ,Wm. 7.
Townes, OF Virginia, Consul 10 Rio De
JaneirO; CLAUDE Meeker, OF OHIO. Con-
sui TO Bradford, England; Nawton B.
Eustis, Of Louisiana, 10 be ctnd Sec
retary Of the Legation Of tn Npnited
States az Paris.
WHO THE NEW ONES ARE
First on the list OF nominstio IA
frst in distinction in long pub