The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-23
LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS.
BLoUNTs COMPETENCE TO ACT As
MINISTER TO MA QUESTIONED

MINISTER TO IA QUES TONED
The State Department, However. Has No
Doubts on the suhiect-Gen siocum Sc.
cures Army Tents for New FORK Veterans
at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. New Fourth
class Postmssicrr-New Workers. who
Want Onee In the Treasury Department.
WASHINGTON. May 22.-some question has
been raised as to tho competency Of Mr..
Blount to discharge the duties OF United
States Minister to Hawaii, owing to the
peculiar circumstance surrounding his mp
pointment. which. Of course. involves the
validity and force Of oil that he has done.
INQUIRY at the Department OF State estab-
lishes clearly the fact that there. al least.
no doubt 10 entertained in respect to those
points. AS soon az Mr.. Blount receives notice
OF his appointment as Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Govern
ment OF Hawaii. he may go before the nearest
United states consular on1cer and take tho
oath OF office. From that moment his
salary as. Minister begins. Under the
usual practice he would not be com.
petent to discharge the duties OF Minister
until he presented his credentials to tho pro-
visional Government. and these credentials
have not reached him yet. But II the Hawaiian
Government Is disposed to waive that formal
W. Is awe VI SouitCSy att Wy ~ IueH0b
infreauent ID, diplomatic usage. all the rights
and privileges of n Minister would be accorded
hin ne soon as notice was conveyed 10 the
a nndTnt1nG 10 G shis' hosete Of NJ NJ. 'EEr TSnnt vent, In In
",Lnyoy." and i is said at the depsrt@ennt that
even. perhaps. the negotiation Of treaty. and
certainly not the exchange OF DIPLOMATIC
larly recognized Minister to Hawaii
State Department officials are concerned at
the news brought by lately arrived steamships
from Japan. to tho effect that American and
other foreign Missionaries in japan are being
treated with violence and indignlty. No oflcial
celved at the department.. and It IL hoped that
the circumstance have been exaggerated in
iortipg ASPECT Of the case q eH IS du. to The d'seH faet
that heretofore the ,Jarndese people. as we'll
n mls .ss GS1issn% MIN h fSs s srss,ss The isa An
ano have even welcomed them to the country.
that b "a" a c Il nSs f ot popu nrp f .safi Il has as eT tsfsa
hereafter have to contend with such. a Spirit Of
intolerance as has been encountered In China
All the arrangements necessary to the es-
resentine. the Government OF Siam have been
sSempls ;1'druc The n DEPARTMENT tn Of state has
BEEN attached to s"t the ISL siam Su.,' Ees MttiS hf IN
Paris. has been designated to act as Charge
G inatan sn I'll ' = )sssnl 81 th ssi isssIIsS II a, ws;s;
arrives, Mr.. Suriya is now in Washington, |
and will locate the legation.
The following official changes were made In
the Treasury Department to-day:
pi ARp",n!sm esa nd c co%pffso,I EGT. once GS se snS f.n rhi ss,o Of
o. "a erm mt; Immigrant Inspector. vice r. A Wood
on Ms' Gan,n,roiiel: y and a' 5.ne. % e. f Ns.9; Ps: JGss,o Sec. &c
Internal Revenue. District Of feIa. "'A'A' ''"'e'0s Oh
The totalnumbor offourth- class Postmasters
appointed to-day was 81. OF which So were to
MI vacancies caused by designations and death. |
Among the appointing are the following:
ei S:x s SS5nns: 6 6. s fh F.slss$. b Ssssi Tals; n EsssaS So,
9enhnu;er Iienns!e station: Gu.tny Wilson, Hollis:
}irs AN :s J. d hiHs. ! !s i, w. ), u H' ssin nssn sliils a'.'RSi iils:
a sia + 4 vs saH SH.sr. mtns s.nio r D.vs'io Jones. Neville;
COMMISSIONS Seymour Of tho Patent Ofice
to-day announced that he would appoint q
referee to hear the testimony and decide upon
Church K Church asking that a rule issue
upon eH-Comnissfoner Simonds and Foster 6
be dlsbarred. The latter arm u"f has died With
me Commissioner a REQUEST that Church Il
be decided at tho hearing on Wednesday.
Mr.. Flickenstein. who presided over the
oSt nv uoAihk ~ iiSS 70 |
land administration is here with the expocta-
tion OF consulting the President on the roliti-
cal situation in and about Rochester. He np-
Pears risrs to BE- b. efgeSiaily ,nt baint.G n having his
HasRei err H. siauf FIick annH,ate1 tor rSatefedF Mr. +!
Hauck,s papers to the Treasury DEPARTMENT
other applicants have been given out at the
Departments no public announcement Of Mr..
Is I s said T. n be , no record record q IT. then ,Gari in III ths ID denar.s
Hauck. and his friends viii get another set. or
Among the New York applications recorded
at the TMSs at : department n.b today were We're
3 9o65h f. f. E be q ssDS cf No SsS Ynr * to th be T Gciiestof;
Gn anfssn J. c FsEsnS Si b 5of 1ne T to ne S Snne1vis rns
Inspector q steam Vessels for the Ninth dis
speeial n AGILE q 9a tis Trs ms1Hken wants to be
Con. II, W; slocum is here as tho representa-
mike arrangeme nts for the dedication OF tho
state monument on the battlefield OF Gettys-
isrts % y his sH'y yis his Is to os seca or 'f rom nf' t@ = sec ge:
a.tyo Of M " M ;oS Ss Sr9 9gI tents 1s;d 70. tn M aSeoo snnsot
General had u conference with Secretary La
porter 81 TnE sSs Con. sloeum said:
Of every New Yorker who participated in the
battle of Gettysburg. The celebration viii
I'm Drace three DAYS. July 1.2.and 3. Al the old
commanders. Sickles. Buttcrlicld. Mcmahon.
and every surviving officer and pri-
yRtt Of the gallant New York regiments will he
invited to help us dedicate our monument in
m appropriate manner. Those Of our old COM
rudes who nro not able to provide for Them
selves during tho trip. We propose to furnish
comfortable accom- modations for them. 1t is
that We may need more than one
thousand fonts from the War Department. buy
| am confident thnt Secretary Lamont will
give US what We need
Escaped From the Workhouse by Way OF
Ellis Island.