The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-20
CLEVELAND rs WARY.
He Is Watching Tactics Of HILL
Gorman-B Bryce Combine.
The President and His Wife at Church
Chsrgss That Turkey IL Tsmpsr.
lag with Diplomatic Mail.

WAsHrSeroN CITY, March 19-fSpecial.1
Democratic senators and representatives
are awaiting with much anxiety the action
President Cleveland will take in respect to
sending appointments to the senate to-
morrow. If a large batch Of nominations
is sent in they can judge something regard
ing his future action in this direction. 1t
is the general opinion tonight that if any
appointments are sent in at all they will
include q commissioner Of Indian affairs,
commissioner of the general land office
and his assistant, pension commissioner,
commissioner Of internal revenue and sew
eral assistant secretaries in the various de-
partments.
There are some VINO still hold to the
opinion, however, that he may not send in
any appointments until he finds whether
his other nominees are to be confirmed or
rejected. The president is said to be wary
Of Hill. German, Bryce and other anti
Cleveland senators still, and may hold
back all appointments until finish fight
Is made and the winner known.
There is reason to expect that the SEN
ate will enter in earnest this week upon
the business for which it was called to-
gether. So far not single nomination
has been acted upon except the cabinet
appointments. Exclusive Of half dozen
army and navy promotions, there are now
sixteen presidential nominations which
have not yet been passed upon even in
committee, and therefore it is unlikely that
tomorrow's session will result in any con-
firmations unless the committees manage
to meet in the morping. It is, however,
the intention of the committees having
charge of the nominations to get together
early in the week, and probably within a
few days there will DO some material in
hand upon which the senate may act in
executive session. Saving the possibility
OF contest over the attempt to reorganize
the force of employees, the open sessions
OF the senate during the week do not
promise to be frequent, long or interesting.
President and Mrs. Cleveland attended
religious services this evening at tho First
Presbyterian church. During the latter
part of his former administration Cleve-
land was a regular attendant at this
church. Soon after Inauguration he
selected a pew and each Sabbath morn
ing with but few exceptions found him in
his accustomed place. After their mar
riage Mrs. Cleveland came to this church
OSA " 90 SAAOuCu 90 OuC Vi tuS u0LuU0ISs
They will continue TO use the pew which
was formerly occupied by them.
Several representatives of the American
board of commissioners from foreign mis-
sions visited Washington City last week.
They came from Boston, the headquarters
Of the body with which they were con-
nected, and had several interviews with
Josiah Quincy. acting first assistant secre-
tary Of state. They told Quincy that Turk
ish officials interfered with the correspond
ence of American missionaries in that
country; that the missionaries are the
subject of much ill-treatment by the ma
tiyes. who are not restrained by the
authorities; and that messages from
United States Minister Thomp-
son to the state department
IN Washington City never had reached its
destination, from which he (Thompson)
inferred that his mail was tempered with.
The statemements are so positive that an
investigation Of the records Of the depart
ment were ordered to determine whether
or not the correspondence is on file to SUBJ
stantiate the assertions. The investiga-
tons will be completed in few days, and
the result. which it is said will fully sus-
tain the charges, will be communicated to
the Boston gentlemen.