Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-06-29
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON d. c., June %.

raised IN AlaDduld CeuLl SSiVaiu
old officials in that State claimed that
the President had no power to remove
them. before the end of their terms.
The matter came up in court and while
the court did not render any decision
involving the question at issue, 1t cut
the gordian-knot by simply recognizing
the new appoirtees. Now a judge in
one ofthe territories refuses to turn his
office over to the new judge appointed
by President Cleveland, and Attorney
General Olney is somewhat embarrass-
ed by the situation. The old judge is
removed" on paper but physically ne
is in possession of his office to-day.
There are also several old treasury Of
ficials who resent their removal to the
extent of threatening to appeal the
cases to the court. These cases differ
from the cases in the department of
Justice in that the removed persons
held their commissions from the Secre-
tary of the Treasury instead ofthe Pres
ident of the United States. Some
doubt is expressed in high official cir
Giles as to the absolute right of removal
of a person holding a presidential
commission. But during all ad-
m~inistrations the power of removal
las been exercised by the Pres
ident, and now that that paragraph of
the tenure of Office act relating to the
term of service has been repealed, it is
c~ontended that there is nothing in the
law that abridges or qualities the right
of the President as to removals. Still
the question is IN undecided n as far
as the courts go. The attention Of the
civil service commission has been call
ed to the subject by some of those re-
Gently affected, and Commissioner
Roosevelt has had an extended confer
ence with Secretary Carlisle on this sub
,ject.
Secretary Carlisle received to-day
numerous callers, among whom were
many members Of Congress. With all
of these the silver question formed the
principal topic of consideration and the
continued decline of the price OF silver
was naturally adverted to. The Secre-
tary had received a cablegram stating
that the price of silver was to-day in
London 6S! cents per ounce, at which
rate the silver dollar as bullion was
worth SO cents. Nevertheless the point
was, of course, apparent that the pur-
chasing power of the silver dollar with
silver bullion at 6S1 cents per ounce
was as great to-day as it was when sill
yer was worth S1.22 per ounce and the
bullion value of the silver dollar was SO
cents. 1t should be equally obvious
that this is so because it is known that
the credit of the United States is be-
hind its silver money as it is behind all
of its other-forms of money and without
which none of them except gold coin
and gold certificates would be worth
their par value in the money markets
of the world.
The President to-day made the fol-
lowing appointments Elliott NJ. Bow
man of Indiana, to be deputy fourth
auditor of the Treasury; George B.
Anderson of the District of Columbia.
to be secretary Of legation at Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. To be consuls of the
United States-Leopold Moore of New
York, at Hull, England; James G. Fox
OF New York, at Antigua, West Indies;
GreenVille James of New York, at
Woodstock, New Brunswick; Geo. w,
Savage of New Jersey, at Dundee,
Scotland; Eugene German of Gala.
fornia, at Zurich, Switzerland; Jas. H,
Madden, OF Illinois, at Smyrna, Tur.
key; Frank E. Hyde of Connecticut, at
Lyons, France; Frederick w. Kirk,
busch of Wisconsin, at Stettin, Ger.
many; Geo. G.. Matthews, jr. of Flori-
da, at Para, Brazil: Otto III. Boyesen Of
North Dakota, at Christiana, Norway /;
Louis S. D%elaplaine, jr. of West Vir.
ginia, at Demerara, Guiana; J. Court
ney Hixson of Alabama, at Ningpo,
China; Edward p. Crane of Pennsyl'
vania, at Hanover, Germany, and Hen
~ C. Smith of Alabama, at Santos,
Brazil. George II. Kearney, chief en-
gineer, U. S. Navy; Chas. A. E. King,
passed assistant engineer, U. S. Navy.
Guy Z. jenkins, adiutant 3rd battalion
of infantry, militia of the District of
Columbia.
Official changes were to-day made in
the Treasury Department as follows
Appointed-DeWitt c. Jackson of New
York, special Inspector of customs
John Finley, New York, special inspec-
tor of customs, and Dennis A. Ryan,
assistant custodian of custom house, St.
Louis Mo, Sl400, vice George w. Gil
son, resigned. Resigued-Daniel Ho-
gan, collector Of internal revenue 18th
district of Illinois.
Major Holmes Conrad, eX-Congress-
man John Goode, State Senator Little
and ex-State Senator Walton Moore, OF
Virginia, have accepted invitations to
speak ct Marshall Hall on the 9TH
proximo, when the Virginia democratic
association Of this city will make an
excursion to that place.
Mr.. J.F. Tillman, of Bradford county,
Tennessee, a lawyer and school teacher,
will be appointed register of the Trea-
sury. This is the place for which Col.
l.. w. Reid of Alexandria, vas an ap-
plicant.
After four months of democratic rule,
Lynch, the Mississippi negro, was to-day
removed from the high position of 4th
auditor of the treasury in which all the
accounts of the naval officers are set
tied. But better late than never. Bruce,
Smalls and Quincy still retain their
places.
Congressman Tyler of Virginia is
here to-day trying to have republicans
removed from the Norfolk Navy Yard
and democrats put in their places.
Nearly all the democrats there were re-
moved O after Mr.. Harrison became
President, and Mr.. Tyler thinks it moth
ing more than fair that they should now