Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-03-16
POLITICS IN WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March O.
The President to-day sent the follow
ing nominations to the Senate:
Josiah Quincy, Of Massachusetts,
to be Assistant Secretary OF State !;
Robt. A. Maxwell, of New York,
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gene
raj Isaac p Gray, of Indiana, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Penipo-
tentiary OF the United States to
.,aexico: Patrick y. Collions, OF
Massachusetts, to be Consul General
of the United States at LonGcn: !:
Edward Mansfield Shipp, Of Vir-
ginia, Assistant Surgeon in the Navy.
Secretary Carlisle to-day appoint
ed his son, Logan Car le, Chief
Clerk of the Treasury, vice Stocks,
resigned.
Robt. A. Maxwell, nominated to
be For 'th Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral, * citizen of Batavia, New
York, and man of means, having
amassed considerable money as u
malster. from which business he re-
tired several years ago. For twenty
years he has been prominent in poli
tics in New York. He is recognized
as a Democrat of the old school.
He was one of the leading spirits In
the "anti-srapper' convention and
has long been a warm personal TREND
of Cleveland and Postmaster General
Bissell. About a year ago be vas
removed from the office of State In
surance Commissioner by Governor
Flower, and at the time it was
charged that his removal was due to
Maxwell's friendliness to Cleveland.
The post he will fill will be similar
to that formerly occupied by Vice
President Stevenson and now to be
vacated by B. G. Rathbone, of Ohio.
WAsuIxcroS, d. c., March o.
Postmaster General Bissell is accred-
tied WITH t.s announcement that no
local bus;less- men need apply for
post offices under his administration.
He objects to commissioning local
business men as postmasters for the
reason that the actual duties are per-
formed by irresponsible and often
incompetent c.srks and substitutes.
Postmasters under Bissell must
promise to devote their entire time
to the work and personally keep
strict Office hours.
Representative Springer, CT Hi
nois, who was one of the Presidents
callers to-day, asked him if the rule
of not appointing men who had held
Office under him four years ago was
to prevail as reported. The Presi
dent replied in the affirmative, and
when asked if the rule was inAexible
Cleveland responded that it would
be so substantially. There might be
exceptional and extraordinary cir
cumstances which might cause some
departures from it, but he could not
call to mind many possibilities to
Justify a change from the policy de-
cided upon. Springer asked if the
rule was also to apply to fourth class
post-offices. Cleveland's response
was that he had not thought about
that, but he gave the decided i'm
preston that it would prevail to as
great an extent as possible with
these small postmasterships.
WASHINGTON, DC, March o.
Secretary Carlisle this morning au-
thorized the announcement that he
would exercise all the power and
discretion vested in him to uphold
the credit Of the government and tc
maintain the parity of gold and sill
yer. This statement was made to
brush away the endless sting OF
rumors that have gained circulation
about what he contemplated doing
as to maintaining Gle gold reserve
intact, as ~ sissuing bonds sg s 70
paying United States nd@s and I'm:
ted States treasury notes ~ silver
when the free, gold was hagsted, |,
etc. - ssss .ss.s.s.. !
| The. example Of Benver,. Colo. IN
J offering 81, ,00e, 900 in gold yesterday