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

| TbE ,sHISGToN, D. c., March 8
ing nominatloTis-dav sent the follow
Josiah Quincy, of Massae:
to be Assistant Secretary OF STE !;
Rv5t. A. Maxwell, of New York,
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gene
raj; Isaac P Gray, of Indiana, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tertiary OF the United States to
Mexico; Patrick y. Collions, OF
Massachusetts, to be Consul General
of the United States at LONDON
Edward Mansfield shipp, of Vir-
ginia, Assistant Surgeon II the Navy.
Secretary Carlisle to-day appoint
ed his son, Logan Carlisle, Chief
Clerk OF the Treasury, vice Stocks,
resigned.
Robt. A. Maxwell, nominated to
be Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral. is citizen of Batavia, New
York, and man of means, having
amassed considerable money rs i
malster. from which business he re-
tired several years ago. For twenty
wears he has been prominent in poll
tics in New York. He is recognized
as a Democra, of the old school.
He was one of the leading spirits in
the "anti-snapper' convention and
has long been a warm personal friend
of Cleveland and Postmaster General
Bissell. About year ago De was
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
MaxwelI'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
WASHINGTON, d. c., March o.
Postmaster General Bissell is accred-
tied With tas announcement that nc
local business. 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 clerks and substitutes
Postmasters under Bissell must
promise to devote their entire time
to the work and personally keeI
strict Office hours.
Representative Springer, OF Hill
nois, who was one. OF the President
callers to-day, asked him ii 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 intlexible
Cleveland responded that it woulc
be SO substantially. There might be
exceptional and extraordinary cir
cumstances which might cause some
departures from it, but he could no
cali to mind many possibilities t1
! Justify change from the policy de.
!, cided upon. Springer asked if thu
rule was also to apply to fourth clas:
post offices. Cleveland's response
was that he had not thought abou
: that, but he gave the decided Inn
preston that it would prevail to a
Great an extent as possible will
/ these small postmasterships.
WASHINGTON, DC, March o.
Secretary Carlisle this morning au
thorized the announcement that hi
would exercise all the power AM
! discretion vested in him to uphol'
t the credit of the government and t.
maintain the parity of gold and sil
r yer. This statement was made. t
: brush away the endless sting Q
rumors that have gained eifculatio
5 about what he contemplated doin
t as tc maintaining Gle gold geserv
!: intact, as tS issuing bonds ass t
paying,U United States NOES and I'm
: tee States treasury notes size
a when the free gold was ieSSastes
2 etc. 80 {. !.
{ The example OF Denver. Colo, i