The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-08

johnson lind }, Springer.
Nays-Cox, Cobb (Mo.), Cobb Gala }, !
Ellis, Warner, johnson (O.), Black,
Hall.
Warner saws that his new bill will be
designed TO secure repeal speedily ana
with it an elastic currency. Several
other bills to secure the repeal of state
bank tax with various limitations are
before the committee but may not
be taken up. Chairman Springer
said concerning the vote. II do not
regard it as finally disposing of the
state bank tax question. 1t will get
before the house in one form or an
other.n
CONSIDERING APPOINTMENTS.
Now that the tariff bill has passed and
the bond issue is under way Secretary
Carlisle is expected TO devote consider
able time during the present month to
looking over papers in case OF applica'
tions for Office under the treasury de-
partment. There will be a good deal
of work in this direction, In the Gus
toms service alone there already exist
number of vancancies in presi-
dental offices. These added
to those that will occur on or
before March l, by the expiration of
terms or otherwise will make total of
80 Included in this list are the fol
lowing collectors of customs: Thomas
+. Cooper, Philadelphia; Marco B.
Gary, Cleveland John M. Clark, Chi
cagO; Charles f. johnson, Duluth;
John X. Berry, San Diego, and Frank
A. Stewart, Coos Bay, Ore. Also the
following surveyors Of customs; K. W.
Matterson, Chattanooga; A. Smith,
Jr., Cincinnati; George F. Engler,
Council Bluffs, Ia; VIM. II. AleXan-
der, Omaha; H. @. Macarthur, Lin
coin, Neb.; and Robert Calvert, La
Crosse, Wis. Also the following naval
officers: Thoe. b. Willis and Thomas
J. Powers, Philadelphia; also James s.
Birdsal, appraiser at Cincinnati. In
all the above named cases the lncum- |
bents have resigned or their terms
have expired.
Ia the Philadelphia, San Francisco |
and Carson City mints there are
dozen positions, some of which are
now vacant and others the terms of
ipcumbency expiring March /. They |
would include the following. Phia-
@. Bosbyshell, superin
tendent; d. K. Tuttle, melter and re.
finer; O. E. Barber, engraver w. S.
Steel, coiner. At San Francisco-H.
Ii. Lawrence, assayer: @. NJ. Gorham,
coiner. aud Alexander Martin, melter
and reiiner, and at Carson City, New
p. b. Ellis, assayer; E A. Seabriski,
melter and reiiner, and l.. r. Hotf, SUI
perintendent.
PERSONNEL OF THE NAVY.
The joint congressional committee
of members of each house
of congress. appointed to investigate
personnel of the navy has begun its
for work in hand, and
is expressed to make the
Investigation as thorough as prac.
ticable with a hope of being able to
make some recommendations which
may remedy such evils as may now
exist. The need of reorganization to
which this investigation looks is not
new. Its importance has long been
recognized by the navy department
and by congress, but it has remained
upon because of want of time
and failure to secure concerted action.
1t is proposed to try to find a
proper means for organization of borh
staff and line officers of the navy as
well as to provide means of promo
ton for abe enlisted men. and to find
means other than that of seniority of
service for securing promotion. The
of change in the Tegu a.
tons controlling the line officers, n.
Guiding navy department officials, con
tend that radical modification of
existing laws must be made to prevent
the personnel from becoming totally
inefficient from congestion and paraly
sis. They say that owing to various
CAUSES the Tetirements are very slow
and chances for promotion few. They
argue from this and other similar
that the present system of
promotion by seniority of rank pre-
vents, in many instances, the promo
ton of many officers who should be
advanced on account of merit, and the
principal end in view with
the committee will be finding of the
means of bringing about a change in
this respect, There will also be an
effort to provide means of promotion
of enlisted men of the navy, and it is
thought it will prove strong incen-
tive to more efficient service 1t is
lbllltu Olb JllIu tuduttS lOt prefer
meut of this class of our seamen are
fewer than many European countries.
Committee will 90 into this and other
questions and hopes to be able to re-
port bill which will receive the sane
ton of the navy department and con-
gress, and thus become law. The
joint committee is composed OF Sena-
tors Butler, Blackburn and Hale and
Representatives Mercer Money and
Wadsworth.
DOLE'S REPLY TO WILLIS.
The president today transmitted
to congress the dispatch re-
ceived from Minister Willis on
Saturday. The letter is not
included for lack of time to trapscribe
it after Willis received it. Dispatches
%, 26 and 81, which are withheld, are
merely statements of accounts, lega-
ton acquisitions, etc. The dispatch
of Willis is as follows:
To Secretary of State Hon. W. @. Gresham;
DEAR SIR-On yesterday, at 80 o.
IN, | received Hon. 5. b. Dole's an
swer TO my letter. Jan, l, requesting
him with his earliest convenience to
give me specifications contained in
prior letter His answer is about
80 pages of closely written
official paDpr and has baan