Graham guardian., 1902-01-24
AT wAsHINGTOH.
i.saiei's Appointment-Doan and
sloan will bs Confirmed.

Arizona aHalfS rCcClFeu COnSlG
crablc consideration before the
Judiciary Committee of the Senate
last Saturday. Ben Daniels nom.
ination for marshal WAS discussed,
and Doan and Sloan were report
ed tavorably for confirmation.
Charges had been filed against
the two Judges by members of the
bar who practiccd before them, and
there was much correspondence
between Senator Hoar and the men
who made the charges. The ma
,ture of the charges no member of
the committee would reveal, but it
is evident that they were. not sub
stantiatcd as tho vote to report
favorably for confirmation was
unanimous.
The case of Ben Daniels was con-
sidercd at some length. Letters
and kilograms protesting against
his confirmation were read, and
afidavits were laid before the COM
mittce setting forth in great detail
that Daniels was a faro dealer at a
public gambling house in Nogales
just prior to his departure for
Washington to ask for the appoint
ment.
There was pretty free exchange
Of opinion, and it was almost unan,
imors that Daniels was not fit
person for the marshalship.
AT the suggestion of Culberson
of Texas Senator Hoar will ex-
press the views of the committee
to the President. before further
action will be taken by the com
mittee.
This means that the president
will be asked formally to with.
draw the appointment aad if he re-
fuses to do so that tho committee
will report unfavorably.
The Vidette, published at Nogales
where Ben Daniels lives, says that
he is not professional gambler,
but professional miner.
President Roosevelt continues to
distribute surprise packages to the
astoni.hed republicans in the Sun
ny South. He has just appointed
as Receiver of Public Moneys at
Jackson, Miss, Isaiah Y. Mont.
gomery, to succeed Geo. E. Matth,
ews. Strange as it may seem,
Montgomery, is not only negro,
but a lifelong democrat, while
Matthews is white man and re
publican Leader Of that state. "Ike''
Montgomery, as be is farmiliary
called, was \ body servant OF
Jefferson Davis, and has always
been a democrat.
The president has decided to ap,
point Morgan o. Llwsliyn survey.
or general of New Mexico. Llew.
ellyn is the son of w. H. H. Llew.
ellyn, who was lieutenant-colonel
in the presidents regiment. The
son also served in the Rough
Riders. Also to appoint H. D.
Bowman receiver of the general
land Office at Las CrucHs; Leland,
a brother of Cyrus Leland of Kan.
sas, receiver at Roswell, and Al. r.
Otero, the national committeeman
from Now Mexico, receiver at
Santa Fe.
President Roosevelt received a
Delegation who called last Satur.
day to invite him TO attend a
young negroes Christian congress
to be held in Atlanta next summer
The President has transmitted
to Congress supplemental report
Of the Isthmian canal commission
on the proposition of the Panama
Canal Company to sell its property
to the United States forty millions
The commission unanimously
reported that after considering the
conditions now existing, all the
facts and circumstances upon
which present judgment pqst be
based the commission is of the
opinion that the most practicable
and feasible eoqte for on isthmiap
canal is that known as the NBape
ma Canal Route"