Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1885 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

The following Federal appointments were made by the President during the week: P. Leonce Bonny to be Appraiser of Merchandise in the district of New Orleans, La.; Alexander M. Wallace to be Surveyor of Customs for the port of Atlanta, Ga ; Alfred Bradley to be Superintendent of Public Buildings in New Orleans, vice Mr. Glenn, removed: William C. Jones to be United States Ma: shat for the District of Kansas; Horace R. Chase, of Peoria, 111., has been appointed Superintendent of the Industrial School for Indians at Genoa, Neb.; Frank F. Claussonto be Assayer, Leonard Maaruder to be Melter and Refiner, and Allen Thomas to be Coiner of the Mint of the United States at New Orleans. To be Collector of Customs—lsaac B. Poucher, for the District of Oswego, N. Y.; Joseph Magoffin, for the District of Paso del Norte, Texas; Char.es F. Gaiety, for the District of Corpus Christ, Texas; Baker P. Lee, for the District of Yorktown, Va.; Adelaide Guernon, for the District of Minnesota; John Cadwalladcr, for the District of Philadelphia. To be Receivers of Public Moneys—A. L. King, at Harrison, Ark.; M. D. McHenry, at Des Moines, Iowa; Warren McLauren, at Jackson, Miss,; William Bayard, at Pueblo, Col. To be Government Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad—Frederick R. Coudert, of New York City, vice Hon. Francis Kernan, declined; Marcus A. Hanna, of Cleveland, Ohio, vice Learner B. Harrison, declined. To be Agents for the Indians—E. C. Osborn, o' Tennessee, of the Ponca, Pawnee, and Otoe Agency, in Indian Territory; Frederick Kooner, of Indiana, of the Osage Agency, Indian Territory; Jesse Lee Hall, of Texas, of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, In Indian Territory; Timothy A. Byrnes, of New Jersey, of the Yakima Agency, in Washington Territory; Benjamin Z. Moore, of New York, of the Colville Agency, in Washington Territory. To Be Registers of Land Offices—Frank Dale, of Kansas, at Wichita, Kan.; Clate M. Ralstin, of Kansas, at Independence, Kan.; James D. Stewart, at Jackson, Miss. To Be Collectors of Internal Revenue —Andrew Welch for the Second District of Illinois, Maurice Kelley for the Fourth District of Illino.s, Joseph M. Marrow for the Sixth District of W isconsin. Consuls - Alexander Shipley, of New York, to be United States Consul at Auckland: J. L. McCaskill,of Mississippi, at Dublin; Joseph Falkenbach, of Ohio, at Barmen; James Wheelan, of New York, at Fort Erie, Canada: Jasper Smith, of the District of Columbia, at Newcastle, England.

Postmasters—A. E. Buddeck, at Montrose, Col.; E. V. Wharton, at Yates Center, Kan.; Albert O. Bristol, at Pasodena, Cal.; William J. Van Skiver, at Beverly, N. J.; George A. Paxton, at Valentine. Neb.; Max J. Alwens, at Belleville, Kan ; Mrs. M. F. Pender, Tarborough, N. C. vice W. P. Williamson, suspended; Docteur L. Lagrange, Port Richmond, N. Y.. vice T. J. Butler, suspended; Juliette M. Jones, Cambridge City, Md., vice F. C. Mosbaugh, suspended; Frederick A. Schidley, Orangeburgh Court House, S. C., vice A. W’ebster, suspended; Henry G. Ashmead, Chester, Pa., vice John A. Wallace, suspended; William A. Walker, Albuquer iue, New Mexico, vice Thomas Hughes, resigned; John B. Mitchell, New Albany, Ind., vice M. L. 'Hurley, suspended; George M. Ufford, Wa Keeney, Kan., vice J. M. Millard, resigned; Samuel J. Hess, Fredonia, Kan,, vice Miles T. Cantwell, suspended; Robert R. Mcßride, Thibodeaux, La., vice Gus Boudreau, suspended; Thomas J. Watt, Columbus, Ga., vice T. C. Sturgis, suspended; William T. Hall, Beloit, Wis., vice Ch timers Ingersoll, suspended; W. R. Andrews. Union City, Tenn., vice William P. Richards suspended; Walter H. Dawley, Antigo, Wis., vice Henry Smith, suspended; Fayette Johnston, Ludmton, Mich., vice H. F. Alexander. not commissioned.

The Nebraska Republican State Central Committee have fixed Oct. 11 as the date for holding the State Convention at Lincoln. The fourth annual meeting of the National League Civil Service Association convened at Newport, R. I. Seventy-five members were present from all parts of the country. George William Curtis, the President, delivered an address. The Civil-Service Commission submitted a report of . its investigation of the charges against Postmaster Jones, of Indianapolis, to the President. The commission acquits the accused official of violations of the civil-service act or rules, but intimates that he was indiscreet in his utterances before he understood the purport of the law as fully as he does now. From the inauguration of President Cleveland to the 25th of July, says a Wash

ington dispatch, there were appointed 4,043 fourth-class postmasters. Omitting appointments in Territories, the appointments to the States were as follows: Stat?. No. State. No. Indiana327'New York.3lo Virginia.32l Ohix 310 Missouri....24o Illinois2l7 Pennsylvania2o9 North Carolinal9) Arkansasls2 Kentucky 134 lowa 117 Georgialo2 Tennesseelos Michigan 16 Wisconsin 96 West Virginia 95 Vermont )8 Alabama. 84 Texas 83 Mississippi 73 Kansas 70 South Carolina 08 Maryland. 62 Louisiana 49 New Jersey 46 New Hampshire 43 Maine 38 Minnesota 37 Nebraska 32 California 30 Massachusetts 2 Florida 21 Oregon 161 Colorado is Connecticut 13 Del aw .re 10 Nevada..... sißhode Island 2 The great majority of these appointments have been made to fill vacancies caused bydeath or resignation. It seems almost incredible, but it is a fact that 222 Ohio men have resigned their postoffices, which beats the record for Illinois, where 149 of the appointments were made to fill vacancies caused by resignations. The total removals have amounted to 998, of which 163 were in Virginia, 132 in New York, 98 in Indiana, 74 in Ohio, 55 in Illinois, 47 in Wisconsin, and 11 each in Michigan and lowa.