Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1885 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

President Cleveland has appointed F,. V. Long, of Indiana, to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of tho Territory of New Mexico, to succeed Judge Vincent, ro moved. The fol owing Federal appointments are also announced from Washington: Robert I*. Waring, to be Assayer and Melter at Charlotte, N. C.; George 8. Savage, to be Collector of Customs for the district of Cherrystone, Va.; L. Q. Washington, of the District of Columbia, to be a commissioner to examine a section of railroad constructed by the Northern Pacific ltailroad Company; S. I. Anderson, to be Collector of Customs at l'ortland, Me.; Louis K. Church, of New York, to he Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Dakcta; \\ m. W. Porter, of California, to be Associate Justice of the bupieme Court of the Territory of Arizona: Wm. H. Barnes, of Illinois, to be Associate Justice of the Territory of Arizona; John O. Shields, of Michigan, to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Arizona; Israel Green, of Mitchell, I). T.. to be agentfor the Indians of the Sisseton Agency in Dakota; Wm. H. Bickford, Receiver of Public Moneys at Shasta, Cal.; Sylvester Ball, Register ol the Land Offico at Shasta, Cal.; Edward Bessinger, of New York, Consul at Beirut; Daniel W. Heiring, of Tennessee, Consul at Tegucigalpa; C. H. Vaughn, Collector of Customs at Sag Harbor, N. Y.; James Tilton, Collector of Customs at, Great F.gg Harbor, N. J.; T. F. Donovan, Surveyur of Customs for the Port of Patchogue, N. Y. The official vote in Ohio will show Foraker’s plurality to bo 18,158; the total vote, 231,232. The Prohibition voto looms up to 2?,000. Influential citizens of Fort Wayne have requested President Cleveland to appoint Hon. A. P. Edgerton to a place on the Civil-Service Commission. Washington special: “Friends of Mr. Windom, who have been spending a few days quietly In Washington, say he is going to run for Governor to succeed Hubbard, hoping to score in the race for McMillan’s seat.” Senator Sherman, on being serenaded in Washington, made a speech, in which he proposed a reduction of thirty-eight Representatives in Congress and tho Electoral College because of tho disfranchisement of negroes. In regard to the relations between President Johnson and General Grant, it is believed by General Sherman that the controversy would have been settled by the appointment of General J. D. Cox as Secretary of War. Vioe President Hendricks suggests that President Johnson believed in restoring and not in, reconstructing the States. Gen. Sickles states that Grant said enough to him to reveal his alarm for the safety of the Government during the reconstruction period. Senator Arkell, of New York, reports Grnnt as saying that he had personally been the means of preventing a second civil war of a menacing character. President Cleveland announced to a gentleman whom he called into consultation that he was determined to adhere to his civil-service policy, whatever might happen in or out of his party, and was satisfied tho country would approve of his course. In speaking of the Chicago Appraisersbip, for which there ae thirrty-flve candidates, he said he bad laid the matter over in tho hope

that time would assist him in solving the' question. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Coon has sent his resignation to the President, and Mr. Youmans, Acting Chief Clerk, will probably be his successor.