Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1885 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

Joseph W. Nichol, of Indianapolis, Ind., has been appointed Law Clerk of the Postoffiee Department, vice John A. Henry resigned. Mr. Nichol is a brother-in-law of ex-Sergeant-at-arms . Bright, of the United States Senate... .The President has appointed the following-named Postmasters of the Presidential class: F. M. Householder, at Noblesvalle, Ind., vice James K. Fisher, resigned; j. S. Catherwood, at Hoopeston, 111., Tice Dale Wallace, resigned; Alexander, McKennon, at Crooks* ton, Minn., vice Delos Jacobin, resignedi E. J. Debray, at Clyde. Kan., vice A. Corn* forth, resigned; George H. Tracy, at Wilbur, Neb., vice Horace Cole, commission expired. : Rules governing the appointment of postoffice inspectors have been issued by Postmaster General Vilas, declaring that candidates must pass an examination; that appointments will be made upon merit, and run jt or six months only, reappointment to depend upon efficiency. Any political influence brought to bear will be inimical to candidates’ chances for appointment President Cleveland is said to be somewhat embarrassed by the pressure from politicians in the older States to secure judicial positions or Land offices in the Territories, in defiance of the principle of home rule. ' ..