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Show Yl'ASHIXGTOX. Whisliy Tbives Heecing Pur- I Uos-Only One Clerk Yoliin- , turily ftteps Down and Out ties. Wlieriuau Isn't Auxtous to luteritro in Moutlicru j ElectluuN, i Chicago, 17. Tribune's Washington Washing-ton : A great pressure was brought to bear on the president and attorney general yesterday and to day, in behalf of the St. Louis, Chicago aud Milwaukee Milwau-kee whisky convicts. The president has declared, however, that he would make no pardon unless recommended recommend-ed by the attorney general, who has : not yet made such recommendation in any case, though extraordinary exertions have been made to secure : his favorable action before the prcsi-' prcsi-' dent leaves for Long Branch. The only treasury employe who I has accepted Secretary Morrill's ofl'er "of leave of abaenco with pay to those who will resign, is a clerk in the office of the comptroller of currency, "who sails for Enuland on Monday to tako possession ot a fortune of several millions which has been left to his "family by some relative. His title to Xit has been decided by English courts after two years of litigation. I Geueral Sherman will not at pre-1 - sent issue any special orders (or carry--ing out the president'sdirections con-ycerning con-ycerning troops, except to publish that "order for general information. No changes of stations will now be made S of troopB south, nor any bo "ordered unless they seem necessary Tina precautionary sense. General Sherman says great care should be aken that no rights of states are m-Traded m-Traded by the military authorities unless strictly within the bounds prescribed pre-scribed by law. The millitary will not take active part in any case unless un-less called upon in regular form by the proper civil officers. Tne attorney general's office is adopting measures to enforce strictly all provisions of the national election laws, not only in the south but e'se where. Great care is to be exercised, it is Baid, in tho selection of supervisors super-visors of elections, and instructions will be issued, for the guidance of all United States officers in a lew days Prosecutions are also contemplated against persons in Alabama who are accused of having perpetrated frauds instate elections, though it in dithcult to see how the United States has jurisdiction in the cases, aud also against any who are guilty of intimidation intimi-dation of voters. Special counsel has already been appointed to assist in this work, and arrests are expected to be made in a few days. United States marshals' offices in tho south are to be made more efficient. , Some changes of principals aud the number of deputies have been made. The military order of the I president published this morninj has . furnished the chief topic of couvoreu-tion couvoreu-tion to-day among politicians who 1 still tarry in Washington. It has in-r in-r spired the republicans who trust in r the administration machice with con-! con-! fidence and hope, which they have not felt since the passages on civil ser-' ser-' vice reform in his letter of acceptance j damDened their ardor, and they now i look fur a return of the days when the f southern question overshadowed all others in national politics, aud loyal men of the north voted the Union ticket, asking no questions fur con-f con-f science sake. |