The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-20
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NEw YORK, December 10.
Gen. Brady, Second Assistant Postmaster
General, has charge Of all the contracts for the
transportation OF the mails, and is directly re-
sponsibls for what may be irregular in this
branch of the service. An important fact in
connection with the irregularities il that the
Postmaster General was absent on California
trip during last Summer when most OF the in
oreases were awarded, aud during his absence
General Brady was acting as Postmaster Gan
eral. Brady. in speaking of this matter, pro-
claimed his responsibility and invited inyesti'
CATION To do himself justice he should not
wait for inquiry, which will undoubtedly be
ordered, but should demand it. No one is more
surprised at the revelations made in connection
with the service than Postmaster General Key,
who says that he will not be conteDted until the
Congress. 1t is claimed by Gen. Brady and his
friends that If Congress had not authorized the
establishment of about 1000 additional routes,
the money appropriated for the current year
would have been sufficient, and the Department
would not have been obliged to ask for an ad-
iitional appropriation OF two million dollars
1t is true that 1900 additional new routes were
authorized, and according to General Brady,
service was established on 300 now routes thus
authorized. Tho fact should not be overlooked,
however, that the routes upon which increased
compensation was allowed are all old routes,
and it will be doubtless discovered that what
ever deficiency may be found to exist in the
appropriation for the Star service is on account
Of the extravagant increases made in serving old
routes, and not on account OF the establishment
Of new routes.
BOSTON, December 1G.
Dispatches from Augusta assert that the count
has been made by the Governor and council OF
the election returns, which will result in de-
livering certificates tomorrow to q sufficient
number of Fusionists Democrats and Green.
backers) to give that party majority in both
branches OF the Legislature. Dispatches assert
that there is grea: feeling among the Republ.
cans owing to this condition Of affairs.
The Advertiser has special from Augusta
which says: The Republican majority in both
branches of the Legislature have been counted
out. The Republican members have been
counted down from 90 to So. and Democrats and
Greenbackers counted up from Ct to IS. This
was done on fatal defects and intormalities in
the returns. The Senate under tho count will
have q Fusion Majority Of nine, there being
under the count 90 Fusion Senators and IL Re.
publican Senators. The Governor and Council
threw out three Senator's from Cumberland
one each from York, Lincoln and Washington
and two from Androscoggin. The Fusionists
will have majority large enough in the House
to give = quorum, il none Of the Republicans
should appear to take their seats. They have
thrown out Republican Representatives from
Portland, Bath, saco, Rockland, Lewiston and
other towns, and made vacancies in IA Repre-
sentative districts.
PORTLAND, ME-, December l6.
Tho Council has not completed tho canvas
few districts remain unsettled. 1t is expected
the result will be reached on Wednesday. Dem
ooratic as we'll as Republican returns have beer
thrown out It is thought that the House viii
be n Fusionists and CO Republicans, and /:
vacancies, and the Senate 10 Fusonists and l.
Republicans.
WASHINGTON, December t.
The talk among the Maine politicians here il
| that If Governor Gracelon attempts to carry ou
his revolutionary system, the Republican mem
bers Of the Legislature will refuse to recoguiz,
| such action as unconstitutional, and will NEE
and proceed 10 organize the Legislature recog
| MIXING such Republicans as may be denied theil
certificates by the Governor.
Senator Saunders has received letter from
an Ex-Governor Of Oregon, saying that the,
want 100000 colored people in Oregon, ant
would offer every inducement for immigrants o
| that class, as they prefer them to Chinese
Saunders is urged to use his influence to en-
courage an exodus Of Southern negroes to tina
State.
San FRANCISCO, December lG.
Victoria dispatch of the 18th says mucl
anxiety is felt there at the condition of affair
near Kamloop, where the Government agen
Usher was killed, by half-breed outlaws few
days ago, as previously reported. Since thu
last report the outlaws have murdered herde
named John Kelly at Stump Lake. They ar,
now surrounded in Lighthouse at the foot
Douglas Lake, in Nicola Valley. They hay,
repeating rifles and the settlers are poorl,
armed. The indians are fearfully excited, ant
an Indian revolt is feared.
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