The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-08
NATIONAL NEWS,
nEEoRnS 1s TnE POSTAL SERVICE.
CutIInE DOWn Allowances for CIeFh
Hire In S0me OF thO Favored
Omses-A OussIIOD Of PFsSIdsn-
IIaI InahIlIIS-Brisi R0lSs. ~


! the Postofice authorities OF late in Cuttin
down the allowances for clerk hiTeiu man!
Of the ottiCea. It has been found upoI
investigation here that many offices wsr
highly favored, and that bv the use o
superior influences these offices had sc
cured more than their proportion OF al
lowAhces as based upon the groSa receipt
OF the Office by law, Thus case in poln
il cited oil two towns In New York State
One showed groSS receipts 10 the Rmoun
OF $500, and was allowed 1900 for clarI
hire and nothing for rent, Another towI
OF about the same size showed S. 200grosI
reCeipta and was allowed 800 for rent ant
800 lor clerk hire. These great disCrep
RnCies show that the law requiring the
allowances to be gAuged by the gross 10
CeipA has not been adhered 10. As soon
Gs this state Of things was aSceFtained, the
Department took the matter In hand and
proceeded TO Teeiiiy IL A large number
Of towns that were In excesa OF their Rl,
loWances were cut down. The postUtiiceS
cut In Ohio were as follows: Marietta,
$l55; &assillon, S4S7; Piqua, Sl45; Warren,
Sl07, 0berlin was slightly in excess, but
on account Of the college the allowance
was not Gut. f3E ] ~ lLkp F
Postotficss in Psnnsylvania were cut as
follows: CORY, S4Sl; LoCkhaven, $685.
PottsVille, Sl6l; Iowands, $l9i Warren,
$275.
The Department Is also looking careful.
y after offices whose gross receipts have
not justified the allowances which their
needs evidently demanded, and they will
be cared Tor. Such an Office 10 Ogden,
Utah, ChicSgo also complains Of lack
Of sufficient clerical help, and conmis
Sion will leave here next week 10 inquire
into her actual needs.
As the Department shows q deficiency
each year now Of only $4,000, 900, there 70
q fair prospect Of ltB becoming Seli.sup.
porting soon.
QUESTION OF PRESIDENTIAL INABILITY.
Some people are very anxious to give
Vice President Arthura brlei experience
"a President pro lsmpme. A prominent
Official OF the Executive Department said
In conversation to-day, thst the work Of
the Departments 10 seriously embarrassed
by the inability OF the President 10 attend
10 business. lie says that there are ur.
gent cases now pending In which the par.
donipg power OF the P esldent ought to be
exerCised, and TO which attention must be
given. There are some sixty United States
District Courts going all the time, with
the liability OF frivolous or unjust Convic.
tons, when the only relief can come from
the Executive. There are in fact some
men st Fort Smith, Ark, under the
death sentence, and application has been
made for their reprieve. II is thought
that It should be granted after invealiga
ton, and the Qneslion would arise who is
10 do It. There is but month left, and
not much time to be wasted. There Is o
case actually In point in one Of the States
east ol the Western Reserve, whore II has
been found that q man WIS uniuBtly con
yicted and Eent 10 the eniteniiaty. The
only way 10 Fectify the blunder ,as fAT d.
possible 10 through the Executive pardon
Il has been, promised and recommended
by tho proper authorities, but the preAi
dent can not be troubled with business,
and In the meantime the man is wearing
the gsrb o q convict until the pardon can
be signed. His name and that Of
the State ere suppressed, out OF regard for
hia reputation, that would suffer further
injustice through useless publicity. The
instance 10 bona .fde, however, and 10 Just
now q source OF great embarrassment to
the Department oil Justice. II 10 urged by
officials that II the Vice President were
clothed with the proper authority the
matter could be adjusted In few minutes
The objection raised, however, is that II 10
not clear upon whom should dsvove the
duty Of saying that the constitutional "in.
ability" exists that would make Ii obligA.
tory upon General Arthur 10 act, and
there 10 a partisan sentiment that can not
be divorced from the suhjscs. 1t 10 also
Urged by the objsc'ors that while tho Con.
stitulinn may provide for the assumption
OF Presidential duties by the Vice. presl.
dent, there Is no provision for relieving
him again from he actual position Of
President after he has once taken 1t. This
puzzing question will probably be solved
before many weeks by the Presidents re.
turning health.
Hesp, Oharge d'AfTaites Of tho United
STATED Legatiottoi Uons'antinoplr, writes
tks Department OF State, the Turkish dc
cree EVainSt he importation Of Am.ricSn
pork into the Ottoman Dominion has
passed intO oblivion and become virtually
dead latter. A ls,gs consignment u
American harns, which Arrived thorlly
after tle date Of tho decree was, tit6t
passing custom house |, spection, and pay.
ing duties, entered for consumption.
II confirmed here that Gen. Chalmers
hiss announced himseli 40 a GteenbGck
candidate for the United States Senate In
Mississippi, In opposition 10 Lamar. Tho
causes aone ipdignation among Det1oCtats
here, some ol whom say u b . moysbf
Chalmers TO get the vote Of tho Green.
bAckefs In the Houpe Of Representatives
to Keep him In his seat, which is contested
BY LybCh.
A report has been started here that
Postmaster General James cohtein plated
rpeiEhing, 10 accent the Presidency oi A
National l. IAN 4 Tiust Company, 10 he or.
yaniEed BY Vanderbilt In New York
Genstal James says there 10 no ttnth 10 Il /;
that he has no thought otfeelsnirg.
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Elmer reports net reduction Ia the Star
Rou.s and Steamboat Mail service dutirg
July Amounting to $34, ,684, and that The
total Amount of saving by the reduction
and dSContlnuAbCes since Mach 1, Ia
81 ,SSi, ,442
Secretary Lincoln will return 10 Rye
Beach t1.motroW afternoon, accompanied
by his wife, who will remain there home
weeks. Secretary Lincoln will be Away
but a lew days, however. . - -.
| secfehry Blaihs ex poets 70 Ietys on
MondAy, for shod Visit 10 New England
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