Daily globe., 1883-05-21
WASHINGTON.
GRESHIK REGULATING THE STAR
ROUTE CONTRACTS.
The Coming Meeting of the Colored Men
and Brethren-What Shall be done With
the Old Garfield Church ?-Fraudulent
Land Entries in Colorado.
Especial Telegram to the Globe I

WASHINGTON, May 20.-Postmaster Gen
eral Gresham has issued new regulations
in regard to sUb-contracts on star routes.
These regulations will take the place of
those in force since 1879. The new regu-
lations provide that contractors must in
all cases secure the permission of the
postmaster general before making a sub
contract on any route. The application
to sub-je: must be made separately for
each route, specifying the number and
terminal points thereof. A sub-contract
must be executed for service upon the
whole route and for a period not less than
one year, or for the balance of the contract
term, when less than one year. and it must
be filed by the contractor in the Office
of the second assistant postmaster general
within thirty days after the time when
service is to begin under it. 1t must be
executed in the form prescribed by the
postmaster general, and must specify the
rate to be paid per anuum under it in case
the service shall be changed, must stipu-
late that the sub-contractor shall assume
liability for fines and deductions, and that
he shall receive pro rata of the one months
extra pay allowed the contractors for cur
taIlment, reduction or discontiI uance of
service. The sub-contractor must be
resident of a locality upon Or contiguous
TO the route. The evidence OF payment of
q sub-contractor by a contractor must be the
receipt of the sub-contractor, attest
ed by g postmaster at terminus of the
route sub-let on a form prescribed by the
second assistant postmaster general.
Should it become necessary to file copy
of sub-coutract such copy must be corti-
fed to be \ truo copy of the original by q
postmaster at one Of the terInini OF the
route thereon sub-let. No
subcontrac5 can be recognized unless
made with The origina! contractor.
LIyEIK TINE EXPECTED.
Indications point to lively times in the
coming convention of colored men called
to meet in this city to consider the politi-
cal situation as it bears upon the colored
race. The delegates will undoubtedly get
into clash il considering pr OPPOSITION
that the time has come for the colcred
voter to act independent of old associa-
tions. Geo. Arnold, of Virginia, says that
he participated IN the debate at Timm's
hall the other night, out was not in sympa-
thy With the object of the meeting. The
objections TO the meeting he looked upon
as being simply frebrand that would do
the colored men more harm than good Mil
ton II. Holland, a member of the call COM
mittee, says: 1--WE intend to stick by the
call, we will not back down now. We pro-
pose to hold this convention despite what
these gentlemen say or do. They
intimate that the administration is back of
them, but we don't care who is back of
them. 1 am willing to compare our COM
mittee with theirs, and I don't think we
will suffer any by comparison. do not
believe there are three men in our COM
mittee who are not property owners, tax
payers and men who have held positions
of honor"
THE GARFIELD CHURCH.
The question regarding the little frame
building which achieved fame lately as the
place where President Garfield attended
church, and through the window of which
Guiteau intended to shoot, Is whether it
should be torn down or removed to do SER
vice as place of worship in another loca-
ton. The Vermont avenue Christian So
ciety having got their Garfield Memorial
church built by donations, have no use for
the original building, and have sold it to
the Plymouth Congregational society.
The property owners in the vicinity Of
where it was proposed to move
it have protested. The original
permit for the removal of the building
from its Vermont avenue lot to a lot on
Fourteenth street, in the rear, called for its
destruction as soon as the new church was
finished. The matter is before the COM
missioners.
FRAUDULENT LAND ENTRIES.
On March last, Secretary Teller directed
the commissioner of the general land Of
fee to investigate certain alleged fraudu-
lent pre-emption cash entries of land in
the Denver district of Colorado, and H, G.
st. John was detailed to perform the ser
vice. From his report it appears that g
careful examination of the lands fails to
disclose any evidence of improvement O,
residence, and that the pre-emptors i'm.
mediately after entry, conveyed thel,
lands to Gideon Taylor, reputed to be q
wealthy cattle owner. and dealer. The
lands embraced in the specified entries are
not suitable as whole for farming pur
poses, but are chiefly valuable for grazing
purposes, the ownership of which controls
large area of public lands in that local
lty now inclosed with post and barbed
wire fence. The commissioner of the gen
eral land Office in transmitting the report
to the secretary says: SIT seems to be ,ev
ldont from the report and other papers
that all of said entries were fraudulent an6
illegal, and made for speculative pur
poses" The secretary, concurripg in The
views Of the commissioner, has transmit
ted copies of The papers in the case to At
torney General Brewster, recommending
that criminal proceedings be instituted