The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-05-14
WASHINGTON, May lO-It has just been

WASHINGTON, May l0-It has just been
here that quiet but vigor-
GUS contest is being waged in the depart
ment over the registership of the Miles
City land Office in Montana. Senator
Cullum, of Illinois, supported by part
of that delegation, has been urging a
young lawyer named Chisholm, of Elgin,
for the place. E. A. Kreidler, for many |
years employed in the department, has
held the Office for the last term OF four |
years which expires on the 22nd of this
month. He is held in high esteem at the
department from his high degree of ef- |
fciency and there would have been no
thought of change had he put in an ap-
plication for a reappointment before
Chisholm through Cullum began his inn
portunings. He demands that particular
office for reasons best known to himself.
His arbitrary demands have greatly in
jured his prospects, and from the strong
influences at work in Mr. K,eidler's be-
half, it is not believed that Chisholm's
ambition will be gratitied. Mr.. Kreidler
is an old soldier. having served with Gen
Slocum, is a staunch republican, and it is
understood that General Logan does not
sanction the contemplated change and
cannot be relied upon to support the Hi
nois delegation headed bv Cullum in
pressing it. On the contrary it is believ-
ed that Logan will protest against it.
Besides, Mr.. Kreidlers claim is hacked
by delegate Masinnis and Governor
Crosby, of Montana, and supported by
s'r'n- petition from the officials of his
district.
The above special will be surprise to
Mr.. Kreidler's friends in the northwest.
Aside from few personal friends in the
Territory and In Washington nobody
had heard any intimation that any
change was contemplated. Indeed it
would work hardship if the briefless
barri>tar from Illinois would succeed in
his grasping ambition. When Mr.. kreid-
Ter took the office it was in most extra
ordinary state of complications CROWN.
out OF the bad bookkeeping of a former
receiver, which Mr. Kriedler was instru-
mental in strengthening out. During this
time the Office was not by any means a
paying one. But at great personal sacri-
fee he remained at his post and was not
relieved of double duty and responsibility
until Col. Charles H. Gould was appoint
ed receiver. Since then the business of
the office has greatly increased and the
emoluments have grown with it until it
is now fairly paving office. Within the
last few months Mr. Kreidlcr has lost his
wife. and he has Just succeeded in getting
his brother and his wife to 90 out and
look after his little ones. But aside from
these considerations, purely personal,
there are weighter reasons why he should
be retained in the service of the depart
ment at this particular station. From
long years of training in the interior de-
partment he is perfectly familiar with
the routine of his duties, and in his term
of service at Miles City he mastered the
details of that office and district 1t is
large one, and embraces mineral, agricul-
tural, and grazing lands, with threaten
Ell clashing of interests, which he could
better than any one else in his position
harmonic for the general good. The
Miles City district extends from the Mis-
souri, river on the east to Billings on the
west, much of which is as yet unsurvey-
ed. He knows the ground well and can
give any information desired on this
point or in reference to the land laws
without reference to chart or statute. No
man in the service of the department is
better fitted than he for the work he has
so well in hand, and he should not be
disturbed merely to reward the favorite
OF an obscure politician in Illinois who
happens to have some senatorial patron
age he would like to bestow.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE house
committee on postofices and post roads
has made its report on the postal tele.
graphy bill. The committee says:
The committees of both houses have
arrived at practically the same result on
the question Of postal telegraph sys-
tenn. A majority of the committee were
opposed to the United States either pur-
chasing or constructing, and operating a
telegraphic system on its own account
and approve a contract system which is
simply the application of the principal
involved in carrying the mail to the
transmission of the telesraphic business
of the country. In maturing the bill
three objects have been kept steadily in
view.
First-Cheap telegraphy to the whole
country at the earliest possible moment
Second to avoid the extension of exc
cutive patronage, to secure the United
States against any responsibility and the
people against all espionage Of any char
acter over teleeraphic business.
Third-To make the system not only
selfsustaining, but source Of revenue
to the government.
The provisions of the bill, which have
been published, are explained and the
report concludes as follows:
The bill does not require any one to
patronize the system who does not wish
to, thus securing to the people the ben
efts of competition and rates and efic-
iency of service, and competency in
effect of the contracting company to per-
form the service as low as any other COM
pany will d. it, in order to control the
business. The committees believes that
some legislation securing the advantages
sought to be attained by this bill is i'm
peratively demanded by very large
part Of the country, and absolutely es-
sential to the commercial interests and
safety and well-being of society. So
deeply are they impressed with the inn
portance of this subject that they consid-
er it scarcely secondary in importance to
any measure pending before congress,
and will, on next suspension day, try to
have day fixed for the consideration of
its bills, among which will be the postal
telegraph bill.
Winnipeg, Man., May 9.-startling de-
velopments have just come to light which