Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-04-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.


WASHINGTON, ID. G., April IS, 1885.
Probably the most laborous and the
worst bored of the heads of departments
is the Postmaster General, who not on
" has the full control of the appoint
ments in As, ,525 post offices in the Unit
ed States, but has partially the over
sight in the appointments of the other
1882 Presidential offices. Naturally
therefore, the office and the corridors
adjacent to the office of Mr.. Villas haye
been thronged to absolute crowding
during the past three weeks by those
who being in desire to stay n,and those
twenty-four year fellows who have pa
tiently waited to get in. The number
of officials, employees, contractors, post
masters, nail carriers and mail agents
who pay homage and fealty to the
Postmaster General. embraces one
third of the entire civil list of the coun-
try, and this fact may account for the
other fact that the average Postmaster
General is a short lived individual. In
eleven years, during which time We or
dinarily should have had but three
Postmasters General we have had nine,
and Mr.. Villas is the tenth. The last
administration averaged over one per
annum, having had James Howe,
Gresham and Hatton, and the six an
nual reports that have been transmit
ted to Congress in the past SIX years,
have been signed by six different Post
masters General.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
which takes the initiative in everything
pertaining to the safety and comfort of
railroad passengers in this country, is
now disputiDg England's supremacy in
the matter of speed. The trains on the
Great Western Railway, from London
to Liverpool, arnihiliate the distance
at fifty miles an hour, exclusive of
stops, but what will Mr.. Bull and the
rest Of the world say when they learn
that the Pennsylvania Central Road
whirls its passengers from New York
City to Chicago[a good thousand miles ]
in twenty-four hours-includlng stops?
BY the schedule that went into effect
last Sunday, the great cities of the east
are thus placed within twenty four
hours with the metropolis of the West,
and this wonderful achievement is &C
companied by the most positive guar
antees of comfort as well as perfect
safety. Neither pains nor expenses
have been spared in the adoption of ev-
cry possible means to insure passengers
against accident, so that the Inaugural
tion of this new enterprise is destined
to.secure for this line the continuance
of that popularity that its admirable
management in the past has won from
the whole travelling public.
The conflict between the Government
and the people in regard to the settle
ment of the Oklahoma domain, can be
adjusted and concluded Only by the
pening of that vast region to its occnpa-
tion by its legitimate owners, the pto-
pie. 1t is domain that belongs to and
ought to be in unmolested possession OF
the Government. The excuse for now
keeping actual settlers out OF the Ter
ritory, is that it may be added to the al
ready enormous possessions of the
ranchmen and gatherings who. if they
once got foothold there, will not fail
to occupy it to the exclusion of any and
all individual settlers. These lands be-
long to the United States Government
to all intents and purpose, and all the
proclamations that the executive may
send out in the next four years will not
serve to divest the people of their right
to have this magnificent region opened
to actual occupation by the white set
tier. PHONO.