Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-04-21
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fE.,m our Regular Correspondent.
W .,nINGroN, April II, 1885.

til. worst bored OF the iead- u e
partments is the Postmaster General
Who not only las tie iull control 0
The appointments IN 1885 postoffict
Ii the nitcu States, but has practic
ally The Oversight in The appointments
or the other 2,332 Presidential Offices
Naturally, therefore, the office and
tie corridors adjacent to the Office OF
Mr.. Villas have been thronged to alb
solntc crowding during the past three
weeks by those being il desire to stay
10, and those twcnty-four year fellow s
who have patiently waited to get III.
The nunner OF officials, employees,
contractors, postmasteIs, naIl-carriers
and mal-agents who pay homage and
fcalty to the Postmaster-Gcneral, en-
braces one third Of the entire civil
list OF the country, and this fact may
account for the other fact that the av
crage Postmaster-General is short
lived individual In eleven years,
during which time we ordinarily
have had but three Postmaster-Gen-
erals, we have had nine, and MIR. Vii
MS is the tenth. The last administra-
ton averaged over one per annum,
having had James, Howe, Gresham
and Hatton, and the six annual re-
ports that have been transmitted to
Congress IN the past SIX years, have
been signed by six different Postmas-
ters-General.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, Which takes the initiative in
everything pertaining to the safety
and comfort Of railroad passengers in
this country, is now disputing Eng
land s supremacy in the matter IF
speed. The trains on the Great West
ern Hallway, from London to Liver
pool, annimlate the distance at the
rate of 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 whrls its passengers from New
York City to Chicago, Ia good thous-
and miles, in twenty-four hours--in-
cluding 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 me-
tropolis of the West, and this won
derful achievement is accompanied by
the most positive guarantees of COM
tort as we'll as perfect safety. Mel
ther pains nor expense have been
spared IN the adoption of every pos
slble means to insure passengers
against accident, SO that the inauyu-
ration Of this new enterprise is des-
tined to secure for this line the con-
anuance of that popularity that its
management in the past
las won from the whole travelling
public
The conflict between the Govern
nent and the people in regard to the
of the Oklahoma domain.
AN be adjusted and concluded only
" the opening of that vast region to
Is occupation by its Legitimate own,
RS, the people. 1t is domain that
belongs to and onght to be in unmo-
ested possession of the Government.
he excuse for now keeping actualj
'ttlers out of the Territory, is that it
Jay be added to the already enor-
lous possessions of the ranchmen
nd gatherings who, if they once c
ct foothold there, will not fail to I
ecupy it to the exclusion of any and /,
Il individual settlers. These lands :.
eiong to the United States Govern 9
ent to all intents and purposes, and
! the proclamations that the execu- l.
We may send out in the next four
ears Will not serve to divest the peo- v