Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-18
Warmers Proposed Silver cOmprO.
mise Bill.
The COMING GREAT SILVER STRUGGLE
Leaders Girding Their LOins for the Fray
1.-The Administration --Ap-
pointments,
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.

posed silver compromise bill. Mr.. Warner
has been consulting with all the prominent
silver men he could reach, with svisW of
strengthening his proposition. The most
important persons on both sides Of
the question are said to stand in
their original position, and the prospects for
compromise are not thought to be good.
Both Mr.. Bland and Mr.. Reagan are quoted
as declaring their determination to stand by
the Bland dollar, and the anti silver men
say that President Cleveland has not altered
his views in the least since writing bis
famous snti-silyer letter shortly after his
election. The prospects seem to be for
a straight Issue on Both sides,
and the outcome depends upon whether or
not the Administration has received enough
converts since last session 10 put them in
control of the House on that question, which
it is thought viii be the most important in
the organization of the House, and in thi5
respect Speaker Carlisle viii be placed in
sr embarrassing position. There is no idea
that be viii meet with any opposition in his
canvass for the speskership, and be will
have TO decide as to the organization Of the
Coirage, Weights and Measures Committee,
which VIII have the silver question before
it. According to the general custom
The Old Chatrmen
wLo have served satisfactorily will be reap
gtutsG ST the heads of their respective com
a.uets. Thus Mr.. Morrison will expect to
= , al TIE head ofthe Ways and Means.
&F Rsudalls friends viii claim for him
tle preparations committee, and Mr..
Blandwell expects to be placed at the head
of the Coinage, Weights and Measures Com
mit'eee. He viii expect also that the COM
mittee will be organized according to his
ideas, so that the silver men will
be in control. Should his
expectations be lcc.mplsbe1, the silver
men would have the rsins in their own
hands aud the Administration would be de-
feated at the outset. On the other hand, If
Mr.. Carlisle should refuse to place Mr..
Bland in his old position, or should organ
iZe the committee 30 ss 10 take the power
out Of his hands, it would have the tendency
to commit the House to the support of the
Administration before any vote had been
taken, and to plunge it into long contest
AT once. In the face of these circumstances
it is in porssLt to LnoW
What are NIr. CarIisIe's Opinions
ontheqle lion. Silver men naturally reckon
on this being with them as opposed to the
New York bankers, but il is understood that
he has studied the question very carefully
ard is inclined to think With the President
that th,re is danger in the unlimited coin
age of silver dollars. This question IS CIV
ing him more Unessiness than the tariff or
anything else that may come before Con-
gress this winter, aud for months past he
has been talking with men on both sides
and making careful study Of the siJuC-
ton.
Representative Warner expressed the
opinion to-day that Congress would pass a
compromise silver bill this season.
Four Presidential Postmasters.
The President to day appointed the fol-
LOWING named postmasters; Russell I.
Cobson. at Bowling Green, o.; Jas. Muir
say, at Fremont, Nsb,; W. II. Evans, at
Princeton, Ind, and John Cruu, at Msriet-
to, Ps.
The Presidsn. has appointed JOS Bll
Smith DC sImastsr at the presidential postoi
fee Of Fayetteville, n. c., vice Dwell, sus-
penced.
Iemuel B Fowler, today appointed Post
master Augusta, Maine is 3 successful dry
goods merchant, said 10 be a msn OF high
character and very popular. De is nifty
years Of age and has been IN business IN
Augusta thirty years, aud has always been
a Democrat BE was the candidate OF hls
party for State Representative twlce, and
orce tor Mayor, has also been q member OF
the Board Of Alderman. His selection Is
said 10 De satisfactory 70 the friends OF Cot
Morton, against whose appointment 10 thls
Office the Maine Senators protested. The
designation was made iu accordance With
sn understanding between President CleYe-
land Morton and his friends during the re-
cent conference at the executive mansion.
The President has appointed Samuel Is,
Fowler to be postmaster at Augusta, Me.
Worth 10 T-IOOc In England.
4 ccrputstion made at the Treasury De-
.nartu,ept shows that the bullion value OF
standard silver dollar according to the Loa-
don rate is 70 7-lOO cents,
DIR. Hamilton Resigns.
Or. J. 3. Hamilton has rendered hls res
isna,:ou as Surgeon-General OF the Marine
Hospital service, to take effect November
LIST. but is willing 10 remain IN the service
SEirh the rank OF surgeon. Itis expected &c
will be stationed at Chicago. Surgeon
Stone. chief of the purveying and quaran-
tine division is mentioned ss his successor,
sI,bourh a strong fight IS being made Tor
the ofice by Vice President Hendricks IN
tLs ;r,srssf of Dr. Matthews, OF Louisville,
Er ono nv ex-senator Mcdonald aud Wm
ri FpoEsh, of Indiana, in the interest OF
Or. WaliDg, Of Indianapolis.
PostofBce Order.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Stevenson hss issued the following order:
Hereafter postmsstsrs furnished with box
rent stub books will retain the stubs OF tns
said hooks IN their respective officers Tor
fve Years subject to examination oy lnsPec-
tors ard other authorized persons, after
which stubs may te disposed OF IS waste
paper. .,...l ;.,.-,,,.
,;ors ~ conform with this order viii De tar
nisbed 10 date from January |, 1885, snd
tbe s,ubs of books already furnished Tor the
Quarter commencing October l, 1888, VII
be fled by the postmaster IN their resPeet
i've Offices in compliance with this orier,
potwitE staudiDg the printed instructions to
TIE cCnrsry.
Fourth Glass p. Ms
The Postmaster General to-day appoint
"A the tolloaing fourth class possussters:
West Yirgipia-At ElEood, I. ]; Monroe;
Loca,ion. VIM. Marquis; KsnaThs Falls,
I Watkins; KidVen. ]. Boyersi Evans
'; le Charles Talbot; Beverly, Squire NsZ-
ton Posworth; Sleepy Creek Bridge N,
f Tunkhsuser; Alum Hill, James Long;
The Chinese Dihicnity.
col Alex. MeCook and Lieut. s. w.
.Groesback, Of the Sixth Infantry have osen zee
detached 70 meet at Ogden, T., the Gni-
nese commissioners coming from San