Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-14


cheap patent in such connection SIM
ply misleads its readers.
JUDGE PETERS LETTER OF AC-
CEPTANCE.
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Conven-
ton:
/, with pleasure, accept the renom-
ination rendered me, and shall regard
it as an act of approval on your part
of my past efforts, and it shall also be
an incentive 10 me to faithfully dis
charge, in the future, the trust COM
mitted to my care.
The rapid growth of this congress
sional district, since the census Of
1880, is phenomenal. When ii was
created BY law, it was the smallest in
population in the state, having only
about 147 900 people; it now is. beyond
question, the largest in population of
any congressional district in the
United States, the state census of
March /, 1885, gave to it a population
OF 204, BIB souls, and it is not an exag
geration to say, that since the taking
of that census, 100000 people have
become either actual residents Of the
district, or have taken the preliminary
steps looking TO residence in the
district. This rapid and wonderful
increase has very considerably ell
larged the demands upon me as its
representative, and has rendered my
task no easy one. Since the first day
of November, 1885, have had cstab-
lished sixty-eight new postoflices
within the limits of the district.
The following letter from the first
assistant postmaster general will be
interesting:
Hon. S. X. Feters. House OF Representative.
SIR: | have the honor to state that, since
November /, 1885, there have been estab-
lished sixty-five postofices, and three re-es-
tablished, by counties ia the Seventh dis
trict, Kansas, as follow:
Greeley 3, Stafford 3,Wichlta 8, kingman
1. Scott /, Harvey /, Ness 3, and 2 re-estsb
lished, Sedgwick l, Rush l, Morton 1, Ham,
ilton 5, Stevens l, Finney s, Seward 2,
Hodgeman !, Meade and ] re-establishe1,
Ford Z, Clark 6. Comanche 9, Barber /,
Harper 3, Sumner 9.
There is also pending action quite large
number Of applications, favorably recon-
mended by yourself. and which l shall at
tempt to pass upon at an early date. Your
district has demanded largely increased
postal facilities, and this Office has been un-
able to keep up with the demand. Very
respectfully. e. NJ. BRUMBAUGH,
for First Assistant Postmaster General.
Thirty new postal routes have either
been established or will be in opera
ton after the first of July next
Twenty-nine postofiices ia the district
which Oh the first of July, 1885, were
not of sufii cient Importance to be mnde
money order office will become such
on the first day of July next. call
attention 10 these facts because they
perhaps evidence the wonderful settle
ment and growth better than any thing
else can do. Since the first of January,
1886, at my request the commissioner
of agricultural has sent into the dis
trict over 10000 packages of seeds of
various kinds, these beng sent mainly
to the newly settled counties. have
have also sent 25 90 documents of
various kinds, including books,
speeches, etc, 10 persons living in the
district.
Nv correspondence has averaged
not tess than thirty letters per day
during the session, beginning the first
Monday in December. | confess there
fore by reason of this large demand
upon me l have not been able TO de-
vote that time to the study of legisla.
ton which should be given by every
member of congress, and hence have
not been able 10 take very active part
in the debates upon the floor OF the
house. | have secured the passage
through the house of num-
Der of private pension bills, and have
upon the calendars of the house, for
its consideration, some measures of
general legislation, which will be of
great importance to the district, and
which, there is reasonable probabili-
~ TO suppose, ere the adjournment of
congress, will become laws. In addi-
ton TO this have secured, or assisted
in securing, since the first day of JAN
nary, 1886. original pensions or in
creases, for forty ex-soldiers in my
district, and have since that time,
either examined papers in or per
formed some work in connection with
over a thousand applications for
original pensions or increases tina. are
now pending in the pension depart
ment. And this leads me to make few
general observations to you, in rela-
ton TO this subject of pensions, which
hope you will communicate to the
soldiers in your respective localities:
First. the law granting an increase of
pension TO the widow OF n deceased
soldier from SIS TO Sis per month, is
OF such a character tha all persons H.
tcresied in il will receive The benefit
of it, without paying out any attorney
fees whatever. Certain pension at
torneys in Washing ton have sent out
printed circulars for the purpose of
inducing beneficiaries under this law,
TO employ them as attorneys in such
cases and thereby create obligations TO
pay them fees. Every pension at
torney in Washington City, who has
sent out circulars OF this kind. knew
that his services were not needed aud
would be of no benefit 10 the PEN
sioner. The pension department has
taken all the necessary steps aud the
increased amount will be paid 10 the
beneficiaries, without spending one
cent on their part for attorneys fees;
in the second place, pension ATTORNEYS
in Washington can be Of no service 10
the applicant for pension in any case,
and all money gwen or contracted 10
be given to a pension attorney in
Washington, is that much absolutely
thrown away. The only piscc where
an applicant for a pen,ion needs an
attorney, is in Kansas, for the purpose
of preparing aflidavits, writing letters
and seeking out evidence with which |
to establish the claim for = pension |
The congressman for the district can |
receive this evidence and file il in the |
pension department just as well, and |
rs effectually as can any pension at
torney in Washington, and will make |
no charge for his services. What is
true of applications for pensions is
also true Of all applications for re-
muster, bounty and back pay. The |
attorney 1t Washington can be of no