Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-09
AT THE HELM OF State.
President Cleveland Unable to Attend
the Celebration at Albany, N. Y.
Fighting the Vetoes,
10 ~ assistant Posimaster-General
81 ~ooa an Completes His First
%. or In Onlce.
An ImFudent JlRimRnr-Yost Cabi
not Meeting 1he Reagan-Gibbs
Receivership Bill.
CAN'T GET AWAY.

CAN'T GET AWAY.
WASHINGTON, July S.-The president
has been inclined 10 hope that he would
be able to attend the Oi-centennial cele-
bration atAlbany during this month, but
the consideration of business in congress
ssuch as to make ii apparent TO him that
he Will mol be able TO leave Washington
TO be at Albany on the 10th, the day on
which he had been expected TO be In the
state capital. The 18th Is spoken of as
the day on which congress will adjourn,
but the report OF Mr.. Allison of the sem
ate appropriation committeeis that il will
be almost impossible to get through with
the business In hand before the goth. or
course the president cannot leave while
congress is In session.
WILL FIGHT THE vEToEs.
WASHINGTON, July s.-Chairman Mat
son of the invalid pension committee has
determined to insist on The reference OF
all the vetoed pension bills to that COM
mittee, and when the house meets to-
morrow he will again move to refer each
case. The Democratic leaders are re-
solved to stay here all summer If neces-
sarY, as one of them put IT,, before aban-
doning their position in the matter. Re-
publicans who have been most active in
their efforts to secure action have pro-
posed a compromise which will probably
be accepted. Under its terms two hours
will be allowed for debate on such bills
as may be selected, and at the expiration
OF that time an aye and nay vote will be
taken, the result of which is TO be re-
garded as final as 10 all of the vetoes.
POSTAL AFFAIRS.
WASHINGTON, July s.---Flrst Assistant
| pOQfma etar.Epnarat Etavancon met
completed his first year ia office, and on
reviewing the transactions of his Office
for twelve months he has found the Inn
preston he had already, that the yesr
had been a very busy one, amply con
flrmed. During the year twenty-five
thousand fourtb.class postmasters have
been appointed, OF whom between two
and three thousand we're appointed to
Offices created during the year, and OF the
rest about half were appointed to succeed
postmasters resigned and about half to
succeed postmasters removed. All
postmasters' bonds have to be
examined ard approved In this
office, and besides approving the bonds
! for the %, 900 postmasters Mr.. Stevenson
has had to approve a lot of bonds for old
| postmasters under the order OF the post.
masteT-general that fourth-class post.
masters shall renew their bonds every
five years, and the bonds of the preslden-
tial postmasters. The salaries and allow.
ances of all postmasters have to be adj.
| justed annually in the first assistants
office, and the salaries amount to about
Sl2 600, 900, and the allowances 10
SS,000,000 more. The department Is ex-
tending the service as rapidly as possible,
and every new town or settlement, as il
shows any signs Of vitality and endurance,
has mail facilities extended to 1t. Every
year adds largely to the work OF the de-
partment, and the service was never
more efficient than now.
AN DPUDENT CLAIM.
WASHINGTON, July 1t would seem
that the maximum point to which cheek
can attain has been reached by an enter.
prising patriot named Halves. This person
has petitioned congress for present of
$3.50 on the ground that IL he had been
mustered out sooner than he was, and II
he had then re-enlisted, he would have
received that amount of bounty The
senate committee on military affairs took
the trouble to write to the war depart
ment about Halves, and learned that he
enlisted in the First District of Columbia
cavalry In January, 1864, and was soon
made corporal.
In the summer Of 1864 the regiment was
broken up, and eight companies, In one
OF which was Halves, were transferred
to the First Maine cavalry. HAYES
was mustered out with the Maine
regiment In June, 1865, when he had
served less than half the period of his
enlistment, and he was allowed to keep
his rank Of corporal in the Maine regi-
ment, but he complains that when the
District regiment was broken up he ought
to have been mustered out as a super
numerary non-commissioned officer, aud
says that IL he had been and If he had re-
enlisted at that time he would have got
big money. The senate military affairs
committee begs to be discharged from
further consideration of this case II
poor Halves could only have got his case
before Blair aud Sawyer there is no
doubt that they would have reported in
favor OF giving him the $3.50 which he
was restrained by the government from
selling himself for, together with the in
terest on that amount for twenty-five
years. He does not tell what bounty he
got In January, 1864.
CABINET MEETING.
WASHINGTON, July s.--All the execu-
tive departments were represented at the
cabinet meeting to-day. One of the ques-
ticns considered was In regard TO the
status Of nominations which may remain
Enacted upon at the close OF the session.
The cabinet also had brief discussion
concerning the course Of congress In the
matter OF pension legislation.
TO DOWN THE TEXAS & PACIFIC RRcEIvERs.
WASHINGTON, July Following Is |
the full text of the bill introduced 10 the |
house by Reagan Of Texas;
To limit the powers Of circuit and dis |
trlct courts and judges of the United |
States In the matter OF receiverships
BE II enacted by the senate and house OF
representatives Of the United States Of
America, In congress assembled, that
from and after the passage Of this act,
when the circuit or district judges or
court Of the United States shall find IL
necessary IN any case TO appoint a re-
celver, they shall accompany the appoint
ment Of such receiver with an order 10
him To DrOceed with ALI convenient dis.