Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-11

mandery to visit Nebraska and assuring
them of core al treatment.
"The Nebraskans are delighted with what
they have seen Of Washington.
" There Is no such street as Pennsylvania
avenue in the world for a PARADE said Mr..
Korty, and we will never regret that the
conclave was held in Washington. have
not been in Washington since the war and l
have been delighted with everything have
seen here. | have been especially interested
in the pavements aud think them the finest
| ever saw. We are adopting the same style
in Omaha
AvARIoIous PENSION AGENTS.
The pension agents who have during the
past six or eight months been reaping a har-
vest off the work of tho members of the
Fifty first congress, are being nipped in the
bud, as it were. As stated in these dis
patches few days since, IL is necessary IN
order that a pension application may be
called out OF Its order and made special TO
aver that the applicant is either an object of
charity or in critical condition rs to health.
A few days ago Deputy and Acting Commls-
sioner Smith received large handle of the
regulation slips from an Indiana man who is
classcd as congressman, There were pitt
full appeals in many of tue cases, alleging
all sorts of precarious conditions and depths
of poverty. The uniformity of the appeals,
and the fact that all alleged good reasons for
making their cases special, excited the sus-
piclon of the acting commissioner, and in
quiry led to the fact that firm of pension
agents was "workng" the congressman for
influence. The requests were all returned
with the compliments of the Office
congressman from that state have mad at
tempts made by this firm to ''work'' their
influence and secure special action for eli.
cnts' applications. No doubt congressman
and senators in all states have thus been inn
posed upon. The Indiana congressman have
determined in view of this aspect Of pension
affairs to confine their attentions to constit-
uents IN their own districts whom they can
learn of personally. They will not be the
servants of agents who collect fees from
their (congressmens constituents for work
the agents do not perform. Pension claim
ants should either contne their claims to the
charge of agents or their friends In congress
II is unfair to do as many of them are doing
and they also do their cases violence.
IOWA PoSTNASrERs.
Corydon, Wayne county, q. +. Lecompte; !;
Littlcport Clayton county, William H.
Garber; Mount Etna, Adams county, VIII
liam +. Harlow.
REPEAL OF EXCISE LAWS EXPECTED.
The office seekers who have talked with
Secretary Window and the president during
the past week about appointments in the in
tcrnal revenue service report some valuable
information. IL is stated that the president
ana the secretary of the treasury expect to
see all of the internal revenue laws repealed
at the approaching session of congress except
that relating to intoxicating liquors used as a
beverage. When this is done one collector
can make all the collections for any of the
states, while a number of the small revenue
states will be thrown into one district. The
present system OF gaugers and store-keepers
Will be main tanned, but the force of deputy
collectors who at present look after the to-
bacco and retail liquor traffic can be dis
pensed with. This will reduce the list of
collectors about go per cent and the list of
assistants probably 25 per cent, thus making
an important move on the office holders.
I'd Percy S. HEATH.