Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-30
ALLISON STILL HESITATES.
He Has Neither Accepted Nor
Declined.
WHAT TO DO WITH cLARKSoN
A Matter That Is Embarrassing the
Senator's Decision-Springer Ex-
poets TO Get His Oklahoma
Bill Up Tomorrow.
WASHINGTON BUREAU The OMAHA BEE,
5l3 FOuRTEENTH STREET,
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Ol0 fOCRrEENTI STREET, ?
WAsHISGToN, ID. c., Jan. 49,
Senator Allison arrived from indianapolis
this evening and went directly to his home
on Vermont avenue. He refuses to say, even
to his most intimate friends, what he will do
in reference to accepting the treasury port
folio under President Harrison. He says he
has not accepted nor declined the position.
One of the senator's most intimate friends
from Iowa, member of the house, said to
ThE BEE correspondent tonight that when
Senator Allison went to Indianapolis it was
for the purpose of accepting the position
of secretary of the treasury, and that
while MIR. Allison had not not gwen
him to understand just what he
would do since his arrival this evening, the
probabilities were that he would decline un-
less his successorshp in the senate could be
satisfactorily arranged. He added that the
question of providing for Clarkson was o
very momentous one, and that if the latter
could be sent to the senate the senator would
consent to accede to President Harrisons s
request There is very strong pressure be-
ing brought to bear to have the senator go
into the cabinet by one faction, and to have
him say out by another faction,
the preponderance of influence being in
favor of his gong into the cabinet. 1t is be-
whole situation over with General Harrison
and learned what the expectations of Clark
son were, that the situation appeared more
grave to him than before he left Washing
ton, and that he has asked for Il little time
in which to hear from his own state before
he reaches his final decision.
THE OKLAHOMA BILL.
Mr.. Springer expects to get his Oklahoma
bill up in the house tomorrow If the appro-
priation committee does not ask for the day.
nthprIyiSp n q
leaves the track clear. Congressman Barnes,
the most conspicuous of the opponents OF the
Oklahoma bill, says there will be no fill
clustering against it, and that vote will be
reached upon it if ever the bill gets up for
consideration.
DEFEATED BY ONE VOTE.
In the house to-day during the considera-
tion of the sundry civil appropriation bills,
Representative Dorsey of Nebraska, at
tempted to secure the adoption of an amend
ment appropriating 1882, 600 for the improve
ment and rebuilding of the army posts
throughout the country. Mr. Randall bit
terly opposed the proposed amendment,
which upon a viva vocc vote came near being
adopted, there being 81 against and So i'll
favor of MIR. Dorsey's amendment. Mr..
Randall made the point of no quorum, and
tellers were ordered before the el0seness of
the proposition was discovered. When MIR.
Dorsey found that he was only defeated by
one VOTE he made an appeal to the house to
stand by him, believing that he might get in
some other move, but he was cut out. MIR.
Dorsey will ask the senate to amend the bill
by appropriating $4,000 for forts Robinson
and Niobrara and he thinks he will succeed.
HE DIDN'T PAY UP.
Senator kenna, who has attracted so much
attention of late by holding the key to the
deadlock in the West Virginia legislature,
will probably figure in some proceedings Of
an entirely different character very soon,
although they are connected with his cam
paigns for senatorial honors. An attorney
states that he has for collection a judgment
rendered in the courts at Wheeling, w. Va,
against Senator Kenna for 50, 800, on account
of money he borrowed of democratic friends
in Boston, some time ago, for campaign or
other purposes. The senator gave his notes
for the money, and refusing TO pay he was
sued and judgment obtained and now the
account comes here for the purpose of levy
ing on personal or other property. The SEN
ator's salary cannot be garnisheed, and the
prospects are not bright for speedy collec-
ton.
Ex-PosTMASTER GENERAL TYNER.
EX-Postmaster General James w. Tyner,
formerly of Indiana, but at present practis-
ing law in Washington is said to be willing
to accept his old position in the postotfice de-
partment as first assistant postmaster gen
eral. General Tyner was first appointed to
the position of first assistant by President
Grant, and short time before the expiration
of Mr.. Hayes term in the white house, was
promoted to the position of postmaster gem
eral, to serve out the unexpircd term of the
administration. He is being endorsed by his
Indiana friends, and, if appointed, will have
charge of the patronage for the state.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Representative-ele Andrews was on the
floor of the house to-day. He will succeed
Leopold Morse, OF Boston. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Morse has an ambition to become
governor of Massachusetts, and that he will
be caudidete for the democratic nomina-
ton for that position next fall. At one time
Mr. Morse could have procured the nomna-
ton for mayor of Boston, but his preference
was for a congressional Office
The acting general of the railway mail
service to-day issued an order directing the
postmaster at Omaha to dispatch the through
registered pouches for Chicago, New York
lington Council Bluffs railroad train s, in
stead of forwarding, as at present, in the
morning by the same road on train t.
The comptroller of the currency today APP
proved the National Bank of America, Chi
cago, and the Commercial National, of
Omaha as reserve agents for the Iowa State
National bank, of Sioux City; also the First
National, of Omaha, for the Creston Ma
tional, of Creston, Ia; the National Bank of
the Republic, for the Des Moines National,
OF Des Moines, and the Traders National, of
New York, for the Shenandoah National, of
Ia.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Thomas III, McCague and X. S. Hall, of
h. ID. Conger. of Iowa, called upon the
president to-day accompanied by Represen-
tatiyc Conger
ARMY ORDERS
The secretary OF war has directed that
Major Edgar IL. Kellogg, Eighth infantry,
(promoted from captain, Eighteenth infan-
try shall be relieved from duty on recruit
ing service and shall join the station TO which
he may be assigned in the Department OF the
Platte.
BY the death of Inspector General Roger
Jones, u. S. A., CAPTAIN Bourke is given
another opportunity for promotion.
PERRY S. HEATH.
A Senatorial Caucus.
WAsHINGToN Jan. 29.-The democratic
senator's were In caucus for an hour this
trying to arrange for the order of
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