Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-11
Reed, OF the Pine Tree State, Seems
to be Leading.
HE is NEW YoRK's EAvoRIrE.
Mckinley Workings for tho Bonor-A
Dark Horse locked for From
the oloseness OF d Race
-Browcr's Revolt.
WASHINGTON BUREAU, THE OMAHA BRE,
5l9 EoURTEYNTH SrRBEr,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., August I

ing a great deal of wood. His correspond
ence is quite ~voluminous, and his lleutenants
are working industriously in his interest in
all directions. Some of his most intimate
friends and those who are backing him for
the first place III the contest to come off in
December or November, as the case may be,
assure your correspondent that the majors
strength will surprise the other candidates
for the speakership, but it is admitted on all
hands that the vote of the state of New York
will prove a very powerful factor in deciding
this contest. just after the close of the last
session Of congress Mr.. Belden, the member
from Syracuse, invited his repub-
licau colleagues to dine with him
at the Arlington house here, and
at that dinner IL was decided that the New
York state delegation should stand as a unit
for the officers of the house who might be
agreed upon at that time. Names were not
mentioned and there was nothing to bind
any one of the gentlemen present to any par
ticular candidate.
Since that time 1T has been learned that q
careful canvass has been made of the repre-
sentatives from that state In the next house,
aud that Congressman Reed, of Maine, has
at least two.thirds of the votes.
Besides this, Mr. Reed is understood to
have the most cordial support Of two over
full members of the Pennsylvania delegation,
Bingham, Of Philadelphia, and Bayne, of
Pittsburg. These gentlemen without doubt
would be able to carry almost the solid dele
CATION of their state with them for Mr.. Reed,
and this will give the Pine Tree state man a
practically solid endorsement from the east.
The fight without doubt AT the present
time lies between Burrows, Mckinley
ly in Reeds favor. However, the
narrow margin by which the republicans
hold the house, and the somewhat antago-
nistic feeling which exists in some quarters
against Mr.; Reed may lead to the selection
of a dark horse, and in this event either
Cannon. of Illinois, or Henderson, Of Iowa
would loom up conspicuously.
The talk about a southern revolt Is hum
bug. Mr.. Brewer, of North Carolina, who
proposes TO run 4 little side show caucus all
to himself, will not have enough follower
to give him any hold on the balance of
power ~
The fact that the four new states will in
all probability add. at least four to the re-
publican majority, will rob the Brewer re-
volt of any tormidables. and practically as
sure an early organization with the republic
cans solidly in command.
The latest report in the New York Herald
of to-day, to tho effect that the four Mis-
souri, congressman propose to bolt the eau
Gus and to side with Brewer, is utterly
without foundation, all four of the republi-
cans from that state having expressed their
determination to abide by any action which
ports to the effect that there will be any
difficulty on the part of the republicans in
organizing the house arises from the desire
of the opposition, that this may be
res case to beli e 3 t ihnsF' while is s sSers
will be a spirited contest for the speaker
ship. This CO.. est, will be carried on in the
the most friendly spirit, and it's outcome will
be settled by the majority, as usual.
APPEALS n DECISIONS.
The secretary of the interior has decided
the appeal of II. Fl. Brenizer from the decl-
sion of the general land office, sustaining the
action Of the local officers rejecting his APP
p~lication to make a homestead entry upon
the northwest quarter of section 81, town
ship 30, range 20, Valentine lana district.
Brenizer in 1884 fled a soldiers declaratory
statement for a certain tract in section %,
township 20, range p, same district. Later
in the same year he made his presumption of
the same tract, but relinquished it in No
vemher, 1888, and the decision OF the local
officers and of the general land office reject
ing his second application was based on the
ground that by his soldiers declaratory
statement he had exhausted his rights under
the homestead law. The act of congress,
which provided that any person who has
not heretofore perfected title to a tract of
land, of which he has made entry under tue
homestead law, may make homestead entry
of not exceeding one-quarter section of pub
liz lduu ouDlClb W Y ChIIJ, I. 10 ClUCu
as authority by the secretary for overruling
the decision appealed from and allowing
Brenizer's application to enter the track de-
scribed.
The secretary has also considered the APP
peai of Thomas f. Wellmau from the decis-
ion OF the general land Office IN the con-
tested case of Holman VS. Joseph M. Hop
good, reversing the action of the local office
and dismissing the contest against Hop
goods timber culture entry No. 70S7 for the
northeast quarter of section Is, township z,
range IL, Bloomington land district, Ne
braska. The secretary Is of the opinion that
the entryman has honestly endeavored to
comply with the requirements of the timber
culture law, and that the contestant failed to
prove by a preponderapce of evidence the al
legations of his affidavit of the contest, ana
therefore atfirms the decision dismissing the
contest.
In the contest of Harris L. Emmert VS.
Hugh Jordan, involving the northeast quar-
ter Of section IL, township 80, range ~, Des
Moine5 land district, Iowa, n timber culture
entry for which was made by Jordan on Feb
ruary 25, 1880. Upon the motion OF the con-
~testants that the department dismiss the ap-
peal of the heirs of Hugh Jordan from the
decision Of the general land Office holding
Jordan's entry for cancellation, the secretary
of the interior holds that the appeal is de
| fective in that it fails to show the name of
the entryman. and for this reason he is not
inclined to dismiss said appeal at this time.
The parties representing to be 'the heirs OF
Hugh Jordan will be required to tile in
the department, within twenty days from
notice, q statement under oath giving the
names of the parties taking this appeal.
Within the same time they be required to
file satisfactory proof Of the death of the
SAID Jordan, giving the date thereof and CIV
ing also the names of his heirs. II the proofs
should not be filed the appeal will be further
considered, otherwise 1T must be dismissed"
ARMY NEWS.
A Norfolk special says, lin reference to the
| sudden death of Colonel James Curry, a well
known and popular officer of the army, for a
number of years commissary of subsistence
at Fortress Monroe, and yell known in the
west, that the %colonel, on Thursday afternoon
| fell from the second Story of his residence
on Mill Creek, near Fortress Monroe, and
broke his neck. Colonel Curry was a native
| of Ireland, sixty.tive years Of age, and en-
tered the United States service from Vir-
ginia as a private, rising by merit to the rank
Of colonel of volunteers AT the close OF
| the war he was, Retained in the
army with the rank of brevet lieutenant and
assigned to the Fourth regiment Of artillery,
| and stationed at Fortress Monroe, where he
served for years. IL will be remembered
that his wife and oneDof his children were
| drowned some years ago, and that after
ward a son of his was killed by the acct
dental discharge Of q shotgun. He was
again married, and leaves q widow and three
children.
The general court-martial convened at JET.
ferson barracks, Mo, under date Of Jan uary
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