Omaha daily bee., 1890-06-12

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would like to be secretary and would rather
have that office than be director general. No
one with any authority had ever spoken or
written to him on the subject, nor did he
know that his name was being used in con-
nectiou with the place until he saw the report
in the morning papers. He did not now
understand whether it was suggested to make
him secretary Of the national commission or
secretary of the local organization, or what he
had been proposed for but he would be glad
to do anything TO make the fair success.
THE UNIVERSAL PENSION.
There is no doubt whatever that II the next
house Of representatives is republican uni
versal pension bill based on the per diem
principle will be passed. There were two
good reasons why it was thought such
measure could not be passed at this session of
congress. In the first place the pension dis
bursements win be increased about 80 per
per cent or probably 10000 year by acts
of this congress and the decrease in the
incomes of the government by reason
of the tariff revision will not admit Of a
greater pension list. In the second place 1t
is believed by the most ardent friends of uni
versal pensions that under the circumstances
the step from the present pension laws to
universal pension, including all the provis-
ions of the bill which has been adopted,
would be so far and the outlay so great that
in all probability it would react against the
pensioners, and in the event of democratic
victory in 1892 lead to the repeal of important,
II not Jnc UOSJ essential IculuTcS Ol JuS pen
sion laws.
KEEPING 1T DARK.
There is good deal of inquiry as to what
has become of the bill to relieve the United
States supreme court of its pressure of busi-
ness by the creation of a number of circuit
courts of high jurisdiction This bill has
passed the house and is now under considera-
tion by the senate committee on judiciary, of
which Mr.. Edmunds is chairman, / could
not ascertain what his intention is or when
he expects the bill to be taken up.
WILL REPORT 1T FAvoRABLY.
The house committee on education and
labor has decided to report favorably the
Blair educational bill which was defeated in
the senate.
IOWA PosTMAsTERs.
Dysart, Tama county, j. FuTow, vice F.
w. Brown, resigned; Lalora, Iowa county,
S. W. Daniel, vice w. Foster, resigned; Ord,
Madison county, G.. NJ. Berthot, vice G. G.
Bcrtholt, resigned.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Hon. f. X Valentine of Nebraska who
was on the second ballot last night selected
for the position of sergeant-at-arms of the
senate by the republican senatorial caucus,
left for his home this afternoon. He will
arrange his business so rs to return to Wash
ington i'll time to take his position on July !,
the date fixed by Colonel Canaday for his re-
tirement. 1t develops that Mr.. Valentine
was the second choice of about three-fourths
of the caucus, so that his final selection by
unanimous vote was an easy matter.
Frank Paddock, a son of Senator Paddock,
left for his home at Beatrice today.
Alon2o II. Stewart of Iowa is among the
graduates from the law branch of the COlum-
bian university here.
At his own request Second Lieutenant
James r. Kerr, Seventeenth infantry, is
transferred from Company b to Company ID
of that regiment. He will join his proper
company
MIR. and Mrs e. A. Turner of Omaha are a
the Ebbitt.
A marriage license was today issued TO w.
L. Gurley of Omaha and Elizabeth S. Buck
eye of this city.
This morning Senators Paddock and
Manderson called upon President Harrison in
the interest of General Hawkins, who asks n
promotion to. the commissary general
ship to succeed General MacFeeley, to be
retired next month. They presented a lot of
good papers in behalf of General Hawkins
claim.
PERRY S. HEATH.