Telegram-herald., 1890-05-26

up and t1s Ohlce made perfectly safe.
NJ. Lacey e a pr4cuczl banker. I'D 0f
co1rse 1e knows iust What Is needed ln
a. once q tLls k1d.
Sir Be.knap tells ne that be has
received numerous letters from people
la al parts of LIS district, lRg gllriEz z
be sss gong q b a candidate for
Congress 2gain, and assuring hm or
the.r support. Mr.. Belkn4p ssys t1at
he has rot made up h., mind = LAt re
Ill DO. aad ne does not believe tat
tie time hAs yet come when he should
announce LIS detsFml nation. lie has
lot made up hls mind not u be > c2n-
dldate, AMI yet he Is NOT sure
that be VIII be- In fact the
matter Is open. and I suppose his course
val be somewhat determined b. what
the future may have ~ store for HIM.
Mr. belkD2p says that II be considered
bis Oxa personal convenience and his
interest, he would not AGAIN DC Z Can
d.date.
Thegreat problem which has occupied
the attention OF heads OF departments
for some years, ana which 5 sill uR-
settled, ls how 10 dispose or useless
documents and papers which accumu-
late from time % time. 10 Is custom
Of the various departments never 10
destroy any communication received or
the copy OF any sent Out. When you
consider the immense amount Ot cor
respoudence by one OF the departments
"a the course OF year, the way IA
which papers grow on the hles ls not
surprising. OF course great many OF
these papers are useless ana might long
ago have gone % the junk dealer, but
there IS 10 knowing when they mlght
prove OF value and a there has never
been any authority given Tor their be
ug destroyed they have simply been
allowed % remain there covered v wltn
dust and IN many instances arOTdlng
snug retreats Tor the department nice
and reaches. The last Congress passed
an act calling for statistics 10 see II
something could not b. done 10 do away
with TINS useless litter and the various
chiefs of bureaus are now collecting the
information. All the departments are
very much oyercrOwded and badly IN
need OF room, and II these papers are
DESTROYED considerable additional space
Will afforded. Inthe office OF the Third
Auditor alone, IN the Treasury Depart
ment, there are four large rooms hlled
with worthless papers. This IS but a
sample. and as the Treasury Depart
ment : more crowded than any other
department sni has more papers, the
Treasury officials are hoping that Con-
gress VIII speedily take some action.
The report from the Bureau of Internal
f. 81 traras.
are 10, III cubic feet OF paper, amount
ing TO $50 tons, that can be destroyed
without any danger. These consist
mainly of stub books OF revenue Off
GERS, containing records OF stamps IS
sued. The accounts of all these Off
GERS have long since been closed and
the material IS just SO much dead
weight.
"Who VIII be the next Governor Of
Michigan" Is the question that Mlchi-
gan politicians here frequently ask Of
one another. There are some people
who believe that that honor will yet
fall to Ex-senator Palmer, and that IN
case the convention should nominate
he would not refuse the honor. While
he wlll not make any struggle for il, II
IS not thought that If in view of his
published declaration the conven-
ton should still insist on his
being the nominee, that he
could refuse or that he would care TO
do so. Leaving Palmer out OF the race
the prevailing sentiment seems TO be
running N favor of John L. Rich, and
be Is looked upon as the most available
candidate. Rich has many friends IN
all parts ofthe state, and il IS thought
that # ne Is nominated ne viii make a
good run, and would wOrthIly fill the
executive chair.
-
II Speaker Reed accepted only one
half OF the invitations shOwcred upon
him 20 attend banQuets and make
/ speeches he would have very little time
! - devote % the affairs Of the House of
Repres sontativCs. There is no man who
Is i'm such demand at the present time.
/ With the exception Of the speech he
| made az Plttsburg be has not been
away from Washington since the meet
ing of this Congress and he has not
missed q single session OF the House.
/ lie .s hard worker and when he leaves
/ the House and goes home and has not
| social engagements to attend 90 he
| spends some hours every evening
in his room reading and Studying. He
| IS one OF the most proficient French
| scholars iu Congress and mo reads almost
| every new work OF any importance