Omaha daily bee., 1891-02-05


upon him the great necessity of
heading the Ohio ticket The president will
certainly not ask Major Mckinney TO fill the
vacancy in the treasury department IL he is
convin ced that the party's interests in Ohio
would be seriously ieopardized by some other
man heading the ticket. No new names
have, during the past twenty four hours,
been seriously mentioned in connection with
the treasury vacancy. II would be proper to
state now that the mention of the transfer
from the war TO the treasury department of
Secretary Proctor was in view of possible
exigeucy. 1t is probable that, had
congress not extended the time
within which a vacant cabinet officer
must be filled, the president would have
transferred Secretary Proctor at least to
meet a temporary emergency. The name of
Senator Aldrch Of Rhode Island has re-
ceived so much favorable consideration at
the hands of the public that number of
propositions have been made to overcome the
political barrier in the way OF his appoint
ment. The legislature and the governor of
Rhode Island are democratic so that, how
ever fit the senator might be for the position
and however much the president might con-
at this time, there appears no prac-
tlcal way of overcoming the fact
that to take Senator Aldrch from
the senate would lead TO democratic gain in
the senate. The name of Representative
Cannon of Illinois who retires from public
upon public attention in connection with the
treasury vacancy and especially on account
of his location geographically. Mr.. Cannon
is being urged upon the president by men,
bers of the house committee on appropria-
tions and other men in congress who say that
his Xperience me mber OF the committee
on appropriations has fitted him for the
duties of the position.
COST OF THE SIOUX WAR.
A communication, received by congress
from the quartermaster generals depart
ment through the secretary of war, shows
tnat the Sioux Indian outbreak cost at least
$4,000, 200. Transportation, ratious, ammu-
milton and other expenses constitute the
principal items in the appropriation asked.
This is the direct cost of the outbreak What
there will be in the way of bills for depreda-
tions committed by the Indians canpot be es-
timated. There are those who believe that,
directly or indirectly, the expense will
not be short of between $,500,000 and
A,000,0O0. 1t is now Acknowledged by
every one that it would be far more
economical and great deal less trouble to
the government TO sell all the Indian reserva-
tions and to take the money and purchase
farms for the Indians in the east. Thus the
tribal relations could be broken and the saw
ages placed in civilized communities where
they would have no opportunity to make
themselves feared.
THE OMAHA BRIDGE Bull.
The conferecs on the part of the house upon
the Omaha bridge bill, which has passed the
house and senate, arc Mason Of Illinois,
Sweeney of Iowa and Felix Campbell of New
York; on the part of the senate, Mr.. Vest of
Missouri, Sawyer of Wisconsin and Wash
burn of Minnesota There is no doubt that
the bill will shortly become a law.
owENBY UNDER ATTEST.
James A. Owenby of Chicagois not making
a brilliant success in exposing the misdoings
of Others in the alleged silver pool. Just
as he emerged from the committee room,
where he had been giving testimony
this afternoon, a Washington detective took
him by the arm and notified him that he was
a prisoner on a warrant charging him with
obtaining money under false pretenseS. Be
fore going TO the lookup he went to the house
restaurant to get Restauratcur Emerson TO
cash his allowance of mileage, which the
government paid him for coming here. The
complaint under which Owenby was arrested
was made by Mr.. Page, tho Keeper of the
senate restaurant, ON July lat. About the
time Of the silver legislation Owenby got
Page to cash check on the Hanover bank
of New York for $17..AsA No few days
after that Page cashea isfothcf check
by Owenby drawn on Wells, Fargo Il Co
of New York Both of these checks came
back dishonored. Owenby subsequently tel
egraphed Page that the account In the Han
over bank was overdrawn, and requested that
a draft should be drawn on him in New
York. Page drew the draft as requested
Owenby came here Page has been following
him around trying to collect the amount of
the two checks, but has thus far failed.
Today he determined on criminal proceedings
and the warrant and arrest was the result
Up to the present time Owenby's testimony
has implicated no one directly and has gone
no further than to make vague insinuations
against Senator Cullum and others. When
these insinuations have been followed up they
have proved largely Imagination and the i'm
preston is becoming general that Mr.. Owen by
is only seeking notoriety.
PosTMAsTERs APPOINTED.
The following fourth class postmasters
were appointed today:
Nebraska-Hartine, Jefferson county, j. NJ.
Wildhater, vice G.. b. Murray, removed {;
Lomas, Custer county, ID. f.. Morgan, vice G.
W. Lusk, resigned; Redfern, Custer county,
G. B. Drum vice w. Redfern.
Iowa-Ford, Warren county, II. Hull, vice
Mary D. Barrett, resigned, Hornick Wood
bury county, w. ID. Turner, vice b. +. Jen-
nings.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Charles +. Luce, well known banker OF
Logan, Ia, is here, the guest of his mother,
Mrs. Representative Owen of Indiana.
John S. Schneider has been appointed post
master at Harold, Holt county, Neb.
DR.. Morris appointment on the Broken
Bow pension board has been held up on ac-
count of protests.
PERRY S. HEATH