Omaha daily bee., 1891-03-19
Postmaster General Wanamaker After The
With Sharp Stick.
REFORM COMMENCED IN WASHIN GToN
-Four Dismissed and Fourteen Sus-
ptndcd, and the Probability is
That More Will Follow -Scna-
tor PAD dock lndign ant.
WASHINGTON BUREAU THE BEE,
5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET

earnest of his in tenuous with respect tovari-
Gus cities throughout the country Out
of a list of about one hundred and forty
carriers four have been dismissed in this
city and fourteen sus pended. 1t was found
that quite number of the carriers wCro
in the habit of floating" around restau-
rants and on the streets so as TO "kll
tiWe' and make returns for extra service, as
carriers VIII are kept out over eight hours
daynow on account Of extra services are
paid extra. Others were in the habit
of walking when they were reported
to have ridden on street cars, and to
have "knocked down. the street car tickets
furnis he'd them. Others were in the habit OF
passing the street letter boxes without TAX
ingup the mail Sill others loitered around
saloons and took intoXcantS when they sup
posed their action would not be detected by
their superior officers The postmaster
would not recommend the dis miss nj or sus-
pension Of the offend crs, and so the postmas-
ter general upon the advice of citizens, took
the otfcnse in his own han ds, made is inves-
tlgations and directed the puni shment. The
postmaster general says he intends to take
Simil ar action wherever the carriers are dis
homes and dereliCt of duty IL e believes the
pOStmaStcrs are in many cases to blame for
the inefficient service Of carriers, and when
ever serious charges are made 10y private cit
liens and they properly authen ticaUed or Ger
titled the posot1iCe department will cause in
vesti cations to be made by special agents
and action will be taken over the heads Of
postmaSters. This makes it almost useless
for carriers to ''stand in'' with the postmas-
ters. Afterall the carriers have to account
TO the patrons of their Offices
SENATOR PADDOCK INDIGNANT.
Senator Pad was somew hat indignant
this loren Don over an Associated press dis
patch which appeared in all the eastern
papers, stating that the rccommen dation Of
Judge COBB as Judge Gr0f's successor as
land commissioner was part OF poll tcal
scheme to prevent action in the Nebraska
governors hip contest Senator Paddock said
| today! "Ofall the absurd reports ever CON
| ceved, this is the most ridiculous lrecom-
| men ed j u dye Cobb TO the president alone
and in Senator Manderson's absence, subject
| of course TO his concurrence, The Nebraska
| gubcrna oria contest never en- tered my mind
| in connection with the vacancy in the Land
| Office. / have had quito enough to attend to
| without Interfering with that knotty
| problem, either directly or indirectly,
| Iam frank to say that don't know how |
| should vote on it, There are equities to be
| Onsidered What Judge Cobb's views are |
| dom know and dom care | suggested his
| name because i wan ted Nebraska to retain
| the Office and believed Judge Cobb, with his
war record his record of excellent congress
| sion al service and his admirable career on the
/ UcnCn anu ulS SITOuR WlSCOlSlu COllHcCIiOHS,
would be the easiest man to make. There
are a score Of prominent men mentioned in
| junction with the office. EX-congrcss-
| men of note were never so many as now
whom the administration would like to take
| care ofin positions Of usefulness. 1t was
| manifest that if Nebraska was to run any
| chance we should have to present name of
| something more than ordinary strength.
| Jud ge Cobbs at once presented itself to me
| and | han ded ii in 1t is not improbable that
| this SplnSS rpnOrt of n local political
motive may seriously inlure Judge CObb's
| candidaCy with the president, who is properly
| sensitive to rumOrS and reports affecting
| suggested nominees, For this reason, and
| this alone, regret very much the fabrication
| of the story
| land DECISIONS.
Theassistant secretary of the interior de-
part tnent today reversed the decision of the
commission of the general land ofice, holding
| for cancellation the pre-cmptiOn cash entry
of David Shanks for the southwest one
fourth of section "a, township l5 north,
range 52 west Natertown, 5. d. He
affirmed the decision in favor of the con-
tes tant in the of Milan w. Quick VS..
JohnF +. Kyle, nvolviaga homes tead entry
| made by the latter for The northeast qu arter
of section32 township g. range 20 McCook
dis trct of Ne braska.
MRS. OWENS CONDITION.
| The wi fe of exRepreS entative o wen OF In
| diana is still in critical con dition. She may
Il
| create no surprise to those who are ac-
| Quained with the serious cOmpli cation OF
| her illness, Her family relatives from
Logan, Ia, are momentariIy expected to ar,
| rive.
MIsCELI.A NEoUs.
| &. W. Swain was today appointed post
master at lnman, Holt county, and A j
Billerbeck at OsmOnd, Pierce county. ".
NJ. kruse was appointed post tmas ter at Hum.
| bOldt, Nlmnehaha county, =. D., and L.
knapp at MOntcith, Guthrie county, la.
Senat or Paddock will go to New YORK to
morrow for a few days.
Governor Melletto of South Dakota anC
Joe Bailey, lr., the Sioux Falls banker, ar
rived tonight.
Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota, who
has been in Boston on business for Sevcra
davs viii be al the Fifth Avenue hotel, New
York, tomorrow and some days thereafter
He is swOrking z in the in tereS of hs'state by
attraCtin capital for in vestment there.
| Ex-senator MoOdys name will prOba bly, bI
presented for United States circuit judge fo
the district in which is South Dakota
| Lieutenant Darlington of the Seventh cav
airy is at the Ebbitt
1t is believed that the oversi ght of con
gress in falling to place machinery for suga
refining on the free list as well as mac hinerN
for prod duCin q raw sugar was great mi stake
as twill work in the interest of amonOpol,
on sugar refining, whereas the cost of ref II
ing sugar mi ght have been greatly reduce
by competition if machinery for the purpos
was made cheaper. PERRY =. HEATH.