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here. decided that M. NJ Estee, of
shall enter Ills Cabinet
when the reorganization made neces-
sary by the retirement Of Secretary
Proctor and the expected retirement
of Attorney General Miller, takes
place. 1t is as yet uncertain whether
Mr.. Estee will become Attorney Gene
raj or Secretary OF the interior. as
Secretary Noble will probably begiven
the privilege of exchanging his present
portfolio for that of Attorney General
IL he wishes to do go. and It is believed
that he does. Mr.. Estee would prob
ably have gone into the Cabinet when
IL was first organized, but he declined
serving in any place except that OF
Attorney General or Secretary of the
Interior, and both of these places had
been rendered to and accepted by the
present incumoents before the Presi-
dent was made acquainted with Mr..
Estee's wishes.
Secretary Foster will go to Ohio
about the first of October for the
purpose of taking the stump for Nc
Kinley. His speeches will, in the
main. be upon financial topics, al
though he willsnot slight State affairs,
upon which few men in Ohio are so
we'll posted. The Secretary takes
special pleasure in recalling the dole
ful predictions which the democrats
have made of the coming crash in the
Treasury ever since he became it's
head, and of the case with which the
Treasury has passed every predicted
crisis. not only without default or
deficit, but with cash to spare. All
these things he will tell the Ohio
voters in his own inimitable style. He
will also show them with indisputable
figures thai the present democricat
predictions of future bankruptcy are
as wild and baseless as were all OF
those which lave gone before.
Postmaster General Wanamaker.
ever alive to increasing the efficiency
of the postal service, had the Division
Superintendents of the Railway Mail
Service Oft entire country here this
week. in order that they might confer
and give each other the benefit of their
individual experience in improving the
service. The improvement of the
mail service has been CONTINUOUS from
the time il came back into the hands
of the republicans, somewhat crippled
on account of the inefficiency of "a
large number of the employees appoin-
ted by the Cleveland administration.
but the Improvement during the fiscal
year ending June 80 last, as shown by
the Official reports. was something
marvellous, and reflects great credit
.upou- ryiboly-eoasostAd- with the
service in any capacity. The railway
mail clerks distributed $500, 600, 600
pieces of mail matter, which was $50,
600, 900 more pieces than were distri-
buted the previous year, and only one
error to each 4193 pieces handled was
made, against one error for each 2799
pieces the previous year, aod the
number of complaints have been fewer
than ever before, while the connpli-
inentary letters from business houses
have never been so numerous. The
Superintendents say, that the present
fiscal year will show amarked Improve
ment upon the last, good as that was
Secretary Foster has made com
promise with the lawyers representing
the importers who under q recent deci.
sion of the courts were entitled to a
'rep6te on AT or a certain class or nat
trimmings imported for some years.
1t is thought that the sum to be paid
under the compromise will be some.
where in the neighborhood of SS.000,.
600, whereas il the parties had stuck
out for all that they could have been
awarded by the courts. the amount
would have been largely in excess OF
$50, 600, 600, besides the costs of de.
Tending the numerous suits. The com.
promise is regarded as an economical
one.
The President is almost ready tC
announce a number of important
appointments, and it will not be sur
prisiDg II some of them are made be-
fore this letter is put in type.
Republicans who have allowed them
selves TO be led astrav by the idea that
Southern democrats who have joined
the Farmers Alliance would combine
with them in forming a national third
party, the principal object of which
would be to right the real and fancied
wrongs OF the Agricultural and labor
ing classes, may find food for thought
in the following positive language used
by Senator Ransom of North Carolina,
a state in which Col. Polk, president
of the National Farmers Alliance,
says the Alliance is ready to 20 into
the third party movement. Senator
Ransom says: "There is no third
party in North Carolina. and there
will not be. The Alliance with the
exception OF few dcmagogues intent
only upon improving their own per.