Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-20
WEARY OF POLITICAL ABUSE.
General Belief That Pension Commissioner
Raum viii Resign.
CANDIDATES ANXIOUS TO SUCCEED HIM.
quarantine Established Against Can
adian stock-Cattlc Shipment Reg
ulations --' Alliance News at
Washington-Patc Granted.
WASHINGTON BUREAU Tur BEE, J

| 6l3 FOURTEENTH STREET,
| WAsulNGroN, d. c., May TO- J
| Up TO this evening Pension Commissioner
! Raum has not called upon tho president and
the impression is that ho is waiting to sea
Secretary Noble, who will returr from St.
Louis within day or two, and that both the
secretary and tho commissioner wi confer
with the president relative to tho latter re-
signing 1t is generally believed that tho
commissioner will retire from tho Office.
being weary of abuse from his political
ana personsl enemies. The general has told
his friends that he first wanted to talk tho
matter over fully with Secretary Noble cx-
planning everything, that he himself
would DC blameless, and then If the president
ielt that 1t would embarrass him to maintain
inc present conditions In the onlcc the rcsig-
nation would be promptly at his disposal.
otherwise the resignation would not be ten
dered. General Raum simply wants to do
what is best for the country and the admins
tration He is frank aud fair and his manly
course is making him friends daily.
CANDIDATES FOR THE CoMMIssIoNERSUIP
w lille the Indanans have good reason IN
believe that the commissionership will 20 TO
elrstate there is furry among a number
OF prominent men outside of that state auxi-
Gus to become General Raum's successor
lho name of Ex-Governor Beaver of Penn
sylVanla is again mentioned General Beaver
was IN the race at the time General Raum
was appointed. The fact that Senator QUAY
dropped into town yesterday and had n con-
ference with the president has led to the be-
lief that the Pennsylvania senator was urg-
ing the qualifications Of the PENNSYLVANIA eX-
governor. Deputy Commissioner of Pensions
Lincoln is also in the rlce, but the best in
formed are certain that tho president will
bring one of his Indiana friends to the pen.
sion commissionership.
ALLIANCE NEWS AT WASHINGTON.
Bulletins are hourly received here at tie
farmers alliance headquarters, keeping tho
Officers informed of the proceedings OF the
Cincinnati convention, The rcuorts are yerv
discouraging to the principal officers, rs thew
indicate n settled purpose of launching q
third party and thus swamping the organiza-
tloh. one OF the officials of the alliance who
Is now in Cincinnati sends word that the
third party advocates are in large majority
and Will carry their point. He further says
there is Il split between the east and tho
west, IN which the socialists of the east,
headed by the Bcllamyites of Boston want
an eight-hour plank and temperance plank.
The alliance headquarters are expecting a
collapse OF the convention and general row
at any time.
LIVE STOCK REGULATIONS.
On Thursday next representatives of all
the leading steamship lines which export
American live stock will be here to haye
conference with Secretary Rusk Tho last
congress authorized the secretary of agrcul-
ture to prescribe regulations for the proper
accommodation OF cattle, hogs, ETC. during
their ocean passage. These regulations were
not completed. The steamship men are anx-
lous, however, to present their side of the
case before the regulations are finally estab-
llshed. One OF the main points to be settled
is as to the amount of the space to be allotted
each animal. Secretary Rlsk Is contending
Tor two feet eight inches as the minimum
space. When the regulations are promul-
gated 1T is expected that they will do away
with the tramp steamers in the cattle trade
and will put an end to the barbarites prac-
tlced on live stock during shipment which
are so common now.
CANADIAN SWINE GUARANTEED.
Secretary Rusk has decided to quarantine
all sheep and swine coming into this country
from Canada. The law allows a quarantine
OF fifteen days against all sheep and swine
imported from Great Britain and the conti-
heht OF Europe, but as Canada keeps up no
quarantine against these foreign countries
diseased sheep aud S vine get into this coun-
try by way of Canada. 1t is for this reason
that the secretary today put up the quaran-
tlne bars against Canada, although it appears
to be stretch of the provisions of the law.
which does not include Canada.
PATENTS ISSUED.
Patents were today granted to the follow
lowing: George G. Ferguson, Odel Neb..
bee hive; Albert A. Gibson, Omaha, railway
switch stand; Frank /. Mace, Sioux City,
Ia. corn planter; Christian II. Martin, Sioux
City, Ia, piano truck; Henry A. Palmer, At
.antic, Ia lock, Jacob G. Reed, Sioux City,
Ia, device for automatically closing doors to
elevator wells; Oscar ID. Swartz York, Nep.,
wall paper exhibitor; Marion N. and l.. E.
Tomblin, Des Moines, Ia, attachment for
printing presses
MISCELLANEOUS.
Leave OF absence for SIX months to take
effect upon his being relieved from tempor-
iry command OF troop &, Ninth cavalry, is
granted Captain Walter l.. Finley.
Mrs. Baird has taken rooms at the Hamil-
on.
Captain Baird is expecting to take his
roop Of the Sixth cavalry TO Nebraska upon
he arrival of the troop of the Ninth at Fort
Meyer
Surgeon White, who accompanied Captain
'arkers troop of the Fourth to California.
Vill then return again 10 Fort Meyer for
iuty. Colonel Carpenter is waiting ito turn
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