Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1892-06-17
CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS.
Wilson Makes a Speech Against Cutting
Down the Appropriations for
Postoffice Facilities.

thorizing and directing the President to
proclaim general holiday commemor-
ating the 400th anniversary OF the dis
covery OF America ON October IL, 1892.
James e. Young has been acquitted
by the corps of Washington correspond
ents Of the charge upon which the Sem
ate dismissed him from the position OF
executive clerk. Young's removal from
office carried with IL the imputation he
had communicated to newspaper CORE
spondents information about the trans
actions of the Senate while in executive
session.
Attorney +. A. Orr OF San Francisco
was at the State Department recently,
and had an audience with Solicitor Part
ridge In regard to the claims of the sail
ors of the cruiser Baltimore against the
Chilian government for damages by the
assault upon them in Valparaiso last
October. He was informed the claims
had been brought to the attention OF the
Chilian government by United States
Minister Egan. The claims number
thirty eight, and amount to more than
81, 600, 600.
| A bulletin just issued by the census
bureau shows the assessed valuation OF
all property in the United States in 1890,
except the railroad property, increased
from $l6, ,902, ,993, ,543 in 1880 to $24, ,65l, =
55e ,565 in 1890, an increase during the
decade of $7,748, ,591 ,922 or 1874 per cent.
Should the same relations be found to
exist between the assessed valuation in
1850 and the valuation as it existed in
1890 the absolute wealth of the United
States may be estimated at $64, ,648, ,0OO,-
900 or more than 81 900 per capita, as
against s5l4 in 1860, $3.50 in 1870 and
$50 in 1880.
Representative Hermann has been
before the Committee on Public
Lands regarding his resolution of in
quiry as to the action OF the Interior
Department in rejecting various contests
in swamp-land claims in Eastern Oregon,
which had been previously authorized
by the department, and at Mr.. Her.
mann's request final approval of selec.
tions has been suspended until the right
| OF settlers to continue their contests
shall be inquired into by Congress or al.
lowed by the department. These lands
are chiefly in the Harvey Valley land
district. Mr.. Hermann is receiving a
large number of petitions from people
settled on the lands, who ask for the
right of hearing in the land Office.
Representative Wilson, who is mem
ber OF the Committee on Postoffices and
Post Roads, made strong speech against
the arbitrary cutting down of the appro-
priations for postoffice facilities, and by
abundant statistics showed how the serv-
ice would surely be crippled unless the
government increased the amount appro-
priated to a reasonable figure. Wilson
has had an opportunity to see how lacx
of funds in the Postoffice Department
has prevented the development of the
mail facilities in his State, and his talk
was in the direction of securing better
facilities and larger distribution of mail
routes throughout the West and so bring
the mail services in this rapidly develop
ing country up to something like what
is afforded in the East. But all the talk
man might do in this Congress in that
line would be of no avail, as parsimony
is the watchword of the hour.
Representative Hermann has been en-
deavoring to hasten the work OF opening
1 tIlC SllClz tHulhA iC5CFF6ttOu VI 6CbtiC-
ment. Officers of the department stated
recently the allotments will be completed
soon, not later than this summer, when
negotiations will at once commence for
the release OF the surplus lands to set
tlement. This reservation contains 225,-
900 acres, and there are about $50 Indi-
ans to whom allotments are being made,
in addition to which the State becomes
entitled to about TWENTY-FIVE school sec
tions. There will remain a surplus oi
about 162,400 acres for settlers. Mr..
Hermann stated to the Secretary that
this surplus is capable of sustaining a
large body of people, and that many oil
his constituents are anxious for the early
adjustment of allotments and the subse-
quent proceedings that people seeking
homes in his State may have this further
opportunity to acquire them.
It is officially stated acceptance has
been received by the United States gov.
eminent from eight countries of Europe
of the invitation to participate in the
bimetallic conference. The countries
having accepted are England, Italy, Ger,
many, France, Austria, the Netherlands
Spain and Portugal. The conference
will probably be held in Brussels. The
members of the conference who will rep
resent the United States are said to bs
Judge Lambert Tree OF Chicago; Henry
w. Cannon, President of the Chase Ma
tioaal Bank of New York, formerly
Comptroller of Currency, and Senator
Jones OF Nevada. Judge Tree was I
member of the former internationa
monetary conference. Cannon is awell
known fnancier, who has had expert
ence not only as head OF one Of the larg
est banks Of the country, but also as tn,
official head of the national banking sys
tenn Of the United States. Senator Jone
is one of the best posted authorities OF
bimetallism in the country and pro
nounced free-silver man. He has studies
the silver question from the days whei
he swung pick as pioneer silver mine
in Nevada down to the present time
when his Senatorial associates accort
him foremost place as an authority OF
silver. Senator Jones' speech on fire.
silver in the Fifty-frst Congress is re
garded as one Of the most valuable expo
sitions of the silver question from free
coinage standpoint in recent years
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