Omaha daily bee., 1893-04-08
BLAINE'S BROTHER REMOVED
Secretary Morton Finds His Service No
Longer Required,
NO NEBRASKA PoSTMAsTERS APPOINTED
WIN Not lie Reached In the omcial Calen-
dar for Some Time-Another Novel
Feature of the New Ad-
minIstration's Work,
WASHINGTON BUREAU or the BEE,
5l3 FouKTEENrH STREET,
WASHINGTON, ID. C.. Anril 4 \

Secretary OF Agriculture Morton has de-
termined to remove from Office Mr.. Robert
Blaine, brother of the late James Gillespie
Blaine. For that reason MIR Morton today
issued an order abolishiug the quarantine
division of the bureau Of animal industry, Of
which division Mir Blaine is the chief. The
abolition Of the division carries with it of
course the dismissal of its chief. The work
of this division has been of great Importance.
II mas had TO do with the controversy be
tween Great Britain and the United States
as to the presence of plCuro pneumonia and
other diseases in cattle shipped across the
Atlantic Under Mr. Iarrisou's administra-
tion the rules adopted by Secretary RuslS
and carried out by this division were
most efficient in enlarging and steadying
the British market for American beef Only
a few days ago DR.. Salmon, the chief of tho
bureau of at nal industry, stated that the
quarantine of imported cattle, imported
from abroad for exhibition at the Worlds
fair, would form one of the most important
duties OF the Department of Agriculture
The abolition of the division of which Mr.
Blaine was the chief under these CirCum-
stances shows that it is the purpose to re-
tire from Office the brother of the late sec
retary of state. The duties of the division
are so important that its re-cstablishment
with democratic chief may be speedily cX
pected.
Have Not Reached Nebraska.
Notwithstanding tho fact that III fourth
class pOStmastCrS were appointed today, out
of which number thirty-four vacancies were
created by removals, not one new postmaster
was named for Nebraska.
1--WE have not reached Nebraska vet" is
the answer The BEE correspondent gets at
the appointment division of the Postoflice
| department every day.
Following are the appointments for TODAY
In Wnl gtnr
! Conway, vice +. b. Calkins, resigned; Miles
Jackson county, H. w. Kruse vice II. }.
Davis removed; Vincent Webster county
| W. Is. Harding, vice w, II. Woolsey, re
! signed.
President Cleveland today issued instruc-
tions to the postmaster general that no more
| postmasterS should be removed until they
| have served four years unless charges affect
| ing their official actions are preferred. Thus
there may not be many changes in the Ne
| braska Offices until some months.
Bissen Using His Authority.
Postmaster General Bssell has concluded
by his experience of the past few days that
| he cannot succeed in his attempt to mu2zle
the press and has therefore transferred his
| efforts toward the suppression. of news to
| the congressman whom he evidently expects
| TO find more Subservient Every congress
! man who called at the loStoffCe department
! today was notified by the postmaster general
that hereafter he must not disclose to news
! paper correspondents the names of any per
| son recommended for appointment In every
case the congressman promised to obey the
| Or0er, so that1hereafter the nhabtantS of
the smaller towns and villages throughout
the country will have no opportunity of
| knowing what persons or class of characters
are being considered by the Postoflice de
| partmcnt for appointment as postmaSters.
The probable result of this order will be
! repetition of Postmaster General Bissell's re
cent experience, when, after having ap-
tern" methods, he was grieved to learn that
the new appointee had but recently doffed
his convict stripes.
Political Situation In Iowa.
j. j. Richardson, national democratic COM
| mitteeman from Iowa, and Acting Adiutant
General n. w. Mclver of Iowa, president of
the state league of democratic clubs are at
the Ebbitt. Both are here for Office either
for themselves or friends.
General Mclver said in an interview today
Eastern politicians have several popular
and mistaken ideas concerning the politics
of my state. Although Governor Boies has
twice carried it, and will do so for third
time, Iowa must, nevertheless be recognized
as republican on national issues. Governor
Boies was elected in the fight against prohi.
bition. On this question the state is safely
democratic. But the republicans have Il
high license faction which has been voting
with u.s. and is known as the Boies repub.
llcans.
This year this faction is going to the re
publican convention to try to bring it to a
high license endorsement. Now if the repub
licans give up prohibition they lose the 20,
600 prohibitonst votes. IT they main
tain the pr addition platform the high
license faction remains with US 50 they are
in u very serious dilemma and very pecu
liar position. The prohibition issue viii
consequently be the great issue. 1t is thu
purpose of the democrats to inject the tariff
issue again into the campaign and we hope
to gain great many votes By il.
Attributed to the Tarin.
NEnr instance In nprirnltnrnl rNmmtinS