The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-04-07

yeto-Hilliams-Se,tIe Case Next ON the
House List.
WAsHIsGToN, April 6-Robert F
Anderson, of Raleigh, was here to-day
appointed assistant messenger in the
nautical Alamanac Office.
Opposition to Charles Taylor, the
| Kansas negro to whom Mr.. Cleveland
gave $4,000 place as recorder OF deeds
for the District of Columbia, grows here
daily. Everybody wants white man
from the district 10 have it aud ''every
body" is exactly right.
Forty nine postmasters were appointed
to-day.
The democrats admit sweeping re-
publican victory in Rhode Island.
Pandemoniam reigned in the House
Yesterday when a futile attempt was
made to pass the Bland bill over the
presidents veto. 1t was all Speaker
Crisp could do to bring order out of
chaos.
Senator Vance's friends are again
very uneasy about him He is far from
being a we'll man. He has sent word TO
the finance committee to go ahead with
Mr. Simmons confirmation. He has not
been able to go to the capitol since his
return here.
The Williams VS.. Settle contested
election case is the next one on the
| docket
Mrs George Kidder, Mrs. Adam EN-
pie and Miss Eliza Potter of Wilmington,
are here attending the meeting of the
| Colonial Danes.
The Capital Of this city says:
"The proposition carried in the post
office appropriation bill to award nearly
100000 or $196 GA 90 to be exact, to
certain trunk lines from Springfield
Massachusetts, via New York and Wash
ington, to Atlanta and New Orleans"
'for necessary and special facilities" +"
seems likely to meet with vigorous op
position. The presence of the railroad
lobby has served to attract attention to it
The opponents of the item point out
that this is the only railroad subsidy ever
allowed in this country in recent years
and that the subsidy is therefore, dis
crimination against all other railroads ;
that, as matter of fact, the mail service
provided for under it is not fast but slow
and that, as another mater, two other
| North and South through mail lines
which are not subsidized make quicker
tine. They point out, moreover, that q
pretty web is woven through but pro-
tected aud paid out; for the item In the
bill provides that no part of the appro
priation shall be spent unless the post.
master general deems it necessary For
example, Senator Ransom who is
avowedIy the candidate for the RichmoD
and Danvilie people for reelection, is
warmly for the subsidy. Congressman
Henderson, of Salisbury, N. c, an i'm
portant Richmond and Danville town, il
chairman of the house postoffice com
mittee, is also strongly for the appropria
tion; and Hon. Kerr Craige, third assis
tant postmaster general, who is evidently
wrongly supposed by some to have to do
officially with department recommends
tions touching the transportation OF
pointed TO his present place largely
through the influence of Senator Ransom
and Mr.. Henderson. 1t Is further pointed
, out that MIR. Henderson, as well as Mr.
| nf hn h,
mond and Danville, and that Mr. Hen.
derson counts upon the support of thi:
powerful corporation in this fight fol
Senator Vance's seat"
Marshall Cushing, the editor of the
Capital, i. one of the cleverest Yankees
ever knew He edits two or three pa
pers here and edited" John Wanamake
while he was in the postofice depart
ment But he is in grave error in the abov,
The Richmond and Danville service i.
fast-very fasi-and Senator Ransom
and Mr.. Henderson advocate the fas
southern mail because 1t is of grea, bene.
fit to the entire South
Hon. John s. Henderson, says he be
lieves The postal service cannot only be
made self-sustsining, but return q hand
some revenue as well. The estimated
postal revenue for this year is given Al
$S4 427. .74S and the estimate of expendi
lures is placed at $s7. .470, 500. This indi
Gates the close approach TO Q self-sup
porting system. A single item OF proo
showing how the government loses as ar
express carrier Is set forth in the 81 .000, ,00(
pounds of free matter, which If paid fol
nj regular rates. would yield $7,l13, ,704