Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-03-26
PROBLEM BEFORE HIM.
The Comptroller of tho Currency and the
National hank of Kansas city
Reccivership.

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Washington, March 25.-(special) The
Information has reached the office of the
comptroller of the currency that Presi-
dent Chick, of the National Bank OF
! Kansas City, will not object to be APP
pointed receiver of that institution. 1t
| is claimed that quite a number inter-
! ested In the bank have concluded TO in
| sist that Mr.. Chick be given this posi-
| tion. claiming. as they do. that he is
| better acquainted with the business of
| the bank than anyone else and would
| know better how to get the greatest
! possible returns from the paper OF the
| bank. In this way 1T is claimed that the
depositors are made more certain Of full
payment and certain of more prompt
payment, and beyond this the depart
ment is really but little Interested
This proposition will open up a new
question for the comptroller of the cur
rency, who Is expected TO return on
Wednesday. IT Is believed that he will
take up the matter of appointing a re-
ceiver just as soon as he gets back,
but 40 far nothing has been heard from
him since he LEFT for the mountains of
North Carolina for a hunt. He is liable
to break In at any time, but is not eN-
pectod until Wednes day, and no one
would be surprised if he did not put in
an appearance before the last of the
week He has not communicated with
the office since leaving. and unless he
~ publication down South he does not
know as yet of the increased depart
mental duties called for by the new COM
plications in Kansas city.
How he will look Ola this new depart
ure of appointing the president of n
bank receiver is not known. So far,
however, there is not a departmental
precedent. and 1t is the opinion of the
officials in the department that the
comptroller will have no little difficulty
in reaching the conclusion that this is
the best thing to do. 1t has always been
the policy of the department to select
man for receiver who has no interest
whatever in the affairs TO be closed up
under government care. This plan has
always been followed. but Of course all
things are liable To change, and il may
happen that this will offer such induce
ments TO break the rule that it will fall
into history as precedent for differ
ent line of policy.
In the time papers in support of ap-
plicants for the place of receiver are
pouring in. Mr.. John Perry, Of Kan
sas city, also reached the department
this morning with an application for the
place. His formal application is accom-
panied with the usual number of in
dorsements
MIR. Thomas George, Of Kansas City,
also wired the department to-day
change of heart. When he left here
some days ago, after having made the
fight for the appointment as one of the
judges in the Indian country, he con-
cluded that he would like the appoint
ment as attorney to look after the bus
mess of the bank but having reached
home he came to the conclusion that he
would like the appointment of receiver,
and so advised the department to-day by
wire.
1t was stated at the department that
SO far it appeared that more indorse
ments had arrived in support of Mr.. X.
W. Hooker than for anyone else. 1t be-