The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-08-10

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i ComptroIlsx BoWler etill hae "A
center d 10 staSs. ~ coming 4
cision Ok To constit utionAlity Is O.
sugar bounty lsw bsjne ~ prime
pal topic Of conversation II ozllci1
J circles. The Loaisia1a Congrel
sional delegation played their high
81 trump when they told 6scratar'
| Carlisle thst If the money appro
| priated BY Congress was not pail
| 10 their constituents that the stat'
might:as we'll b. wiped ont Of til
democratic column, - It it woud
lsurely hscome : republican state
What effect, It any, this will hav'
remains TO be seen. II it be true, d
haze been charged, that Comptrolle
Bowler 10 only carrying out = pro
arranged plan to keep that money
in the Treasury, his decision vii
be against the Law, anyway. II. OF
the other .hand, the President de
sires this money to be paid it vii
b. an easy matter for him to find I
Comptroller, if Mr.. Bowler is mol
convinced by the arguments made
who believes the sugar bounty tc
be constitutional, and who will mol
hesitate to approve the payment o.
the money appropriated for thai
purpose by Congress. In addition
to the entire Congressional delega-
ton, the Louisiana sugar interests
are represented by Judge Semmes,
of New Orleans. Ex-senator Man
derson is the chief counsel Of the
Nebraska beet sugar people. The
arguments arc likely to be interest
ing, from legal standpoint, what.
ever the decision may be.
The first examination of appli-
cants for appointment as compost
tors in the Government Printing
Office, since the employees of that
establishment were placed under
civil service rules, is now being
held. There are more than two
hundred applicants. and it will take
the rest of the week to complete the
examination of them all. Those
who get the required percentage will
be placed on the eligible list and
appointed when there are vacancies
or when more help is needed at the
Government Printing Office. Judg-
ing from their talk the comps"
who have taken the examination
are not overburdened with admira-
ton for the wisdom displayed by
the questions asked. One of them,
who has had experience both in
newspaper and job Offices, and who
is credited by all who know him
with being q first class all-around
printer, being equally at home when
setting type, making up or reading
proof, was asked what he thought Of
the questions asked at the examine
ton. He replied "Some of them
we're good, calculated TO show
whether a man had the knowledge
every 6rst-class printer should have,
but others were, in my opinion,
absolute rot, dealing with matters
having no connection with any of
the practical branches of the craft
with which am acquainted"
A business man who has just re-
turned from a trip through Florida
says: There is intense interest in
Florida over the Cuban revolution,
and every scrap of news from the
seat of war is eagerly sought for
and read with avidity. Everybody
down there sympathizes with the
Cubans, and if it were not for fear
of Uncle Sans interference l be-
lieve that 10000 young and daring
spirits would leave the State at a
days notice to help the Cubans in
their struggle for liberty"
There has been considerable talk
among the politicians about a state
ment from an apparently trust
worthy source, that Secretary La.
mont was not in accord with Presi-
dent Cleveland as to who ought to
be nominated for President BY the
democrats. According to this story,
President Cleveland wishes the
democratic convention to give him
! chance to do the George Wash
ngton third term declination act,
~ nominating him by reclamation,
md after he has declined the .un-
honor" ETC., he wishes the
convention to nominate Secretary
Carlisle. The last part of the pro-
yramme is where Secretary Lamont
gets in his kick. He doesn't object
% giving Mr.. Cleveland a chance
% do what only one President ever
1ad an opportunity to do, but he |
Ices object to making Secretary
Carlisle the nominee of his party.
he points out how weak Secretary
Carlisle would be with the silver
democrats, who are not ready to
'orgive his desertion of them and
expresses the opinion that ex-Secre-
airy Whitney would be q much
.trnnqer candidate than Nh Car