Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-12-03
CUBA UPPERMOST.
Much Anxiety Felt as to What the Pres
ident Will Say About the Island.
TALK ABOUT THE SPEAKER.
Gen. Grosvenor win Not Oppose Mr.. Reed
Fourth Glass Postmasters win Not BE
Under Civil Service Rules-Post-
MASTER G eneraFs Report,

WAsmNaToN, Dec. when congress
meets next Monday and the chief exec
utive's personal representative an
nounces "a message from the presi-
dent" there will be breathless ntten-
ton from both houses and galleries
Everybody recognizes that on the
presidents word hinges the future re-
lations between this country and
Spain. Congress has already declared
its sympathy with the Cuban insur-
gents, but at the request of the admin
istration left the determination of the
action to the president. If he favors
the recognition of the insurgents there
is no doubt that congress will,
without delay, make such a dec
laration. If he recommends the
recognition of the independence of the
island and the Endorsement of his rec
ommendation will be equally swift. On
the other hand, should he reiterate his
belief that this country should main
tain a strict neutrality between the
warning peoples there is no likelihood
that congress will act over his head.
The statesmen are as much in the dark
as ever as to the stand Mr., Cleveland
will advise. Els closest friends assert
positively that he has given them no
indication of what his course will be.
The anxiety in Washington on the sub
ject of h is action is intense.
Talk About the Speaker.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The opinion is
frequently expressed by politicians in
Washington that Mr.. Reed will not,
without a vigorous fight, be elected
speaker in the house of the Fifty-Fifth
congress. Many republican members
are enlisted in movement to defeat
him for reelection. His course in re-
fusing to allow consideration of public
building, pension and similar bills did
not meet with the approval of large
majority of the republican members
The rumors, however, that Gen. G. Fl.
Grosvenor, of Ohio, has been asked by
Maj McKinley's friends in congress to
become a candidate for the speaker
ship against Mr.. Reed are unfounded.
Gen. Grosvenor will not be candidate
for speaker and the friends of Maj.
Mckinley do not want him or any one
else to oppose Mr.. Reed.
Fourth Glass POstmasters.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9-It is practi.
cally decided that President Cleveland
will not issue an order placing fourth
class postmasters under the civil serV-
ice. The president has been strongly
urged to do this and it is understood
he had come very near making up his
mind to do it, when a discovery was
made by the civil service commission
which put quietus upon the plan. A
civil service order from the president
cannot be put in force till the commits
sion has made all the necessary ar
rangemeuts for classification, examina-
ton, etc, and the commission is so
much behind in its work that it has re-
ported to the president its inability to
take up the task of absorbing the
fourth-class post offices. 1t could not
by any possibility do the work before
March 4.
The Postmaster GENERALS Report.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-The annual
report of Postmaster-General Wilson
will not be made public until after the
president has submitted his annual
message to congress. This is taken to
indicate that matters of great impor.
lance pertaining to postal affairs are
under consideration between the post
master-general and the president.