Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-29
WITHIN LETTER OF THE LAW
President 0leveland's Attitude Toward the
Transmississippi Exposition.
WILL NOT NOTIFY FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
Omission OF Exact instructions from
the nill serves as II Reason for
Failure To Issue the
Proclamation.


a proclamation recognizing the Transmits
s.ssppi and International Exposition This
fact was emphatically stated today by Pri-
vate Secretary Thurber to The Bee cores
pendent
Mr. Thurber said chat he had indicated
the presidents action in a letter to Repre-
sentative Mercer who had been most i'm
Fortunate in asking for executive action in
regard to the formal recognition of the EN-
position. The reason given for this refusal
on the part of the executive is that the law
does not indicate in any way that such
recognition should be made on the part of
the government of the United States, nor
does it refer in any way to governmental
sanction except as to the appointment Of
a United States commission having charge
of the government exhibit and recognition
of exhibition by an appropriation. This
Is thought to be vital defect in the bill as
passed at the last session of congress. An
effort will undoubtedly be made upon the
roccnvenng of congress TO include In the
amended bill the provision for the formal
recognition on the part of the United States
of the international character of the expo
sltior to be held in Omaha in 1898. Sec
retary ThurDer, in speaking oil TINS matter
said:
1--WE have had a desire to favor Mr.. Mer-
Ger as much as possible in this matter, but
the president after reading the law saw
that it was absolutely useless to formally
indicate the character of the exposition to
foreign governments unless there was an
absolute stipulation that he should do so
in the bill. He read up on other proclama-
tions issued in behalf of eNpositions OF past
years-that of New Orleans, Philadelphia.
Atlanta and Chicago, and found that all acts
creating these eXpositions and investing
o1 OH
stipulated that the president should issue
proclamation to foreign governments to par
ticipate with the United States in such
exposition, but that the Omaha bill was
silent as to extending an invitation to for
eign countries to display their wares at
Omaha. and therefore he would not go be-
yond the direct features of the act.'
WILL NAME THE COMMISSION.
In all probability the president at the
cabinet meeting tomorrow will call attention
of the members OF his official family to the
act creating the Omaha Exposition and requir-
ing each head OF the executive department
the Smithsonian Institute and Fish com
mission to name a representative to the
president who will in turn appoint such
representatives as members OF the United
States commission to have charge OF the
government exhibit at Omaha, and he will
then name the chairman of the board. 1t
was thought that the president would take
his own good time to name this commits
sion but as he would like to have the whole
matter cleared up before the expiration
of his term of office he will undoubtedly
name the commission in the near future
upon the suggestion OF the cabinet officers
interested in the various features, which
when assembled, will form the exhibit of
the United States government
Next Wednesday the ways and means COM
mittee will hear representatives of the sugar
and molasses interests of the country for the
purpose OF aiding In the framing OF new
tariff bill, which is intrusted to that body
and which will be introduced shortly after
the extra session is called. In addition to
the beet sugar interests of Nebraska, there
will be present representatives from other
states, who propose to 90 into the busi-
ness of raising sugar beets for manutactur-
ing purposes. Louisiana and the south will
also have strong representatives present,
who viii champion the cause of a sugar cane
and molasses schedule, and. according to
Mr. Oxnard, who is now in the city, most
interesting session of the committee is looked
for
Secretary Thurber is authority for the
statement that the president has not de-
cded upon any course of action in the mat
ter OF foreclosure of the Union Pacific Cen
trail Pacific and Kansas Pacific mortgage.
Under the Thurman act there must be
breach OF mortgage first before the executive
can be called unCn to act, and. that the
executive will allow congress suitable time
in which to pass any funding bill that 1t may
see fit, or provide for the payment of the in
debtednesS due the government in some way
that will not necessitate absolute foreclos-
ure. Should. however, congress fail to take
action in regard to the matter, II may conf
dentally be expected that within very
short time after the 18th of January there
will come from the executive department of
the government with the sanction of the at
torney general, secretary of interior and
others, directly interested a proclamation
toreclCsing the mortgages and the roads will
be sold under the hammer TO the lowest
bidders.
CLEVELAND WILL MOVE SLOWLY.
"This is an exceedingly difficult ques-
tion," said Mr. Thurber, land the president
means to move very slowly in the matter.
He recognizes the absolute Importance of
the multiplicity of interests involved and
no means to do nothing but what will be
to the best interests OF the government and
to all partiea concerned There have been
a number of conferences between the at
torney general, secretary of the interior,
secretary of war and others who have the
matter in charge, but rOthing definite, 50
far as | know. has come from these con
ferences. except that they will await
breach. of mortgage. and this will not occur
until after January T. 1897"
Comptroller Eckels has approved the fol-
lowing reserve agents: Nebraska-Firs,
National bank, Omaha for First National
bank, ONeil. Iowa-Union National bank,
Omaha, for First National bank Council
BUNS, DtS MOlLeS NATIONAL DanK, DeS
Moines, for Lemars National bank, Lemars;
Metropolitan National bank Chicago, for
Ottumwa National bank, Ottumwa.
Prof. e. IL. Barbour of the University
OF Nebraska arrived in the city this even
ing to attend a meeting of the National
Geographical society, which opens tomor-
row at Smithsonian Institute.
Secretary Francis today rendered deci-
sions in the following land cases Iowa
George NJ. Roe against the heirs of S. I.
Plumley Des Moines district, Roe's mo
tion for rqyiew delied on the ground that
all quesuui > of law aud fact had been fully
considered in the former departmental de-
csion; T. A. Rail against Edwin j. Ruddy,
Des MOines district. decision of commits
soner affirmed, Rahl's contest allowed aud
Rudlys homestead entry held for cancela-
tlon. South Dakota. A. stransky against
l.. A. Shout. Chamberlain district, former
departmental decision oyerruled and land
awarded to Mrs Shout
c. c. Spauldng has been appointed post
master at Horton Bremen county, Ia and
G, A. Patrick at Lincoln, Grundy county
Ia.
Myron j. Clark was today commissioned
postmaster at Max. Neb.
The postOhlce at Centennial Lawrence
county, s. d. has been discontinued. Mail
viii go to DeadwoOd.
Grand Jury Afuer Lynchcrs.
OWENSBORO, Ky, Dec. 2S-Judge
owen today, in charging the grand Jury