Owingsville outlook., 1897-09-09
PRESIDENT AND CABINET
To BE Consulted Before Attorney Gen.
cral MCkenna Announces HIS Opinion


On >c"ii"n F.. "f the New Tarin tsw Ke-
tatinE q" Discriminating Duties lew
Candidates T"i the Reg ular Iau CNu
service Examination for ONCE.
NEw loEh. sept t. \ special To- the
Herald from Washington SAYS:
President Mckinley aud the entire
membership at the cabinet viii prob
ably Ia consulted hcforc Attorney Gru-
raj Mrkruud ANNOUNCES hlS upiuIuu
- Ia the construction Ia la placed nn
section - uf the ningl,.y law imposing
discriminating duties
The attorney general had expected
Ia announce his report this week. hnt
nov the undcr>taudin" i that it II Ia
hc held bach until neat week, and m
the meantime th" president will cut
short has outing aud return Ia Washing
ton. 1t /, probable that the question
Will hr thu subject uf a general rN.
chang" at views at Al meeting nf the
cabinet hri"rc thu opinion ~ written.
! Ia questions IuvulVrd are 81 inpur-
tant that all the hight pn>>iblr iS tn
hr thrown "n thrm before the admins
traiinu l., committed Ia a construction
wlICii might dcmurIliyr the rutirr for
cIgn cnmurrcr at the country and
Which inNulvc> a matter nf about $50.
Goo. 0a0 par year ia ru>t"n,s rrvcnnc. ac-
cording to the calculations of the oil.
cials "i the treasury department
THIS calculation il made un the basis
of last years imports and on the aS
sumption that the imports under the
discriminating duty uould hr prarti-
"ally the same in valGr and would
come in ships of the Saur nliionali
ties. british ships bringing goods
from other countries than British ter
ritnric> in Europe would hr the hrav-
lest sufferers. and il ~ expected that
one result of the imposition of This
duty would la the transfer Of MANY
British ships la the lag> nf nations
having mnrr favorable treaties with
the I nitcd States
The general assumption - that On
account "t the imposition "f these
duties nn gnnl~ coming into the United
States, through contiguous country.
trans continental roads of the United
States would br benefited nj the rx-
pcn>c Of the Canadian rariiir road
but When IL ~ taken into consideration
that The steamship connections nf most
nf thr>c roads would Ia uufavnrablv
atlrCtri. IL appears that about the only
road which would gain amy decided all
vantage would br the southern Pacific.
which. having connection with the
Amer lean line of steamships from san
Francisco would have the advantage.
of discrimination M favor nf its steam.
ship connection, a. well a. against its
Canadian rival
About the only cities that would gain
any decided advantage would bc lIali-
fax and ~ John. as the effect of the
discriminating duty on goods brought
into the United States over the Cana
dian Pacific would tend to take mp
the transit of such goods through New
England Ia the scahoard aud divert
this traffic to those ports in British ter
ritory.
WASHINGTON, Sept, q The regular
fall civil service examinations through
out the country for all rlas>eS nf gov.
ernmcnt offices. will muster only about
q quarter or third of the usual mum,
her of candidates. This is the predic-
tion made by the civil service commits.
sion, and Chief Examiner Servcn. at
tributes this falling Off to the unusual
number Of applicants examined during
the Spring, when a high water mark
was reached, the number of applicants
examined then being an increase of 100
per cent over the preceding
fall or spring. This rush was
due 10 the change Of administration
and the civil service extensions made
by President Cleveland. As a result
and in view of an inadequate examin-
ing force the commission is far in ar
rcars in marking the papers, and l. 1000
of them, all submitted during the
spring examinations, have vet TO he
reached for marking. This aggregate
includes a,255 relating to the railway
mail service and l.45I to the clerk.
copyist places. This unprecedented
arrcaraSc has been a great factor in
dctcrring applicants from applying for
examination at this time.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.-Mr. II. Clay
Evans, the commissioner of pensions,
is i'll at his hotel in this city Col.
Evans has been under a great strain
for almost a year and upon
his return here a few days ago
from brief vacation he had
an attack of malaria, complicated
Friday with indigestion. But he passed
a very comfortable night and his physi-
clan reported him greatly improved
saturday. His condition is not conSid-
cred in any way alarming. and he is
expected Ia be at his desk again in a
few days. Col. Evans family is at
Mystic, Ct. visiting friends