Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-09-10

Other officials are just as deeply
interested in the suit brought
against Postmaster General Gary
and First Assistant Heath. bv John
G Woods, Supt Of Mails in the
louisville, Ky. Post Office, to de
termine the right heads of depart
ments have to remove officials in
the classified civil service. as are
the gentlemen directly concerned
a temporary restraining order, for
bidding the removal of Wood was
granted returnable last Saturday.
and directing the Postmaster Gen
eral and his first assistant to show
cause why it should not be made
perpetual The hearing was post
poned one week from that date A
test case is TO be made as both sides
wish to have the matter definitely
settled by decision of the United
States Supreme Court, so no matter
how the case may be decided, an
appeal will be taken, and when the
case gets on the docket of the
Supreme Court, Attorney General
McKenna win move to have it ad
vanced for early hearing 1t is also
expected that the case will be so
handled in the Supreme Court as to
get decision that will cover other
points Of the civil service law than
the one directly presented by this
case 1t is highly desirable that
heads of departments should know
the exact extent of their authority
over their subordinates.
M Patenotre, the French Ambas-
sador, has been consulting with Sec
retary Sherman with view to So
curing reduction in some of the
duties imposed by the Dingley tariff
upon products of France, by a COM
mercial agreement between the two
countries. The articles upon which
he is especially desirous of getting
reduced duties are brandy, chant
pagne, still wine and vermouth, and
paintings, drawings and the 1e-
ductions asked for will average
about 25q5 The President has
authority to grant these reductions
without the formahty Of u treaty, :
whenever, in his judgment there are
satisfactory reasons for doing so !,
all that is needed to put them into
effect being a proclamation by the
President The Dingley tariff also
provides for reciprocity treaties, but
they must be ratified by the Senate
and approved by the House after
they are negotiated, before they be-
come binding This is the first time
that the House of Representatives
has been recognized as a part of the
treaty-making machinery of the
/ government
Those who are offering to sell the
information about examina tions
etc, which the civil service COM
mission furnishes to all applicants
therefor free, have grown so num-
erous that the commission has issued
an announcement containing tho
following explicit language "No
person has any information of inn
portance to applicants, concerning
examinations which cannot be oh
tanned without cost from the com
mission All claims to the con
trary, therefore are misrepresenta-
tions.
Naval Officials believe that the
sending of the battleship Indiana to
Halifax to be dooked, will, after all
be good thing, because they think
it will convince Congress of the
necessity of providing for ample
docking faculties of our own, II is
hoped that Il will not be necessary
to send any more wWships to Hall
fax to to be dooked
In Difference to a complaint made
to the Swiss minister, Secretary
Sherman has written a letter to the
| Governor Of Iowa, quoting the fol-
lowing provisions from the treaty
between the United States and
Switzerland mo higher impost,
under whatever name, shall be ex-
acted of the citizens of one of the
two countries residing or estab-
lished in the other than shall be
levied upon the citizens of the coun-
try in which they reside, for any
contribution, whatever TO which
the latter shall not be liable. The
Swiss minister claims that Iowa has
laid tax upon the premium income
of European Insurance Companies
greater than the tax imposed upon
the premium income Of American
Insurance Companies, and that the
same is a violation of the treaty
rights Of Switzerland.
Attorney General McKenna will
make public his opinion of the con
struction that should be placed upon
the clause of the Dingley tariff law,
imposing discriminating duties,
which Secretary Gage has asked for,
just as soon as he prepared it. 1t is
not true that he has delayed the
opinion to await the return of Presi-
dent Mckinley. 1t is too important "a
mdtter to be disposed of Offhanded,
even to stop the senseless clamOr for
an immediate decision whicheertain
enemies of the Dingley law are max
ing No interests viii suffer by a
Attle delay