Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-22
DINCLEY FIXES IT ALL RIGHT
Allen Resolution Amended by the Ways and
Means Committee.
GAGE WILL CONTROL FOREIGN LABORERs
Secretary of the Treasury Can ReEu-
late Admission and Withdrawal
of Chinese who Come to
the Exposition.

WASHINGTON. June 21.-(Specal Tele-
gram THE passage of Senator Aliens joint
resolution, authorizing foreign exhibitors at
the Transmississippi and International Ex-
position to bring to the United states for
eign laborers from their countries, reepect-
lively, leaves but one proposition pending be-
fore either legislative body in Washington,
so far as relates to the Omaha Exposition
The concurrent resolution introduced by SEN
ator Allen some time ago and passed through
the senate is still pending in the house, and
will, in all probability be sidetracked on ac-
count Of the disposition of the State depart
ment being again6t any proclamation on the
part of the president of the United States
in behalf of any exposition that is not ma
tioral in character. Chairman D!ngley's
speech on the Joint resolution was concise,
clear and coming from the ways and means
committee. pledged the republican party to
its support There was not a single dis
senting voice when the resolution was placed
on its final passage. The resolution was
amended in three particulars. The secretary
OF the treasury is given authority to desig-
nate the number of employees and ldborers
needed for the purposes of the exposition,
who come in under the suspension Of the
foreign labor exclusion act, and also limiting
the time Of the continuance of these en-
ployes in the United States to three monthr
! n.
Acting Secretary Meiklejohn of the War
department today transmitted a letter TO
Senator Alien which the latter introduced
in the senate, relative to the Fort Omaha
site. to be used q school for the education
Of Indian youths as contemplated in Sen
ator Aliens bill. The letter was most formal
in character, and did not indicate the dis
! position of the War department toward the
reservation, which is now under military
control, and is in line for sale at any time
| f,fnr tl,, L..
ter conveyed the plat OF the Fort Omaha
grounds and also memorandum which EFve
the whole history of the reservation from the
| time when 1t occupied but forty-two and
one-half acres, and was known as Omaha
| barracks. Senator Allen believes he can get
| bis bill reported from the committee on In
| dian affairs. to which it has been referred.
| and to that end every effort will be made
before adjournment of the present session
Of congress.
Senator Allen also introduced tho
| resolutions of the Nebraska Beet
| Sugar association, urging the Ne
| braska delegation to vote upon the
sugar schedule as soon as possible so that
| It viii bring a measure of relief to them;
| also the resolution Of the Omaha Commercial
| club, favoring the passage of Senator ElkiDs'
| bill, relating to merchant marine.
Iowa poetmasters appointed today: Dun
bury. Woodbury. county. ]. T. Sigmond vice
| G.. n. CASTLE, removed Delpho Ringgold
| county, S. e Ruffman vice c. w Baker
| rcngned; Early, Shelby county. Lyman Hub
| bell vice Peter Kuhn. removed: Fremont
Mahaska county, S. II. Heinzman, vice l..
A. Bryan. removed; Nimburn. Dallas county.
| l.. H. Jones. vice F. NJ. Little. removed
Moscow, Muscatne county, C. s. Hahn vice
Frank Leimkueher, removed Portsmouth
shelby county E. l. Houghton, vice Jacob
| North, removed.
Nebraska postmasters commissioned to-
! day: Cullen j. Vincent, Alvo; Herbert S.
Pease. Miller
The following postofces will be raised TO
| money order offices on July 5: Nebraska
| Newcastle, DiXcn county Iowa-Berlin.
Tama county; Hale, Jones county; Artesian
Bremer county. South Dakota-Preeton. Law
| renee county; Loyalton, Edmonds county;
| Pringle, Custer county. Wyoming-Basin.
| Big Horn county.
| w. c. Vandervoort. chief clerk of the rail-
| way mail service at Omaha, is in the city.
Drs. A. s. Stewart and r. D. Jennings fave
been appointed pension examining surgeons
at Hot Springs S. d.
! comptroller Eckels has been advised OF
| ne selection of c. S, Trotter as cashier of
he Geneva National bank of Geneva, Neb.,
n place of M r. Chittick