The times., 1897-03-27
CARY AND HEATH DISAGREE
A Difference of Opinion About
the Terms of P0StmaSters.
THEIR OPPOSING VIEWS
The Postmaster General Holds That
Four Years, Regardless of Date
OF Commission Applicants for
Treasury Places.

Treasury Places.
| Postmaster General Gary and the First
| Assistant, Col Hea tn, are said to be TN
| able To agree upon the length of time
| which certain postmasters, appointed by
| President Cleveland late i'll his Admins
| tration, shall be permitted 10 serve. There
! is a considerable number OF these officials
who were appointed TO vacancies slice
| January, and some OF them were con-
| firmed a very short While prior to the
| inauguration The vacancies occurred
| from designations; deaths and removals.
| Col Heath holds that in all such eases
! the appotntces should be permitted to
| serve only until the close of the original
| term That is to say, If a man ste
| ceetied to an office in December iast in
which the original Democratic incumbent
| would have served but six months longer,
the latest appointee should be pernIyted
to serve out that term only. In this Col.
Heath is supported by the Republican
I Congressman and politicians generally.
The Postmaster General takes another
he and the First Assistant have failed To
compromise MI Gary insists that every
postmaster shall serve. the full term Of
four years. no matter how late he may
have been confirmed. with the exception
OF such is may have been mutually ar
ranged otherwise, in order to insure CON
firmation, and there are several such. Mr..
Gary, unless he shall change his mind, will
hon 20
until they 20 out of office by expiration of
the terms for which they were commits
stoned
IL is not known who win yield, but as
the Postmaster General "hoIds the balance
of power as chief of the department, tits
presumed he Will be the harder to CON
vince.
Stephen W. Poe, the postmaster OF Graf
ton, ". Va, and crstwtile the editor of
the Democratic organ Of his county, is to
be removed, and James w Holt, editor
of the Repubican paper, Will be appointed
in his stead II is charged by citizens of
the town that Mr. Poe entered the ring
in the usual way and under the usual CON
ditionS, to do battle with an adversary
under the Qucensberry rules, Eight rounds
were fought, it iS said, Pee winning the
fight and porketing the stakes. The de-
partmenr regarded this as sufficient cause
for his removal, and, as Mr.. Holt had
the Endorsement OF Congressman Dayton
and Senator Ellins for the place, he will
be named in a few ia ys for the commission
II is said that Hon William \. ChapliHc,
a Mckinley eleetor, is to be appointed, at
the expiration Of the present ineunbenu's
term as postmaster at Shepherdstown. w.
Va. Mr. Chapline was in the city ycster-
day in the interest of applicants for other
places.
Prof J. N Langston, the well-know VIII
coIored lawyer, was at the White House
Yesterday TO speak for the appointment IF
J. C. Napier, of Nashville. q wealthy at
torpey aud leader Of his race, as Register
Of the Treasury. Mr. Napier is said TO have
the Solid support of the Tennessee RcptIb
lican organization. Mr.. Langston also
SPOKE, for Rev NJ w Lawson, who wants
To 90 as minister to Liberia.
The list of applicants for Treasury ap-
pointmcntS filed yesterday was brief and
mostly for minor places. The names are
a. follows:
Auditor for the Postoffice Department.
W Z. johnson. of Bantam, Tex
Deputy Auditor for the state Depart
meut- E S Rockwell, of Dryden, n y.
Coiner in the mint at san Francisco
Edward Dmkelspel, OF Suisun, Cal
Collector of Customs "A. T. Wimberly. Of
New Orleans La. at New Orleans: j w
Sauson. OF Samson. Tex, at Eagle Pass
Surveyor of Customs at Memphis, Tenn. -
j. T. Settle, of Memphis.
Naval OFFICER of Customs at Boston -
A f Clarke, of Manchester, n. II
shipping Commissioners c. Dumas, of
New Orleans at New Orleans; P. a Bruce,
of Boston. at Boston; f. II. Connell, Of New
York, at New York.
Collector of internal Revenue W. H. Mar
tin, Of Raleigh, y. c., at Raleigh: j. f
Allen OF Columhiana, Ohio, at Cleveland.
The bids opened at the Treasury De
partment for the contract for furnishing
the Stcau-heatng apparatus for the new
poStoffice building, in this city. diverged
widely in amounts. The hig hest was
SITS $50. made ry Irebacker * Sons, Of
Buffalo n. Y; the lowest, S11i,713.
made by the Philadelphia Steam Heating
Company. OF Philadelphia. There were
nineteen bids altogether.
More United States bonds for certain
loans were printed than were needed, and
Yesterday the Secretary of the Treasury
ordered the destruction OF a large number
The amounts of the several securities to
be destroyed are: SG20 800 OF the loan
of 1907: So. .83s, $50 af the loan of 1904,
and 31G2 ,o5o of the loan of 1925,
making a total Of S1S, ,622 500.
The Secretary of the Treasury has dis
continued the office of United States ship
ping commissioner at Mobile, Ala. the
position being regarded as an unnecessary
one. The principal business transacted |
there was to ship crews for small river |
steamers. The salary Of the officer was !
S1,2n0 per annual.
The Cnited States shipping commission |
er'S office at Brunswick, Ga, has also been |
lisconj inued. The office was created in |
SS4. discontinued for want Of business in |
1883, aaa December, 1891. |
The duties will devolve upon the col !
hector of customs.
The Interior Department made requiSiton |
yesterday for funds to meet the April |
payments Of pensions. The gross amount |
of the requistion was apportioned among |
the agencies as follows: Chicago, So
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