Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-01-07
POST OFFICES.
President Cleveland Intends to
Name 48 Postmasters at Once.
FOR INTERNATIONAL BIMETALLISM
The Senate Repu blIcan Committee Has
Prepared a Measure on the subject
The Topeka Land Once Report
The sugar Schedule.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 3l.-ln the list OF
the AZ fourth-class post Offices which
will become presidential offices to-
morrow the west fares very well.
Kansas has two in the list Indian ter
ritory one, Arkansas one, Missourl one,
Texas one, U,ah one, Minnesota five,
Illinois three. Indiana two and Ohio
three. The others are scattered among
the southern and eastern states. 1t is
the intention OF President G eveland
and Pos master-General Wilson to
name thes. 4s postmasters ut once,
and to have tn, appointments ready
for the senate Immediately after the
holidqyrecess. To prevent flood OF
applicants the department has been
k epinc the list Of offices secret, the in
iention cling to let the nomination OF
postmaster In each cs be the first
notice of the office having become
by reason OF its increased receipts a
presidential one. This programme
would enable the president to escape
much Of the importantly and worry
from gold democrats anxious to get
berths reasonably certain to last for
period of four years. Among the west
ern offices which President Cleveland
will have the privilege of appointing
postmasters for four.year terms begin.
ming Friday, or as soon thereafter as
they are nominated and confirmed,
with the salary OF each, are: Fort
Riley, Kan, $1,000; Lebanon, Kan,
81. 100; Ca,sville, Mo-, $1,000; Wynne-
wood, l. T., $1,000; Dexter, Ia, $1,000;
Humiston, la, $1,000; Sutherland, Ia,
$1,000
FOR INTERNATIONAL BIMETALLISM.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3l.-The repub-
lican committee appointed to draft a
measure providing for an international
conference to secure the esta blishment
OF bimetallism was in session for two
hours yesterday, and when 1t adjourned
had agreed upon bill to be presented
to the republican caucus which will be
held soon after the assem- bling OF con.
gress next Tuesday. The bill agreed
upon is brief, and merely confers up
on the president the right to appoint
delegates ITO any conference which
may be called which has for It's object
the re.establishment OF bimetallism.
It does not distribute the selection OF
delegates as did the legislation Of the
Fifty.Third congress between the pres
dent and the two houses of congress,
and, more over, leaves the number to
he selected entirely to the discretion
of the president. Senator Wolcott gave
the committee full account of his
conference with Mr.. Mckinley, from
which he had just returned, reassuring
them of Mr.. McKinleys hearty interest
in the committees proceedings and his
earnest desire to do all in his power to
carry into execution the promise OF the
St. Louis convention to secure inter-
national bimetalsm If possible.
THE TOPEKA LAND OFFICE REPORT.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3l.-The general
land office has received report from
the register and receiver at Topeka,
Kan, denying that that office has been
or is admitting applicants to enter
lands within the limits of railroad
land grants in Kan VAS that come with.
in the provisions of the grants and are
not subject to entry They say there
has been big rush to make applca-
tons during the past two months, that
many have been rejected and that all
the trouble and protesting comes from
parties who failed to find any lands
upon which to make filings, rather
than from those who own pretended
railroad title. Representation that
these illegal entries were being made
were submitted to Commissioner Lam
oreaux, who Immediately called upon
the Topeka office for report
THE SUGAR SCHEDULE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The sugar
schedule was the subject of the hear
ing before the ways and means com.
mit,ee Yesterday and it was the most
interesting. as well as the most i'm
portant schedule so far considered.
The conflicting interests of the pro-
lucers, rehners and importers were
brought out in sharp contrast. The
producers wanted higher duties all
along the line, and the refners pressed
for higher duties on refined and not SO
high on raw sugars. The latter were
especially anxious that in imposing
couniervailing duties against export
bounty countries the additional duty
should be levied only against the re-
fined article The importers, the cane
growers, the refners, and the beet
growers were each given innings by
the committee.
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