The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-06-25

Free Delivery in Most Country Districts
Too Expensive.
THE MORGAN RESOLUTION.
Senators May Do for 1t What the House
Has Been Doing for It's Tariff BILL
/ May Pass About July For
eigners In the Navy.

| CACCs VIC 1CSChtly dPPoAhoCo SPCCldl
agent of the post Office department to
free delivery in the various sections of
the country where the experiment is
being made, will leave Washington in
few days for Indiana to make an in
spection of the system where it is in
vogue in that state. Before his return
to Washington he probab will go to
Randolph county, Mo-, which was the
section picked out by the department
for the test in Missouri. The future of
rural free delivery is question which
is giving the post Office department
officials considerable concern. Su-
perintendento of Free Delivery Machen,
in speaking on the subject, said
to-day: THE appointment of Mr..
Gaitree as special inspector of the rural
free delivery experiment was made
under the special appropriation given
by the post office department by con-
gress for that service. If the next
congress should decide to discontinue
the appropriation Mr.. Gaitree's posi-
ton, would, of course, no longer exist
Rural free delivery has been a success
in the districts where it has been
tried, but its general application to
the United States would be a great
waste of money. l have made cal
culation on the cost of such an extern
sion, and have found that the ex-
pense entailed would be between $780,
900, 900 and $50, 900, 600. 1t undoubtedly
is worth the expenditure in districts
where the population is reasonably
dense, but in some of the western
states, where the distances to be COW
cred are abnormal, its Inauguration
would be most inadvisable."
Putting Cuba Against the Tariff.
| WASHINGTON, June 22.-One of the
odd stories gossiped about the capitol
is to the effect that the friends of Gu ba
in the senate intend to mix the tariff
bill with that question. About the
time the Dingley measure is completed,
it is said, it will be proposed to take
adjournments of the senate every third
day. These adjournments will pre-
vent a final vote on the tariff until the
house is forced to pass the senate's
joint resolution recognizing Cuban
belligerency. In other words the SEN
ate propose to do for its Cuban bellig-
erency resolution what the house has
policy of inaction the house has
centered public attention sharply
on the senate, and undoubtedly has
accelerated the progress of the tariff
bill. Now certain senators, who think
turn about is fair play, are counseling
inaction on the tariff until the bellig-
erency resolution is put through.
The friends of Cuba in the senate claim
to have an intimation from the white
house that the president no longer is
averse to the Morgan resolution reach
ing him. and that, so far as the ad-
ministration is concerned. Speaker
Reed can take the brake off.
Will Pass the Senate About July I.
WASHINGTON. June 23.-Calculations
how are that the Dingley bill will pass
the senate about July 1. The presence
of Representative Payne, of New York,
was noticed in the senate chamber
yesterday during the tart If debate. He
sat near Teller, of Colorado, with
tariff bill before him, making notes of
the senate's action. Mr.. Payne was
visited at intervals by Speaker Reed
and Chairman Dingley, of the ways
and means committee. This indicates
ClaU the senate anu mouse are dC UnlS
moment in conference, and there does
not seem to be anything ahead likely
to cause hitch. A caucus is contem-
plated on the tobacco schedule, but
only so far as it relates to internal
taxes, and a subcommittee is at work
on the important subject of reel
procity, which Senator Allison prom
Uses will be reported in time to permit
its features being discussed. Senator
Teller is preparing long speech.
Foreigners in the Navy.
WASHINGTON, June 23.-Nhile nc
complete canvass has been made of the
men employed in the United States
navy to ascertain their nationality. a
navy department official said yesterday
that enough information was in pos
session of the department to justify the
assertion that close on to 80 per cent.
of them were foreigners. 1--WE have
made great progress in Americanizing
the navy the past few years. he said.
''Three years ago so per cent. of the
seamen on American naval vessels were
foreigners. The gain in Americans has,
it is true, been principally through
naturalization, but even that is gen
uine source of qualification.