The Elbert County tribune., 1899-12-14

body to determine the constitutionaiity
~ the big consultations that were ef-
fected by purchase.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Heath In a decision in the case OF Mrs-
Jennie II. Drown at Modus, Connecti-
cut. announces that "the department
has decided that It will be incompati-
ble with the best interests OF the ser
Vice 10 retain married women a. post
office clerks. The department has
therefore ruled that when female
postoffice clerk marries 1t Will be nee
essary for her to resign from the ser
vice" Postmasters under this ruling
hereafter Will have to call for the res
Ieuatlons OF such employees and recon-
mend their successors to the depart
ment
The preliminary report Of the income
account of railways In the United
states In the year ending June 30. 1870,
was compiled by the statistician to the
Interstate commerce cimmission from
the returns OF operating railway com
panies representing 1925 miles or
line, received prior to November 24th.
shows that he gross earnings OF the
railways embraced in this advance re-
40 1899, 81 ,3O7 ,253. .4S4, or $7057 per
mile OF line. Passenger earnings were
s3G0. 227 ,3I9; freight earnings, $913,-
35s. .4sS; and other earnings from oper-
atIons $33, ,G67, ,667. The gross earnings
shown In the final report for 1898, were
nearly sixty million dollars less than
this amount
No official notice Will be taken Of the
extraordinary speeches Of Mr.. Cham
berlain at Leicester. but 1t may be said
that the United States government Is
engaged In no alliance with England or
Germany. or any other nation, directly
or Indirectly, remote or contingent, and
does not Intend or desire such thing.
The administration desires the broad
est and most positive denial to be made
to all such suggestions. Mr.. Choate's
speeches have been the cause OF con-
siderable annoyance, inasmuch as
his gush has been accepted as
corroborating or at least con-
firming inferences drawn from
the utterance of Mr.. Chamberlain. He
will be admonished thnt although
speech is silver, silence is golden"
President Mckinley. during an inter-
view with Senator Wellington, e1-
pressed himself In favor of reviving
the grade of vice admiral in the inter-
est OF both Rear Admiral Sampson and
Rear Admiral Schley. He believed
that this Is the simplest solution Of the
whole Sampson-Schley controversy,
and II Is expected that Senator yelling
ton will Introduce bill in few days
providing for the appointment Of two
vice ndmIrals without specifying
names. The President very frankly
said that II such n bill became d law
he would promptly nominate both
Sampson and Schley in the order
named. This arrangement both the
President and Senator Wellington be
licve will meet the approval of major
ity Of the friends of both admirals.
The report of Postmaster General
Smith for the fiscal year 1900 opens
with n statement OF the financial opera
tions OF the department for the last
fiscal year. ms follows: Ordinary postal
revenues, S96.T34, ,T19.5T; receipts from
money order business. 81 ,2S6, ,664 go. to-
tai receipts from all sources, $93,O21,
3Sl II; total expenditures for the year,
S1O1 ,632, ,16O.92; excess of expenditures
over receipts, s6,61o.77875. The first
fact connected with this statement
which commands attention is the large
decrease In the annual deficiency. As
compared with the deficit for the f1s-
cal year ending June 80. 1893, which
was so, ,020. .0O5.O6. 1t shows n reduction
Of 81, ,422. 1866. or 26.7 per cent. The
postmaster general declares that II
books were shut out OF the second class
list the department would have a large
balance.
The Republican senators endeavored
to reclaim the erring brethren who Sc
ceded from their party on the silver is
sue by Offering to reappoint them to
the chnirmnnshipe Of the committees
which they formerly held Mr.. Teller
was chairman OF the committee on
claims, Mr.. Jones of contingent ex.
penses, Mr.. Stewart OF mines and min.
Ing, and Mr.. Pettigrew OF Indian nf
fairs. but they have declined the hon
or. and after a conference of Popullst
and Silver Republicans Mr.. Pettigrew
was designated as their best represent
ntive to confer with the Democrats and
secure them assignments Mt the Demo
cratic end of the committees, instead
OF with the Republicans. They would
have done much better to have accept
ed the offer. 80 far as committee places
are concerned. but so long as the Re
publican party proposes to force til,
gold standard MS an Issue they feel 4
their duty to maintain an alliance will
the opposition. Mr.. Kyle of South Da
kota, however, goes with the Republi
cans.
According to the officials OF the wa
department the recent promotion o.
General Wood to the grade Of majol
general of volunteers is not likely t.
cause immediate change In his presen
station and duties ns commander o.
the military provinces of Santiago ant
Puerto Principe. General Wood hat
an interview with Secretary Root a
the war department and at Its conclu
sion said that he expected to return I,
Santiago In few days, but that |
was possible he might be allowed I.
spend the Christmas holidays In thi
city. As major general Of volunteers
General Wood will be second rankin
officer in Cuba, his single military su
perior being Major General Brooke
commanding the division. who is a ma
jor general in the regular establish
ment General Woods advancement
gives him rank above Generals Wilson
Lee, Wheeler, Bates, Young, Chaffe
and Ludlow, all OF whom were senio
to him in the volunteer army. Althougl
all the officers named were major ger
erals Of volunteers during the Spanis
war, they at present hold only the ram
Of brigadier general. Counting Genera
Wood, there are now eight major ger
erals In the army, including General
Miles, Merritt and Brooke Of the res
ular army.
Fifty-six Republican members Of th
pennsylvania Legislature and sever
ty-six Democrats have signed remor
STRANGE addressed to the Senate Of tn
United States against the admission O
Matthew Stanley Quay under his NJ
pointment by Governor Stone. This
considerably more than n majority O