Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-07-22
WASHINGTON NEWS.

had his 1Q0a OF thorough I0N4S1OA VI
the rules regulating second class
mail matter, approved by President
Mckinley and his fellow members Of
the cabinet, is giving his personal at
tention to the revision, and his long
experience in the newspaper business
has fitted him to do the work we'll.
1t is not intended that a single legiti-
mate publication shall be hurt by this
revision, but the many fake publica-
lions which have been enabled to
make money solely because they have
been allowed to send their papers and
books through the mails at one cent
a pound, instead Of eight cents
pound which they will have to pay
under the new regulations, will be hit
hard, and there is no doubt of their
deserving to be hit hard The post
master general has received many as
surances of support in his effort to
save many million dollars by shutting
out of second class mail privileges,
publications that should not be en-
titled to them, from prominent editors
of papers Of false political shades, and
supported by practically all of the
legitimate papers and periodicals of
the country, not only because it will
save a lot of money-the revenue
from second class mail is less than
81 ,OOO, 900 a year-but because every
legitimate publisher is interested in
shutting out fake publications.
A historic relic was shipped from
Washington TO the Buffalo exposition,
several days ago, that will have more
than a passing interest for thousands
of visitors. It is an old shoe, eighteen
inches long and seven inches wide,
that was made by the father of Gen
eral U. S. Grant, and was for several
of the sign in front of the tannery of
Grant & Perkins at Galena, Ill.
President Mckinley announced be-
fore leaving Washington that he
would issue the proclaim alton declar-
ing free trade between the United
States and Porto Rico, on and after
July %, in accordance with a resolu-
ton adopted by the Porto Rican leg
islature, as soon as he gets an official
copy of that resolution. 1t is under
stood that Gov. Allen, will in person,
carry an official copy of the resolution
to Canton.
Regret over the resignation of Mr..
Charles G. Dawes, as comptroller of
the currency, which has been tender
ed to take effect Oct. 1, is by no means
confined to official circles. He has
fulfilled a most difficult position in
manner highly creditable to himself
and satisfactory to the business world,
but in view of the fact that he pur-
poses beginning an active canvass for
a seat in the senate early in the fall,
it is felt that his course in resigning
was wise. The talk about his being
the administration candidate for the
senate, is ridiculous. The administra
ton has no candidate for the senate,
in Illinois Or any other state.
Secretary Gage and other treasury
officials have been surprised by the
first half of this month. 1t was nat
urally expected that the reductions
which went into effect the first Of the
month would make the receipts con-
siderably smaller than for the CORES
ponding period last year, but instead
of that, they have been little larger
every day and for the half month in
round figures, 81, 100000 greater than
for the first half of July last year.
Some think that this may be account
ed for by the fact that changes were
made in a number Of classes of reve
nue. stamps, and that large users
allowed their supply to entirely run
out by the first of the month, and
have, consequently, purchased large
quantities since then. Whatever the
cause, the receipts have been larger
when they were expected to be
smaller.
Secretary Hitchcock takes no stock
the numerous stories of the intend
ed crooked use Of the names of SOL
diers and sailors by land spectators
in entering claims for homesteads in
the Oklahoma Indian Reservation.
He is confident that the regulations
will make it impossible for such
crookedness to be carried on to
sufficient extent to make it pay, and
his advices from Oklahoma indicate
that the stories are largely imaginary.
representative Hepburn, who is in
Washington on business, says that
Senator Allison was in dead earnest