Residents, both native born and foreign born, who had En glish, Scotch or Welch fathers.. 2,039,808 Residents, both native born and foreign born, who had British- 939,247 Residents, both native born and foreign born, who had Scandinavian fathers... 635,405 Residents, both native born and foreign born, who had fathers from other countries... 1,321,485 Residents, both native born and foreign born, who had native fathers and foreign mothers.... 573,434 Residents, foreign born, both of whose parents were native born.. 33,252 Total. 14,955,996 Pork.—A term used in politics to designate the spoils of legislation. (See Log Rolling.) Postmaster General. (See Post-Office Department.) He is Post-Office Department is one of the executive departments of the government. It was established by Act of May 8, 1794. The Postmaster-General, who is at its head, is a member of the President's Cabinet, by virtue of a custom that originated in the time of Andrew Jackson. His salary is $8,000 per annum. appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The department has charge of the transmission of mail matter, the preparation of stamps and postal cards, the issue of money orders and postal notes, the establishment and discontinuance of post-offices, and the appointment of postmasters whose salaries are $1,000 or under; of these there were 52,821 on July 1, 1887. During the fiscal year of 1887 the revenue of the department was $48,837,610, and its expenditures $52,391,678. In the transaction of this business the Postmaster-General is assisted by |