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CAPITOL GOSSIP.
Our Regular Correspondent Tels
About Things.
AN INTERESTING BUDGET.
Arbitration Treaty is Losing In¬
terest in the Senate.
rPHE RESIDENTIAL DINNER.
iivil Serv ice Rules and Offensive Partisan,
ship. Some Democrats who favor the
Dingley TarifQBill. Hawai Annexation
fUssissippi River Fond.
The debate on the general treaty of
arbitration is losing interest among
Senators and much less time than
formerly is devoted to its considera¬
tion.
At Friday’s session Mr. Gray, of
Delaware, spoke in opposition to the
Chilton amendment, which for three
days had been under discussion. Sena¬
tor Gray favors the treaty as nego¬
tiated by Mr. Olney, but inasmuch a*
the committee amendments have been
agreed to he does not think that any
further alteration in the text of the
convention is necessary. The commit¬
tee amendments, Mr. Gray holds, cov
ers the same general ground sought to
be covered by Mr. Ch iton and the sub¬
stitution of his modifying clauses to
the effect that nothing be submitted
to arbitration, but such matters as the
Senate may agree to arbitrate, is con¬
fusing and only tends to encumber the
treaty. SenatorThnrston advocated tbe
adoption of the amendments reported
to tl>e Senate during the last session
< particularly made to the first
and that
article relative to the scope of the
treaty, which eliminated all questions
relating to the foreign domestic policy
of either of the contracting parties.
The Presidential dinner of the Grid
iron Club at the Arlington was attend¬
ed by the President of the United
States and a majority of Ins Cabinet.
two or three Ambassadors and Am¬
bassadors-to-be; Justices of the Su
preme Court, Senators, Representa
fives and other distinguished guests,
covers being laid for 130, including the
forty hosts, the Washington corres¬
pondents who form the regular mem¬
bership of the club. Secretaries Gage,
Dong, Alger and Wilson and Attorney
General McKenna represented the
Cabinet.
Speaker Reed beamed upon a fair as¬
sortment of tariff debaters from the
House, including Representatives Dal
zell. Strode, Henderson, etc., Senators
Aldrich, Hanna, Spooner, Burrows,
Mitchell and Carter in part represented
the Upper House. Justice Peckham
spoke for the Supreme Court. 'file
German Ambassador, Baron Tbidman.
and his First Secretary of the Lega¬
tion, and Minister Mendonea, of Bra¬
zil, were among the distinguished
members of tbe diplomatic corps. Mr
John Hay, United States Ainbassadoi
to England, was present. Invited jour¬
nalists from a distance included Mr.
Milton A. McRae, of Cincinnati, and
Mr. Charles Emory Smith, of Phila
delphia.
The decorations of the beautiful ban- ;
quoting hall surpassed anything before
attempted and the music and decorou*
wit which enlivened the dinner madi
the affair quite memorable even among I
tiro many memorable dinners given by [
the club.
Another factor in the policy of the
postoffice department was announced
to-day by First Assitaut Postmaster
General Heath. It is that offensive
partisanship will not be considered
provocation for removal, unless such
action is shown to be detrimental to
the administration of the postal serv¬
ice.
Fully half a dozen of such charges
were made to Acting Postmoster Gen¬
eral Heath to-day. including the offices
at Hastings, Neb., where Senator
Thurston made complaint, and at Ash¬
land, 1J1. Every ease, however, lacked
the essential requirement of specifica¬
tion of damage to the service.
This policy, when annouuc d by Col.
Heath, created some surprise among
those who had pushed the charges.
The same policy was carried out by
the last administration.
Four Democratic members of the
House,, it is understood, will vote for
the Dingley tariff bill. Three of the
four are in the Louisiana delegation
and the other is from Texas. The
Ixiuisiuna men are Induced to vote for
protection mainly on account of the su¬
gar schedule of the bill, which meets
with their approval, while the wool
scht-duli’ has won tbe member from
Texas. There are six members in the
Louisiana delegation, all of whom are
In favor of protection on sugar. In ri¬
der that they may put themselves on
record on this point they offer an
amendment to the sugar schedule, or a
substitute for it, embodying the rates
which they desire.
An amendment to the cotton sched¬
ule of the tariff bill has been agreed
upon by the Republican members of
the Ways and Means Committee, and
doubtless will be adopted by the
House. Underwear valued at less than
$1.50 per dozen has been rated at 35
per cent ad valorem in the Dingley
bin, which is the McKinley rate. The
present rate Is 50 per cent, and on rep¬
resentation that quantities of these
goods cheaply made In Switzerland are
being imported into the country, the 50
jier cent, duty will he retained.
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It is said to be probable that formal
application for annexation to the Unit
ed States will probably l>o made soon
by the Government of Hawaii through
its Minister to the United States. The
application will be presented to the
State Department and it is expected
will be transmitted to Congress. Ex- i
Minister Thurston, Attorney General
Smith and Gen. Hartwell, of Hawaii, j
have been here ever since the iuattgu j J
ration in the interest of annexation.
Mr. Hatch, the Hawaiian Minister, and
Mr. Smith saw the President yesterday
and Mr. McKinley Listened attentively
to the arguments they had to present
in favor of anexatiou.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, Chair¬
man of the Democratic National Com¬
mittee, has recently received two let¬
ters from England regarding the pros¬
pects of bimetallism by international
agreement. One of them says the gold
standard is more firmly fixed in Eng
laud now than ever before, and the
other says that the times seem to he
very favorable for bimetallism, and
expresses the belief that in ease the
United States should make the proper
effort bimetallism might be brought
about.
Representative Griggs, of Georgia,
has introduced a resolution providing
that measures 1 m- taken to have the
constitution so amended as to g ; ve Con
gress the power to impose and collect
an income tax without regard to the
proportion to the census or enumera¬
tion provided for in the constitution.
Secretnry Gage has ordered the dis¬
continuance of the office of shipping
comruisisoner at Mobile, Ala., and will
follow this with another, cloning the
corresponding office at Brunswick, Gn.
The animating purpose is an economi¬
cal one, the Shipping Commissioner’s
work at each place lteing so small in
volume as to justify its imposition on
the Collector of Customs.
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Senator Caff cry lias Introduced a
Joint resolution in the Senate appro¬
priating and making imemdiately
available the sum of $250,000 for the
Improvement of the Mississippi ltiver
from the head of the passes to the
mouth of the Ohio.
Cook to Walk the Water.
Boston. Mass, -Capt. Robert Cook, of
Americas, Ga.. who is at present in
this city, announces that he is making
arrangements to walk on the water of
tlie Ohio River from Pittsburg to Cin
cinati. ‘‘Captain” Cook, who is 23
years old, and weighs 140 pounds, will
attempt to make the journey In fifteen
days on a wager of $1,000. The total
distance is between 450 and 500 miles.
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Found Dead in the Hoad.
Red Clay. Ga.—John Kelley, of Con
nesauga, Polk county, Tennessee, was
found dead on the Chattanooga road
near here. Coroner Black, of Whit¬
field county, was summoned and an
inquest was held, the jury returning a
verdict that the deceased came to his
death from natural causes.
A combination with $5,<KXt,000 capi¬
tal, has been made by English and
Americans, to control American fresh
water fisheries.
The Insurance Commissioners of
Kansas threatens to expel all the old
line companies from the State if they
<lo not break up their alleged secret
pool.
Representative Western men protest¬
ed to President McKinley against the
order of Mr. Cleveland, creating forest
reservations in the West.
Warren H. Price, the Han Francisco
lx ok seller, who Is under eighteen
months’ sentence for sending obscene
matter through the mails, has disap¬
peared.
At IP-loit. Kas., the Northwest Kan
■ :i-. Methodist conference has decided
without a dissenting vote in favetr oi
the admission of women to the general
conference. , _ ; .
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