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About The Advocate-Democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1897)
eato*. - 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. * * * 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. * * * 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. ___ 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-. 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