Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-25
GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL.
The Action on Panama Canal
 Unnecessary.
THAT MATTER SETTLED LONG AGO

THAT MATTER SETTLED LONG AGO Articles of tue Grant Made All the De- xired Pr"visions-Our Minister at Berlin
 Contributes to the Current samoan Lit eraturc-Other News or General Interest.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.--It may be, after all, that time occupied in discussing and pass through the senat, Mir. Edmunds' Panama resolution, winch iS now pending in the house, has been wasted, il its object was only 10 prevent France or any other Euro peasl power fir. II cl,im ng or exercising con- trol over the canal Article 21 of the grant of the Panama canal, which can be found in the papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States ill the year 1879, on page 243, sets at rest all question upon the subject. It reads as follows:
 "Article 21-The grantees. or whoever in Che future succeed them in the rights hereby granted to them, shall have the power to as- sign or transfer this grant to any other capitalists, whether individuals or influential corporations. But they positively for bidden to assign or transfer the said rights, under any consideration, or to mortgage them ill any way whatsoever i'll favor of any foreign nation or government
 And in order to secure for the United States of Columbia, the grantor, such means as are necessary to enforce the prohibition against any foreign nation or governments gaining direct indirect control of the canal article 22 of the grant provides: "The grantees, or whoever may represent them, shall forfeit the rights hereby granted to them in the following cases: FoArth-By violating the provisions of Ar tice 21."
 THE SAMOAN AFFAIR IN BERLIN.
 The secretary of state has received dis patches from Minister fendleton, at Berlin, relative to the Samoan question. The only portion made public was a series of clippings from Berlin newspapers that were not trans lated. The minister reported that Das Kleine Journal of Jan. ' said: According to official reports from Apia of Dec. 2s the land ing corps of the Olga was sent to accompany the German consul to the camp of tho natives, in consequence of the destruction of German property and bodily insults to men of the marine while on leave, the consul going there to institute disarmament.
 'On the way to the Bodele plantation the landing corps was by surprise attacked by the rebels under the leadership of Klein, the American. A landing was thereupon made by men from the Olga, Adler and Fiber, and the natives were thrown back and several dwellings on the beach destroyed. Lieut.. SieZer and fifteen men were killed and thirty eight men wounded
 "A victory, but a costly one and not one to be rejoiced over. The German meddling in the quarrels of the Kings Mataafa, Malie- toa and Tamasese has been hailed with re- joicing from several quarters, for the reason that the final result of the business was ex- pected to be the occupation of Samoa by the German empire. England and the United States, however do not agree to such a con- summation, and now We have even lost some men in battle with the despised islanders-a new leaf in the history of our colonial policy; a laurel leaf, but what sort of one!'
 INFORMATION HE DID NOT SEEK
 Mir. w. l.. Thompson is specia, inspector of customs at Fl Paso, Tex. He also re- presents certain persons who have claims against the government for duties paid on animals specially imported for breeding pur- poses. On the Sd inst. he wrote letter to Representative Savers asking for certain in- formation with view to furtheriug said claims. Representative Savers referred the letter to the treasury department Assistant Secretary Maynard has replied to him: ''That the department has no information to give upon the subject referred to by Mir. Thompson further than to suggest that, in view of the manifest inapropriety of public officer while in the service interesting him. self in behalf of claimants against the govern ment, and of the fact that Mir. Thompson desires to represent the class of claimants above mentioned in the prosecution of their claims, his resignation from the service should be promptly rendered"
 PROHIBITION AS A NATIONAL ISSUE
 Petitions praying for constitutional amendment prohibiting the manufacture, importation, exportation, transportation and sale of all alcoholic liquors as a beverage were presented to the senate by Messrs. Hale, Paddock and Dolph on behalf of various temperance organizations.
 BULK OF THE TARIFF BILL.
 The tariff bill as it passed the senate has been engrossed and compared, and is now ready to be transmitted to the house
 The death of MT. Burnes, and the con- sequent immediate adj djournment of the house, prevents the bill being transmitted to that body. The bill makes @ document of 16O pages of expressing paper 17 by Is inches in size. It is estimated to contain upwards of 40, ,0O0 words.
 DELINQUENT ELECTORAL COLLEGES
 The electoral messengers from nine states have not as yet arrived at the Capitol and delivered the vote of the electoral colleges of their states to President pro tenn Ingalls,.
 The lawsrequires that the messengers shall deliver an envelope containing the result of the voting of the electors iu their respective states not later than the last Monday in Jan- uary. This will be next Monday, the 2Sth inst. Returns have been received from all the states by mail, but this does not com ply with the provisions of the law which inn peratively require that the messengers shall present their communication to the president of the senate by the date above named Each envelope must bear on its face the names of the electors and its contents superscribed in accordance with section 139 of the revised statutes The states whose messengers will be delinquent, unless they arrive by Monday next, are: California, Colorado, Florida, Oregon, Kentucky, Maine Nebraska, Ne. vada and Texas
 COMPILING INFORMATION FOR GERMANY
 The German legation has evidently re- ceived special instructions from Berlin in reference to Samoan affairs and the prevail ing sentiment in the United States touching recent operations in these islands for the past Iar lnr l~--