The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1889-01-26

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From Our Wexuias q pondent.
WAsmIse Jan. ls, 1859.
Mr.. Cleveland but to Congress n
communication q Tho Secretary of
state In regard - rOuble In samoa.
lie also sends sayc Of his own
which siYeotuxlly p Of the charges
made In many nG can papers that
tho administsat was neglecting
American iutsro Samoa. After
reviewing the wfI1 kouble. the Pres
ident says: under the re-
straipts which Dastitution and
laws have plso( n tho executive
power, l have r. that the autOn-
omy and indepeu oe samoa should
be scrupulously ~ ~ according 10
tho treaty made Uamoa. I have
protested agaihst 4 b act apparently
tending In the q n direction. aud
during tho exls1oq internal dis
t,rhanoes ous o. q <GTassb ce war
Lave bsaM kses s3ssA.<ss -
protsct American cieiSeus and property.
Thsss things will abundantlv appear
from the correspondence and papers
which hayo bsen Submitted TO Con-
grexs." This Is tho whole thing In a
nutshell. Could any American citizen
ask mors Of al administration All the
papers In the Haytisn case have also
been submitted to Congress, and they
are equally creditable TO tho patriotism
and good senss Of the administration.
The United states navy will soon liz
In condition TO compete with that OF
any nation, unless the Republican nd
ministration and Congress again adopt
the policy by which In twenty -four
years they succeeded In destroying II,
while spending millions Of dollars with
favored contractors Tic House Gem
mittre on Naval A6ain have Just CON-
pleted tho naval appropriation hill.
which amounts to ssD.OO.OO. The bill
authorizes tho construction o' u dSna'
mite cruiser on the pattern of the N~-n-
vius, which on It's recent trial trip III
tanned the Irratest speed of any vessel
aiioat. and u 5.jD-ton cruising monitor
on tho plans prepared by Representa-.
tine Thomas. of Illinois
:. Tho contest over the Spcakcrship of
tho next House Is rapidly developing
Into regular Kilkenny cat fight anon.
the Republicans. Two factions. one led
by Mr.srs. Canon aud llecsi. and the
other BY Mc>srs. burrows and Mrkin.
lev, had quite a spirited spSt on The
door Of tho uouse tAis week. Mr.
Reed got into passion when hc saw
how hc Was losing tl,s lsaslenhip which
lie hax held undisputsd for four years.
THIS fight Was liss rrsait a sotnc fine
work on the part u Mr. blaine. lc
has eapoussd the cause Of Mckinley and
Is determined IL pnas,has 70 have him
,slsessA Hpeakae. In thi4 .ennaacllon II
u intersslin9 70 no(s that 70 confident
In lllaipe u being The next Secretary Of
State that no has already t'~en making
promises 10 members of The next House.
Of patronage under ~ state Depart
mrnt. In order to make votes for Nc
kinicy.
The busy loiics who hare becn trying
to make II appear that the Prss!dcni de-
iibcra,ciy snubbcsl senator Ingalls, be-
cause he did no, invite him 10 the iis,
State dinner at the White House, have
had all tho wind taken ou: their sails by
the announcement that Mr.. lngall, has
tecn invited and has accepted the invi-
ia;ion to the next State dinner. which
takes place on the 5ist inst. However.
the fact should lc horne In mind that
Mr. Cleveland has lad ample cause for
snubbing Mr.. Ingalls, personally. on nc
count Of the manner In which he black
guards Mr.. Cleveland ON the floor OF the
Senate, bu, the latter could not afford Ia
slight tho President OF tho Senate.
hence the invitation. II is the presid-
Ing officer of the Senate that Is invited
TO the stat. dinner.
Petitions. said to represent over four
teen million person. were presented Ia
the Senate Wednesday In favor Of the
SUNDAY Rest bill. The petitions were
gotten up By the ". q. I. U.
some idea of the reason and sense in
the Senate tariff bill may be gathered
from the fac; the Republicans by n solid
vote refused to agree 10 All amendment
putting salt on the free list In place Of
Altar OF Roses. salt IL used by every
body. and should be made as cheap rs
possible. while Altar Of Roses is only
used By few wealthy mop's.
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