, 1889-09-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
BIDS FOR TILE FIVE NEW STEEL
CRUISERS.
Representative Mckinley Thinks that
He Will he Elected Speaker,
From Our Regular Correspondent


been ofened at the navy department
| The 2p0OO-tOn ships are to be slIghtl,
larger than the Yorktown and the 5000
ton vessels about the size of the Atlanta
a maximum speed Of at least Is knots
aud are to be mpleted in two years a
a co,t MT exceeding SI00.00O each. IL
the case of the 3,OG0-tou vessels they ar,
required to EXHIBIT a speed of 19 knots
and are Limited in cost to 81 400, ,000. Eve
ry provision Is made iu the present from
Of contract to guard the government
against loss, and the contractor is made
regardless of miuor faults of omission
in the designs furnished by the depart
ment.
The lowest bid for building the three
2,OOO-ton ships was $7SO,O5O each, and
for the two 50 3,0J0-tuG vessels $l,225, ,O0U
each. lie bids will have TO be rejected
| for none of them comes within the limits
of the appropriation. Tuis shows that
contractors are beginning to see that 1t
is risky business, the buiIling of gov
erGment ships, and are determined to
force the appropriations to a higher d !
| ure.. 1t will now be necessary t. read
vertise for bids, bu; the changes are that
no better results will lie ohtaiued. aud
in that case it Will be necessary to ask
Congress for more muney.
Advices received from Represe ntative
Mckinley indicate that lie Will be in
the city about the frat week i'll Septem-
Der. He is CONVINCED that he has enough
support to elect him speaker, and that 1t
will be policy To get here on the grnaui
the pOIut " LeTe LIE Is most likely to hear
OF Tie movements of the other candI
dates Tue major believes that il will
be the field ugaius! him at the start, AID
he will bavo To hold his Initial suppor:
solid tU get any benefit outrf the break
iig % other dele cations. Iha nomina-
ticu of AIRY Candidate for Speaker is out
OF the question "n the first ballot, on
ccoaut of the lumber IN tue race. ana
tie advantage lies with the Candidate
who mas an Cd Guarl sppport-Eeady
to die. out uener tn surren ter. so far
gs konwu, the other Speakership candi-
dates have Z Il Indicated when they will
appear upon the scene. In the absence
however, of the elective end OF the
administration there will be iaw mem-
bars 81 Coqsresg here, aud IT Congress
Is called into hU exira sessi"D, the pre-
liminary fl sbt will embrace but n short
space OF time.
NasinMSNiu ah a convention city tiav-
els mainly t,u TO good locks and lis no.
table general HIVArtngeS. 1t IS bot IL
wealthy cImmercI "a c,;y with surplus
10 invest at a pubic auction OF couven-
tions. 4 reasonable sum, however. to-
ward the expenses of such gatherings
Can always be collected, the main couiri-
buttons coming OF Course frum hat part
Of the p"puiatIon whlcI i3 particularly
iateses1ed iu it5 rEcoiHl event, aud that
part winch profits dI:ec;ly 10y the gath
criug Of crowds OF people III the city.
The injecting Il; the c:pi.ai o. tie next
annual encan / mont If the @. A r. is
nd4 M al aust assured Tact, auI tue
present Eauvemcutto to tuat end Will doubt
less receive the necessary riuaneiui back
ipg ana oe successful.
Ex kepre< entatiys A.cLie Bliss Of
New 4ork gives Waeningtnn good ad-
| s,O= when lar tells her that earnest wurk K
uext Consress that Il gitat exposition is
need d to c"mmemorAte the fourth cen
| teaniai OF ih" discovery al America. 1t
| MAY appear strange to Ihuse deep y i'll
terested in securing the site for such an
exposition that there are men cumiughere
as representatives OF the people next Oc-
tober WHO will suifi al expendihg FIVE
millions - ',sl;sla ut aDy' other sum
from tie national treasury 10 ce;vbdte
an event iour ceGtuTies old. When the
debates come 1t will bo found that there
are an uncomfortable lot OF such st ates-
meu. These are ihe men that Mr.. Bliss
de5ignates as ''neutrHI VOters"-that il
they will vote against any CITY and every
city as the site Of au exposition that will
draw one dollar from the national sur
plus Suoh Il5n were powerful! enough
in lS74-75 to put III peril the loan o.
national aid to the Philadelphia expo
si,iou. Some Of them will be here wher
Congress meets, ready with the same old
wegpDus
Daring his tour along the Cauadiar
border gs Il member IL tho select seuatt
committee to look in'o our cnmmercia
relations with Canada. Senator PuGt
made IA survey of the political condition
IN ibGt src!:nu. pHI hIn observations
were MT u! tie lIo.ri c c"uragIng from
= ,:r:nrp -HttC = 81 p!I :. Tie Sc alto
sas = nc du: n.I exp { the democrat
tu carry many ui the / ew IT'S eS admit
. ted-nuf ev"u Montana
Mr. Henry Bash will build two stor
frame building on the corner of Wate
street and Commercial wharf rh
. building will be occupied us custom
house until the new government build
ing is completed.
Born, at Navarro Mills, Californla
August 11th, 1889, TO the wife OF Owe
Shaw, Il daughter. Mrs. Shaw will b
r pleasantly remembered here as tn
daughter of Edward Ro e, of this city.
Captain Phillip w. Mckinney, {
Prince Edward county, was nominate e
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