Nevada County picayune., 1889-01-23
WASHINGTON TOPICS.
Weekly Budget of News From the
 National Capital
[From our Special Correspondent.l

WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. IS. 1889.
 Mir. Cleveland has sent to Con- grcss a communication from the Sec retary ef State in regard to the troubles in Samoa. He also sends message of his own which effectually disposes of the charges made in many Republican papers that the adminis- tratlon was ncglecting American in- tcrcsts in Samoa. After reviewing the whole trouble the President says: Acting under the restraints which our constitution and laws have placed upon the Executive power, l have insisted that the autonomy and independence of Samoa should be scrupulously preserved according to the treaty made with Samoa. l have protested against every act appar- ently tending i'll the opposite direc- tion, and during the existence of in- ternal disturbances one or more yes sels of war have been kept in samoan waters to protect American citizens and property. These things will abundantly appear from the corres- pondence and papers which have been submitted to Congress" This is the whole thing in nut shell. Could any American citizen ask more of an administration All tine papers in the Haytian case have also been submitted to Congress, and they are equally creditable to the patriotism and good sense of the ad- mnistration.
 The U. $. Navy will soon be in a condition to compete with that Of any nation, unless the Republican administration and Congress again adopt the policy by which in 24 years they succeeded in destroying it, while spending millions of dollars with favored contractors. The House committee on naval affairs has just completed the naval appropriation bill, which amounts to S20, ,OO0, ,OOO. The bill authorizes the construction of q dynamite cruiser on the pattern of Nesuvius. which on its recent trial trip attained the greatest speed of any vessel ahoat. and 5, 900 ton cruising monitor on the plans pre- pared by Representative Thomas, of Illinois.
 Another foreign dipomat seems de- sirous of following in the footsteps of Lord Sackville. He has been inter- viewed in newspaper, and has i'm prudently criticized the action of the Senate in passing the Edmund's res olutions on the Monroe doctrine. He is wiser than Lord Sackvillc, in that he does not allow his name to appear. But it is certain to get out sooner or later, and if the published interview is authetic, we shall probably have to send another foreign meddler home to learn better manners.
 The contest over the Speakership of the next House Is rapidly develop ing into a regular Kilkenny cat fight among the Republicans. Two fac tions, rone led by Messrs. Cannon and Reed. and the other by Messrs. Burrows and Mckinley, had quite q spirited spat on the floor of the House thls week. Mir. Reed got into a passion when he saw how he was losing the leadership winch he has held undisputed for four years. This fight was the result of some fine work on the part of Mir. Blaine. He has espoused the cause of Mckinley and is determined, if possible, to have him elected Speaker. In this con nection it is interesting to note that so confident is Blaine of being the next Secretary of State, that he has already been making kind promises to members of the next House, of patronage under the State depart ment, in order to make votes for Mckinley.
 The busy bodies who have been trying to make it appear that the President deliberately snubbed Sen ator lngalls because he did not in- vite him to the first State dinner at the White House, have had all the wind taken out of their sails by the announcement that Mir. lngalls has been invited and has accepted the invitation to the next State dinner. which takes place on the 31st inst. However, the fact should be borne in mind that MT. Cleveland has had ann pie cause for snubbing MT. Ingalls, personally, on account of the manner in which he blabkguards MT. Cleve- land nn fbn Hohr of tho Sanasa Lnf !