The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-20
WASHINGTON CITY.

WASHINGTON CITY. |
NEWS FROM THE CAPITOL OF
THE UNITED STATES.
Especial Correspondencs.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. Is, 1889. !
Secretary Blaine's response to the
toast of "Our Country and Her
President" at the banquet which
followed the dedication ofthe Cath
olic University in this city Wednes.
day, was one Of the happiest efforts
Of his life. This is high praise, I
know, for the Secretary seems to be
possessed to q greater extent than
any other living man, of the pecu-
liar and fortunate faculty Of always
saying the right thing, at the right
time, and in just the right way, but
it is deserved. Only two men Of
the present generation besides Mr..
Blaine could have done equal JUS
tice in the same number of words
to the toast. One Of them,-Henry
Ward Beecher-is dead, and the
other,-Robert g. Ingersoll-wOuld
hardly be likely to attend the ded-
ication ceremonies Of any institu-
tion controlled by church, Catho-
lie or Protestant. The President,
the Vice President and all Of the
members Of the cabinet attended
the banquet and were interested
listeners to the remarks Of Mr..
Blaine.
America truly leads the world in
inventions. The hew sm0keless
gunpowder adopted by several
European governments Is, according
to the annual report Of Brigadier
General Bennett, chief Of ordnance
the invention Of one American.
tits surmised that 1t was taken to
Europe, instead Of being offered to
our own Government because more
money could be obtained for 1t over
there.
Secretary Rusk gave the mem.
bers of the Association of American
agricultural colleges and expert
ment stations, which has been hold.
ing convention here this week, a
reception at his residence Wednes-
night.
The Jefferson club, q small demo-
cratic organization which was
started during tfe early days of the
Cleveland administration, has Civ.
en- up the ghost. 1t could not exis'
without Government pap.
The All Americas Congress is
back in Washington, having finish
ed its forty days excursions. 1t Is
probable that the members will
rest until Monday when regular
sittings will begin. Among the
subjects to be discussed will be
Customs regulations and Customs
Union; Extradition; Sanitarian Of
Ships and Quarantine; Light House
dues: Weights and Measures;
Patent Rights; Copyright, and
Trade and transportation between
the United States and Spanish
America. Reports on each of these
topics have been prepared, each
written by an expert in the line
treated Of, from the best data Oh
tainsble.
Minister Ryan says in answer tt
rumors of his resignition, that hi
likes his place and likes the people
Of Mexico, and that he expects Il
be back at his post before the expi
ration of his present leave Of ab
sence.
The President will take no chan
ces in regard to his first annua
message to Congress, which is nov
practically complete. The messag'
will not be printed and sent out Il
the press previous to its being read
in Senate and House, IS has beer
done in the past. 1t will be sent t
Congress in writing, but there vii
be several typewriter copies mad
for the press associations, whicl
will be delivered to them at tn
moment the message is begun to b
read in the House and under n
circumstances before. Sewers
times during the recent past over
enterprising newspapers in WASH
ington and elsewhere have had e1
tras on the street containing tn
Presidents n essage before tn
reading of the message to Congress
has been begun. Hence these Pre-
cautions.
There is nothing new in tn
Speakership contest, in fact up I
this time there is nothing in sigh
to indicate that there Is Q contes
Tt looks yery much as IL maiorit