The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-07-13

On the Lakes. Here is how the agreement,
signed on the Goth of April, 1917 by Secretary of
State Richard Rush on behalf of the United
States, reads
''This Government agrees that the naval force
to be maintained upon the Lakes Of the United
States and Great Britain shall henceforth be
confined to the following vessels each side,
that is on Lake Ontario to one vessel not eX-
ceedng 100tons burden and armed with an 49,
pound cannon. On the Upper Lakes, to two
vessels not exceeding the like burden each and
armed with like force, and on the waters of
Lake Champlain to one vessel not exceeding
like burden, and armed with like force And
it agrees that all other armed vessels on these
lakes shall be forthwith dismantled, and that
no other vessels of war shall be there built or
armed"
There is peaceful region, but bad place for
ship-yard as Mr.. Wheeler has found out
X
Some of the members of the Press Gallery
say they do not agree with the paragraph
printed in this column last Sunday advocating
such change of the rules as would put clerks
employed in the Executive Departments upon
an equal footing with clerks employed in Con-
gress, so far as admission to the Press Gallery
is concerned. They argue that the two cases
are quite different, especially in the fact that
while the Legislative employe has ample time
to attend in the gallery, the Executive en-
ploye has no time to be in the gallery and at
tend to his clerical duties. / don't think the
distinction is good one. The presumption is
that "a government clerk, whether employed
by the Legislative or the Executive branch of
the Government, has clerical duties to per-
form, and if the one has time to spare
Tor newspaper work, why not the other :?
NOW, there, for instance is Mr. W. E. Curtiss,
Secretary Blaine's chief assistant and the special
agent of the State Department. He is at the
same time the correspondent of the Chicago
Daily NeWS, | don't see why he should be ex-
cluded from the Press Gallery any more than
the man who is clerk to one of the House Com
mittees and is still admitted to the gallery The
rule that makes such discrimination as that,
think, is bad rule and ought to be amended.
All ought to be admitted or all excluded.
K X
The present session of Congress is the only
one within my recollection where the voice of
labor was not heard loud above the general
din; the only session where the Committee on
Labor did not get several days set apart for the
consideration OF labor bills by the House; the
only session when no general labor legislation
has been either passed or considered. How is
/ this Has labor no more demands to make ?
Or is it that the present Congress doesn't care
fig about labor?
There is to be no cold-blooded bargaining
between the Democrats and the Republicans in
the Senate about the Tariff bill or the Federal
ElecIoh p4lIi no ulcker looking 10 the early
and speedy passage of the Tariff bill in con
sderation of the postponement of the Federal
Election bill until next session. 1t will prob
/ ably be repetition of two years ago, and Con
! gress will continue in session until half the
campaign is over.
Republican Senators are not certain of what
they can do; they are by no means sure ever
of what they ought to do, and while Congress
sional nominations and elections are pending
they would prefer to keep things in a state OF
suspense and uncertainty rather than run the
risk of committing fatal Dlunder by positive
action. Leading Senators tell me they do no
expect that Congress will adjourn befor,
toward . continuous sitting of Congress al