Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-12-25
CAPITAL CITY NOTES.
Secretary Blaine Gives US Another Re
ciprocity" Trophy
The Great Question---Will we Thrash
Chilli 4?
Special Correspondence of HERALD.

Special Correspondence of HERALD
WASHINGTON, December 81, 1891
The president sent the nominations of
the following United States Circuit
Judges to the senate this week: For the
first Judicial district, Judge W. l.. Put
nam, OF Name, who is a democrat; for
the second district, Judge Shipman, of
Connecticut, who is republican; for the
third district, George NJ Dallas, of Penn
sylvanla, who is democrat; for the
fourth district, Nathan Goff, of West
Virginia, who has earned his political
spurs as member of congress and as
secretary of the navy during part of
the Hayes administration; for the sixth
district, William Fl. Taft, of Ohio, who
has bee solicitor general under the pres
ent administration for the seventh dis
trict, Judge William A. Woods, OF Indi-
ana, who was urged for place in the
cabinet at the beginning of the present
administration. At the same time War
rem Truit, of Oregon, was nominated for
U. S. district Judge of Alaska.
Secretary Blaine had the pleasure this
week of adding another plank to the
good ship "Reciprocity," which is to
carry American products and manufac-
lures to the uttermost parts of the earth,
by announcing the conclusion of a treaty
of commercial reciprocity between the
United States and all the British West
Indies and British Guinea, and on Jan
uarY first, next, the president will issue
proclamation officially announcing the
details. The countries affected will be
Jamaica, Barbados, the Leeward Islands
and Trinidad. Among the important
reductions conceded by the British is so
per cent. in the duty on -four. The
trade between the United States and the
countries named has been about $780,
100000 year.
Senator Pettigrew's bin providing for
an appropriation $500,0O0, or SO much
thereof as may be needed to furnish the
G. A. r. men who attend the national
encampment here next year with rations,
tents and all army equipage used by an
army in active service seems to have
struck popular chord, as most people
agree with the senator that ''the next
encampment will be in great measure
national affair."" and that ''these men
ought to be made to feel that they are
the nations guests" The senator adds
1.-THE coming encampment is one of more
than ordinary interest, and from nv
point Of view the government owes this
entertainment to the old soldiers" It
is believed that this bill will be passed
by the senate, but it's fate in the dem
ocratic house cannot at this time be
| foretold.
At mee>ing Of the American Ship
ping and Industrial League held here
this week, Gen. R. A. Alger was elected
president, Ambrose Snow, of New York,
first vice e-president. L. NJ. Merritt, of
Florida, second vice president, George
A. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, third vice
president, J. S. Clarkson, of Iowa, fourth
vice e-president, P. NJ. Whitmore, of
Maine, fifth-vice president, Chas. S. Hill,
OF New York, national secretary, and
A. R. Smith, of New York, assistant ma
tional secretary, The meeting adopted
memorial to congress praying for the
passage of the Tonnage bill, which was
presented and urged in the last congress
by Representative Amos Cummings and
John M. Farquhar, of New York.
Senator Poctor has proven by the in
PRODUCTION of several bills for the i'm
provement of the army that the cibinet
is tip-top school to graduate senators
from
Great rumors are constantly being
built upon very slight foundations, and
that's just about the condition Of the
story that the president would early in
January, unless satisfactory settlement
be reached before that time, send a
special message to congress asking that
war be declared against Chill. The
foundation for this story was the para
graph in the presideat's message saying
that he should probably communicate
further information regarding the Chill
ian matter to congress later on, state
ment made necessary by the uncom-
pleted condition Of the correspondence
connected with the question. 1t may,
of course, in the end be necessary to go
to war with Chill, in order to teach that
country good manners, but it is not at
all probable that the president would