The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-12-03
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
PhiIaleiphla Chinese Propose TO Defeat
the Geary Law by Means Of
Fictitious Photographs.

senator Dolph has filed with the War
Department a letter In relation 10 the
appointment OF q board to examine AMI
report site Tor gun factory on the IA
cine Coast. lie requests that care b.
taken IN the selection VI the officers
That they may not be pre- indeed n favor
OF one aignt rs against another, This
precatIon, he says, ia particularly neces-
sary, because some 9th :er4 have privately
expressed their belief that Beni..iais th.
proper location.
| More than usual interest attaches In
the forthcoming annual report OF the
| Commissioner OF Pensions. The sta,e-
fnent mas been made that the amount
required Tor pensions the next fiscal year
| Will nearly reach the enormous sum NJ
| b-O,pO,ODO. The work OF compiling
| h2ures IL, however, sufficiently advanced
| 10 snow TINS estimate is IN excess Of the
| actuai rettu rements 10 ia now tho1yb,
Congress will be asked to make an an.
| preparation Of about 8 Il, 900 800 for the
coming fiscal year, about Sl4 900 OFO NJ
which IL IN antici patton Of an Increase
OIL that amount over the aCtnal pxpa1ii.
| ture. OF iast year. Il il the judxmen,
OF General kaum that, while this
amount is likely to be Increased the Nor.
year or two, yet he feels confdan, m.
max mum limit has already been
reached.
President Harrison in his message In
Congress will not tnru his back 1nor,
the present Republican tariff law. On
the contrary, he will give il an earnsat
Enforcement. The President said no did
not blame the Mckinley tariff law fnr
the recent defeat at the polls, and after
having given it his Enforcement prior IN
test Of Republican principles At tbs
polls he was not inclined to repudjats /,
in the hour OF adversely. The Presid-nt
believes that the Repub lean princinle.
OF protection will live longer and stand
the various tests OF time with better snc.
cess than will the present Democratic
supremacy. There has been consider.
able curiosity expressed in certain
quarters az TO what the President yould
say in his message to Congress. which
he ~ now completing, in reference 10 the
tarh law, "a many Repn blirans are in
ciinei to hold it almost wholly responsi.
ole tor the recent defeat. There need
be no doubt in that direction. President
Harrison believes in protection of the
character now afforded by the ReLuh- |
lican party.
Word has reached Washington from !
that the Chinese in that /
city propose TO try to defeat the Gearv
law ny means Of fictitious photographs
the same az at Baltimore. It il believed
In Philadelphia and Baltimore that a
scheme il now on foot among the Chi
1ese all over the country to defeat the
purposes Of the Chinese exclusion act
The promoter OF it In the Hip Sin Tong
! powerful 'raternfl soriety. whch has
TX brsnc hes-Junk, Lee, Chang. sbn
I onng and Mock-em braciny every Stat.
n the Union. The Hip Sin Tong h bav.
ng photographs turned ont by the thou.
ands to supply any Chinaman who NAV
iced one. The colony in Washington I
'as been notified that batch Of pict- Z
res would be sent TO them n few tisys. I
rom which they can select as many az I
hey wish and return the balance. Pho
'graphs are being sent sltover the coun-
~, and In few weeks each colony will !
ave enough on tap to meet any demand '
hat might be made upon them. Itis v
'Ported that tho Chinese are trying TO b
'cnrr the services OF Robert q. Tnger. /,
III and General b. +. Bntler 10 test The n
'nstitntionality Of the Gsary law. r