The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-07-02
CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS.
The President 10 Transmit to Congress
Message on the International
Monetary Conference.

II is sail the President has fled no
tice that he will veto the river and har-
Dor bill should II exceed the gum appro-
priated by the House.
The President will soon transmit TO
Congress q message on the forthcoming
international monetary conference, to-
gether with the correspondence. With
but one or two exceptions, all the Euro
pean countries invited to the conference
have sent in favorable responses.
Postmaster General Wanamaker, At
torney. General Miller and Secretary
Foster, acting as a commission, have
agreed upon the selection OF the prop
erty at Seventh and Mission streets as
the site for the new public building at
San Francisco.
The President has approved the act
making an appropriation 10 supply the
deficiencies in the appropriations for the
payment OF pensions for the fiscal year
1892. Commissioner Raum has made a
requisition for $7,251, 900 for the pay
ment OF pensions.
Mr.. Fowler OF New York has prepared
a report recommending the passage Of
the bill introduced by Mr.. Geary oI Cal
iiornia to encourage American ship.
building. The bill grants the came
privilege TO the British built ship China,
owned by the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, as was recently granted to the
lnman steamships City OF Paris and
City OF New York.
II is likely that a. court OF inquiry will
be ordered to meet at Mare Island to
ascertain why the Ranger was permitted
to start for Behring Sea with her
machinery In such bad shape as to ne
cessitate her putting into Port Towns
end in violation OF her orders to proceed
direct. The Secretary Of the Navy has
received report OF the court OF inquiry
appointed to examine her machinery at
Port Townsend, and the report says her
Captain was justified under the circum-
stances in putting into Port Townsend.
A crumb OF comfort to the Mare Island
folks is the fact that the blame for the
Rangers condition may be fixed on the
Navy Department, as peremptory orders
were received to sail on certain day,
and 1t was impossible to get her ready
in that short time.
It is understood that Secretary Tracy
has finally decided, after review of all
the testimony, to sustain the action ol
the Naval Examining Board In finding
Commander Frederick r. Smith morally
unfit for promotion. The action of the
President is still necessary to finally
complete this long-pending case, but
with the approval of the boards finding
by the head Of the Navy Department,
there can be hardly any doubt as to the
result. The President has no alterna'
tive but to drop Commander Smith from
the rolls OF the navy If he approves the
proceedings of the board. Ii he disap'
proves, another board would have to re-
verse the findings of the first board
before Commander Smith could be pro.
noted, and inasmu h as all OF his seniors
with but few exceptions, have already
officially stated that they do not consider
him fit for promotion, 1t would be q
rather difficult matter to get q board
that would make report favorable &c
the candidate. The Judge Advocate.
General who first reviewed the repor,
approved 1t, and both Secretary Tracy
and Assistant Secretary Seeley have
done likewise, after a most exhaustive
review OF all the testimony and Of the
papers filed in behalf of the candidate
since the board made its report.