Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-06
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
Philadelphia Chinese Propose to Defeat
the Ceary Law by Means Of
Fictitious Photographs.

Senator Dolph has filed with the war
Denariment a letter in relation to the
Amendment OF a board TO examine ana
repnrt site for sun factory on the "a
cifc Coast. He requests that care I've
taten in the selection OF the officers,
That thew NAV not be prejudiced in favor
OF one sight as against anotner. ln.s
precation, he says, is particularly nece .1'.
cary, because some officers have prIvatesy
az pressed their belief that Benicia IS the
proper location.
More than usual interest attaches to
the forthcoming annual report OF the
Commissioner of Pensions. The state
ment has been made that the amount
REQUIRED for pensions the next fiscal year
wifi nearly reach the enormous sum oil
5000 900. 900. The work OF compiling
figures Is. however, sufficiently advanced
to show this estimate is in excess OF the
actual requirements. 1t is now thought
Congress will be asked to make an ap'
propriation of about $3.50, 900, 900 for the
coming fiscal year, about 81 100000 OF
which is in anticipation OF an increase
of that amount over the actual expendi-
torres OF last year. 1t is the judgment
OF General Raum that, while this
amount IL likely to be increased the next
wear ar two. vet he feels confident the
maximum limit has already been
reached.
President Harrison in his message to
Congress will not turn his back upon
the present Republican tariff law. On
the contrary, he will give it an earnest
Endorsement. The President said he did
not blame the Mckinley tariff law for
the recent defeat at the polls, and after
having given it his Endorsement prior to
test OF Republican principles at the
polls he was not inclined to repudiate 1t
| in the hour OF adversely. The President
believes that the Republican principles
of protection will live longer and stand
the various tests of time with better sue
cess than will the present Democratic
supremacy. There has been consider
able curiosity expressed in certain
quarters as to what the President would
say in his message to Congress, which
he is now completing, in reference to the
tariff law, as many Repub licans are in
clined to hold it almost wholly RESPONSE.
BILE for the recent defeat. There need
be no doubt in that direction. President
Harrison believes in protection of the
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lican party.
| Word has reached Washington from
Philadelphia that the Chinese in thai
city propose to try to defeat the Geary
Law by means of fictitious photographs
the same as at Baltimore. 1t is believec
in Philadelphia and Baltimore that {
scheme is now on foot among the Chi
nese all over the country to defeat thu
purposes of the Chinese exclusion act
The promoter OF it is the Hip Sin Tong
a powerful fraternal society, which hal
six branches-Junk, Lee, Chang, Shu
Young and Mock--embracing every Stat,
in the Union. The Hip Sin Tong is hav
ing photographs turned out by the thou
sands to supply any Chinaman who may
need one. The colony in Washington
has been notified that batch OF pict
ures would be sent to them in few days
from which they can select as many al
they wish and return the balance. Pho
tographs are being sent all over the coun
try, and in few weeks each colony vii
have enough on tap to meet any demand
that might be made upon them. 1t i
reported that the Chinese are trying t
secure the services of Robert G. Inger
soil and General B. F. Butler to test tn
constitutionality of the Geary law.