Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1892-07-01
CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS.
The President to Transmit to Congress
a Message on the International
Monetary Conference.

1t is said the President has filed mo-
tice that he will veto the river and har-
Dor bill should it exceed the sum appro-
priated by the House.
The President will soon transmit to
Congress 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-G 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 to supply the
deficiencies in the appropriations for the
payment of pensions for the fiscal year
1902. Commissioner Raum has made q
requisition for $7,250, 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 OF Cal
ifornia to encourage American ship
building. The bill grants the same
privilege to the British-buil 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.
1t is likely that 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 me-
ceesitate 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 al
Port Townsend, and the report says hei
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 it was impossible to get her ready
in that short time.
1t is understood that Secretary Tracy
| HAS Auatiy hAtCA q AONAOW Va al
the testimony, to sustain the action o
the Naval Examining Board in findinl
Commander Frederick r. Smith moral,
unfit for promotion. The action Of tn,
President is still necessary to finall,
complete this long pending case, bu
with the approval of the boards finding
by the head of the Navy Department
there can be hardly any doubt as to tn
result. The President has no alterna
tive but to drop Commander Smith iron
the rolls OF the navy il be approves tn
proceedings of the board. If he disap
proves, another board would have to re
verse the findings OF the first boar
before Commander Smith could be pre-
NOTED, and inssmu h as all Of his seniors
with but few exceptions, have alread
= officially stated that they do not conside
| him fit for promotion, it would be
rather difficult matter to get boar
that would make report favorable I
the candidate. The Judge Advocate
!, General who first reviewed the repol
Y approved it, and both Secretary Trac
i and Assistant Secretary Seeley hav
done likewise, after most exhaustiy
review OF all the testimony and Of th
papers filed in behalf of the candidat
: since the board made its report.