The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-03-30
WASHINGTON CITY,

satisfied that Lord Salisbury was
purposely delaying his answer to
the despatch sent him on the inst,
for the purpose of allowing the feet
Of Canadian seal poachers to get to
sea before this Government had any
opportunity to serve notice upon
the owners of the vessels to keep
out of Behring sea, this week direc-
ted acting, Secretary of the State
Wharton TO inform Sir Julian
Pauncelote, the British minister,
that he desired an answer to that
dispatch at the earliest possible
moment. The Presidents reason
for desiring an early answer is, that
'Bpouthn nature of that answer will
depend the wording of the orders
Tsaaed to the revenue cutters and
naval vessels which will shortly be
seSt e. Bahring sea, The request
will 1Eo have the effect of convin-
cling Lord Salisbury that the Presi-
dent means business and does not
propose to put up with any more
NONSENSE, even from the alleged
"mistress Of the seas". Lord Sails
bury hns promised an early answer.
The,dmgerous illness of Senator
MoIN has cast gloom over the
y sEas wing of the Capitol, where
everyone is the friend oEthe Senior
Vermont senator. Hisnage gives
MIN bat a slim sancepin fighting
pneumonia, WHICH, is the dreaded
zoe of the strqSgestfhen. Mr.. Nor
!. rill has be.TSn Congress, first in
the Hoass. M4 then in tho Senate,
aimee Iso5a - =
sNefetasy Blaine continues to
%$kpeege, although he has not yet
ItBiured out Of the House. lie has
iii decided upon taking trip to
b. South, butrhe may do so.
~ ssci%tary Fnster has returned
...ttaHeh improved in health by his
: ffyinS trip to Europe, and he also
picked up while in England in an
aisoilieial way, some financial infor-
NATION, that will be found useful to
him ii his official capacity.
Commissioner Raum took the
wind outo Of Representative Cooper's
sails bytelling the House investi-
eating committee that while ready
and willing to answer any question,
VI 10 give any desired information
about the Pension Office, or any
fling relating thereto, he would not
snsWer questions about matters per-
shining exclusively to his private
b2sinesss affairs, The Commission
.sr IL generally commended for hav-
sP3 c.ektu that stand. His official
&ces.are property. oilder the control.
IS uougyess, ,but with ibis private
eets pad business, Congress has
noE'Ang to dos. 49,
hShe Presidant,and Secretary FL
kills We're compeIlediby pressure Of
Ss'T orient public business to decline
5Gv.t.ljons to attend the annual St.
RatFick'S day banquet of the Hiber-
Aisu' Society of Philadelphia.
Columbia, Hayti, and@ Venezuela
sire ehe only countries that will feel
sfa heavy retaliatpry hand of Uncle
Ns1a, all the rest of the. countries
tta,%erued having either completed
reciprocity agreements with US or
got them so near completion as to
SCI them out The Presidents proc
{anGfien Issued this week restores
IRE duty upon sugar, hides, coffee
md tea from the above named
Countries until such time as they
shail give public notice of their hav-
ing removed the duties they now
impose upon the agricultural and
other products this country. 1t
speaks volumes fer tire success of
reciprocity that only three coun-
tries have to be retaliated upon.
& more absurd statement was
never made than that of the Demo-
er0tic majority of the House Ways
and Means committee that they had
concluded to postpone the taking of
3 vote on the free wool bill from the
2lSt inst, TO some indefnate date in
The future in order to accommodate
members who wish to speak on
that measure. The speeches that
abe Democrats have made on that
bill might just as well have been
made on any other bill, and the real
re8sOn for poslponing a vote is that
Che Democrats are not ready to call
up any other lree trade bill, there
being q difference of opinion among
them as to which of the proposed
bills attacking the Mckinley law
shall be next called up.
Tbe details of the French recipro-