The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-03-02
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WAsuiyeros, Feb. III 1888
Editor Post:
| The U. S.. Senste hns been credited
with never doing anything hastily, hut,
unless those .asually vol lbisaied are
entirely wrong there. has been q Iighsaing
change in The sentiment Of quite number
OF Senators towards thsss treaty for the am
I,nexafion Of Hawaii. Ten days ago tie
Opposition to the ratification to the treaty
appeared to BIC. Insignificant; to-day Il is
regarded as having sufficient strength 70
have chung mp. the treaty for this ses-
sion. It requires two-thsrds Of the Sem
ate TO ratify, aud niahys believe that it
would be impossible if vote we're taken
to geteyen q majority in favor Of satif-
cation. Politics have apparently nothing
to do with the opposition, although With
the exception Of Senator Morgan of Aia-
bama, who is one Of the Behring Seq arr
bitrators and who consequently had to
leave for Europe before the matter was
settled, no democrat is strongly in favor
Of immediate action on the treaty. Scn-S
ator Allison Of lows, hsads.thc republican
opposition, which includes some of those
Senators popularity known "a anti-Har-
rison men. Only small fraction ofthe
opposition is based upon dislike.t 10 annex
alton; the most Of it appears 70 come
from those who believe thatit wilfbc bct-
ter to go little slow in this matter, now
that it is in such ashape that there is little
danger of a foreign country picking up
Hawaii. 1t is, therefore, doubtful wheth-
err the treaty viii be acted on at this ses-
sion.
The populists Representatives. are right
in the fight now being made in the House
against Sherman amendment to the: Sum
dry Civil bill, authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury to issue, S5O,o06,0OO in )
per cent gold bonds, to'which they and
many of the silver men are unalterably
opposed. The greatest interest is center
ed in this fight, :beeause, il there is no
compromise OF back down on either side
| it is bound TO result in the failure Of the
Suudry Civil bill, and consequently an
early extra session of Congress, the re-
suit of which no man is in o positioRto
predict with even the remotest degree Of
certainty. 49,
"A good bit of mis-inforomation." said
citizen Of Atlanta, Ca, ct present in
Washington, "has been given the eoun-
try concerning my. fellow townsman, Hoke
Smith. He is constantly referred as
an editor. He is no more On editor than,
he is a printer, or q blacksmith. He is
first a lawyer, and next politician. Ssy-
cral years ago he became the owner ofthe
plant of an unsuccessful daily paper.
which by liberal expenditure Of salaries
to men possessed of the now-how faculty
has been placed upon a self sustaining
basis. His only connection with the pa
per has been that of financial hacker, and
/ am quiet sure he never wrote apara-
graph for it, although he has, Ct course,
dictated its general political policy. Smith
ia delightful fellow to meet and will, l
think, become very popular in Washing
tom"
1t is not often that an Office holder de-
clincs proffered promotion which carries
an increase of salary and high honor, but
that is just what Assistant Secretary
Wharton, now acting Secretary Of State,
Il has done. President Harrison was WILL
ing to nominate Mr.. Wharton to the va
cancy made by the resignation Of Secse-
tary Foster. who has gone TO Pagis to
take charge of the case Of the United
States before tho Behring Sen arbitration
tribunal, but Mr.. Wharton said no. His
action is not remarkable, however, under
the circumstances. If lie became Secre-
tary OF State he would lie out Of Office the
moment that Judge Gresham qualified,
whereas he may continue to be Assistant
Secretary for a long time to come, as no
precipitate changes are ever made in the
Department Of State. a great head has
brother Wharton; he considers 5000
salary preferable to the empty honor Of
ex-Secretary.
Many Of the prominent populists who
attended the meeting Of the bi-metaiiie
league and Of the reform press associa-
ton, held here last week, are still in
Washington, and some Of them will rec
main to the inauguration, getting pointers
for 1897, when General Weaver says they
expect to inaugurate q populist President.
President Harrison has issued q procla-
nation calling an extra session of the Sem
ate of the Fifty-third Congress to meet at
moon on March. q, to act on the nomina-
tions made by President CIeyeland and to
ttransact such other business as he may
present. The opposition to Judge Gres-
ham, which at eae time threatened TO
reach such proportions as to- make . Sght
on his confirmation probable, has entire-!
lily died out, and tbs now certain that no
objection will be made 10 the confrma-
tfon of his nominations.
The usual exciting rush and general
Ihurly -burly Of the closing hours Of Con.