The Progress., 1893-05-27
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Notes Of Interest Gathered from About
the National CAPITAL.
WAsHNGTOS. D. C.. May. %. 1898

So far as the deportation Of the un
registered Chinese is concerned tht
L. s. Government is about in the
same fix as the man who couldn't if
he wanted to, and did not want to any
way The Government hasn't
enough money available to send 1000
of the. more than 100000 unregistered
Cinnamon back to their homes, and it
is not probable that any attempt will
be made to send any of them back
until Congress appropriates the
money to pay the expenses. This
p:edicameht was entirel y unexpected,
as it had been the opinion of the
President and nearly every member
of his cabinet that the Supreme
Court would declare the Geary act
unconstitutional. but it is now history
that the court by vote Of 5 to 3 de-
cided it constitutional. There has
been lots of talk about the probability
of the Chinese government retaliating
by driving all Americans out of China,
but the Chinese minister mere has as
sured Secretary Gresham that his
government not only would not at
tempt 10 retaliate, but had already
taken ample precautions to protect
! uch Americans as reside in remot g
parts of China from attacks which
mobs of ignorant natives might be
inclined to make upon them when
r the news reaches them. 1t is no t re-
garded as very probable that with
the present rather low stage available
cash in the Treasury, Congress will
! vote the S6,0L0000 estimated to be
required 1t is thought more likely
+ that a compromise allowing those
. Chinamen already here to remain
: will be the final result.
Judge Lochren, the new Commis-
I siOner of Pensions, has made a de
1 cided stir among the politicians by
! his purpose to make the local medi-
cal boards which examine applicants
: for pensions in all sections of the
country exclusively Democratic, in
] stead of allowing the opposition one
ont of every three members, as has
been the custom ever since those
! boards were established. 1t is sup
posed that his action was previously
indorsed by President Cleveland.
: Many complaints are made because
= of the seeming tardiness of the
officials in completing arrangements
r for the opening to settlement of the
Cherokee strip. The contract was
this week signed by representatives
o of the Cherokee Nation and Secretary
o Hoke Smith, but it is stated at the
5 interior department that there is nc
probability of the strip being opened
before the 18th of July.
Judge A. W. Terrell, of Texas, the
new minister to Turkey wore ''stove-
pipe" hat for the frss time in his life
r this week. 1t was presented to him
), by al admiring friend, who told
D HIM that it was a part of the necessa-
ry outfit of an American minister
abroad
1t is not thought probable that the
r Government will take any action il
i regard to the Sunday opening of the
O Worlds Fair further than to order
7 in accordance with an opinion giver
by the Attorney General this week
that all of the Government exhibits
including the branch postoffice OF
o the Exposition grounds, be closed OF
e Sunday. Opinion differs about the
n refunding Of the 100000 voted by
- Congress to the Expositson, provided
it remained closed on Sunday. Hon
. B. B. Smalley, one of the World:
d Fair Commissioners, is at present IL
o Washington, and his opinion is that
: the money 50 far paid of that appro-
priated will not be refunded, and
that the balance will be paid just a:
acquisitions are made on the Treas
u urv for il
A sensation was caused here this
week by the fling of charges against
ex-Commissioner of Patents Simonds
l. with the secretary of the interior
The charges are that Mr.. Simonds
while in Office, made copies of papers
deposited in what is known as the
secret files of the Office for his own
= private use. An investigation will be