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FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
The Prospects for Annexation Of Hawaii
Not SO Bright as When the Rev
outIon First Occurred,

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over the bill as passed by the House.
The corresponding bill last year appro-
priated $2IG6j, ,075.
The President has approved the quar-
antine bill, officially known as the "act
granting additional quarantine powers
and imposing additional duties upon the
marine hospital service" lie also APP
proved the act providing for lighthouses
and other aids 10 navigation, known as
the omnibus Lighthouse bill"
II the Geary exclusion act, providing
that ell Cinnamon who have not regis.
tered May next shall be shipped to
China, is carried into effect. ii looks ss
II very few Cinnamon will be left In
New York city. So lar only two China
men have been registered in that city
since the Geary act went into effect.
Cullom introduced q j,int resolution
transferring TO the State Of Illinois after
the Worlds Fair the naval exhibit for
the use OF the armorv fer the naval mi
litia OF the State. Cockrell OF Missouri
objected, saying this was simply an en-
tering wedge Of Chicago TO get every
thing that would be cent there for ezhi-
bltion. The resolution was referred.
Senator Squire has been successful in
getting amendments incorporated in the
sundry civil bill and having them agreed
TO by the Senate. Among those which
he has secured are the following: Ma
rine hospital at Port Townsend. $50 900 !;
amendment TO Wilson's Gray's H4rbor
lighthouse, provision that it shall be
contracted for; establishing a fog bell at
Marrowstone Point, Puget Sound; $500
increases for repairing lighthouses, and
increases for lighting Puget Sound; also
an increase for surveys for public lands.
Bids were op ned in the Office OF the
Secretary OF the Navy the other day for
600 tons OF nickel-steel and Harveyized
steel armor plate for the vessels being
constructed for the navy in conformity
with the act OF Congress appropriating
S4, 900, 900 for the purchase. Contrary
TO expectation, there were two bidders
only. the Carnegie Steel Company and
the Bethlehem Iron Works. On account
Of the complicated nature of the bids
submitted it s impossible at this time
The price asked for nickel steel ranged
from 1925 to $625 per ton, according to
the shape OF the plate, and for Harvey
lied steel from 1915 to $675 per ton.
The prospectsfo for Hawaiian annexation
are not so bright as when the news first
reached this country OF the revolution
on the islands. Senator Sherman is
quoted as not being sure Of voting for
annexation, while there are enough
Democrats opposed to it to make it
doubtful if a vote can be reached this
season. OF course if it could be imme-
diately taken up next session the treaty
might be accepted. The opponents say
that in times OF peace this country can
maintain a coaling station on the island,
while in case of war Eng and could take
the island away from US. The oppo-
nents of annexation are alao insisting
that the seal of secrecy shall be taken off
the treaty and everything connected with
it and public opinion heard through
the newspapers before the Senate acts.
Representative Cox, member of the
Banking and Currency Committee and
an advocate OF tree coinage, has prepared
bill to repeal the Sherman silver law.
The bill repeals the Sherman law, and
re- enacts the Bland law of 1878. with
the proviso that the leaal-tender Charac-
ter of the notes issued under the Sher-
man law shall not be impaired. The
Secretary of the Treasury is directed to
have coined the bullion purchased uu-
der the Sherman law into standard sil-
yer dollars and to cover them into the
revenues of the Treasury, but the silver
dollars provided for under the Blaud act,
which is re-enacted, are to have priority
in coinage so far as practicable. Tress-
ury notes issued in payment for the bull
ion are to continue redeemable as now,
as provided by law, and when redeemed
are TO be destroyed The tax OF 10 per
cent on The circulation of State banks is
repealed.
1t was impossible for the Senate Com
mittee on Appropriations to hold its own
against the river and harbor com bna-
ton, and in every cut made in the
amounts appropriated, over which there
was any dispute, the committee was
U6dl6us III WIS sO Will tuG
ton for the cascades of the Column bia,
where Senators Mitchell and Dolph made
their fight. In this instance Senator
Squire took stand which showed that
he was also alive to the interests of his
constituents in the appropriations for
improvement of the Columbia In ad-
dition to what was said by the ten Pa
cifc Senators, they all made speeches in
favor of the larger appropriation. In
the House bill the appropriation was ST.
419, ,25O, more than 100000 above the
amount for which the contract was act
ually let. This gave the committee a
chance t. make the cut, which was fixed
at 1853, 900 in the Senate. Senator
Mitchell theu offered an amendment
fixing the amount at 81 ,2S9, ,653, and on
this proposition the fight was made and
won on an aye and no vote OF twent-four
to twenty. Attention was called by the
opp p,nents of the appropriation to the
TACT that Senator Mitchell's amend
ment called for $4,000 more than the
contract, and the Oregonian explained
that something had to be allowed for
the supervision of government engineers.
After it was over there was no further
doubt that the power of the Oregon Sena-
tors was as great as ever.