The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-08-26
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.

Preparations for opening the Cherokee
Strip are about completed. 1t IN the
present expectation Of Secretary Smith
10 have the opening day set between
September / and September 10.
Upon inquiry at the pension Office it
II learned that up 10 date there have
been 5,472 pensions suspended, which
were granted under the act Of June u,
$780, averaging 10 daily. A large pro-
portion OF these cases, it IL said, were
suspended pending n medical examina-
| ti0n.
II. II. Gilfry Of Oregon has not been
displaced in the Senate, III errOneOusly
stated. He il one OF the men designed
TO remain He is u Democrat. II is
scarcely 10 be expected that Charles
Newell will remain. Gilfry has served
during the Republican ascendency in the
Senate with satisfaction.
5. II. Boyd, the United States Minis
ter 10 Siam, has not rendered his resig-
nation 10 the President AZ a result Of the
publication Of personal letter which
he wrote 10 Mr.. Holderman, expressing
views on the Siamese situation in very
undiplOmatic language and rejecting
upon Secretary Gresham. While Colonel
Boyd will not be asked 10 resign, it is
understood his tenure Of Office will be
ended by the appointments Of successor.
Mr.. HOlderman called on Secretary Gres-
ham to explain why he made the Boyd
letter public, but the Secretary declined
10 hear him, stating that he was wholly
Indifferent on the subject. Mr.. Boyd
was appointed Minister to Siam October
|, 1890. The salary Of the position il
s., 900.
Secretary Gresham OF the State De-
partment needs 100000 TO pay the ex-
penses OF his office. A good part Of this
deficit is due to the expense incurred in
the entertainment of foreign visitors,
notably the Duke Of Veragua. While
the Duke was in Chicago being luxuri-
antly provided for, he wrote TO the Pres
ident expressing his regret that he would
be delayed in reaching Washington to
pay his respects to the chief executive.
He was informed in reply that the Pres
idcnt would release him from any Obli-
CATION he might feel in that direction.
He was further advised that arrange
ments had been made for his return to
Spain. OF course the Duke was left to
fix the date himself, but there was no
mistaking the anxiety OF the department
to have his visit come TO an early end.
The expense OF the entertainment OF
the Duke will not fall short OF $4,000
not 10 mention the entertainment by
private persons.
Senator Vest has introduced a bill to
fix the number OF grains Of gold and
silver in gold and silver coins of the
United States, the silver dollars to con-
tain 464.4 grains OF silver or SIG grains
OF standard silver. Vest also offered a
Joint resolution setting forth that the
American people from tradition and in
terest favor bimetalism; that it is the
established policy of the United States
to maintain the parity between gold and
silver, and that it is the duty OF Con-
gress to speedily enact such laws as
will etiectually maintain these objects.
The most significant bill introduced in
the Senate perhaps was one by Senator
Hill of New York. The measure he pre-
sented leaves no doubt of his position on
the financial issue. While repeating the
JulIlliSIllS CldllSS Vi tllC ChCl IllhL dNti ~
unqualitiedly pledges the country to BIZ
metalism. 1t is "a bill to repeal certain
sections of the act OF July IA, 1890, en-
titled an act directing the purchase of
silver bullion and the issue OF Treasury
notes thereon and for other purposes. +"
This repeating act, however, is not to
be construed as abandoning bimetalism,
but it is hereby declared that the policy
of using both gold and silver as standard
money OF the country shall be estab-
lished, and to the accomplishment OF
that end the efforts of the government
shall be steadily and safely directed" "
The Western people are felicitating
themselves on the position assumed by
Senator Hill. They are pleased that he
should have SO unqualifedly pledged
himself to bimetalism as to indicate his
willingness to favor subsequent legisla-
tion looking to the restoration of silver
as money metal.