Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.


WAaiuSu1OS, Feb. -, ls03.--Thc
United States Senate has been credited
with never doing anything hastily,
but, unleas those usually well In.
formed atu entirely wrong there has
been "a lightning change IN the senti-
mont ofquite a number OF senators
towards the treaty for the annexation
OF Hawaii. Ten days ago the opposl.
lion to the ratification ~ the treaty
appeared TO be insignificant, today 1t Is
regarded as having sufficient strength
to have chung up" the treaty for this
session. IL requires two.thirds Of the
Senate TO rslliy, and many believe that
ltwuuli be imposslblu n vote were
taken to get even majority In favor
Of rat. hcation. Politics have appar.
emily nothing to do with the oppo.i.
iiun, although with the execution 81
5euaior Morgan oi Alabama,
who IL one OF the Boring
ssa arbitrators aul who conso.
quently had 70 leave for Europe
before the matter was settled, no Demo.
Cfat Is strongly In fAyor OF immediate
action on the treaty. Senator Allison
VI Iowa, heads tue lt'publicau oDpo-
tltion, which includes rome Of those
senat0ra popularity known ns anti.
Harrison men. Only u small fraction
! Of lhv opposition Is based upon dislike
| to annexation; the most NJ It appears
| 10 come from those WHO believe that II
viii be better to go little slow In this
matter, now that II IL in such "a shape
! that there h. little danger Of foreign
country picking up Hawaii. 10 ~,
! therefore, doubtful whether the treaty
| will be acted on at this session
The PJpullsts representatives are
| right In the light now being made III
| the House Agninst the sherman amend.
meut ~ the sundry civil bill, uuthOriz-
| ing the secretary Of thB treasury 10
issIo s5O,OJO,OOO Ia 3 per cent gold
bonds, to which they and many OF IN e
silver men are unalterably opposed.
The greatest interest Is centorei In
this fight, because, II there II no COM
promise or back down on either side II
10 bound 10 result In the failure OF the
suudry civil bill, ant Consequently an
extra session OF Congress, the result Of
which no man IL ia n position 10 pro.
diet with even the remO,est degree Of
certainty.
"a god bit OF mis.inforaiatiou," said
a citizen OF a tlAnta Ga., at present In
Washington, "has been given the
country concerning my fellow towns.
man, HoNo Smith. He Il constantly
referred to as an editor. He H. no more
an editor than he Is a printer, or n
blacksmith. lie IL first a lawyer, and
next politician. Several years ago
lie became the owner Oi the plant OF an
uusuccessful daily payer, which by n
J liberal expenditure Of salaries TO men
4 possessed OF the knOw.hOw faculty
has been placed upon u ssli.sustsining
basic. His Only connection with the
paper has been that Of a financial
backer, and am quite sure he never
wrote "a paragraph Tor 1t, although lie
has, OF course, dictated It's general
political policy. Smith IL delightful
fellow 10 meet ami will, i thinS, become
very popular In Washington"
IL IL not often that an oil co holder
declines proiiered promotion which
carries an Increase Of salary and high
honor, but that Il lust what Assistant
Secretary Wharton, now acting secre-
tary OF State, has sdOne. President
Harrison was willing 10 nominate Mr..
l W
resignation OF Secretary Of State Fos-
ter, who has gone TO Paris to take
charge OF the case OF tho United States
before the Berlng sea arbitration tri-
bunsl, but Mr.. Wharton said no. His
action Ia not remarkable, however,
under the circumstances. II he became
secretary OF state he would DO out
Of office the moment that Judge
Gresham qualified, whereas he may
continue to 10 assistant secretary for
a long imo to come, as no preoipitate
changes are ever made In the depart
ment Of state. A great heal has Mr..
Wharton; he considers $1,000 salary
preferable to the empty honor OF ex-
secretary.
Many OF the prominent Popullsts
who attended tho meeting OF the BIZ
metallic league and OF the reform
press association, held here last week,
Rro still In Washington, and some OF
them viii remain 10 the Inauguration,
getting pointers for 1897, when General
Weaver says they expect to inaugursle
a POpuliHt president.
President Harrison has issued
proclamation calling an extra session
oI the Senate Of the Flity-third
Congress TO meet nt noon on March
4tn, TO act on the nominations
made by President Cleveland and
to transact such other business rs
he may present. The opposition 10
Judge Gresham, which at One time
threatened 90 reach such proportions IA
70 make fight ON his confirmation
probable, has entirely died cut, aud It
Is now certain tnat no objection will be-
made 10 the confirmation VI his uomi-
nation.
The usual exciting rush ami general
| hurly.huuy OF The closing hours oil
Congress has begun. 1t Is now the
season OF shady Congressional Jobs, and
thu corridors VI the capitol are null OF
anxious men, and there are women
also, Interested In that "little bill, -
which they persistenlly press upon the
attention Of Cougreesneu al every
opportunity. The great majority OF
tuuse people are doomed TO dlsapp1int.
mont anu, although 1t seems almost
cruel to say II, few Of them desetve
anJ thing else.