Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-02-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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W WARRINGTON. February u. 1898.
The President has heard the Official
PROPOSE tlOn made by the Commissioners
from the new Provisional Government Of
Hawaii tor the annexation OF that country
/ TO the United Statea. and is HON. With his
usual thoruuGhnoss ana care. studying the
question IN all Its bearings, IN order To
make w his mind Mnriher he NIL take
any steps towards anneEllIOn, make any
recommendation % Congress-, or Leave
the whole matter to the incoming Admin
! iStratiOn ana Congress. Before the Com
| mlSSlOnCrS arrived ii Nas thought probable,
indeed ii Wds informally agreed, that Il
treaty 10y which the United SIates took
the Republican Government of Hawaii
! under lus protection would he about tne
proper thing Tor the present, leaving
annexation 10 follow, rs IL nquestpnablN
would have done IN II lew years But when
the ultlmatum oi the commissioners
annexation or nothlng Wills received the
situation was changed The President
ana all OF his Cabinet are favorable to
annexation, but as it would have to be
proceeded 10y Congressional legislation, and
the life of the present Administration and
Congress Is SO neally spent it may be
deemed advisable by the Administration
not to begin what would probably have To
be ended 10y the new Congress and Admin
lstratiou. decision Will probably be
reached in few days. The Hawaiian
Nag red, white and blue 5tripea. with n
red cross ON the corner-ls living from the
top OF the hotel at which the Hawaiian
commissioners are qnartered There is
hothlngtorolgn looking about The members
OF this Commission.
A determined effort is being made to
secure some silver legislation on n com
promise basis before the session closes
Dan Lamont and Don Dickinson are here
IN the interest of the new Administration
and To submit tn the slVcr men several
propositions for compromise, all of them
involving suspension of The purchase of
silver by the government They say that
II their Efforts are not successful an extra
session of Congress will certainly be
called.
The bill authorizing the expenditure of
SoO,00J III the preparation of an exhibit for
the Worlds Fair, showing the progress of
the colored race since 1865, has been favor
ably reported To the tioase, and tie
favorable manner in which ii IS spoken of
by Members indicates that it may piss
but, owing to the crowded condition of the
calendar. action on no measure is certain
Probably no single action of the Presi-
dent during his catlfe term has been more
talked about than the nomination of
Judge Howell e. jackson, of tennessee, an
aOle JurlSt, but an uncomprOmlSing DEM
oc1at, To succeed the ll0e Justice Lamar
on the bench of the L. ). Supreme Court.
The President mad stated 10 Il number of
gentlemen his intention to nominate a
Republican, and such was his intention
until the day before he nominated Judge
jackson, and the cause of his change of
mlnd was Il notification he received to the
effect that twelve Republican Senators
would vote with the democrats agaiust
the confirmation Of any Republican he
might nominate. fhe reason given by
most of these Republicans was that an
attempt to force the confirmation of II
Republican would result III either tying
up che Senate for the rest of the session.
or the adoption of Il cloture rule, and that
they would not take any chances Of either.
Contrary to precedent Judge JackSOn'S
nomination has been referred to IA COM
mlttee. 1t has been customary t. confirm
the nomination of eX-Senators without
referring them to committees. Judge
jackson, although democrat. is not Il
believer III the doctrine OF states rights
Democratic Senators say privately that
his confirmation depends upon Mr.. Cleve-
lana wishes. me HOUSE, while sitting
as IL committee OF the whole, adopted Il
very sensible amendment to an Appropri-
alton bill, giving the owners of American
quarleS d cnance To compete with foreign
erS i'll furnishing the marble for the new
Congressional Library building, but when
the yea and nay Vote was taken in regular
session the party whip WAS brought into
use and the protection" cry raised; con
sequently the amendment was reieeued by
party vote.
Secretary rosters report on the condition
OF tle Treasury, and his estimates of
receipts and expenditures for this and the
next fiscal year has put an end to the
talk about bankrupt treasury, which has
been more or less prevalent among Dem
Ocrats ever since Congress met.
The amount of mutlatad currency now
being presented To the Treasury for
redemption averages 81. 100000 aday, being
much larger than for many years. 1t is
believed tlat this is largely caused by the
scare concerning Che carrying Of the germs
OF contagious disaase5in old paper money