The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-04-08
FROM WASHING ON CITY.

tries will be represented At the rea-pem.
bling Gl ths conference. There are gOm6
officials who hold 10 The opinion that the
! Pres dent will not send another delega.
ton 10 Brussels, but will drH gnate OuI
VI mister 10 Belgium 10 attend the con.
ference M the representative Of the
! United States.
Secretary Carlisle, IL IL stated on good
authority, intcndB 10 give much Of hi-
! time this summer 10 tho confederation
| ut the tariff, with view 10 10 thorough.
! ~ iamiliurlzing himself with the M blect
M 10 be abe 10 indicate In general
way outlines for the formation Of tariff
! bill by the next Democratic House.
Nearly every mail that reaches the
! Treasury Department cOntAinB sugges-
| tions from statlstlClans and others ~ o.
compilation OF Il tarlh bill. Some
thirty or forty OF these communications
| have already been received, prominent
among them being that from the New
| York Reform Cuh. The general ont
| line Of the New York Reform Clubs
tariff proportion Corresponds closely 10
| the proposition submitted in 1885 by
Edward Atkinson OF Boston TO President
Cleveland and Secretary Manning.
The ex.oflCeholders are almost deliri-
ous with Joy over Cleveland 8 modIhca-
! ton Ui the rule concerning rcRppD!nt-
mcnts to office. IL is believed that the
President will appoint "exes" where il
sute his pleasure, and apply the rule
where candidates are obnOx ous. One
result OF the announcement that the
"exes" would stand some chance IL that
the Senators and Repre- are
he4leged by greater unm er Of Caudi.
dates than ever. When ii was ar.
nounced that the 'exes" were not in IL,
they retired reIuctan " from the field,
and others, who had not held Office,
csme 10 the front by scores. Now, how
eve, the "exes" are again fighting
brAvely in the front ranks, and between
all the Congressman lie is made mis-
erAble.
Senator 'ph called upon the Secre.
tary OF the Interior the other day re-
garding the proposed timber reservation
at Ashland, Or. It was understood that
| this reservat on would be made during
! the last administration, but President
! Harrison did not find time o reach it..
! Secretary Smith told Senator Do'ph
! that at present he Was unable To do any.
! thing regarding this reservation and was
too busy recognizing the department 20
| give anv time or attention to the work
OF the department except that OF mo I
| pressing nature The necessity for hav-
ing the Ashland reservation is said to he
| that the water supply OF that town is
dependent upon having the timber reser-
vation az the denudlt on OF the lands
where the water now comes from would
probably result in greatly impalring the
water supply.
When the Senate ratified the trea V
! for the &c SIN TO the Unltei States of
| the Cherokee Strip, tn re was inserted
! therein ctu-e which provides for the
compensi atom for the land 10 he made
in time payments IN pace OF the re-
qu,rement OF the government to pay
cash, az contemplated in the agreement
originally drawn up with the Indians.
| THIS mobilization of the treaty was not
accepted 10y the lndlans, but will he
considered bv their legislative body, the
Cherokee Council, at meeting to be
! held soon. The early opening OF the
Strip will be entirely dependent upon
the sction of the Council, for, should it
reject the modification of the treaty
made by the Senate, then it will be nee
essary Tor the matter to he again brought
before Congress, which would, OF course,
indefinitely delay the opening of the
lands TO settlement.
The State Department has received Of
fetal information that Queen Victoria
| has raised the rank of Sir Julian
/ Pauncefote, her representatives in Wash
| ington, from that of Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to that of Am
bassador, and his credentials as such are
on their way here. Under the provis-
ions of the diplomatic and consular ap-
dent Cleveland is authorized to confer
the same rank upon our representative at
London. Sir Julian Pauncetote will be
the first Minister to Washington to hold
the title Of Ambassador, but it is highly
probable that France, Germany, Russia
and Austria will be prompt to follow the
example thus set by England and change
the title of their Ministers to Ambassa-
dors, thus necesstating by international
courtesy corresponding change on our
part.
Litigation between the United States
and the late corporation Of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
commonly known as the Mormon Church,
is not as yet ended. The Supreme Court
has before it an appeal respecting the
use to which shall be put the church
property escheated by Che courts deci-
sion at previous term When the prop
ertv was declared forfeited the court di-
rected the Utah Supreme Court to fix
the charitable uses to which it should be
put. The cour rejected the proposition
of the government az to the use which
should he made of the fund from the
property, amounting to about $400,0l0,
and directed it should be- applied to the
support and aid OF the poor members OF
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints and to building and repair
ing houses OF worship tor members OF
the church. The United States has ap
pealed from this decree. asserting il
would practically permit the property ia
be devoted to the same purposes for
which it was formerly held.