The herald., 1894-12-29
"A SITE FOR THE PRESIDENT. y
Amusing Clerical Blunder Made
in a House Bill.
Many Complaints About the Stamps
That Won't Stick.
Mckinley and tho Tarin-Am mend m n IS
to the Currency Bili-0.hsr
Matters.

Special Core pon, once to TIE HERA Id.
WAsHrNGToN. Dec. 27.-The omission
OF q word in bill introduced in the
house by Mr.. Richardson has given the
wits q chance. The bill is intended to
appropriate 81 600, 900 for site for q
home for the president but as actually
president" This led to numerous
queries as to whether the site meant
was burial site, gun cite. q home
site, hind site. a fore site, or a dam
site.
A still funnisr mistake was recalled by
the incident. 1t was that Of state leg
islature, which wished to pass a bill!
prohibiting hogs from running loose in
the streets of the capital, and had it re.
ported under the heading, 20 bill to
prohibit the owner of hogs from running
at large"
STAMPS THAT DON'T STICK.
Protests continue to pour in to the
bureau OF printing and engraving in re-
gard to the mucilage, or, more correctly
speaking, the want of mucilage, on the
postage stamps. Poatmaster Dayton OF
New York has omplained that the
boxes in that city are often full of
stamps without letters and letters with
out stamps. These must all be returned
to the writer if possible, and If not,
communication must be sent to the per-
son to whom it is addressed, asking him
to send the required stamp. In other
words, letter which should reach its
destination in day. for instance, may
be delayed by this for two or three days,
to the great vexation and pe:haps loss
of the parties interested. And oil be-
cause the bureau does not gum its
stamps properly, and the government
does require prepayment OF postage.
Out OF the 20 countries in the Postal
union only 13 require prepayment Of
postage. and only four OF these are of
any Importance. These are the United
States, Spain. Canada and Mexico.
M'KINLEY's TARIFF.
II there are any Repu blicans in this
city. or in the country for that matter,
who are in favor Of re-enaoting the es.
eential provisions of the Mckinley bill,
And if Major Mckinley himself hopes 10
build any boom for the presidency on
his bill, be had better do something
soon to bring it into prominence again.
Every thing here seems to be going Mr..
Reeds way, and no one knows better
than the astute gentleman from Maine
that the suppression of hig- tariff senti-
ments ia tie surest way to dispose of
his most dangerous rival.
While it is quite possible that many
OF the statesmen here who are fighting
shy of the tariff are ready to take it up
again when they are actually in power
once more, it is nevertheless extremely
significant of the general trend OF feel
ing. as they understand it, that they
avoid all reference to the matter, even
il they do not absolutely repudiate any
desire for return to the old schedules.
Senator Culiom, who lodged the ques-
tion most successfully during the recent
campaign, but who now has a fight for
reelection on his hands. finds it necAs =
sary to define his position. 1t is decid-
edly significant that he declares against
the re-enactment of the Mckinley tar
iff.
THE CURRENCY BILL.
The amendments offered to the cur
rency bill are not very great nor far
reaching. but they will meet the objsc-
tion offered in some quarters to the
passage Of the bill. The probability
that the bill will become law is great.
A good many objections will be offered
and many speakers will denounce it, but
when the vote comes, there will be a
good majority in its favor. The leaders
feel that some measure must be passed
Tor the sake Of the party, and as no
! other measure stands even ghost of a
show. they will finally insist on this ons
going through. The senate will amend
freely, and then the house will concur
in the amendments. This will shut off
the flow of amendments that would
otherwise be forced in the house.
The report of Admiral Walker ON the
Hawaiian islands was not 80 sensational
as had been expected here II has, in
fact, fallen little fiat after the flourish
There have been few criticisms of it
from any quarter. The New York Even.
ing Post alone has taken it upon itself
to denounce the admiral as "fili-
busterer," and declares that he ought
to be court martialed for disobedience,
and conduct unbecoming an officer.
And all because he expressed his fear
that England would take advantage oi
any oversight on our part to obtain a
| foothold. The Rothschilds think he
deserves severe punishment for saying
rude things about the British minister
there. CRITTENDEN MARRIOTT.