Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-01-26
WASHINGTON LETTER
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. !

has decided Ia postpone further con-
sidcratlon of the bill To repeal the ten
per cent. tax on state banks until the
tariff discussion shall have closed.
GOLD EAGLES TO BE COINED. Mint
Director Preston held conference
with Superintendent Busbyshell of
the Philadelphia Mint, and the result
was an agreement to coin $4,000, 900
in eagles and double eagles by March
|. Bullion to the value of So, 900, 600
is now stored in the Philadelphia
Mint.
The NAVAL REGISTER. The annual
Register of the Navy has been com
! piled and will soon be issued to the
service, 1t contains for the first time
since the war the names of two first
rate war ships, the navy up to this
| time having consisted of third and Sc
cond rate vessels. The two ships
! clusscd NJ first rate ure the armed
cruiser New York and the twenty
three knot cruiser Columbia. By the
end of this wear this number will be
increased by the addition of two more
of the same class All of the fine new
cruisers Of the navy and the old
wooden ship Lancaster are classed by
the Register as secoud-rate ships, the
Baltimore heading the list, followed
by the Chicago, Philadelphia and San
. Francisco.
| SENATOR WALTHALL WILL RESIGN
/ In the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs, Chairman Walthall of Mis-
Slssippi, notified the members of that
committee that he intended laying his
/ resignation aS Senator before the
Senate. Nj Walthall gave as his
reason failing health and his inability
to keep up with the duties that de-
volvcd upon HIM ns the representative
III the Senate of the State of Missis-
sippi. His colleagues of both parties
cndcuvored to get him to reconsider his
action but Mr. Walthali said his mind
was made up, and could not be
changed. The proposed action Of Mr..
| Walthall was noised about the cham
Der mt once, and caused universal cN
prcsslons of regret
BoNp BIDS AD Lib. - Bids have
been received for more than twice the
amount of bonds offered ut from 1l1.2
to IFS. New York city bankers eX-
pressed the belief that the bond issue
will benefit Congress, Opinions of
Chicago bankers are divided.
ARMY OFFICE VACATED BY the re-
tircmcnt of Capt John T. Rodgers of
the army the Office he held as military
storrkecpcr becomes extinct There
are only two such positions in the ser
vice, and they were created soon after
the war. Capt Addison Barrett, who
was appointed upon the same day with
Capt. Rodgers, also retircs soon, when
his office too, becomes extinct. This
is the only case since the death of Adj
miral Porter, where the position held
ceases tu exist with the retirement or
death Of the holder. 1t is II rare oc-
casion in the Government scrvict when
an official goes ont of position and
and some one else is not benefited by
Il promotion.
BLAND WILL FIGHT. - Representa-
tive Bland says that he will call up
his bill to coin the scigniorage of the
silver bullion purchased under the
| Sherman act rs soon aS n vote is taken
on the Tariff bill. He added: "I will
antag0niZc the Hawaiian resolutions
or anything else that NAV be proposed
for the consideration of the House.
As | understand 1t, there isn't much
left of the Hawaiian question at the
present time, and the people ont there
are not suffering for some kind of
relief from this Congress. If any OPP
position is raised to my motion. the
House will have to decide what it will
do, relieve the people of this country,
or crafty desire for II purely senti-
mental debate.
One STATE OR Two?-Sidnev Clark
of Oklahoma and L. \. Hornbeck of
Indian Territory appeared before the
House Committee on Territories in
support of the proposition to consoh-
date Oklahoma and Indian Territory
Hornbeck stated TINT nine out OF
every ten persons in the Indian Terri
tory were in favor of this plan. They
do not want to admit the Territory as
nm Indian State, but i'll connection
with Oklahoma. The only persons
who oppose this proposition, he said,
were the land kings. The people
thought this plan would go long way
towards settling the Indian question.
The HAWAIIAN CoMPLICATGoN-Rep
resentative Rayner of Maryland, who
il one of the members of the Foreign
Affairs Committee, and who has given
much thought to the Hawaiian compl.
cation, says, II think this matter will
be taken up as soon as the tariff de.
bate is closed. The whole subject has
been submitted to Congress by the
president, and it is absolutely ncces-
sary to consider it. Aside from the
questions relating TO the conduct OF
Mr.. Stevens, and the still broader
question of annexation, the practical
question which we will have to deal
with is as to our future course in con.
nection with the Provisional Gov.
ernment, or what ever other Gov.
ornment may succeed it. Evi.
IDENTIFY our relatians with the islands,
80 lar AZ the department OF State is
concerned, must be determined. The
recognition of n de facto government
is all right and proper, so long as the
do facto government continues But
we must decide upon some settled line
OF policy in reference to the whole
question that is involved in the contro.
vorsy. We could not abandon the
matter if We tried, because Congress