The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-13

Portable surplus at the end of the year.
Some of the republicans are still saying that
| it is the lack of revenue that is causing the
depletion of the gold in the Treasury-prob.
| ably following the rascally political axiom
| "a lie we'll stuck to is as good as the truth. ,
The Senate can act quick enough when sc
disposed. An instance of this promptnesS
anese treaty was re-considered and the treaty
amended in accordance with Secretary Ores
| hams request. The Senate had amended
| the treaty SO as to give either nation the righ
| to abrogate it after one years notice. The
japanese Minister said his country would
| OBJECT to that clause, becaase it gave this
country an opportunity, if so disposed, tc
abrogate the treaty before it was even pu
INTO operation. The treaty does not go into
| effect until 1899. Secretary Gresham and the
Senators thought the objection we'll founded
hence the last amendment, which gives tC
either country the right to abrogate the
treaty by one years notice, after the treaty
has gone into operation.
The subcommittee of the Senate which is
in charge of the Indian appropriation bill
has had no end of trouble about appropria.
tions for sectarian schools. The Catholics
claim that the Lincoln Institute at Philadel
phia, and the Hampton Institute, at Hamp
ton, Va, for both of which specific appro-
| priations were made by the bill as it passed
the House, are sectarian schools, one Episco
pallan and the other Congregational, and
asked that specific appropriations for some
of their schools be added to the bill. The
subcommittee settled the matter by striking
out all specific appropriations for denomlna
tional schools, and leaving the question Of
sending Indian children to any of them dis
cretionary with the Secretary of the Interior
In other words, for him to spend the money
appropriated for the education of the Indians
as he may think best.
More Hawaii 1t seems to be a veritable
old man of the sea saddled upon the back Of
Congress, and it is certainly becoming tire
some. This time the amendment to the dip
lomatic and consular appropriation bill au
| thorizlng the President to enter into con
tract for the laying of a cable to Honolulu
was the text upon which the Hawamaniacs
preached, but they by no means confined
themselves to the text, The whole field haC
to be gone over, including LIPS abdication to
save her head.
President Cleveland promptly nominated
Gen. Schofeld to be 1t. General, on the same
day that he signed the bill restoring tha
grade to the army. General Schofeld, who
is deservedly popular, is being overwhelmed
with congratulations.
| One of the bills pending in Congress tha
is almost certain to become law is that pro
viding for the retirement, on account of BAG
health, of Justice Jackson, of the U. s. Su
preme Court. 1t is not believed by thoss
who know his present condition, that he viii
ever be able to resume his duties again.
| Not since the war has there been so many
changes in the personnel of the House during
a single Congress as have taken place in the
present one. Thirty of the members elected
| thereto are now out of it, eleven of then
having died, sixteen resigned, and thret
having been unseated. How about that of
ice-holders chestnut, 8" few die and none
resign? But in this case every resignation
was to take another office.