The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-04-12
Washington Letter.


The treasury l. to-day IN better cOudI-
tion than it has been AT any time since
tho nr.sent administration came into
mower For some time there has been "a
StesFv increase in receipts both from
customs and internal revenue. and they
are expected TO OC0ntIuue to increase right
along Not the least gratifying thing
abO It ii e $ tua ion / that II Il now GER
tain that no extra session of congress
will have to be called, even if the su-
preme court decides agains the income
tax, unless something now entirely un
expected shall make 1t necessary. Inc
treasury will have ample money to pay /
all claims. and the arrangement made /
with the syndicate which bought the /
last issue of bonds haSSo far worked IKE |
a charm in keeping the gold Ia the treas
ury.
Postmaster General Wilson formally |
| took charge of his department yesterday |
/ He was sworn in "Wednesday afternoon |
( by Chief Justice Fuller, the ceremony |
/ being witnessed 10y Mrs. Fuller, Miss |
/ Wilson. Mr.. Bissell and a number OF the
/ officials of the department. Mr.. and !
| Mrs Bissell expect to retu 20 Buffalo
/ in about three weeks. President ana
| Mrs Cleveland have invited them I"
| spend a few days with them at Nv ood-
/ ley before they leave.
Mr. NJ. H Twitchell, of louisiana
. who has been l. : consul at Kingston,
| Canada. for nearly twenty years, re
( ports to the state department a curious
method of discrimination against Amer
I leans which has been recently put INTO
effect 10y the Canadian authorities.
! Physicians residing near the boundary
line between the United States and Gan
ada have for many years-eversI since col
Ouial days, in fact-pracuced IndiscrIm-
inately on both sides OF the line, but
those who live on the American side UI
the line have been notified 10y the Cana
dian authorities that they will 20 longer
be allowed to visit patients living on the
Canadian side. That Is an application OF
the doctrine OF protection that should be
studied by Governor Mckinley and his
dicipleS.
Washington was all torn up early In
the week by the publication of tele
gram from New York saying that Mr.
Theodore RooseveIt-Our own incOm-
parable Teddy y''-was to withdraw his
support from the temple of national civil
service reform and become member OF
the motley municipal aggregation which
! MAYOR strong II dC-tulbllllS III illt llsaliit
of reform in New Work city. la short
that Teddy was to retire from the CIV
| il service commission to become New
, York police commissioner. But Wash
ington breathes easier now. We are
not to lose our TEDDY" There are sev-
eraI reasons why Teddy" Will no: be
come New York police commissioner
He SAYS ne does not wish to do 50. And
. -ay,,ayY-hat
t son Is that Mayor Strong has not asked
: him to.
Secretary Herbert believes there Is
much in a name, particularly when II
comes to the selection Of name for a
e new vessel. As soon as it was learned
= that the secretary was almost ready to
, | take up the question of selecting names
for the gunboats now being constructed
at Newport News, Va, the pressure in
; favor of the cities which are competing
4 | for the honor began aud II has steadily
: grown stronger, and the end II not IN
~ | sight The cities having active parti
sans working IN their behalf are Nash
= VILE, Chattanooga Lexington, Ky, Mo
Il bile Norfolk, Niagara and Gloucester
II and others may enter the good natured
: contest. Three states have already pu
, in applications to have their names CIV
Il eli to one of the two battle ships author
. lied to toe built by the last congress
n Rhode Island, Kentucky and PennsyI
d vanil--, but it viii probably be a Ion:
. time before those names are selected.
1t doesn't require much foundation t,
build a sky scraping cabinet resignation
'e rumor. Mrs. Gresham happened {,
lie mention to friend that she INTENDED
p, taking the secretary away fOI a rest, il
order that he might get a chance to re
- gain his health which has suffered OF
y account of his hard work during tn
le winter That was enough. 1t was tel
in egraphed in every direction that, owin
to a serious difference in opinion be
tween the president and Secretary Gresh
am, the latter would resign. There
rs no difference in opinion between tn
80 president and Secretary Gresham, an
., the latter has had no idea of resigninj
I'll in the immediate future, although Mrs
n Gresham would like him to do so, an
~ has, 1t is said, eXaCted promise of hin
=. that he will resign next winter if hi
health Is not better than it Is now. Blu
'' there Is little doubt that a rest will brin
70 him around all right. That he think
It so himself was shown by his arrangin
n to keep the Washington apartments Ol
os cupied by himself and Mrs. Gresham
right through the coming summer
u which he expects to spend here as tn
}y foreign complications are likely to max
IN it necessary that either the president ,
at the secretary of state shall always be
81, Washington, and the president expect
to go to Gray Gables early in Jun,
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