The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-21
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Washington, Dec. ~
r.o ..rata IA auparently not as full or
e-rh. a. tha hous1.. Instead OF taking I'M
,t,-, act,on on the presidents Nene-
.','os", r,essspe as the lower branch OF
sun..ross lila the senate, after debating
the uuestion at some length on Inurs-
propriating 100000 for commission ~
be appointed by the president 10 'oea'e -,
boundary line, Went over uht.i so .onL
ture time. The fact that the senA'o 80,
no immediate action does no, ~ las
the members Of that body are any
patriotic than their brethren IN ahe iNaS. :.
The senate Is a deliberate poay anu
would have been In VIOLATION VI a. ~ III,
honored custom to nave gone oI ~
cooked, as 1t were. When II ooes az. 80; ~
senate Will no ooupt enuolse '"e
ments expressed Dy the house'
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The experts in the state department
are at work on maps with the view OF
determining the line between Nenesue.a
and British Guiana. This looks ht'ie
like business. 1t is a weil-known fact
that Secretary Olney Is possessed OF Il
war-like DISPOSITION. He Is more o!
waiian trouble Mr.. Oiney, VINO was Nn.n
t.>
policy, and more than once ,hlea.sn." U tI
leave the cabinet on that aSeo
there Is not scrap win Ehs'an", VI III,
square backdown by tha' couil''y, WI, H.,
not be Secretary C!hey iau,'. -
favcr OF twistiisS 'he iio" '''' "' "'' "
all times.
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Senator PETER Is certainly OF an inquis-
tive turn of mind. He Is always want
ing to know something that nobody else
ever thinks about, and he usually frds
wha. he goes cunning for. Last week he
amazed his colleagues by furnishing the
senate with some interesting as well as
startling information concerning the cost
of congressional funerals. Now Senator
PETER wants to know from POSTMASTER
General Wilson what employees OF the
pos stofiice department are prohibited from
cohlerrihs tnefeaoouu me- 49, ~ hnnw nv
OF congress. re aiso wanss ~ N'ao" o~o,.,,
what authority uhS - ,,nt,aa
ieVies ilhes on eihployes VI VIZ wnons ~,
department. LOT hiis'aheo mn as,,,
their WORN ne mas MI ouu, ~ -. .,,o
.ioh WIN 'he we" VI
iacts III the eases.
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Colonel Alexander Mcclure, editor or the
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and "broke bread with Senator cameron
at the latter's table last night. The col
onel and the senator are old friends, ana
while dining and wining they talked over
times when both were boys together up
in southern central pennsylvania. Whlie
discussing the political situation with me
Colonel Mcclure said that the Democrauc
party in Pennsylvania was in bad shape.
This, he said, is particularly true regard
ing the party in Philadelphia. There Is
practically no Democratic party In Phila-
delphia," said Colonel Mcclure. "and II
| the warning factions OF what Is left OF the
.heIe wiz ho, oe " eoipo,a' s.u,u i.,. y,
'i,at , parry e,ious nout ,ne .'..ie IL. a. T.,
nme .oipns. ou1n, ~ NV hmo" ,,;, go M 80
.aih'ns auo.' i'' '"' "'''e '''' '''o
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Marshall Gushing, ex-private secretary
Of ex-Postmaster General Wanamaker,
and now editor OF the capitol, weekly
paper published in Washington, has been
sued for libel. Captain Thomas h. Nc
kee, who was secretary TO the last con-
gression committee is the plaintiff. Cap
tain Mckee was candidate Tor sergeant
| alarms OF the house ana during MS cam
paign Cuhsing printed an article rejecting
on the captains honesty anu character III
general. The aforesaid alleged libelous
article not only appeared in Mr. Cush-
ings Capital, but 1t was extensively circu,
i'ea ny pr,nteh ,.'.er mhac'' ~ was Maass ,,,,.,e
eses K .IPao,van na, dnraa.oa a, ,o y, r soms
Sap.an " 70 - 800 .,.,',u, o..
AZ IN ms nuh, =. , ~" ',un,. os.tont Wn ,s
-. ."o na',,,o,t o ,o. th' ,o.,i,,on 80 to,r'
nv, III. a. ~ ~, ho,'s ,',,s,, . 90 eoo ,oI. -,
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