Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-05-18
WASHINGTON LETTER
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

0NBH' lulO llN I Hllth lDNNt'1 N'iiHb
April were trihe below the imports
during March, and will yield reye-
nue. of about $50, 600 less than that
month. The total imports Of ull classes
Of sugar during April were 372, $50,
9G7 pounds, of the invoice value Of
IS Sll $50, against imports in March
Of about 39j, 900, 600 pounds OF IN in.
voice value of S., 2j3, 072. The duti-
able sugar imported during April
amounted to 342, ,O92, 1872 pounds, Of
the invoice value OF So, Ol2 0G2, and the
free sugar from the Hawaiian islands to
80 243 pounds, of the value Of S76S,
9S4 The dutinble imports during
March were trAc under 359, 900, 600
pounds and the free imports were 3G,
6O5, $50 pounds, The principal item
OF the dutiable imports was sugar not
above No. lG, Dutch standard, of
which 1851, G4j pounds of beet sugar
were imported, valued at 800, 0G3, and
334, 81 500 pounds OF cane sugar, val
ued at So, 927, ,740,
MILITARY LAN-lu luc Cu5c VI
David b. Sayre, naval paymasters
clerk, sentenced by court-martial to
two years imprisonment Tor embez-
Hling paymaster's funds, the supreme
court Of the United States, in an opln-
ion read by Justice Gray, declared
that the members OF the regular army
and navy were subject to military law
at all times, and the militia while in
the service OF the United States. The
judgments of courts -martiul were not
subject to review by civil courts on
writs of haboas corpus. The judg-
ment of Judge Hughes, in the eastern
district of Virginia, dlscharging Sayre.
was reversed, with instructions to re-
mand him 10 the custody of the mill
tary officials.
NEW NATIONAL BANKs-The COM
plete tabulations of the applications
| for authority to organize new national
banks during the first half of the Of
fetal year devoted by the report of
the comptroller Of the currency shows
a total OF 46 applications, proposing
aggregate capital for the new
banks of SO, 9lO, 600. This indicates
marked improvement over the number
of organizations during the period OF
liquidation following the crisis OF
1898, and the improvement during the
past three months. The figures OF
the present official year, which ends
Oct. 81, will make q favorable show
ing with other years. The year 1890
was the year Of greatest activity re-
Gently in national banking corpora
tions, and 307 new banks were organ
lied in that year with capital OF
$3G, $50, 900. The succeeding three
years show a considerable decline.
The year 1891 showed shrinkage of
80 charters with a capital Of $3.50,
900. The number of banks organ
lied from Oct. 81, last, to April 30.
was ID, with capital Of 1850 600,
while the number OF applications
awaiting action IS 81, with proposed
capital of g, $50, 600.
UNCLE SAN Poor PAYEE No mat
ter what administration Is III power
Uncle Slln continues to be poor
pnvee to his creditors. There are
now pending before the court of
claims 200 cases. Last Tear 81
cases we're disposed OF which 2i6
we're dismissed. OF the remainder
judgments for the claimants We're en-
tered in Is cases for S247 900. The
amount claimed i'll the dismissed cases
was 81, l,247, ,503. The war claims
awaiting the action of the court foot
up S22. 100000. judgments entered
by the court of claims are usually IN
cluded in the sundry civil approprla-
ton bills Unfortunately the money
is not appropriated and the claims
continue to Increase. The system is
all wrong, and it is earnestly to be
hoped that the next congress will
abate this growing evil. The policy
of evading its just dues by the gov
ernment has Il very demoralizlng effect
upon communities all over the coun-
try. In many cities suits of the peo-
pie are tralIed along lor years. La"
that unnecessarily "eIaSS justice 10
very poor law ahd tyranA'ca4 al l's
effects
UNWILLING To ExrRAp1TE-There
bove been some interesting questions
of GENERALIZATION and extrndition re-
oontI,. ro;sol hetwcen tbe rovern-
ments of Itolv and the United States.
which have not hitherto found public
itv. Baron Fayn, Italian ambassador
to the United States, proposed to Sec
retary Gresham supplemental. con-
vention of extralition and naturaIiaa-
ton. This did not meet the approval
of Secretary Gresham. The draft
submitted by Baron Fava proposed to
limit citizenship by naturalization to
those who applied therefor, thereby
shutting out the wives and minor
children of immigrants, and also
reserved the right of the Italian gov
ernment to refuse to recognize natural
i2ntion in this country rs exempt
10 ltalS from the mlIlthry duties I'M
nnSAI hE the In MS Dt that country