The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-27
WlsHIyGToY LETTER.
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WAsuNot0S. Mar. %. 1891.

send the Cuban resolution. back Co con.
ference by directing senator sherman
10 get a vote upon them %. son NJ pos.
.iblc. How soon that wiI. be depends
upon how many senator. want 90 make
speeches On the subject
Senator Vest pade the hit Of the week
in a se'uihum0fpG' speech boz favor %
Senator Cannon. resolution directing
Secretary Smith 10 carry ont the law by
opening the 600 .O00 acres comprised To-
the uncompahgre indian reservation Boo
Utah to the public. lie started out by
calling attention to the administrations
disposition 10 misunderstaud the western
people aud threw the entire Senate into
laughter by the following reference 60
President Cleveland. speech ct the New
York Home Missionary meeting "Our
President stood with pr. Talmage on
one eide and the Rev. sheldon Jackson
On the other, and gave MS uew version
Of that blessed old missionary hymn
which We have heard 80 often In our
childhood
F-or Nounuas sinful mountains
F.om riabs wicked plains
They call Cd. 90 deliver
our land from Error. chains"
As was expected the House made the
resolution censuring Ambassador Bayard
the basis for partisan discussion.
According to the present program.
President Cleveland will shortly extend
the civil service rules so far as to cover
about every efnploye Of the Federal
government outside Of members OF the
Cabinet aud the judiciary. lidoue the
administration which will come into
power next March would have practically
no patronage 10 distribute. This doesn't
strike the politicians fayorably. 10
fact. IL doesn't strike anybody, outside
Of the present ofice-holders aud those
who are dependent upon them, very
iavorably. While there never Was any
sense in Wholesale change In the
-mall.iry officials Of the government
every time there Wasu change Of admin.
i.tration, Il squares with both commoH
sense aud good business ideas to have
those iillingexecuiiye political sympathy
with the administration. II President
Cleveland makes the proposed blanket
extension Of the civil service rules it will
b. tho first step towards the total abol-
ton Of those rules by his successor.
The fact Is not likely TO he overlooked
by foreign nations that the Naval APP
priaiion bill for the fiscal year beginning
July !. next, which WAS this week
agreed upon by the House committee on
naval affairs. carrie. more money Tor the
increase Of our navy than has been
carried In single bill since the war
The building OF four sat,le-.hip- and
fifteen torpedo boats are provided Tor In
the bill. The new boats are all to be
built by contract, and to meet any
emergency that may arise Tor huuying
thcm the Secretary OF the Navy Is
authorized TO spend W. much oi the total
appropriation us in his Judgment may
be necessary during the coming d.cal
year
Representatives OF nearly all the till.
way labor organizations were given hear.
ing. by ihr House labor committee this
week. They nll spoke in favor OF the
bill ot senator Voorhees,, giving amy
railway employe who Is arrested Tor con-
tempt OF court the right toappeal to any
other rourt aud To q trial by jury also
the bin introduced by Representative
Erdman OF Pennsylvania, providing Tor
national board Of arbitration 10 settle
disputes between railways and their em-
ployes, aud Representative Phillips bill
TO create national uon.pnrli-nn board
To look alter the interests Of employers
aud cSployes and make recommends
ton, lor their mutual benefit.
The giving ola dinner and reception
in honor oi Secretary aud Nr uuey
by tine British Ambassador this week
was something very unusual ior lent,
and the presence a- guests of the
Venezuelan minister and Sir stafford
Northcote, NJ. r., who was formerly
Lord Salisbury private secretary
naturally resulted In originating lot. Of
gossip connecting the affair With ih,
Venezuelan question. In order Go quiet
the gossip It was given ont that the en-
tcrtanment was the regular annual din
ner and reception always given by th,
Emhassor in honor Of the Secretary o
state and his wife, and which wa. moi
given this year at heusual time becaus,
the Embassy was then In mourning u
account Of the death OF Prince Biiten
I burg
The report that senator Push an,
Hon. Don NJ. Dickinson, ex.postmas,e
, General, had row because the iome
spoke slightingly Of the President wu
not true. The men did exchange har,
words, hut the only cause was that thD
! latter was under ,hc influence of some
tmng which made him forget the pope
p manners of gentleman. The .ucijeu
occurred In the dining room OF q vel
. known restaurant and was a'l over Ia
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