The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-05-02

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No intelhgsat nan oould haso - =
Washiagtoa this wssk without boing en-
vinoed q the truth Of tho adaes, EEK
t1smss NEST" Ths dslseates to ths Ma
tiooal ArbitEatioa confsesace, composed
Of mors than 800 promlnsnt citissns
Isprsssnting - States, WHO came 70
Washington to push along the idea Of
arbitration Of international
disputes, wsre met b. tho Venezuslan
question, which has again assumed threat
ening proportions, By reason Of Lord
Salisburyb latest communication refining
the proposals. Of this government and the
consequent renewal Of var talk amoag
bslligerent Congressmsn. And they also
found Ooagreasmen talking Of declaring
war against Spain, becauss Of the reported
secret execution Of Walter Dygsrt, >
young American who has been in . Cuban
prison and whose release has been posi-
lively promised the State Department.
Notwithstanding these drawbacks, the
Arbitration Conisrence was : success, and
was long step towards the adoption Of
. policy Of arbitration By this government
wherever possible.
The A. P. A. fight in the House may be
renewed when the Senate amendment q.
lowing two years to change the Indian
sectarlan schools INTO government schools
comes up. The A. p. A. men in the
HOUSE succeeded in putting proviso in
this bill forbidding the payment Of . dol
lar BY the government TO Indian schools
which are under sectarlan management,
and it i thought that they will refuse to
accept the Senate amendment - the COM
promise It was intended to be.
One Of the most unique propositions
ever submitted to Congress il contained
In the resolution offered BY Senator Can
non, Of Utah, providing for an inquiry
into the feasibility of the construction.
near Washington, of typographical map
Of tho United States ON scale ono inch
to the mile. 1t did not need tho spec ia
Of senator Cannon in favor of his reso.
luton to convince Anybody that such .
map would give such IN object lesson
Of the appearance Of our country -
could not be obained BY years Of study
ing printed maps, but whether it il feas-
lble to make and maintain such map Is
the first thing to be c0nsidered. Accord
ing to Mr.. Cannon's own figures the map
would cover 625 acres. Az it could not
be covered it would be necessary to con-
struct the map out of some sort Of wealth
or resisting material, and ~ all the rivers
and lakes are to be shown BY real water
it would have TO be made Of something
that would not wash away. That it woulu
10 = good thing to have there is no doubt,
but, like some other good things, it may
be too costly for every day use.
The average politician is gullible in
and the more prominent be is
the more gu!lible he appears to be. This
may appear somewhat strong,
but 1t is fully proven BY the ease with
which two slick -tongued colored individ
aals, claiming pull with the voters OF
Allison, and Representative Grosvenor, OF
OHIO, who 10 the custodian of the Wash
ington end Of the Mckinley boom; and
the Queerest part of the transaction was
that when the frauds were exposed and
confronted BY the three gentlemen they
had worked" neither Of them would
agree to prosecute the rascals, but all
agreed in advising the chief Of the Capitol
police to let them 60 with y warning to
keep away from the Capitol building.
Such advice Was in the nature Of IN order
and was, Of course, followed. Certainly
the bare fact that two unknown colored
men, With no better credentials than their
own claims to control votes, could get
money from these men 10 proof enough
Of the gullibility Of politicians. They
called themselves democrats when they
went TO lee Senator Hill, and claimed res
idence in New York. They were repub.
licans when they saw the other gentlemen.
The most startling bit Of Presidential
news Of the week 10 . story that il the
democratic silver men control the Chi
cago convention they may nominate Sem
ator Cameron, Of Pennsylvania, for Pres.
ident. According to the story, Mr.. Cam
erou has been sounded in . diplomatic
way By democratic silver 6snators ~ to
whether be would accept the nomi
nation, and the belief II that he would.
Those who regard the story - probable
point TO Senator Cam-rOn's recent state
mept to bis Pennsy ivania friends that be
did not wish % be sent to the republican
national convention ~ delegate. They
think this indicates desire on his part
to be left free to act - be pleases In the
Presidential campaign.
Why Latin II Used
The New York Herald publishes
tho following reply to the query. Why
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