New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-07
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

Washington. July g.
RUSH FOR OFFICE IN THE LIBRART-John
! Russell Young the Librarian OF Congress. 10
beseged with applicants for places In the reorsan-
| lied Library. Speaking to-day OF The report that
he had already chosen a register OF copyrights. he
said: y have made appointment yet ana VIII
carefully consider the fitness OF every applicant De-
fore do So The New-York Authors Union. APP
pletons Harpers and other publishing houses ha a
! recommended a man whose Application VIII look
into. The place pays 800 year nave s Gesn
grsssy Morrea are about one mildred Of
about Ave thousand appiicstionr 80 .nda ~ "r az
V Sentiment Ht except upon assurance Of fitness,
shah put the places under the Civil Service rues'
| THE JAPANESE MINISTER'S PLIGHT.-sad
prominent Senator to-day: THE newspapers ought
| TO be able to appreciate the discontinue OF the
| Japanese Minister I'm the matter Of the annexation
| treaty. The man simply has been 'scooped Hero
! he was surrounded by full stan. commissioned
to take noe Of all happenings In which bis country
| might be interested, and treaty In which she y
! very much interested II drawn up ana sivne1
without his being able TO communicate 70 ms cnles
sooner than country which aGesat care
rap what eeSomes on hs ana the MINI
! lister complains that he should have been advised
all /, heips him neither here nor at home. The
reply made here Is that the matter was exclusively
Hawaiian Government. The reply at Toxic simply
y: You ought TO have so The news despite NM ne
Tok aS '''''''' ~ Wis ''''''~ ~
| NO TRIMMING on HIS HAT.-By recent ap-
| pointment Minister Mckenzie who has rep
resented the country at Lima Peru, for four years
| retires from office. Mr.. Mckenzie 10 a native OF
| Kentucky has served several terms In Congress.
| and at one time formidable rival OF MI
| Blackburn for Senatorial honors. He Is man OF
| distinguished appearance. a ready speaker Wit
and raconteur. and counts his friends by the num-
| dred 1t was in the hrst Cleveland Administration
| that one OF his admirers paid hearty tribute to
| him at the White House. 1t soon after the
mishap to Mr.. Bayards special envoy 10 Mexico
who had accepted the hospitality OF the Jockey
the festivities had had his hat trimmed with flowers
by his Mexican hosts The eircumsts ,, al , the
try. A vacancy occurring in the Mexican Mission,
Mr. McSenzes name among Others %as n6
can't calling at the White House on other bust
Know hm very n@ S a"SR
Am most "a and %Rai yos may sa
in conversation a whole host He knows more more
good stories Of ready a han any
just now to redeem our reputation In Mexico he
can keep his head at frolc IS long as the next
y that he as sends Ss %cKenze to Mexico
+ any further TRIMMING OF hats DOWN tass the ,he
flowers" Colonel Lamont smiled and said that the
point well taken. Mr.. Mckenzie however
didn't get the place.
CAN BE HEARD ALL Wv Elk OHlo-an Onio
politician. In speaking of the Democratic nominee
for Governor said to-day: The most remarkable
thing about Mr.. Chapman Is his voice. don't say
this disrespectfully. for personally he Is a very
good man and has been successful in business
But IL Is a fact that he has voice which for
| volume and carrying power cannot be matched by
any other man of his physical proportions In the
| State. He is a of only medium height. and by
| no means porty but when he speaks you feel that
he ought be nine feet high and weigh ton Really
the effect stranger presented the first time Is
| nonade. We going TO have that voice In the
campaign on the stump. and shall be curious, III
| any of the meetings are held in my part or the
| State, note the effect OF that trumpet call on
horn voice. but IT was no such organ AZ MT Chap
mans. The day before the ballotng began o.
| Columbus a local declared In crowd or
| politicians that IL would be n grave mistake 70
| he a good square man.? That's not the point
| replied the If you nominate him you won't
| be able confer with him about matters during
the campaign What's the reason? demanded
the politicians. Simply because chapman's part
of the conversation would be heard all Owe: the
State.
SENATOR HAWLEY AN AUTHOR1TY.-Sena,
tor Hawley not only wears a tow suit. but he IL
the best authority suits In the Senate. His
own suit Is genuine-not the linen crash or linen
thread or other makeshifts that do duty for tho
real article You can the landscape through
my suit" he said holding his coat up % tho light
| Sena Hawey carefully examines all the crash
suits that come within arms length and the one
that receives his commentator Is a suit worth
| possessing
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