Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-07-19
WASHINGTON NOTES.

continual hight from the Deglrl-
ming of the making of the tariff
: bill over sugar, and it'sesslon all
day Sunday. Every republican
member of the conference com
rni1tee has been pledged to sec
recy concerning the conference
and the democratic members
will not be allowed to know
what is going on until an agree
ment'has been reached, which
will be sometime this week, prob
ably by Wednesday or Thursday.
| The secrets Of the conference
have so far been well kept, but it
has leaked out that both sides
are makeing a strong fight for
their sugar schedule, but the
House conference are expected to
win, not only because the orlgi-
nal Dingley sugar schedule is
more satisfactory to the repub-
lican press and the rank and file
Of the party, but because Speak
er Reed has said that the House
would never, under any eircum-
stances, accept the Senate sugar
schedule. There is talk ofattempt-
ing to act upon President Nc
Kinley's currency commission
Recommendation, bit it is likely
that immediate adjournment will
follow the disposal of the tariff
bill.
Although it was stated $50,
900 was appropriated by Con
gress for the relief Of destitute
American citizens in Cuba. that
the amount would not be drop
in the bucket, it has turned out
| to be much more than was
needed. just as soon as the APP
preparation was available, Con
sui General Lee was notified to
go ahead with the necessary ex-
penditures, up to that amount
Reports from General Lee were
submitted to the last Cabn1t
meeting, and much to the sur
prise and qualification Of the
President and his advisers, they
showed that although General
Lee had rendered substantial aid
to every distressed American cit
izen who needed it and would
accept, and shipped a number of
them back to the United States,
he had only expended $4,000.
The pressure has been SO great
that President Mckinley has
decided to modify Present Cleve-
land S extension Of the civil ser.
vice rules, and the order is liable
to be issued any day.
It is much easier to hatch up a
Congressional scheme than it is
to carry it through, even when
woking for what is favored by a
majority, last week, the friends
of the Hawaiian treaty conclud-
| ed that it was advisable to get
the treaty favorably reported to
the Senate at this session, and
voted upon, if possible. AS
eight oft of the eleven members
of the Committee on Foreign re-
lations are known to favor the
the treaty, it looked like an easy
matter to get the treaty favor
ably reborted, but it wasn't
as easy as it looked to be. A
special meeting Of the committee
! was called, but less than a quo
rum attended, and at a second.
meeting there was only a bare
quorum present, The commit
1 tee will hold another meeting
this week, but it is far from GER
tain that it will decide to report
the treaty.
The report, by way Of Europe,
that Spain and Japan are trying
to coax England to enter with
them into atriple alliance for the
purpose of whipping the United
States into keeping its hands OFT
of islands in both the Pacific and
Atlantic oceans, has not caused
anybody in Washington to lose
any sleep, and it would not even
| if it were known to be true, in
stead of bit of midsummer sill
mess on the part Of its origina-
tors.