The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-29
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
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WAsHINGToN. ID. c., January 25th.
Nix. EDIToE:-Scnator Gray. of Della
ware, will this week present the creden-
tials of Mr.. kennev, who was last week
elected Senator by the legislature, and
whose credentials are properly certified
by the governor of that state A hard
light is going to be made by the republic
cans to keep Mr.. kenncy out of his seat.
Inasmuch as Mr.. kenney, who is Il silver
democrat, will receive the support of all
the silver Senators, it is expected that the
republicans will devote their efforts to
trying to Stave off a vote until after the
4tb of March, when they will be stronger
| in the Senate. 1t is said that Little Billie"
Chambers scheme of re-orening the Du-
pont application will be abandoned be-
lican Senators to support it, and that in
stead the claim of the gas millionaire, Adj
dicks, which has already been presented
to the Senate by Chandler, will he urged
against that of Senator-elcct kenney.
Senator Turpie called up the Cameron
Cuban resolution and made spirited
speech thereon, in which he made it plain
that while he was just as strongly in favor
of the independence of Cuba as ever, he
was even more strongly in favor of action
which would declare the Senate to be in
dependent of Executive authority
Senator Morgan has not at any time
been over friendly towards the arbitration
treaty, and since the Nicaragua Canal
bill, of which he was IN ardent supporter,
was given its death blow by the notice
from the minister of the Greater Republic
of Central America that Nicaragua. which
is IA part of that republic, would not allow
the concessions granted to the Canal Com
pany to be controlled by the United
States, as proposed in the bill, but would
be willing to open negotiations on the
subject with this government direct. he
seems disposed to even up things with
England by trying to defeat the arbitra-
ton treaty Senator Morgan says that
England is merely making Il catspaw out
of those little Central American govern
mcnts, and that one of its reasons for
wanting HAT arbitration treaty enforced
is to get Il hand in the control of the Mica
ragua canal. This il would do. if the ar
bitration treaty were in force, by getting
up a dispute with us over the Canal and
then referring it to arbitration, with the
certainty that King Oscar, of Sweden,
would name an umpire who would decide
in Englands favor. Senator Morgan is
fighting mad about it. and that isn't going
to help the arbitration treaty any.
Miss Maud Stanakcr. young lady of
Washington, ID. c.. was recently an appli-
cant for Il position under the Civil Ser
vice Rules, and probably passed the most
difficult examination that has ever been
prepared by the Civil Service Commission.
She was the only one who was able to
pass the Examination, but the War de-
partmcnt refuses to appoint her to the va
cant clerkship on the ground that she is a
woman. The examination required trans
lation into English of Technical Military
Works in French. German. Spanish and
Italian; typcwriting in all of these langu-
ages; and ability to do proof-rcadin. and
prepare manuscript for the press; knowl
edge of modern library methods: catalogu-
ing, indeXing and of the English language
and literary composition. The salary OF
the position demanding all these require
ment is $500 year
Some very interesting, although rather
tardy talk about the methods by which
President Cleveland shut members of
Congress out of his presence, thus depriv-
ing himself of information he should have
had and would have had about legislation
asked for by the people who are directly
represented by the members of the House.
preceded the passage by the House, over
the Presidents veto, of the bill providing
for the establishment of a new division of
the Eastern judicial district of Texas.
Representative Cooper told the House of
several trips he made to the White House
for the purpose of explaining to Mr.. Cleve-
land why his constituents wanted this leg
islation, and of his finally being told by
private secretary Thurber that it was use
less for him to continue his efforts to see
the President, because he had already
made up his mind to veto the bill. 1t is
believed that the Senate will indorse this
action of the House
Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio has
alarmed those who are interestcl in his
welfare by stating on the floor of the
House that he was not Mckinleys repre-
sentative and could not speak for him.
venor's makeup, it is feared that his men
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