St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-06-25

6ion or congress. 1t has been Stde-tracked
for the tariff. When 1t Is brought for
ward in earnest 1t will be endorsed by the
senate beyond question. The committee
on foreign relations will Immediately be-
gin work on it, but there is no intention
of doing anything with 1t just now any
more than to generally discuss its pro-
visions. The administration forces,
headed by Senator Hanna and Senator
Aldrich, are bending all their energies
towards enacting remedial tariff legisla-
ton. Treaties and everything else will
have to wait until the tariff has been adj
justed. Somebody who probably had
nothing else to do has been trying to
make it out that there Is apt to be rup-
ture In the cabinet over Mr. McKinleys
policy toward Hawaii. OF course this
suggestion refers to John Sherman, Sec
rotary Of state. 1t will be remembered
that In his recently published "Recol-
lections" he stated indirectly that he was
opposed to adding any more territory
to the United States. Now the busy
bodies have figured it out that because
he did intimate that such policy was
desirable he will resign as member OF
the cabinet rather than be a party to
any scheme looking to increasing the do
main of the country. Nonsense. When
John Sherman wrote that paragraph he
did not suppose it was to be dug up
years afterwards and proclaimed as his
announced policy. In fact, he is as much
In favor of annexing the Hawaiian Is
lands to the United States as Mr. McKin-
ley himself Is, and there Is not the slight
est foundation for the story that he or
anyone else in the cabinet will resign be-
cause Of the administrations course in
the premises. Thus far the Mckinley
official family has been entirely har-
monious in its deliberations, and there is
no present indication that disagreements
of any sort are in sight.
The treasury officials will soon make
an examination of the reports which
have been received from Boston in re-
gard to the charges that Collector War
rem has not Disseminated sufficiently
in favor of Union veterans in making
removals. The charge was so seriously
pressed by certain persons that the col
lector had displaced veterans in max
ing reductions ordered by the depart
nyent that Special Agent Smith was asked
to look in to the matter, and he has sub
mitted large mass of papers bearing
on the charges. They have not yet been
examined, but will be shortly, and action
will be taken if required. Collector
Warren has always had high reputa-
ton at the department and the treas
ury officials are not likely to take any
action hostile to him, except, perhaps,
so far as political conditions may re-
qulre the reinstatement of veterans who
are friendly to protection.
An effort is to be made at the regular
session of congress, If not sooner, to Sc
cure legislation for the purpose of cor
recting what is believed to be an in
justice to many soldiers. AS it now
stands, the civil service law permits the
reinstatement only of such soldiers as
were honorably discharged from the
military or naval service by reason of
disability resulting from wounds or sick
ness incurred in the line Of duty, etc.
The following New England postmast-
ers were appointed this week:
Maine-Bailey's Island, D. P. Sinnett;
West Lubec, S. H. Bradbury.
Vermont-Benson, H. S. Howard
Newfane, Amasa Grout; Putney, L. H
Bailey; West Bratttleboro, w. D. Stock
well.
Observation-Disclosures Dennis, S. H.
Sears; Richmond, A. K. Kiltz.
New HampshiIe-Centre Barnstead
G. J. Whitney; Deerfield G. w. Brown;
Elkins, E. c. Derry; Greenland, G. A.
| Norton; New London, e. E. Adams;
North harrington, H. F. Carter.
Drs. w. A. Abbott, A. S. Bolster and G.
| H. Saltmarsh have been appointed as
the members of the board of examining
surgeons for the pension bureau, at La
| coma, N. H.
DR.. William H. Baker of Lynn and
Dr. George w. Gale of Saugus, Mass,
| have been reinstated in q similar ca
| pacity at Lynn, Mass. DR.. William E.
| Holbrook of Lynn has been appointed
temporarily to the Lynn board, pending
civil service examination.
The president has refused permission
to the CoEpagnie Franchise Gables
| Telegraphique to land the new cable OF
| that company at Cape Cod, or, indeed,
| anywhere upon the United States coast
| The question raised through the French
ambassador as to the power of the fed
| eral government to deny admission to
the cable las been referred to the at
torney general.
All the members Of congress from New
England have this week received letters
of which the following is copy:
| "As manufacturers of Shoes using in
our factories to large extent. morocco
leather, made from goat skins, we wish
to protest against any action looking tc
any increase in the present rate Of duty
on tanned skins or morocco or duty
on raw goat skins. Such action would
result in an added cost Of shoes to the
consumer, if 1t did not entirely deprive
us of this source Of supplies for shoes
AS goat skins are not raised in this coun-
try, no principle of protection is served
by imposing q duty on them. The mat.
ter of duty on goat skins is not to be
compared with that of duty on hides
for hides are raised largely in this cour.
tidy, and goat skins not at all; further.
more, the finished product from goat
skins does not go to the same uses OIL
for the same purposes as leather from
hides"
This Letter has been generously signed
by the goat skin interests Of New Eng.