Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1897-11-27
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FROM WASHINGTON.
VERY COURTEOUS PRESIDENT.
Arbitration Treaty To Be AsaIn Put Be-
fore the Senate.
From Our Regular Correspondence

From Our Regular Correspondent.l
WAsHNeroS, November %, 'o7.
No President for years as paid moro
Difference to the opinions OF members
| OF his party than Major Mckinley
does, and no Presid ent has ever taken
more pains to ascertain the opinion Of
bis callers upon public matters.
While there is no question OF public
Importance upon which President
Mckinley has not we'll defined opin-
ion OF bis own, he invites the freest ex-
preston OF Dhe opinion OF others and is
not 30 self-opinionsted as to be some
times convinced that his own are erro-
neSus Just now he takes every op-
portunity OF drawing out the opinion
OF the callers on matters of which his
annual message to Congress will treat.
While his message which will be long
one, has been all blocked out, what he
hears between now and when the final
revising is done may make material
difference in portions Of it.
ARBITRATION TREATY.
If there isn't an arbitration treaty
between Great Britain and the United
States before the adjournment of this
session OF Congress, it will not be the
fault OF President Mckinley, as he in
tends to send new treaty to the SEN
ate early in the session, drawn to meet
the expressed objections to the one
that was rejected by the Senate at the
last session.
HIS OPINION.
| Representative Dolliver of Iowa.
whose prominence in republican caua-
ellis makes his opinions upon legisla-
tive matters OF value, passed through
Washington on his way home, where
he expects to eat his Thanksgiving din
ner, from an Eastern trip. In reply to
the question as TO whether he thought
currency legislation probable at this
session OF Congress, he said: Il douot
IL bill can be framed that will meet
with the approval of both Houses of
Congress. 1t is not unlikely, however,
that the House will take up legislation
in line with the recommend ations of
the Presidents message. These, take
il, will be reasonable and conservative,
and strictly along the line OF the rec
ord and platform of the republican
party" Mr.. Dolliver says hs thinks
the early annexation of hawaii abso-
lutely certain and regards that and the
settlement Of the Union Pacific Rail-
road debt among the administration
most creditabie WORK. fffs opinion of
lCongress taking the Cuban question up.
as advocated by democrats and anti
administration newspapers, is worthy
OF more than . passing thought. He
said: "If the combined wisdom OF the
Executive and the State Departments
is not eQuVl to solving the Cuban prob
lem, 1 do not believe it would help
matters to throw iT into Congress
siOnal joint debate"
Il PREPARING PAPERS.
| Attorney General McKenna is pre-
pairing the papers that will be necessA-
ry in foreclosure proceedings against
the Central Pacific Railroad, which
will, in January next, owe the u. s.
kGsvernment nearly $50 900 600, 40
that no time will be lost in case the
Company defaults, as it is expected it
will do. IL foreclosure proceedings are
taken. they are likely to include the
Western Pacific Railroad also
Experts on the cultivation and mar
keting of the export tobaccos OF Ken
tucky and Tennessee are invited bv
Secretary Wilson to write what they
! know on the subject, to be used in q
series OF tobacco bulletins to be issued
by the Department OF Agriculture.
Accepted contributions will be paid
for at the rate OF SIS thousand words
r and while no length limit is sat. il ia
not desired that any single communi-
] cation shall exceed ten thousand
: words.
MONETARY CONFERENCE.
The conclusion OF the members ot
[ the Executive Committee of the In
1 ieuapolis Financial Convention nf last
> winter, which has been ho'diag q
4 monetary conference in Washington
Z for some time past, not TO make their
report public until after President
q McKlnley's message and Secretary
4 Cages annual report have been sub.
; mitted to Congress. probably means
> that the measure which the COMMITTEES
n will recommend to Congress will be in
v the main along the same lines as the
n hoancIaI recommendations that will be
made In Secretary Cages annual re-
\ port and endorsed by President Nc
d kinley- In statement just issued by
= this Committee, much more conf
dence IS expressed in the passing o
n financial Legislation by this Congress
a than there are indications in sight e
e justify.
GOOD WORK.
l. President Mckinley doesn't believ
IN tfe brass band method of announ
cingln advance what he intends doing
ne prefers to allow his acts and ACCOM-
plishments to speak for themselve,
de has done more to maintain on
- national prestige abroad since the At
a. OF last March than his predecessor di
= during his full term of four years. an
y. not the least of his accomplishment
a. 10 that line was securing the release @
a~I27 American citizens from Spanis
~ prisons in Cuba.
o. Mr. A. Alexander of Rrooklv