Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-02-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Lyman ]. Gage for Secretary Of
the Treasury,
Arbitration Treaty Amended-Alger for
war secretary-west Pointers May At
tend the Inauguration p Queen
LIS Ideas - The Monetary
Conference - Notes, Etc.

tions having amended the arbitra-
tion treaty to meet the objections to
it, by the insertion of q sentence ex-
cepting from arbitration, except by
special agreement, all questions af-
fecting the foreign or domestic
policy of either of the contracting
parties or the relations of either
with any other nation, and by
striking out that portion which gave
King Oscar, of Sweden, authority to
name the umpire, has reported the
treaty to the Senate with a recon-
mendation that it be ratified, and
there is now little doubt of its
speedy ratification. Another treaty
has just been signed with Great
Britain and sent to the Senate. 1t
provides for a determination of a
portion of the Alaska Boundary
line.
Had President-elect Mckinley
tried ever so hard, he could not
have pleased the old-soldier element
of the party more than he has done
by the selection of General Russell
A. Alger, of Michigan, to be his
Secretary of War. Gen. Alger is
also popular with the party at large,
and the Michigan delegation in Con-
gress is especially well pleased with
the honor bestowed upon him,
Although the Senate voted down
an appropriation to pay the expenses
of the West Point Cadets in coming
to the Inauguration, it is probable
that they will come after all, unless
Secretary Lamont shall decide
otherwise. The public spirit ed
managers of a Washington hotel
have offered to board the cadets free
during their stay in Washington,
and any other expenses that may be
necessary will be met by the inau-
gural parade, and nothing will be
left undone to get them
Ex-Queen Lii, of Hawaii, who is
now in Washington, is very discreet
in her utterances as to her object in
visiting the United States at this
time, but one of her hangers on has
let the cat out of the bag, by stating
that she thought President Cleve-
land ought, before retiring from
Office, to replace her upon the throne.
She has been badly advised if she
thinks any such thing as that can
be accomplished. Although Mr..
Cleveland was at one time very
anxious to restore the deposed
Queen to authority, there is reason
to believe that he has long since
realized the mistake he made in his
policy toward Hawaii, and that he
would not now carry it out if he
could And everybody, including
the ex-Queen ought to know that
he could not if he wanted to.
Several anti;republican Senators
made quite bluff at opposing the
bill authorizing President Mckinley
to appoint delegates to represent
this country at any internationa
monetary conference that may b,
called by any other country or tina
he in his Judgment may deem adj
visable to call, but when it came NJ
to the scratch only four votes wer,
cast against the sill in the Senate
No trouble is expected in getting tn,
bill through the House. A notable
feature of the short debate which
preceded the passage of the bill b.
the Senate was the speech made BY
Senator Hoar, who, when abroad
last year made it a. point to secur,
information on the growth of bime
tallism IN Europe. He expressed
the positive opinion that interna
tional bimetallism was bound I,
come in time. AS to the length o
time, he said IF not in thre,
months, then in three years. 1t will
be stronger twelve months henc
than it is to-day, and it is stronge
to-day than it was twelve month
ago" Mr.. Hoar quoted origina
letters in his possession to shoV
why he believed that four grea
nations, the United States, England
France and Germany, were stoadil,
advancing towards bimetallism.
While there are few Republican
in Congress who would have name
Mr. Lyman ]. Gage, had they bee
asked to select President Mckinley
Secretary of the Treasury, all c
them agree in commanding tn
choice now that it has been made b.
Major Mckinley. Many Republ
can Senators and Representative
are personally acquainted with MI