The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-29
lFrom our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, ID. G., Jan. p, '96.

certified by The governor of that
state. 4 hard fight i going 70 be
made by the republicans 70 keep
MIR. Kenny out OF his seat. In n
much a. Mr.. kenney, who j. a sill
yer democrat, will receive the sup
port of all the silver Senators, il Is
expected that the republicans will
devote their efforts TO trying TO stave
oil a vote until after the 9TH OF
March, when they will be stronger
in the Senate. 1t is said that Lit
tie Billie Chambers scheme Of re-
opening the Dupont application will
be abandoned because of the refusal
Of some Of the republican Senators
to support it, and that instead the
claim of the gas millionaire, Adj
dicks, which has already been pre-
sented 10 the Senate by Chandler,
he is always around when any
thing dirty in the political line l.
needed-will be urged against that
Of Senator-elect Kenney. Addicks
has got plenty Of money, and II there
are any votes in the Senate that can
be bought, he is willing to spend it.
Senator Turpie called up the
Cameron Cuban resolution and
made a spirited speech thereon, in
which he made it plain that while
he was Just is strongly in favor of
the independence OF Cuba a ever,
he was even more strongly in favor
Of action which would declare the
senate to be Independent of Execu-
tive 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 an ardent supporter, was given
It's death blow by the notice from
the minister of the Greater Republic
Of Central America that Nicaragua,
which is a part OF that republic,
would not allow the concessions
granted to the Canal company to be
controlled by the United States, a
proposed in the bill, but would be
willing to open negotiations on the
subject with this government di-
rect, he seems disposed to even up
things with England by trying TO
defeat the arbitration treaty. Sena-
tor Morgan saws that England i
merely making catspaw out OF
those little Central American govern
ments, and that one of its reasons
for wanting that arbitration treaty
enforced is to get a hand in the
control of the Nicaragua canal.
This il would do, if the arbitration
treaty were in force, by getting up Q
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 England :
favor. Senator Morgan is fighting
mad about it, and that isn't going
TO help the arbitration treaty any.
Miss Maud Stalnaker, young
lady Of Washington, ID. c., was re-
Gently an applicant for position
under the Civil Service Rules, anc
probably passed the most difficult
examination that has ever beer
prepared by the Civil Service Com
mission. She was the only one wh'
was able to pass the examination
but the War department refuses t
appoint her to the vacant clerkshll
on the ground that she is a woman
The examination required transla
(, ton into English Of technical mill
. tary works in French, German
! Spanish and Italian; typewritin
! in all these languages; and abllit
!, to 10 proof-reading and prepar
!, manuscript for the press; know
ledge of modern library methods
! cataloguing, indexing, and OF I'll
English language and literary con
position. The salary of the positio
!, demanding all these requirement
81 lis $500 year.
4; Some very interesting, al;houg
! rather tardy talk about the methoC
{ by which President Cleveland SHIT
members of Congress out OF his pre-
~ ence, thus depriving himself OF in
70 form alton he should have had, al
Of would have had, about legislatic
at asked for by the people who are d
er rectly represented by the membc
i. of the House, preceded the pa-saI
~ by the House, over the President
nj veto, of the bill providing for 4
q. establishment of new division
to the Eastern judicial district of TIE
al as. Representative Cooper told {
ii. House of several trips he made
Ii. the White House for the purpose
explaining to Mr.. Cleveland WI
Dol his constituents wanted this leg
on lation, and of his finally being e
be by private secretary Thurber that
was useless for him to continue
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