The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-12

Washington Letter.
tFrom Orr Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Aug. 6, 1897.
No new orders have been given to
Minister Sewall, and the story that
came from Hawaii this week about
his having been instructed to estab- |
lish protectorate over the islands
as soon an he learned of the failure Of
the senate to act upon the annexation
treaty at the extra session of con-
gress was largely imaginary. When
Minister Sewall left Washington he
carried definite instructions to raise
the stars and stripes over Hawaii the
minute that any attempt was made
by Japanees, or others, to interfere in |
any manner with the existing govern.
ment of Hawaii. Those instructions
have not been supplemented in any
way and are not likely to be. If any
other country interferes with Hawaii,
Minister Sewall will hoist old glory
and the U. S. war vessels in the har-
Dor of Honolulu will see that the flag
is kept afloat. That is all there is of
it.
John Wedderburn & Co. have so
far utterly failed to show cause why
they should not be disbarred from
practice before the patent Office, for
fraud and deception, in the hearing
now going on, and the general opin~
ion is that the case will end with
their disbarrment, and the shutting
out Of the mails of the National Re-
corder, their paper.
Ex-senator Sanders, of Montana,
who is now visiting Washington, was
asked what effect, if any, he thought
the Alaska gold discoveries would
have upon the financial question in
this county. He replied: II hardly
think that the discoveries of large
quantities of gold in Alaska will tend
to bridge the gap that separates gold
and silver. 1t matters not how much
gold is taken out of the Klondyke
( field, silver will never regain it's old
time position. AS a standard it is
doomed, but it will always serve an
excellent use as subsidiary currency.
But after all, it may be doubted
whether even if the Klondyke mines
prove as productive as the most san
guine miners claim, the general con-
dition of the great mass of our peo-
pie will thereby be bettered, 1t may
be doubted whether the California
boom of '49 produced any prosperity
of national extent. Prosperity is not
the result of such episodes. Money
is abundant enough now; the trouble
is that it lies stacked up in vaults,
and will not come out Of it's hiding
places"
| Mr.. T. V. Powderly, who was this
week sworn in as commissioner gen
eral Of immigration, has only to dis:
']play the same common sense in per
forming his duties that he did in an.
swering questions as to his policy tc
make him a model official. He fully
recognizes that his duty is to enforce
laws and not to make them. as is
: shown by his words: :'Of course, ]
have personal views on immi gration
but shall follow entirely the laws
governing the ubject:"
In view Of the frequency that free
traders say that a trip to Europe
knocks protection ideas out of intel
ligent Americans, the followingstate
ment, made in Washington, by Mr.
w. A. Nygh, will be read with inter
est: "Although was born in Hol
} land and am now residing in London
. yet residence of twenty years in Cali
fornia made Of me pretty thorough
American. 1 am proud to call my
r self an American, for I look upon thu
= people of the United States as thu
\ foremost in the world. I saw huge
steamship discharge her cargo al
p Southampton the other day, and al
= I watched the wheat and corn anc
=. machinery of every sort, not to speal
of bicycles without end, that wer.
Handed, the thought came in my
mind that while America can suppl,
| all her needs without going beyonc
+ her own shores, the nations of Europe
! cannot do SO; they must send to the
States for many of the necessities anc
luxuries of life. This is why I am sc
thoroughly pleased with the Dingley