Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-11-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
EspE71AL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MONITOR.
Washington, NoU. p, 1897.

WASHINGTON, No0. p, 1897.
6 No President for years has paid
more Difference to the opinions of
members of his party than Maj. Nc
Kinley does, and no President has |
ever taken more pains to ascertain |
the opinions of his callers. upon public
matters. While there is no question !
of public Importance upon which
President Mckinley has not well
defined opinion of his own, he in
vites the freest expression of the
opinions of others and is not SO self
opinionated as not to be sometimes
convinced that his own are erroneous.
Now he cakes every opportunity OF
drawing out the opinions of his
callers on matters Of which his an
nual message to Congress will treat.
While his message, which will be a |
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.
Ii CAOIO I01 Y al Oh OAO1 co4OI u ONcJ
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 intends to send new treaty to
the Senate early in the session,
drawn to meet the expressed objec-
tions to the one that was rejected by
the Senate at the last session.
Representative Dolliver, of Iowa,
whose prominence in republican
councils makes his opinions upon
legislative matters of value, passed
through Washington on his way
home, where he expects TO eat his
Thanksgiving dinner, from an Eastern
trip. In reply to the question as to
whether he thought currency legisla-
ton probable at this session of Con-
gress, he said: 81 doubt if bill can
be framed that will meet with the
approval of both houses of Congress.
It is not unlikely, however, that the
House will take up legislation in line
with the recommendations of the
CSldOhO IlOoo0SO. ihCSO1 udhO
it, will be reasonable and conserva-
tive, and strictly along the line of the
re cord and platform of the republi-
can party" Mr.. Dolliver says he
thinks the early annexation of
Hawaii absolutely certain and re-
CARDS that and the settlement of the
Union Pacific railroad debt as among
the administr atoms most creditable
work. q His opinion.of Congress tax
ing the Cuban question up, as ad-
vocated by democrats and anti adj
ministration newspapers, is worthy |
of more than passing thought. He
said: eff the combined wisdom of the |
Execu tive and State department is
not equal to solving the Cuban prob
lem, do not believe it would help
sional joint debate"
Attorney General McKenna is pre-
pairing the papers that will be neces
sary in foreclosure proceedings |
against the Central Pacific railroad,
which will, in January next, owe the
U. S. government nearly S53, 1000, 900, |
so that no time will be lost in case the
company[defaults, as it is expected it |
will do.RIf foreclosure proceedings
are taken, they are likely to include |
the Westean Pacific railroad also.
Experts on the cultivation and |
marketing of the export tobacco of |
Kentucky and Tennessee are invited |
by Secretary Wilson to write what |
they know on the subject, to be used |
in series of tobacco bulletins to be |
issued by the Department of Agricul-
ture Accepted contributions will be
paid for at the rate of. $15 a thousand
words, and while no length limit is
set, it is not desired that any single
communication shall exceed ten
thousand words.
@The conclusion Of the members of
the Executive Committee of the
Indianapolis Financial convention of |
last winter, which has been holding
monetary conference in Washington
for some time past, not to make their
report public until after President
McKinley's message and Secretary
Cages annual report have been sub
mitted to Congress-, probably means
that the measure which the COM
mittee will recommend to Congress
will be in the main along the same
lines as the financial recommends
tions that will be made in Secretary
Cages annual report and endorsed by