The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-01-28
THE KENNBY CASE.
LIKELY TO Be SETTLED IN FAVOR
OF THE SILVER SENATOR.
The Nicaragua Canal Bill and the Ar
bitration Wouldn't APP
point Hiss StIanecker Because She


was Woman.
Corresnondence of The NEWS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator
Gray, of Delaware, will this week
present the credentials of Mr.. Ken
ney, who was last week elected Sen
ator by the legislature, and whose
credentials are properly certified by
the Governor of that State. A hard
fight is going to be made by the
Republicans to keep Mr.. Kenney
out of his seat. Inasmuch as Mr..
Kenney, who is silver Democrat,
will receive the support of all the
silver Senators, it is expected that
the Republicans will devote their
efforts to trying to stave off a vote
until after the 4th of March, when
they will be stronger in the Senate.
1t is said that "Little Billee" Chand-
ler's scheme of re-opening theDupent
application will be abandoned be-
cause of the refusal of some of the
Republican Senators to support it,
and that instead the claim of the
gas millionaire, Addicks, which has
already been presented to the Senate
by Chandler-he is always around
when anything dirty in the political
line is needed-will be urged against
that of Senator-elect Kenney. Ad
dicks has got plenty of money and
if 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 as strongly in favor of the in
dependence of Cnba, as ever, ne was
even more strongly in favor of &C
ton which would declare the Senate
to be independent of Executive au-
thority.
Senator Morgan has not at any
time been overfriendly 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 Genital 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, as
proposed in the bill, but would be
willing to open negotiations on the
subject with the government direct,
he seems disposed to even up things
with England by trying to defeat
the arbitration treaty. Senator Nor
gan says that England is merely
making catspaw out of those little
Central American governments, and
that one of its reasons for wanting
that arbitration treaty enforced is tc
get hand in the control of the
Nicaragua canal. This it would dc
if the arbitration treaty were in
force by getting up a dispute with
us over the Canal and then referring
it to arbitration, with the certainty
that King Oscar, of Sweden, woule
name an umpire who would decid,
in England's favor. Senator Nor
gan is fighting mad about it, anc
that isn't going to help the arbitra
tion treaty any.
Miss Maud Stalnaker, a youn!
lady of Washington, D. c., was re
Gently an applicant for a position
under the Civil Service rules, ant
probably passed the most Difficult
examination that has ever been pre-
pared by the Civil Service Commits
sion. She was the only one VIII
was able to pass the examination
but the war department refuses t.
appoint her to the vacant clerkshi
on the ground that she is a woman
The examination required transla
tion into English of Technical Nj
itary Works in French, German
Spanish and Italian; typewriting i
all of these languages; and abilit
to do proof-reading and prepar
manuscript for the press; a knowl
edge of modern library methods
cataloguing, indexing; and of tn
English language and literary com
position. The salary of the positio
demanding all these requirements
$1,000 year.
Some very interesting, althoug
rather tardy talk about the method
by which President Cleveland shr
members of the Congress out {
presence, thus depriving himself c
information he should have had an
would have had about legislatio
asked for by the people who are d
rectly represented by the member
of the House, preceded the passag
by the House, over the President
veto, of the bill providing for tt
establishment of new division {
the eastern judicial district of Te2
as. Representative Cooper told tt
House of several trips he made
the White House for the purpose {
explaining to Mr.. Cleveland why b
constituents wanted this Legislation
and of his finally being told by pr
vate secretary Thurber that it ",
useless for him to continue his e:
forts to see the President, because
mad already made up his mind t
veto the bill. 1t is believed that tt
Senate will indorse this action
the House.
Representative Grosvenor, of Obi
has alarmed those who are intereste
in his welfare by stating on the foC
of the House that he was not Nc
Kinley's representative and coul
not speak for him. AS modesty hs
never been q part of Grosvenor
makeup, it is feared that his ment,
faculties are getting dlsordered.,.
Superior Court Adjourns Today.