Hutchinson gazette., 1897-01-21
PROBLEM
Maj Mckinley Looking About for a
Secretary of the Treasury.
THE ARBITRATION TREATY.
international Silver Coin PropOsed-In-
truders to BE Elected from the Chero-
kee COuntry--Voted to Override
Eeto-The Twelfth Caucus.


90 no further in his cabinet-making
until he has filed the place of secre-
tary of the treasury. For that he has
under consideration Senator Shelby M.
Cullom, of Illinois, and Charles Emory
Smith, of Pennsylvania, the editor OF
the Philadelphia Press. The cabinet is
nearly complete. Unless some recast-
ing is made necessary by declinations
or circumstances which cannot be fore
seen five of the eight places are now
practically filltd. These selections are:
Sherman, of Ohio, for secretary of
state; Long, of Massachusetts, for sec
retary of the navy; McKenna, of Cali
fornia, for secretary of the interior;
Goff, of West Virginia, for attorney
general, and Wilson, of Iowa, for sec
retary of agriculture. The war and
the post office selections wait upon the
treasury problem. They are in q meas
ure- dependent upon that solution. Al
ger is not the certainty that some news
papers have represented. If Cullom is
named for secretary of the treasury
that will end consideration of Payne,
of Wisconsin, for postmaster-general.
There are three cabinet places to be
filed, and how they shall be filled Mr..
Mckinley has not determined in his
own mind. Even if Senator Cullom
goes in as secretary of the treasury,
Charles Emory Smith will be a proba-
bility for one of the other places.
General Arbitration Treaty.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O.-It is learned
at the state department that the only
official advance toward the consumma-
tion of general arbitration treaty
made by any European nation save
Great Britain was that contained in a
resolution of the French chambers
adopted in 1895, favoring the conclusion
of a permanent treaty of arbitration
with the United States Aeopy of this
was supplied to the state department
by United States Ambassador Eustis,
and this was gracefully acknowledged
by President Cleveland in his annual
message to congress in the fall of the
same year. Beyond this no steps were
taken to negotiate treaty, and the
subject has been allowed to remain in
allegiance, just as the first suggestion
of an arbitration treaty with Great
Britain remained unacted upon for
more than year. The consensus of
opinion among those who have been
watching the matter closely is that no
vote on the treaty will be reached this
session, and if the Mckinley admins
tration wishes to withdraw it and
MOD ,fy it to suit the senate and then
present it again it can do So If it is
not withdrawn it will be greatly
amended and modified before the sem
ate will agree to it, even if it agrees to
it at all.
international Silver Coin Proposed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O.-The move
ment for common coin, upon which
to do business with countries on a sill
yer basis, has taken form. A resolu-
tion has been offered in the house with
this end in view. 1t provides that the
president "be authorized and requested
to enter into negotiations with the
governments of China, Japan, the sew
eral republics and colonies of the west
ern hemisphere, the Hawaiian islands
and the Dominion of Canada, with
view of securing a uniform standard of
value in trade and commerce. This is
the idea advocated warmly by the
Arthur administration. 1t is what Mr.
Blaine hoped to see. come from the Pan
American congress. 1t is the subject
which prompted the assembling of the
international American monetary con-
ference in 1891. In that conference all
of the American republics were in fa-
vor Of common silver coin for trade
purposes. The United States delegates
asked delay. Three of these. delegates
were for the proposition.t Two were
non-eommittal, because the Harrison
administration was in doubt about the
practical effect of the plan at that time:
Cherokee Country Ejectnients.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 90. = Secretary
Francis is preparing an order for the
election from the Cherokee country OF
all intruders who have not complied
with the provisions Of the law
passed by the last congress in regard
to them. This law required that they
should appear before the Dawes conn
mission within 90 days and give sAtis.
factory proof of their citizensnip, RI
the decision of the comEllssion was
against them they Wee allowed 20
days in which to take an appeal This
time has now .exr:fed, and all of those
persons who lave been declared not
entitled to citizenship win be ordered
to vacate the Cherokee country before
February TO- Secretary Francis de-
sires' that they should have due notice,
so that they will not commit the folly
of planting crops upder the impression
that they are not to be disturbed of
their occupancy.
Voted to OyFrrido Veto.
WAsHINGTON, jan. 90.-The house
committee on 3hdichry yest9 rday voted
to recommend the passageof the bill
over the veto of tho president making