Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-11-26

other News.
No President for years las paid
more Difference to the opinions of
members of his party than Maj
Mckinley does, and no President
has ever taken more pains to ascer-
tain the opinions of his callers up
on public matters. While there is
no question of public Importance
upon which President Mckinley has
nota well defined opinion of his
own, he invites the freest express
sion Of the opinions of others and is
not so self-opinionated as not to be
sometimes convinced that his own
are erroneous. just now he takes
every opportunity of drawing out
the opinions of his callers on mat
ters of which his annual message to
Congress will treat. While his
message, which will be 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.
If there isn't an arbitration treaty
between Great Britain and the
United States before the adjourn
ment of this session of Congress, it
will not be the fault of President
Mckinley, as he intends to send q
new treaty to the Senate early in the
session, drawn to meet the expressed
objections to the one that was re-
jected by the Senate at the last ses-
sion.
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 East
ern trip. In reply to the question
as to whether he thought currency
legislation probable at this session
of Congress, he said: 81 doubt if q
bill can be framed that will meet
with the approval of both Houses of
Congress. 1t is not unlikely, how
ever, that the House will take up
legislation in line with the recon-
mendations of the Presidents mes
sage. These, take it, will be rea-
sonable and conservative, and
strictly along the line of the record
and platform of the Republican
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 administration most
creditable work. His opinion of
Congress taking the Cuban question
up, as advocated by Democrats and
anti-administration newspapers, is
worthy of more than passing
thought. He said: "If the COM
bined wisdom of the Executive and
the State Department is not equal
to solving the Cuban problem, / do
not believe it would help matters to
throw it into Congressional joint
debate"
Attorney General McKenna is
preparin g the papers that will be
necessary in foreclosure proceed
ings against the Central Pacific
Railroad, which will, in January
next, owe the United States Govern
ment nearly $53, 900, 900, so that no
time will be lost in case the Com
pany defaults, as it is expected it
will do. If foreclosure proceedings
are taken, they are likely to include
the Western Pacific Railroad also.
Experts on the cultivation and
marketing of the export tobaccos of
Kentucky and Tennessee are invited
by Secretary Wilson to write what
they know on the subject, to be used
in a series of tobacco bulletins TO be
issued by the Department of Agri-
culture. 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 In
dianapolis Financial Convention of
last winter, which has been holding
monetary conference in Washing
ton for sometime past, not to make
their report public until after Pre-
sident McKinley's message and Sec
retary Cages annual report have
been submitted to Congress, proba-
bly, means that the measure which
the committee will recommend to
Congress will be in the main along
the same lines as the financial re-
commentators that will be made in
Secretary Cages annual report and
endorsed by President Mckinley.
In a statement just issued by this
Committee, much more confidence
is expressed in the passing of fnan-
cial legislation by this Congress than
there are indications in sight to JUS
tify.
President Mckinley doesn't be-
lieve in the brass band method of
announcing in advance what he in
tends doing he prefers to allow his
acts and accomplishments to speak
for themselves. He has done more
to maintain our national prestige
abroad since the 4th of last March
than his predecessor dld during his
full term of four years, and not the
least of his accomplishments in that
line was securing the release Of 27
American citizens from Spanish
prisons in Cuba.