The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18
Washington Letter.
(From Our Regular CORRESPONDENCE
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2 WASHINGTON, Feb. H. 1897.
e Senator Sherman has worked hard
to get the Senate to dispose of the
arbitration treaty this week, but SO
many new amendments have been Of
fered and SO much opposition has
been manifested that he doesn't con-
slider the outlook for disposing of the
treaty at this session particularly
good. In fact, it would not be sur
prising if he should quietly abandon
the effort and let the treaty 20 over
to the extra session of the Senate
which will convene on March 4th.
There is much that can be said in
favor of such action on his part. If
the treaty were temporarily dropped
it would give the Senate more time to
devote to a number of important
measures that ought to be disposed
of at the present session. The extra
session Of the Senate would have
more time to give the treaty, as it
will have nothing else to do except to
act upon the nominations of Presi-
dent Mckinley. The attempt to aeep
the proceedings of the Senate in ex-
ecutive sessions secret has resulted
as usual--in the publication of the
substance Of the proceedings daily.
The last formality. but one, needed
to make Hon. William Mckinley
President. and Hon. Garret A. Hobart
Vice President was gone through
when the Senate and House ASSEMBLE
ed in joint session, counted the elect
oral votes, and officially declared the
result of the balloting in the elector-
al college. This ceremony, which
took less than an hour to complete,
was held in the hall of the House,
Vice President Stevenson presiding
with Speaker Reed seated on his
right. There was no excitement as
the votes of the several States were
read out by the tellers, except that
caused by the fainting of woman in
one of the crowded galleries. and the
only marked demonstration was the
round of applause which greeted Mr..
Stevenson's announcement of the to-
tails and the election of Mckinley
and Hobart.
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Senator Chandler has been showing
his friends letter he has received
asking him to endorse the writer's all
plication for Office under the coming
administration, from which the fol-
lowing 10 an extract: Il wish to be
appointed to one of the following
positions: U. S. Consul, Ambassador
to Denmark or Sweden and Norway,
or U. S. revenue collector, revenue
Eagent, pension agent, Superintendent
! of the Coast and Geodetic Survey,
Surveyor General of the U. S. public
lands, migrant inspector, Comptroller,
Register of the U. S.. Treasury, or
Collector of Customs"
~
The House this week passed two
|private pension bills, for tho benefit
of Rachel Patton and Caroline Mo
watt, widows of soldiers, who had re-
married and lost their second hus
bands, over the Presidents veto, and
! agreed to the conference report on
the amended Immigration bill. The
Senate also passed over the Presi
dents veto the bill for establishing {
J new place for holding court in the
Eastern, Judicial District of Texas
| This bill is now law, as the House
passed it over the veto sometime ago
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| The Senate committee on Naval AT
fairs have settled, so far as it lies ii
the power of the committee, the Ions
Edrawn out controversy over the price
the govern ment should pay for armol
plate for its fighting vessels, by de
Gliding that $500 ton shall be the
price and providing for the establish
ment of a government plate to make
| the armor, if the two companies hav
ing plants refuse to furnish it at the
price stated.
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/ The much amended Immigration
bill at last reached the White House
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