New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-11
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES..

THE PRESIDENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
McKineys star is apparently the source vi ',.e.s
TO large number Of people 1t seems ''"' -. 80,
rect horoscope Of the President mas not sc' -
cast The PSYCHOLOGISTS have been able 10 rea' VIZ
skies as they were on the June day wheh ne W.
mamma TOD az ST Louis. They have interpreted "'o
signs OF the heavens shown on Eicc''o" IT.
The conjunction Of the planets on the oay -
aupuration has likewise been interpreted Wy ~
But they admit that they are as yet uiaoio "
a CONN etc horoscope. because they are lsho''''t y
the hour of the day which Major Mchl'e' We"
I'm Irouiries come from all parts OF the woril'
cor,o are disguised while others ask 'he P'a'"
question None OF the PRESIDENTS biographies
this information There Is, indeed usPu'o ""
,s not likely to be settled. The fresideh' nea'' W.
tho oueres good naturedly and then dis"as
them with an answer which sheds ITO "s"'. VI.
49,, n senator received In his mail request 'ha'
no find out for an lnquirng consu,uen. az VIZ"
hour OF the day or night MAYOR w.,
horn As II was the only letter IN MS man "
dav which did not ask his influence io' IN
decided that II merlted an immediate a'is"e'' ""u
he sought the information OF oie VI w.
of the Presidents household 800.
80 they're after you. too" was the reP,y le 60
well write your constituent tii't ,,.ro
Mckinley fees so well satisfied WIN NE -"
that no does not care to have his horoscope cast
The puzzled Senator did not UNDERSTAND VI" w
swcr until II was explained to him that tnere W"
great rivalry among the astrologsts OF the "o''
TO gain the ZANE which would come from ia" ,'..9
the exact hour Of the Presidents birth anu h'e
their calculations accordingly The senatPSi Or CORE
Il curious turn of lind. and ne Wro. . ~ hnd heen
spondent asking why the iniorin'ttIoii "" as that
sought The answer WnlGn c and having tried all
other means Of knowledge had though1s Ina lie
thought 1t was not much to ask as Senators Wead
only servants Of the public ANYHOW VII b 1T ne cured
by enasSTa nTenee dhy have
Il liz r1n IN
formation from the Presidents aged mother but
oed them a. It nm yte eses Me Thiee
retlres to private life, II 1t ever Is disclosed
WHAT THE MATTER WAS.-"What is the mat
teri" asked one Congressman Of another. who
seemed to be in an unhappy frame Of mind, to-day
Matter? Matter enough! Postofces-thats
what's the matter if you want TO know. Now take
such a case this one few days ago All .i'e
candidates-there were five or six OF theh win"
drew and agreed upon man who. they sAd' was
satisfactory TO everybody and asked me 20 recoln
mend hi. appointment, and was glad 10 90 So
Now here to-day come all these kilograms sayne
that a great mistake has been race, ahH ashInn
me 70 Withdraw my recommended ton. NOW ~
be hanged before do. That man recon- MN t
at their request shall he appointed II wei, IL !
have to make the appointment myself suppose
must have received and answered more man s
bred letters and kilograms about that &
ship which pays the incumbent conslderaDy Iess
than sG00 a.year.' Ana the WorIleu oo"eie'
strobe out of the room.
CANE-sUGAR GROWERS EXCITED.-senator
McEnery of louisiana has received the Following
dispatch dated New Orleans, May s. and signed by
President Charles A. Farwell and the other oflcers
of the American Cane Growers Association:
AT a meeting of the Executive Committee or me
American Cane Growers Assocatlon this udy iGIu,
f. was unanimously resolved that TINS assoJ,a 5I
written In the Dingey bill as II came lio IN ne az,
House and entreats It's frends 10 bs nract,cai
eauita and Ineligible in it's provisions atorGne
sufficient protection to bud up hn nG tb moopter
and the producer which this ASSOCIATION eoes mo-
believe any schedule expressed in terms OF ad val
Olcm would DO
AN ENTERPRISING OFFICE-SEEkER-Pict-
uresaue characters among the office-seekers IN
Washington abound just now Still. none OF them
rival the Chicago man who eight years ago came
here with an application for appointment as Minis
ter 10 Brazil backed by petition signed by sew
eral thousand citizens of Chicago. 1t was aferward
disclosed that he was picture frame peder ana
taking orders which were filed at factory, ana ne
got his commission on the s ssns apd fountain
pen, and nearly everybody signed II as a joke;
Charles b. Farwell was in the senate tneh anu ilau
an experience with this enterprising otiice-seeker
They are in the habit of serding big men as
Won't be as big any of them II get the
placer retorted the picture-frsme man.
THE TARIFF STATEMENT.-There were many
Inquiries by members of the House of representa-
tlyes to-day for the comparative tarlT statement
prepared by the Treasury Bureau Of Statistics in
response TO the request OF the Finance Commlttee
but copies were be had. This AFTERNOON II
was said at the room of the Ways ana Means
for repairs several hundred errors and imperfeeons
having been discovered and that the corrected ana
completed statement would not be READY TOT ISSUE
until Friday.
KANSAS AND ALABAMA sENATORS.-The two
| Coz frnrn Mr.
are from the same county In corner OF the sun
| flower State. This Is unusual. but more unusual
| thing is that the two Senator'S from Alabama are
| from the same town. Senator Morgan. who has
been in the Senate twenty years comes from Selma,
| and it happens that the new Senator Mr.. Pettus,
who succeeded Mr. Pugh also comes from Selma
| II is with one exception the only instance of the
| kind in the Senate. Senator Pettus according to
his own account. is plain, old-fashioned Demo-
| crat Of the old school, who inherited his Democ-
| racy He was born In Tennessee, and lived within
| a mile of the Hermitage. his father and unces
| fighting under jackson in the Creek War lie is
tall and dignifed, with white hair, and does not look
new in the Senate. But Senator Pettus said the
81 am too 20 express opinion on the affairs
OF the country am lawyeT ana TINS is the frsi
am in favor Of coinage law such as we had before
Cuban question will saw that | want to avoid a
| war with Spain If 1t can be done on honorable
of a people who are fighting for their liberty
| want the flag strong enough TO protect Americans
! even in Central Africa, and do not want to see
| any of our ships searched In any harbor. II makes
| no difference whether an American is citizen born
| or has become from naturalization. They have
! the same rights and should receive the same pro-
| lection As TO the tariff question. the people of
! Alabama I think. prefer specific tax to an ad
| valorem duty but they opposed TO protection
tariff tina; is just will give all the protection that
| Is necessary
| THE LELAND STANFORD CNIVERSITY-J
W. Stanford, OF San Francisco a nephew of the
late Senator Stanford Is one OF the trustees OF the
| Leland Stanford University. Mr. Stanford was In
| Washington recently, and speaking of the Uni
| versity said
| "I0o,t, ora heino made randy Nc noSsTIo