Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-02-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Special Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, d, c., Jan. 30, '97.

placed in false position. He showed
this when he stated in open Senate
that there was no truth in the hume.
rous rumors about lis having made an
agreement with Secretary Olney con-
cerning the Cuban rolicy to be main
tanned during the remainder of this
administration and that to be adopted
by President McKinley's administra-
tion. He showed it again by this
Hat footed announcement concerning
the stories of his having accepted the
Secretarysbip of State as part of bar.
gain: MY acceptance of the portfolio
OF Secretary of State was without any
reservations or conditions. Coy. Bush
nell has about six weeks yet before it
Will be necessary to appoint my sue.
cessor in the Senate. There seems to
be general desire that Mr.. Hanna
should be selected for the seat, and,
whilo | have no assurance on that
point, l believe that Gov. Bushnell will
appoint him." The Ohio Republicans
in the House are unit in saying that
there is no truth in the printed stories
OF disagreements among the Republi,
cans of that state over who shall sue.
ceed Senator Sherman. They say that
the Ohio Republicans were never more
harmonious than they are now.
The Senate committee on Foreign
Relations has not yet arrived at a de-
cision as to the nature of the report
that will he made on the Arbitration
treaty. Amendments have been pro-
posed which will make it clear that
neither the Monroe Doctrine nor our
right 10 control the Nicarauga Canal,
when it is constructed, shall ever be
submitted 10 arbitration; also, one
striking out that clause which author
ICES the King of Sweden to choose the
umpire when the English and Ameri
can representatives can not agree upon
one. Although nore OF these amend.
ments have been formally accepted by
the committees, it it probable that some
If not all of them will be.
The House by vote of 1877 to SO
passed private pension bill for the
relief of Jonathan Scott. who served in
the Fifth Iowa Cavalry and who now
lives at Oswego, Kan, over the Presi
dents veto. The Senate now has seve.
rail- bills to act upon which have been
passed over the Presidents veto by the
House.
Representative Hartman, of Mon
tana gave the New York papers, which
are constantly sneering at the West, a
sharp rap, which was fully appreciated
by the House, when he offered an
amendment to the regular Indian ap-
preparation bill providing for an ap.
preparation of 81 900, 900, 900 "for the ed.
ucation and civilization of the Seeley
savages of the Manhattan reservation. +"
Mr.. Hartman made no remarks on his
amendment. None were needed. Every
body saw the point at once, and the
amendment had done its work before
it was ruled out on point of order.
Senator Lodge exposed the source of
most of the opposition to the Immigra
tlon bill by reading copy of telegram
sent broadcast through the west by the
Chicago agents of the North German
Lloyd Steamship Co., requesting those
who received it to wire their Congress
man, at the Chicago agents expense, to
vote against the Immigration bill. Mr..
Lodge allowed the kilograms to do
their own talking, contenting himself
with saying: Il am very glad to have
this opportunity of proving the truth
of what l said in the Senate, that the
opposition to the restriction eminates
entirely from the steamship companies
that bring them" The same kilograms
read in the Senate by Mr.. Lodge were
read in the House by Representative
Stone, of Pa. The House showed its
of this method of fighting
legislation by agreeing to the report of
the conference committee on the I'M
migration bill. The bill would prob.
ably have been passed, anyhow, but
the North German Lloyd Steamship
Co., probably gained it votes.
Representatives Grosvenor, Brom.
well and Van Voorhis, were appointed
committee by the Ohio Republicans
in the House, at meeting held this
week, to make arrangements for
dinner to be given Senator Sherman on
the first day Of March by his colleagues
in Congress.
The election Of Hon. John G. Spooner
to succeed Senator Villas, of Wisconsin,
whose term expires March 8, brought
great deal of pleasure to Washington,
both in and out of Congress, and it
must have given equal pleasure in
Wisconsin. Col. John Hicks, of Osh.
kosh, who was U. s. Minister to Peru
under the Harrison administration,
and who is now in Washington said:
ut is remarkable what a unanimity Of
opinion there was in the party for
Spooner's return to the Senate. When
it was known that the Republicans had
control of the Legislature scarcely
another name was mentioned, and in
the caucus l1S out of the 119 members
voted for him. He made a most salts
factory Senator before and the party