Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
spEorAr nonnnaponpRnor OF rHn noN1ron.

The President has no means of
knowing to a certainty that the tariff
bill will become law inside of
month, but he feels so confident that
it will that he has promised to attend
the unwilling of the statue Of General
John A. Logan in Lake Front Park,
Chicago on July 22nd, with as many
members of the Cabinet as can make
it convenient to accompany him. In
order to provide against unexpected
contingencies, President Mckinley
stipulated that his promise should not
be considered binding if the tariff bill
were not disposed of in time for him
to reach Chicago on the date specified.
Senator Chandler, who made a re-
cord as Secretary of the Navy, was
asked what he thought of the English
statement that the annexation of Ha
waii would make it necessary for us
to largely increase our Naval force
because we are about to annex Ha-
wall. The future power of the United
States will not lie in it's Navy. We
will be great because we have unlim
tied and easily convertible resources.
If we want a Navy, we can get one.
If war should come in which Italy,
for instance, was not concerned we
could buy the whole Italian Navy in
"a hours. There will be no larger Ma
val appropriations coincident with
the ratification of the Hawaiian trea-
ty, but when we want Navy we can
get it.''
The ultimate ratification of the
treaty flor the annexation of Hawaii
is Regarded as so certain, notwith-
standing the talk of the handful of
democratic. Senators who are opposed
to it, that no effortl will be made to
p ush it toTa vote at this session of
Congress. The President is perfectly
S satisfied to have it go over to the re-
gular session, as he regards the send
ing of the treaty to the Senate as all
that was necessary to notify the
world of our intention to annex the
island.
Senator Hanna has grown very tir
ed of denying the story originated by I
some one in the [employ of New
YorkIpaper, that the wages of miners
in his employ linz Pennsylvania, had
been cut to the lowest price ever paid I
in the Pittsburgh district-54 cents a
ton. Speaking on the subject, Sena- Z
tor Hanna said: ''There has been a &
reduction of wages, but not those of
the menlemployed by any of the COM Z
nil To1 iY,fo
was asked to join and refused to do
SO. My men Eare still receiving so Z
cents ton" Of course it would be
expecting entirely too much to ask 4
that this very positive denial should
operate to keep the original lie out of
democratic papers.
Senator Hanna and several mem
bers of the Ohio delegation in the
House have gone home to attend the c
state convention. The story that Sen e
ator Foraker remained in Washing
ton because he was opposed to Sena-
tor Hanna was, of course, of demo-
cratic origin. Senator Foraker when =
asked about it, said tt ere wasn't the q
slightest foundation for such a yarn, s
rs he is heartily in favor of Senator g
Hanna's election, and certain that it ?
will be accomplished. He remained a
IN Washington as the result of an
agreement with Senator Hanna, it be- +
ng thought best that one of them c
should be in his seat in the Senate t
while the tariff bill is under consider e
alton. :
Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, the new V
D. S. Minister to Spain, has many ad- Z
mirers among the republicans who +
the National convention,
which nominated Hayes and Wheeler. a.
After Hayes was nominated, General p
heard that the Indiana dele a
cation had decided to support him for ~ ~
jhe Vice Presidency. According to d
Col. w. r. Holloway, who was there, o
md who is now in Washington, this 81
s what Gen. Woodford said to his In y
llama friends: "No, no, gentlemen;
1on't think of that, VIM. A. Wheeler r
s a stronger man in the state of New ri
will give him Indiana's thirty votes. is
What we need and must have to elect =
Gov. Hayes, is New York's electoral a
vote Don't consider me for one mo- a.
nent, but vote for my friend, Wheel o.
3r, and assist us to carry the Empire y, "
state for the nominees of this conven F.
ion." The result is history. s.
While the republicans enjoyed the tt
and counter accusations
hurled by democratic Senators against