Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-10-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom Our special Correspondent,
WASHINGTON. ID. q. Oct. "a .

exception Of a short trip to Ohio the
latter part of this month he will proba.
bly, not leave Washington again until
the long session OF Congress, which
meets in December, adjourns. The
President is enthusiastic, not only over
the personal reception given him in
Massachusetts,, but over the evidences
OF prosperity he saw everywhere he
went. He found the same state of
affairs in New England that be found
in the Middle West-every body re.
Joicing over present prosperity and the
prospect of greater prosperity to come.
If ever any President had cause to re.
joice over the condition of the country,
surely President Mckinley is the man,
and what adds to his pleasure is the
knowledge that he can consistently
say, II told you 3d."
This weeks Cabinet meeting was a
sort of happy family affair. All had
something to say from personal knowl-
edge OF the great wave Of prosperity
h a is sweeping over the country,
helping the farmers to pay off mort
cages and to purchase luxuries for
themselves and families, which they
were compelled to do without during
years OF Democratic control, and given
work, where there was no work, to both
skilled and unskilled labor. The peo.
pie who have suffered know where to
place the credit for their improved
condition. and they will be certain not
to make any more disastrous expert
ments by voting the Republican party
u OF power. Republican times will
be synonymous with good times for a
long time to come in this country.
After Elk Senator Edmunds, Chair.
mar of the Monetary Commission, an.
nounced the three standing commit.
tees-on metallic currency, on demand
obligations Of the Government, and on
banking-the commission took a recess
until October II, in order to allow the
committees to consider suggestions
which have been made and to arrange
a systematic program. Members of
the commission are emphatic in deny.
Ing any intention to do more than sug.
gest to Congress changes that they
may believe would be beneficial.
Official news received by the Depart.
ment of State from Hawaii this week
was very different from what was ex.
pected by the sensation mongers, who
had been circulating stories of the dan
ger of the immediate overthrow of the
Dole Government by the japanese in
Hawaii. Minister Sewall informed
Secretary Sherman that the immigra.
ton dispute between Japan and Ha-
wall was in a fair way to be amicablv
settled without even the trouble of
arbitration.
Hon. BENJAMIN. B%utterworth added
new bI the enviable record
ne Is Commissioner of Pat
ents yided to, disbar from
practice BE- THE U. s. Patent Office
John Wedderburn & Co., found guilty
by indisputable evidence of having de.
csived and defrauded numerous in
ventors who had been deluded BY Gilt.
terlng promises, together with lottery
and other disreputable methods, into
becoming their clients. Wedderburn
q Co., by reason of a lavish expendi-
ture OF money, obtained by question.
able methods, were able to bring much
influence to bear upon Maj. Butter.
worth, but he ignored the influence
and decided the case on the evidence
taken ut the exhaustive hearings be.
fore the Patent Office, which was copclu.
sive. Postmaster General Gary has
been requested to put THE National
Recorder Wedderburn & Co.'S paper.
on the fraud list and to deny it the
privilege of second class mail. John
Wedderburn Is the same man who per.
suaded many newspaper publishers to
exchange advertising for stock in the
Examiner Claims Bureau, and the
Press Claims Co., both out of exist.
ence, and much stock of John Wedder.
burn q Co is also now held by them.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Heath, who has just returned from his
home in Indiana tells the following to
illustrate the conditions he found
there: when / was in Indiana in Feb.
ruary met a farmer who was In great
He was an old friend. with
2OO acres of as good land as can be
anywhere. 1t was mortgaped
Tor several thousand dollars, and he
to sell his equity at an almost
figure. Last week | saw the
farmer again, and asked him If he still
to sell: He told me the fam
was not for sale; that be had made
enough out of it to settle his interest
account, pay off q partof his debt, and
build a new house. and had renewed
MS mortgage at two per cent lower
than he had been paving"
Free Pills.