Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-08-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent
WAsafs0ToR. ID. C., Angg. 1897.


lish protectorate over the islands
as soon as he learned of the failure
OF the senate to act upon the annex
alton treaty at the extra session Of
congress is largely imaginary. When
Minister Sewall left Washington he
carried definite Instructions to raise
the stars and stripes over Hawaii the
minute that any attempt was made
by japanese, or others, to interfere
in any manner with the existing gov
eminent Of Hawaii. Those instruc-
tions have not been supplemented in
any way and are not likely to be. If
any other country interferes with
Hawaii, Minister Sewall will hoist
"Old Glory" and the L. :. war vessels
in the harbor of Honolulu will see
that the flag is kept afloat.
:
John Wedderburn d Co, have so
far utterly failed to show cause why
they should not be disbarred from
practice before the patent office, for
fraud and deception, in the hearings
now going on, and the general opin-
ion is that the case will end with
their disbarrment, and the shutting
out Of the mails Ct the National Re-
corder, their paper.
:
Senator Sanders, of Montana,
who is now visiting Washington, was
asked what effect, if any, he thought
The Alaska gold discovery would
have upon the financial question in
this country. He replied: II hardly
think that the discovery of large
quantities Of gold in Alaska will
tend to bridge the gap that separates
gold and silver. 1t matters not how
much gold is taken out Of the Klon-
dyke field, silver will never regain
il, old time position. As a standard
it is doomed, but it will always serve
an excellent use as a subsidiary cur
rency. But after all it may be
doubted whether, even if the Klon-
dyke mines prove us productive rs
the most sauguine miners claim,
the general condition of the great
mass Of our people will thereby be
bettered Itmay be doubted wheth-
cr the California boom of - pro-
duced any prosperity of national eX-
tent. Prosperity is not the result Of
such episodes, Money is abundant
enough now; the trouble is that it
lies stacked up in vaults, and will
not come ont of its hiding places
Mr. T. V. Powderly, who was last
week sworn in as Commissioner Gen
eral OF immigration, has only to dis
play common sense in performing his
duties like to that he did in answer
ing the questions as to his policy, to
make him model official. He fully
recognizes that his duty is to enforce
laws and not TO make them, as is
shown by his words: "Of course,
have personal views on immigration,
but I shall follow entirely the law
governing the subject"
B.
In view of the frequency that free
traders gay that a trip to Europe
knocks protection ideas out of intel
ligeut Americans, the following
statement, made in Washington, by
Mr.. w. a. Nygh, will he read with
interest; Although | was born in
Holland and am now residing in
London, yet a residence of twenty
years i'm California made of me a
pretty thorough American. | am
proud to call myself an American,
for ! look upon the people of the
United States rs the foremost in the
world. | saw a huge steamship dis
cargo ut southampton the other day,
and Il. watched the wheat and corn
and machinery of every sort, not TO
speak of bicycles without end, that
were landed, the thought came into
my mind that while America can
supply all her needs without going
beyond her own shores, the nations
of Europe cannot do So; they must
send To the states for many of the