Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1897-07-03

Patent AttOrnies Dis
barred.
Sugar Kings Opposed to An
nexing Hawaii.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Juue %, 1897. THAT
this will be the last week of the tariff
debate in the Senate is the general
opinion of Senators. Some think that
the bill will be passed as early as We'd
nesday and some that the final vote |
will be taken Saturday. At any rate, |
unless there is unexpected delay, the |
bill will be passed in time to add to
the jolification OF the Fourth of July
celebration all over the country. This
early disposal of the bill will be far
from satisfactory to some of the dem
ocratic Senators, but fear OF the wrath
OF their constituents has prevented
them from resorting to anything like
fiIibustering tactics to delay it fur
Their.
SPEEDY AGREEMENT.
1t is impossible, at this time, to say
how long the tariff bill will remain in
conference, but Chairman Dingley,
who is thoroughly posted on the senti-
ment of both Senators and Represen-
tatives. and who will be at the head of
the House conferees, expresses the
opinion that an agreement will be
speedily reached on the bill.
HIS SEAT IN THE BALANCE.
Ex-senator Corbett's claim to the
vacant Oregon seat in the Senate will
not be acted upon until the regular
session but for convenience of Senators
the elaborate report prepared by Sem
ator Hoar i'm favor Of seating Mr.. Cor
bett on the certificate of the Governor
of Oregon. Mr. Corbett is much dis
appointed, as he expected the case 90
be settled at the present session, and
hoped to get the seat.
ONO POLITICS.
Mr.. / f. Mack, the well-known Ohio
editor, who is now visiting Washing
ton, has been talking Interestingly OF
subject on which he is thoroughly
posted-Ohio politics He said: THE
talk about the republican party being
torn with intercine strife is arrant
nonsense. We are thoroughly united
and harmonious and will win in Ohio
this year by Il heavy majority. There
is no sort OF doubt about it, and away
down in their hearts 1 do not believ,
the democrats think they have any
show for success. There is no demo
cratic party in our state, anyway, foi
those who used to be democrats hav,
gone over to the popalists."
PATENT FRAUDS
Commissioners Butterwerth hasn'
lost any time in beginning the needed
work of raising the standard of prac
tice before United States Patent Offic
Eight attorneys have recently beer
disbarred from practice before that of
flee fol- not conducting their bushes
under honorable methods, and tn
Washington firm of John Wedderbur
and company has been ordered to shoV
cause why it should not be disbarre
for having made fraud ulent, deceI
tive and improper searches, with in
tent to defraud and the result of de
frauding clients, to their injury; an
wrong doing, TO the scandal and re
proach of the Patent Office, and cor
trary to equity and good morals" an
for other causes.
AGAINST ANNEXATION.
Certain gentlemen, notably Nj
Claus Speckles, the California sug;
king, have been expressing more col
fidence in the rejection of the treat
for the annexation of hawaii, to whiC
they are violently opposed, than the
is anything in sight to justify. B,
there is a reason for their cOntidenc
as will be fully apparent before Co
gress meets next winter. 1t lies
the manipulation of big corruptIC
fund to create a public sentime
against the treaty with the hope tn
enough Senators can be influenced
prevent the necessary two-thirds vo
being Obtained for ratification of Il
treaty. All of this corruption fuI
will not come from American sug
men. considerable portion OF it W
come from the secret fund of Europe
governments. There are at least t.
European nations which are more
terested in the failure of the tres
than Japan is. But being smart
than the Japs, they have not protei
ed and will not protest against
treaty, but will try to accomplish
defeat by the use OF money, just
BnSY ndNS DtlOIo uh0 oNAAO1AA
succeeded in influencing the course
the United States. 1t is really gr
pity that this scheme could not
headed of by the ratification Of
treaty by the Senate at this sessi
but it is known that the opponents
the treaty would not allow vote
be taken on the treaty at this sessi
even il it were possible to keep q
rum of the Senate in Washington
any considerable time after the ia
bill has been passed.
DIDN'T KNOW WHERE He WAS.
The difference between tariff
pert and posing as one was made ?
FULLY apparent when Senator Jones
Arkansas, tied himself all up in
gle OF figures supplied to him by
opponents of duty on the cheap s
OF China and Japan. Before he
through, everybody knew that he X
absolutely nothing of what he was
ing to talk about.