Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-11-01

Washington, Oct. 25, 1897.

sage to Congress until aIter ne reUuFHS
from Ohio, where be will go the last
of this week, to remain until he casts
his vote for the republican ticket, but
he is spending considerable time just
now in obtaining information from
members of the Cabinet and in dis
cussing with them matters that will
be treated in the message. All of the
members of the Cabinet have fur
nished him with the substance of their
annual reports, none Of which are yet
completed.
The administration is not devoting
any time to the consideration of the
answer of the new Spanish Minister
to Minister Woodford's proposition,
the full text of which is now on it's
way to Washington, because the sub
stance of it has been known for some
time and it has been fully determined
to grant the new Spanish ministry a
reasonable time in which to try to put
its new policy into effect in Cuba.
The on ly thing that may change this
programme is the manner in which
the Spanish reply deals with the eff
forts which have been made by this
governm ent to prevent the departure
of filibus tering parties for Cuba. II
the tone Of the answer is what Span
ish publications have indicated it to
be, it WILDE promptly resented by the
administration. More than S2,000,0 600
has been spent by this government in
efforts to prevent flibustering and to
live up to its international obligations
to Spain, and no intimation that this
country has been negligent will be
tolerated from Spain. 1t is thought
that such talk appeared in the Span
ish papers'solely for its effect at home,
and that nothing of the sort will be
found in the official communication.
Secre tary Alger will attend the
meeting of the Army of the Tennessee
on W ednesday and Thursday of this
week, at Milwaukee, He left Wash
ington today.
When a really good idea is made
kno WI the average person OF intelli
gence wonders why it had not been
thought of before. An idea of that
kind was laid before the cabinet by
Secretary Gage, and at once met with
general approval. The government
and the notes of each denomination
OF each series have different designs,
which are not only confusing, but
which are taken advantage OF by that
class ofswindlers who make practice
of raising notes and passing them IN
crowded places or upon ignorant and
unsuspecting persons. Secretary
Cages idea is to adopt one design for
all the notes of the same value of the
three kinds of notes issued, and to
make that design SO simple and dis
tinctive that it will be impossible to
mistake one dollar note for ten or
two or a twenty, etc. The change,
which will probably be put into effect
as soon as the necessary plates can be
prepared, Will be welcomed by the
handlers of money in banks and bust
ness establishments, to whom the pic
torial silver certificates now in use
are a source Of much worry.
The resignation Of Gen w. ". DUFF
field as superintendent of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey has been asked
for on the ground Of his general in
competency to fill the position into
which Mr.. Cleveland put him for no
pa n IN nix
inson. Charges against Gen Dufield
were filed early in the present admin,
istration, and he would doubtless have
been asked to resign before, he'd is
not been for the influence of his broth
er, who is prominent Michigan rs
publican.
Senatot Platt was in Washington
but he said that his visit !
had no special political significance, |
He spent half an hour with President
Mckinley and told him and his ether !
Washington friends that things were
looking more favorable every day fer |
the election OF Gen. Tracy to be the +
fret Mayor CT greater Ne@ Yc-k, -
that he was absolutely certain that he !
loud win by a plura:ity . between /
ten and twenty thousand.
Capt. Charles O'Neili, Chief of the {
Bureau Of Ordinance Of the Navy De !
p artment, is oprcsed to Tie 81 tatlish
ment of a government pls,it for rhe
of armor plate for -o-c fsh. !
ing vessels. He says in his arm al !
reau is OF the opinion that ira gov I
eminent can purchase arm i NOR
cheaply than ii can make It. The !
Rnrean REGARDS the making f.f a~ase.s.. !.