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Washington, January 25, 1897.
Senator Morgan has not at any time
been over friendly towards the arbtra
tion treaty, and since the Nicaragua
canal bill, of which he was an ardent
supporter, was given its death-blow by
the notice from the minister of the
Greater Republic of Central America
that Nicaragua, which is part of that
republic, would not allow the concession
granted to the canal company to be con
trolled by the United States, as proposed
in the bill, but would be willing to open
government direct, he seems disposed to
wen up things with England by trying
defeat the arbitration treaty. Sena-
tor Morgan says that England is merely
making catspaw out of those little
Central American governments, and that
one of its reasons for wanting that en-
forced is to get hand in the control OF
| he Nicaragua canal. This it would
do, if the arbitration treaty were in
orce, by getting up a dispute with us
| 'vcr the canal and then referring it to
arbitration, with the certainty that
| King Oscar, of Sweden, would name an
| umpire who would decide in England'S
favor. Senator Morgan is fighting mad
about it, and it isn't going to help the
arbitration treaty any.
Senator Gray, of Delaware. will this
| nnnly NJ
Nenney, who was last week elected
senator by the legislature, and whose
credentials are properly certified by the
governor Of that state. a hard fight is
going to be made by the Republicans
to keep Mr. kenney out of his seat. In
lSmuch as Mr.. Kenney, who is a Silver
Democrat will receive the support of all
the Silver senator's it is expected that
the Republicans will devote their efforts
| to trying to staVe off Il vote until a fter
| the fourth of March, when they will be
| stronger in the senate. 1t is said that
| Little Billce" Chandler's scheme of re-
opening the Dupont application will be
abandoned because of the refusal of
! some of the Republican senators to sup
! port it, and that instead the claim of
the gas millionaire, Addicks, which has
already been presented to the senate by
Chandler, will be urged against that of
| Senator-elect kenney. AddickS has got
plenty of money and if there are any
/ votes in the senate that can be bought
he is willing to spend it.
Miss Maud Stalnaker young lady of
/ Washington, d. c., was recently an APP
| plicant for a position under the civil ser
/ vice rules, and passed probably the most
/ difficult examination that has ever been
/ prepared by the civil service commits
sion. She was the only one who was
able to pass the examination, but the
war department refuses to appoint her
to the vacant clerkship on the ground
! that she is a woman. The examination
required translation into English of
4 technical military works in French.
/ German, Spanish and Italian; typewrt-
/ ing in all OF these languages, and ability
to do proof-reading and prepare manu-
script for the press; II knowledge of
modern library methods, cataloguing.
indeNing and of the English language
and literary composition. The salary of
the position demanding all these re-
| quirements is 81, 500 year
Senator Tnrpe called up the Cameron
! Cuban resolution and made spirited
! speech thereon, in which he made it
plain that while he was just as strongly
in favor of the Independence of Cuba as
ever, he was even more strongly in favor
of action which would declare the SEN
ate to be Independent of executive au-
thorty.
Representative GroSvenor of Ohio,
has alarmed those who are interested in
his welfare by stating on the floor of the
house that he was not McKinley's rep
rescntative and could not speak for him.
As modesty has never been part of
Grosyenor's makeup, it is feared that
his mental faculties are getting disor-
dered 5.
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