The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-01-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

JOHN Z. ALTeELD, the retiring pov.
srnor of Illinois, had prepared fare
well address anG IL had been given a
place on the printed programme for
the Inauguration of Gov. Tanner a,
Springfield on the lith, hut for some
reason he was not allowed 10 deliver
IL, which created some confusion, as
considerable interest was manifested
in what Gov Altgeld would have said.
ACCORDING to law, the presidential
| electors of the several states met at
their respective state capitals on the
18th and formally cast the vote for
president and vice president and then
each state elected n messenger to take
the returns to Washington.
SECRETARY OLSEY, on behalf OF the
| United States, and Sir Julian paunce-
fote, on the part of Great Britain, on
the 1lth affixed their signatures to n
new treaty by which, for a term of five
years, the two English speaking ma
tions agree to abide in peace and with
out resort to arms, all possible ques-
tions OF controversy being referred to
a court of arbitration, with the single
exception that neither nation sur
renders its honor or dignity to the
judgment of arbitration.
SENEAToR-ELEcT MONEY in an inter-
view at Washington stated that what
be saw and heard while he was in Cuba
convinced him "that Spain is unable
TO cope with this insurrection. She
will never put it down; she will never
end this war with victory to herself"
Mrs. MARY Il. HOBART was at Taco
ma. Wash, on the llth with a small
body of supporters, making an active
canvass to get elected United States
senator, but there was said to be little
prospect for her success.
SOME Importance was given to a re-
port on the 1lth stating that Charles
Emory Smith, of Phladel ph in, would be
McKinley's secretary of the treasury.
A MEETING of Gen. Jacob 5. Coxey
and his friends was held at ST. Louis
IN the l2th To take action to form a
new party. 1t was proposed to call
the new organization the Omitted
States party" A committee was in
structed to organize clubs and for the
clubs to send delegates to n national
convention To be held at Nashville,
Tenn, July 4.
The conference of business interests
On the reform of our monetary system
commenced at indianapolis. Ind, on
the l2th, about 300 delegates being
present
PAUL VANDERvooRT, of Omaha. Neb.,
president of the Populist Reform Press
association, has called the next annual
meeting at Memphis, Tenn, on Febru-
iry 90, and A. Rozelle, of Missouri. Sec
etary of the same association, has
:alled meeting at Kansas City on the
iame date, the object of which will be
.he organization of a new association.
THE monetary conference at Indian
ipolis, Ind, on the l3th adopted the
eport of the resolutions committee
md adjourned sine die. The resolu-
lions favored the maintenance of the
told standard, the retirement of
United States notes and a banking
iystem with an elastic currency and an
executive committee was appointed to
procure legislation for the appoint
ment of n committee by the president
to consider the entire monetary ques-
tion and report to congress.
The Associated press sent out dis
patch from Washington on the 18th
positively announcing that President
elect Mckinley had rendered to Sena-
tor. Sherman the state portfolio and
that the senator had accepted it and
would be the premier OF the incoming
administration.
THE Nebraska house OF representa-.
tives unanimously passed n resolution
sympathizing with the Cuban insur-
gents
THE New York Press claimed to have
received news through private chan.
nels that Gen. Gomez had stormed and
,aptured the important city of Santa
Clara on January o, and was now NOV
ing on Havana with $1,000 men.
THOMAS c. PLATr was named as the
'epublican candidate for United States
senator at Albany, n. Y, on the 14th
oy vote of l47 to for Joseph IL.
yhoate.
UNITED STATES MINISTER WILLIS died
recently at Honolulu. of n severe cold
contracted in San Francisco before re-
turning to the Hawaiian islands.
The New York Herald on the l4th
stated that Cornelius n. Bliss, who
had conditionally accepted the secre-
taryship of the navy under the incom-
ing administration, had informed Mai.
Mckinley that he felt compelled To de
,line the-honor on account of business
and domestic reasons.