Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-17
MONDAY. JAN. ~. 1898
THE POLITICIAN.


tion of Hawaii, which it is now consid'
ering. He has an abiding faith in the
wisdom of annexation and that the
wisdom will be so apparent before the
debate is closed that the necessary
two-thirds vote will be secured and
the treaty ratified. Senators Thurs.
ton, of Nebraska, and Gear, of Iowa,
have been in doubt about annexation,
largely because of their belief that il
might result in injuring the rapidly
growing sugar beet industry of their
respective states Both Senators were
at the White House last week, upon
other business, and the President took
advantage of the opportunity to per
sonally combat the idea that annexa-
tion would injure the sugar beet in
dustry of this country and also to pre-
sent other arguments in favor of an
nexation. Later the President ex-
pressed the opinion that both Senators
ysould vote for annexation.
Ex-senator Edmunds was the spokes.
man of the monetary conference,
which was last week giving hearing
on the bill it has recommended, by the
House Committee on Banking and Cur
rency. Secretary Gage was at the
hearing and displayed much interest
in the remarks Of Mr.. Edmunds, ex-
pressing his agreement with much
that was said by emphatic mods of the
head.
There is wide misapprehension Of
the object of the republicans in the
House who are opposed to the civil
service law and rules as now interpre-
ted; consequently there is disposition
to regard them as having been defeat
ed because the Legislative, Executive
and Judicial appropriation ibill, upon
which there was a week of spirited
civil service debate, was passed with
out an attempt being made to strike
out the appropriation for the Civil
Service Commission. No such attempt
was ever seriously contemplated. 1t
was suggested as an alternative, if
there was no chance to get the bill pro-
viding for modification of the civil
service law voted on, but was rejected.
civil service bill get hearing in the
House later in the session. There has
been no defeat yet
Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, in a
speech on the immigration bill said:
The bill before the Senate offers
partial cure for the evils of the present
immigration system; it is one which is |
simple and just, and, honestly admin
istered, will go far toward removing
the disquiet prevalent throughout the
country. The new classification which |
it makes will result in debarrink a |
large per cent of the most objection
able elements which now have unre-
stricted admission.
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Speaker Reeds reply to delegation
representing the g. A. R., the Army of !
the Tennessee, the Loyal Legion, the
Vicksburg Association, and the soldiers |
of Illinois, who called on him to secure
his aid in obtaining consideration for
the bill making a National military
park of the Vicksburg battlefield, in
dicated very plainly that no new legis-
lation carrying an appropriation is
likely to get through the House at this
session with his consent. He told
them that the question of keeping ex-
penditures within the revenues of the
government was an injunction against
many steps which were desirab BILE.
Boss Croker, of Tammany, aspires to
boss the democratic party of the entire
country. 1t has been known for some
time that he was dickering with Sena-
tor German, ex-senator Hill, and 9TH
ers for the purpose of so manipulating
things that free silver would not play
the conspicuous part in the next demo-
cratic platform that the Bryanites
think it will Altgeld, of Illinois, who
has been a radical free silver man, has
Joined hands with Croker and German.
apparently. That is the only construc-
tion that can be put upon the throw
dow Altgeld last week gave to Repre-
sentative Buck" Hinrichson, of Ill
inois, who had been agreed upon by
the extrsme silver democrats as chair
man of the Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committe. Last week great
ly to the surprise of Buck" he was in
formed by the other democratic Repre-
representatives. from Illinois that they
had changed their minds about select
ing him to be the Illinois member of
the committee. 1t was unnecessary
for them to add that they had acted
under orders from Altgeld; he knew it.
Croker had teen opposing Hinrchson
for chairman Of the committee, and