Middletown transcript., 1898-01-01

imperative that the annexation Of
Hawaii should be speedily consumated,
and be has lost no opportunity since
Congress adjourned for the recess to
impress his view Of the matter upon
such Senators as have called on him.
He may send special message to the
Senate, Urging immediate disposition
of the annexation treaty, but that has
not yet been definitely determined
upon, and will probably depend upon
whether the Senate shows disposition
to speedily bring the treaty to a vote
or merely starts in to kill time in a
windy discussion of the subject. The
President shares the belief of Senator
Davis, chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations, that sufficient votes
to ratify the treaty can be obtained in
the Senate.
Hon. II. Clay Evans, Commissioner
of Pensions, says on a much discussed
subject 1.-THE cry of pension frauds
has become so common of late that the
people do not regard it seriously. It
was for the purpose of proving the
fallacy of this charge that recommend
ed to Congress, and will urge in bil's
after the holidays, the publication of a
C omplete list showing each pensioner,
his address, disability and amount OF
pension received, which would do more
| to stop this idle chatter than anything
| this department can say. The pos
| sibilities or disabilities are great, and
| everyone knows a man apparently in
| the best of health, attending to his
daily duties, may have disability
| which entities him to pension. This
is hard for some people to see. Perhaps,
| if they had an X-ray apparatus with
them. there would be no difficulty
| This list would show what was the
matter with such men and why they
received pensions. But best Of all, it
would bring to light the frauds which
do exist, and we all know there are
some. But l say without fear of con-
tradiction that in no other business
enterprise where so large an amount of
money is disbursed, are there so few
mistakes"
Had Senator Wilson, Of the State
of Washington, who is one of the most
accommodating and obliging men in
Congress, known that one Of the yellow
journals of New York-The yellowest
Of them all-intended to make him
have a personal encounter with a men,
ber of the House, in the private office
of Attorney General McKenna, he
might not have left Washington in adj
vance of the alleged occasion, but as
the yellow fellow didn't inform him, he
went away from Washington before he
was made to engage in that scrap, and
has not yet returned.
There was no surprise in Washing
ton at the verdict of the British Ameri-
can Commission, chosen to assess the
damages for seizures of British ships IN
! Behring sea by the Q. s. The total
amount of damages claimed was about
81, SOC, 600, and during the last admin
istration, Secretary Gresham ana
agents OF Great Britain agreed upon
the sum of 1926, 900, and Mr.. Cleveland
asked Congress to appropriate the
money, but Congress refused. Then
Commission to settle the matter was
provided for. With the official record
of a President and Secretary of State
having said that $425,000 ought to be
paid, there was no possibility Of our
representatives on the Commission
getting lesser amount named. The
award is $464,000. President McKin-
ley will forward this finding to Con-
i gress in order, that the money may be
appropriated and paid.
Mr.. G. d. Stapleton, OF Iowa, who
spent Christmas in Washington, is
proud of the Republican Party Of his
State, of which he says: ssThe Repub-
lican Party of Iowa is better organized,
better managed aud has better disci-
pline than in any other state in the
Union. The Iowa Republicans num-
ber in their ranks, a goodly list or
able men, but for years they have with
unanimous accord agreed to abide by
the leadership of one whom they all
revere aud admire-HOn. William b.
Allison. 1t is worth while belonging
to party that acts in such spirit Of
unionson and displays so much sound
sense in politics. The result of good
leadership and loyal following in Iowa
is seen in the long continued domina-
: tion Of the Republicans. If the Repub-
: licans were as sensible and free from
! internal pickering elsewhere as in.
t Iowa, their ascendency in the nation.
! would be permanent
Most men who know anything at all
/ about the subject will admit that
there is no man who ksews ONO
politics better than President Mckin-
ley. Knowing this, and that Presi-
, dent Mckinley has not had single
doubt of the election of Senator Hanna
by the Ohio legislature, is why the r..
. diculous stories of defections among
8 Republican members Of the leglsla-
: ture have found no credence In WASH