Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-02-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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Important happenings, national
and international, have iair,y
tumbled over each othel this week.
The week was opened with the.
selection OF Il wslleknoWn bimet-
allist to take the place OF more
widely K nown advocate of the sins
gle gold standard as director of the
u. s Mint, aud by sending II war
ship to Havana. This was follow
cd by the declaration Of Secretary
Gage that the President stood
squarely upon the bimstallic planG
OF ths st Louis platform and that
he was earnestly supported by ev>
cry member OF his cabinet The
SILVER men say these things have
been brought about by the Teller
resolution, declaring bonds pays
able in silver at the option Of the
government, the adoption Of which
by the Senate mas shown the in>
possibility Of gold standard Iegisa-
lion by this Congress, which is, Of
course, denied by the adnnistrt,
ion men, who say that they are
uercly the resu t Of the deternnn
alton Of the administration not 10
be mierepressuted. You will
doubtless hear arguments enough
rom both points OF view as soon
as the Congressional campaign
opens.
Congressman are so puzzled over
the present status of the Cuban
question that they are not dong
much taking about it, There is
general qualification over the send.
lug Of U s. vessel to Havana,
aud although the members of the
administration have repeatedly as
serted that no Significance WAS AIS
tached to that act, the belief in
Congress is so general that some,
thing else is to follow that several
resolutions dealing with different
phases OF tho Cuban situation,
which were to have been reported
this week, have been held back by
committees to await the next step
Ol The administration,
What effect. il any, the coming
0, President Dole, oI Hawaii, who
Is uow in Washington, the guest Of
tne nation, viii have upon the an.
uexatlon Of Hawaii, is not appar,
vht yet. lhe tine of the Senate
Oeen 50 fully taken up tots week
by the hIaCIal debate aad other
matters that the annexation treaty
! nds not had muCn time gi 3el to II
Senators who favor annexation
have regained their confidence anC
are now claiming that they vii
have enough votes TO rAtlty TIT
treaty, but tho cain is not cuu'
Ueded by tho antis. MIR. Dole di,
GAINS having come to Washington
to lobby tor annexation, which yol
may accept or not according t,
your notion. But it can be Sc
down iUr certain that care wilt b
taken 10y President Mckinley ant
the other shrewd p llticiaus VIII
are working for annexation not I,
allow Mr.. Dole 10 do any op-l
work lor annexation; they know b
would do more harm than 900,
Socially aud officially every pos.i
be courtesy viii bs extended /
Mr. Dole and his wife, who are A
mericans by education and habits
It not by birth.
Although it was stated that tn
Pension appropriation bill carrie
anywhere from five to ten milIio
b dollars less than will be needed
e pay pensions for the next fsct
year, and nobody denied the stat
ment, the Senate voted down Sci
alor Aliens amendment atdu
S7,OC0,OOO to the amount carrie
by tne bill and pas ed the b.
d without increasing the amount
d carried when pissed by the HJus
IS The administration regards u
,! election Of Judge McComos to q.
u Sens,e, boy the Maryland legisl
ture with especial satisfaction.
he was Eenerany regarded a.
administration candidate, Al
Postmaster General Gary took