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acted upon. Objection was made, how
ever, and it went over.

ever, and 1t went over
The objection made to the present con-
sideration of Mr. McKenna's nomina-
ton carries 1t over for only one day, but
it is not yet decided whether the at
tempt to secure confirmation will be re-
sumed tomorrow. The objection made
today came from the Democratic side,
and it is understood to have been die
tated in part by a spirit of resentment
of the wording of the attorney generals
dispatch congratulating Senator Hanna
upon his reelection to the senate, which
was as follows:
Everything good in politics has tri-
umphed with you. Congratulations"
CURRENCY REFORM
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-The hearing
of the monetary commission in behalf of
its bill for currency reform was resumed
before the banking and currency COM
mittee of the house. Mr.. T. j. Bush of
Alabama urged the ease of redemption
under the plan of the commission.
IF the bank elects to redeem in silver,
and the note holder demands gold, -
asked Mr.. Cox, would there be any way
of compelling the bank to pay gold?"
NO" replied Mr.. Fairchild, who pro-
ceeded to explain, however, that the sill
yer obtained on the bank could be eX-
changed at the treasury for gold. I'm
der this plan the only method for the
banks to obtain gold, Mr.. Fairchild said,
would be by the presentation of silver.
Greenbacks would be out of existence.
So that if the outstanding silver did not
suffice to procure enough gold from the
treasury for the redemption of it's notes
A. .1re, J~A n
cure gold elsewhere. He denied that the
government could be forced to redeem
indirectly all the bank notes in gold.
THE SCALPING BILL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-The inter-
state commerce commission of the sem
ate committee continued it's hearings on
the anti-scalping BILL with George w.
Boyd of the Pennsylvania railroad as
the principal witness. He was sworn,
under the resolution recently adopted.
He said that the ticket brokers preyed
especially upon the poorer classes py
dishonest methods, by altered, forged
and stolen tickets. George Mckenzie
then presented affidavits from Simon
Steiner a ticket broker of st. Louis, and
J. Vapsoder, a broker of Cleveland, to
the effect that they had purchased tick
cts and thousand mile books from the
regularly authorized agents of the Penn
sylvania company, the tickets being
bought by the brokers on commission.
He also presented an affidavit from AL
bert j. Gels, a ticket broker of Chicago,
stating that he had paid with check
for S400 of mileage books purchased from
r. r. Deering, assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Pennsylvania at Chi
cago.
NOMINATIONS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-The Presi-
dent today sent these nominations to the
Senate:
Lewis Morris Oddings, of New York,
to be Secretary of the Embassy at
Rome, Italy; Richard T. Greener, of
New York, to be Consul at Bombay, In
dia.
Treasury-Second Assistant Engineer
William L. Maxwell, of California, to
be a First Assistant Engineer in the
Revenue Cutter Service.
Ii HUNG'S REQUEST
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-The follow
ing dispatch from Ii Hung Chang was
received by the Chinese Minister to the
United States:
"Be pleased to convey to His Excel
lency, the President of the United
States, the distinguished consideration
of Ii Hung Chang, and say to him that
Ii Hung Chang would be pleased if he
graciously would appoint as Minister to
China, Colonel Frederick D. Grant, son
of the soldier-statesma to whom Ii
Hung Chang was most devoted"
Before the arrival of this dispatch,
President Mckinley had perfected the
arrangements by which Mr.. Conger was
nominated as Minister to China, and he
will be confirmed.