The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-01-21
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NEWS BUDGET rnOH TnE cArlTAL
Association Assnrsd--cl,ll Service AoYe-
nsat Alsuadsfstssd Tammaay Turns
Altasld from free silver

ihht ihu nnfNilf WIN i"h w '"Nf w
treaty for tho annexation 0f Hawaii
Whlh it IN nov considering Ho has a.
abiding faith In tho wisdom " ahnrha
tion and that tho wisdom viii be- 30 40
parent before the dsbato Ia closed iha
thu necessary two IahriA vote Will DO b.
CURED and the treaty raunod SENATOR
Thurston. of Nebraska. ana dear. o.
Iowa. have bccn In doubt about annrAn
,ion. largely bcoauao Of their belief thaI
u might result In lniurins The rapid,
growing sugar bccl Industry of lhrif ="
ppcctlyp states. lioth senators woro al
tho white h1sinu th,a wook upon oihrl
Iaulpses. and tho president took ad'
vantage u the opportunity TO personally
combat uhv idea that anDcSaiion would
injura tho sugar brel Industry n this
upuurty aud also to proarn, oIhcr argu
mon,a In favor Of annexation Later the
president cIptucd ,he opinion that both
senators would vote Tor annexation.
IA Senator Edmunis was the spokrn.
man of Tho monetary conference. whio'
was this Nvrk given hearing on tho
blu u has recommended. by Iho ho,s'
committee on banking and currency
Secretary dagv Was at tho hearing awi
displayed much intercs, IN the remarks
Of Sic. Edmunis. expressing hIr aHreo'
mont with much nat was said W en-,
iaa,lo mods N tho brad
There 10 wide msapprohonslon of the
object of hr republicans OF tho hous'
Who arc upposrd 20 the rlvii service law
and rtilon a. nov Interpreted. contr-
quengly ehsto 10 disposition 10 rrwasd
them aa having bccn defeated because tho
legislative. rSecu,Iye and judirlai appro-
pr.ailon bin upon which there wac a
week ur spirited cha Hvrvicr debate,
Mas passed without an attomp, being
made ,o strike out the appropriation fuf
Tho civil service commission. No nneh
attempt MAS rvcr seriously contemplated
Il Was suggested ns an alternative. II
thrto WAS no chance TO set thr hlll pro.
ylding for mobilization of the clvn sor.
vice law yulr,i on but was rejected II
u aluppst certain that the modinrd ciyil
service blll will gct hearing In the
ho,sso later In nc session There has
been NO dcfra, yut
senator Fairbanks. ~ Indiana, In a
si'r~'h on thu immigration hlI sAh The
blll h.iors ,st senate onors a partial
uurr for thc evils " the prvucnt lmmistas
tlan SYSTEM It In one whch u Simple
and j,sst and. honestly administered.
viii SO far toward removing the dslulet
prevalent lhrouEalu, 'ha country Tho
bcw classification which j, makes viii rr-
suit In dcbarrIns q large per cont of the
most Objectionable rlcmcnts which noN
have unrestricted admission,
Speaker Reefs rcply to- delegation
representing the q \. u. the Army Of the
Trnnrssvv. the Loyal Legion. the vlcke.
buns Association and tho soldiers OF n.
llnols. who called on him to secure his
aid IN obtaining consideration Tor the bin
making national military park Of Ihr
v.ckaburg battlefield, indicated very
plainly that M new legislation carrying
an appropriation II ukrly to gct through
the houa at this rchion with hA con-
sent lic told Ihcm that tho question Of
keeping expenditure. within the rovcmlcs
of the government was an injunction
againa, many steps that we're desirable.
IN" senate Judiciary committee care
funy rlftcd all of the objections to tho
nomination OF Attorney General MclScnna
10 be- an aruocaIe Justice OF tho United
States supreme court, and then decided
To mako favorable ryport on hls nomina.
tltn
ilops Croker OF Tammnny asplrcs to
boss the democratic party Of the entire
country, II has bocn known for some
time that he was dlckcring with Senator
German, ex-senator htll and others Tor
the purpowc Of ~ manipulating rhngs
that free silver would not play thu con.
splcuous part In the mex, democratic plat.
form that the ulryanlles think II will.
Altgcld OF Illinois. who has been radical
free silver man, has lolncd hands with
Croker and German, apparently, That
ia tho only construction that can be put
upon the thrOw-down Altgcld this week
gave to representative Buck" Hmrlch.
son OF illinois, who had been agreed upon
by the extreme silver democrats ~ chair
man Of the democratic congressional cam
paign committee, This week, greatly TO
the surprise Of Buck" he was Informed
by the other democratic representatives
from Illinois that they had changed their
minds about selecting him TO he rho II.
llnols member OF the committee II was
unnecessary for them to add that they
had acted under orders from Altgcd; az
knew II. Croker had been opposing Hin
rlchsen for chairman Of the committee
and there A little doubt that he was be.
hind Altged's orders, Representative
Hunter was chosen the Illinois member
OF the committee, which put an end tc
the aspirations OF Hlnrichsen to be chair,
man, although he had received pledges Of
support from a majority OF the committee
Naturally President Mckinley wa,
much grathed by the election OF Senator
Hanna, hut he was not surprised. He hat
maintained right along mat Senator
Hanna would be elected.
As a harmoni1er the president has few
equals He gave another instance OF hiI
ability In that line This week. There wa
considerable dissatisfaction among tn,