Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1898-02-03

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they are merely the result of the
determination of the admlnistra-
tion not to be ulisrepresented. ou
will doubtless hear arguments
enough from both points of view
as soon as the congressional cam
palgu opens.
Congressman are so puzzled
over the present status Of the
Cuban question that they are not
doing much talking about it.
There is general qualification
over the sending of a q. S. vessel
ito Havana, and although the
members of the administration
have repeatedly asserted that no
significance was attached to that
act, the belief in congress is so
general that something else is to
follow that several resolutions
dealing with different phases of
the Cuban situation, which were
to have been reported this week,
have been held back by commit
tees to await the next step of the
administration.
The effect, if any, the coming
of President Dole of Hawaii, who
is now in Washington, the guest
Iof the nation, will have upon
the annexation of Hawaii, is not
yet apparent. The time Of the
senate has been SO fully taken up
this week by the financial debate
and other matters that the annex
alton treaty has not had much
time given to it. Senator's who
favor annexation have regained
their confidence and are now
| claiming that they will have
|=enouggh votes to ratify the treaty.
but the claim is not conceded by
the antis. Mr.. Dole disclaims
having come to Washington to
lobby for annexation, which you
may accept or n t according to
| your notion. But it can be set
! down for certain that care will be
taken by President Mckinley and
the'other shrewd politicians who
are working for annexation not
to allow MIR. Dole to do any open
work for annexation; they know
that he would do more harm than
good. Socially and officially
every possible courtesy will be
extended to Mr.. Dole and his
wife, both of whom are Ameri-
cans by education and habits, if
not by birth.
Although it was stated that the
pension appropriation bill carried
anywhere from FIVE to ten million
dollars less than will be needed
to pay pensions for the next fiscal
year, and nobody denied the state
nent, the senate voted down
/ Senator Aliens amendment adj
ding S7,OO0,OOO to the amount
carried by the bill, and passed
the bill without increasing the
amount it carried when passed by
the house.
The administration regards the
election of Judge McComas to the
senate by the Maryland legisla-
ture, with especial satisfaction,
as he was generally regarded as
the administration candidate, and
Postmaster General Gary took an
active part in bringing about his
election. Judge McComas served
in the house with President Nc
Kinley, and the president sent
for him to come to the White
House as soon as he was elected,
in order that he might personally
congratulate him. Judge Nc
Comas will continue a member of
the supreme court of the District
of Columbia Unit! his terra in the
Senate begins---March 4, 1899.
! The house DEVOTED an hour one
day this week to political de-
bate, based upon the assertion OF
a minstrel end-nan, repeated
on the floor of the house by Rep
resentative Richardson, of Tenn.
that there was no difference be-
tween the Cleveland panic and
the McKi1leyAboom. The repub-