The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-01-20

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House this week, upon other bust
ness, and tho president took ad
vantage Of the oppo rtunity to per-
sonally combat tie idea that an
notation would zinjure the sugar
beet industry Of this country and
also to present other arguments III
favor Of annexation. Later the
president expressed the opinion
that both senators would vote for
annexation. 4
Ex-senator Edmunds was the
spokesman Of the; monetary con-
ference, which was this week given
. hearing on the bill it has recon-
mendod By the house committee,
on banking and currency. Secre-
tary Gage was at the hearing and
displayed much interest in the re-
marks Of MI. Edmunds, expressing
his agreement with much that was
said by emphatic mods of the head.
There is wide Misrepresentation
of tho object Of the republicans in
the house who are opposed to the
civil service law and rules Is now
interpreted; consequently there is
q disposition to regard them 8s
having been defeated because the
legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill. upon which
there was week of spirited civil
service debate, was passed without
an attempt being made to strike
out tho appropriation for the civil
service commission. No such at
tempt was ever seriously contem-
plated. It was suggested as an al
Tentative, if there was no chance
to get the bill providing for mod
i6cation of the civil service law
voted on, but was rejected It is
almost certain that the modified
civil service bill will got a hearing
in the house later in the session.
There has been no defeat yet.
Senator Fairbanks, of Ind, in a
speech on the immigration bill
said: "The bill before the senate
offers partial cure for the evils
of the present immigration system;
it is one which is simple and just;
and, honestly administered, will
60 far toward removing the dis
quiet prevalent throughout the
country. The new classification
which it makes will result in de-
barring a large per cent. of the
Objectionable elements which now
have unrestricted admission.
Speaker Reeds reply to a dele
CATION representing the 6. A. r.
the Army of the Ie4nes~ the
lis aid in y. ~-.-Aing b.. ~-slder-
alton for the bill making nation
al military park of the Vicksburg
battlefield; Indicated very. plainly
that no new legislation carrying
an appropriation is likely to get
through the house at this session
with his consent. He told them
that the question of keeping ex-
penditures within the revenues of
the government was an Injunction
against many steps which were de-
sirable.
The Senate Judiciary COMMITTEE
carefully sifted all of the objections
to the nomination of Attorney
General McKenna to be an associ-
ate jnstice of the U. s, supreme
court, and then decided to make a
favoroble report on the nomina'
rion.
Boss Croker, of Tammany, as
| pires to boss the democrat party
of the entire country. It has been
known for some time that he was
dickering with Senator German,
ex-senator Hill, and others for the
purpose of so manipulating things
that free silver would not play the
conspicuous part in the next dem
J ocratic platform that the Bryanites
think it will. Altgeld, of ILL.,, who
has been q radical free silver man,
has joined hands with Croker and
German, apparently. That is the
only construction that can be put
upon the throw-down Altgeld this
week gave to Representative
"Buck" Hinrichsen, of Ill, who had
been agreed upon by the extreme
| silver democrats as chairman OF
the democratic congressional cam
paign committee. This week great
ly to the surprise of "Buck" h
was informed by the other demo-
cratic representatives from Illinois
that they had changed their minds
about selecting him to be the I'LL
nois member Of the committee. It
was unnecessary for them to add
that they had acted under orders
from Altgeld; he knew it. Croker
had been opposing Hinrichsen for
chairman Of the committee, and
there is little doubt that he was
behiud Altgeld's orders. Repre-
sentative Hunter was chos On as
the Illinois member Of the commit
tee, which put an end to the aspir-
atoms Of Hinrichsen to be chair