The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1898-01-01
News Items.
A Happy New Year.

a dapPy -&O" Ae"''
Have Won heard of any farmers who
would like to exchange a Mckin'rv
Congressman for one of Cleveland
free trade type!
And 1t will be happy year for Uncle
Sam If the present Indications that the
Dingley law is TO produce surplus in
December are realized. 's9+
Nearly 100000 pounds of colors are
Esed by the United States gOvei rlment
annually; for printing paper money,
revenue and postage stamps
The Westlake Herald says that u.
uan,nton. of viuts,n, La. has iuvtnt q
new rice pump that he ~ having nuss.
and which, .hs h9seanng pump On the
fBarket.
Miss JENNIE Wertheimer. of Cincin-
natl, has invented a commercial paper
which excludes the possibility of forg-
ing names or otherwise tampcring with
its face valne The invention has been
. sold to a New York firm for $780, 900.
Mr.. Bryan has not yet reported from
Mexico how ii is thar labor under free
coinage gets only one-half the rate of
wages paid under the gold standard in
the United States. and that the ar iclcs
which il bu with those wages cost
twice as much as in this country,
President McKinley's selection of ex-
ATTORNEY General NcKenna for the
supreme Court vacancy being warmly
commended. The few people who have
tolnd fault with the nomination merely
for the sake of finding fault are not
likely 10 cut much figure in their attacks
upon BIN.
An educational test Is u prDmine nj
feature IF tue immigration restriction
bill now pending. before the Republican
Congress ald likely to br. made law.
The Republican party has always been
the champion of intelligence and educa-
tiop, while those opposed 10 II have
welcomed 10 their ranks - large per-
r,4ntaYe of the unsatisfactory element
ssoauing from abroad. 4tw,ltbe renrm ;
AsssssI tn the Immigration restriction
nth of last Congress was vetoed by u
Democrat President.
The X, publicans in Congress and the
deparfments are moving The direction
of rigid ,.,,nnomy in government tXpeud-
q ilures. and the appropri tons for ths
r,irr~a,t fiscal year are. likely To be cOu.
si,lrrai,iy reduced, This fact adds 10 TIN
,.s&sAsabilsty that the Dingley. law i;
going IN. prove ample in rs revenue
prspiaeing eapaciiy. Indeed The mem
beers of fhr committees tich framed ii
ar unanimous in their agreement with
Treasury officials that ii will meet the
requirements of the government and
that no further revenue legislation will
b. necessary.
Congressman SayerS. of Texas, Is Ilu
surprised his Democratic associates by
expressing some vigorous pro ectiye
sentiments in the announcement of his
candidacy for the governorship is being
,nyra tllated upon his frank rucuyni-
tlon Ut the new order of things IN the
South. The rapidly of the growth Of
the protective sentiment in that sect on
is rcnark.ble, and is exemp,itied in the
fdct that there are now more protection.
lists in Congress from the ouuth tnan at
any time in the history of the country.
With Germany. Russia, France, Japan,
aud Great britain extending their influ-
ence III Chiua, the tinancial world is
liable Ia wake up scnie line lnorniny t.,
tird that q untry has adopred the gold
standard. Can THIS lie the e.:rtt reason
Of TIE sudden anxiety al Seaat or Teller
on this subject? h.. knows that the
rejection of the silver standard by Ciiua
wunl.l be an immense loss Ia his con.
stiturnis, the SILVER mine owners If til.
West. from whuH China has been
heavy purchaser, and II reports are true
MIR. Teller l. himself sunewhai later.
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