The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-01-07

message to Congrrfs. the Developments
Of the wr'k have male 1t apparent that
he has ~ objection To the active anh
aggressive eight that Secretary G'se
Ii, making in behalf VI ihJse rerum-
IN mutations While IL IL not true. ~
WV. reported several day. ago. that src'
reiafy Gsge rendered his resignation
and that il was declined. II IL known
that he told the President that he was
willing ~ re-isn " his ailitudr IN the
financial question wa- embarrassing the
administration, aud that the Presidr {
tolu hin, Boz elect to ~ ahead that he
has no complaint tomake. This is NOT
lliksly 10 have any eaec,upon legislation
bit IL ma, have some effect upon tn
attiuIe ofinc silver Republican Sen
.ior- 'osarls tho administration.
The most sensational Occurrence Of
holiday week In official circles WIS Con.
missioner Evans wholesale douuncia-
ton ofp n.ion attorneys, 4 whom hc
sald "Thc most dcmofalisng feature
Of the PENSION .ysiem b. the existence
u $4,000 pension attorneys. The or
binary pension attorney IL worse than
the most pesliierous yarmlnt tia, or
invaded a hen foo.t. lf'he'c are frauds
IN the pension rolls they have been
planted there by the psusion attorney
There are good men Ia the pension at'
torncy business, but the majority Of
them remiud me 81 that beautiful 'birl
that snila through the air % gracefully,
hut which the laws prohibit Milling.
The government has continued 10 LAY
pension attorneys for soliciting bus n''s
Tor thirty years. Enoush Of this has
been done A law should be enacted
that In future no Zee should be paid To
any attorney or clam agent Tor any
claim filed iof pensions. That would
put an end 10 pension -candles." Mr..
Evans added 10 his attack on the pen
lion attorneys by stating that several OF
hir predecessors In the othoe Of Com
missioner of Pensions had entertained
the same feelings toward them. The
pension attorney. win igw J,os hri
twill no, be done as opo1Il - this CT
tack upon them.
Representative pinglsy says the Ways
aud Means committee may reporta bill
Ut this session 10 rtiuni the bonded
deb, Of the United States With 2l6 per
cent gold bonds. lie says that the on
actrnent Of such bill into Law would
save $1,000 600 in,eres, each year, but
admits that the chance Of su,h meas
IRE to get through would be very slim,
owing TO the number Of mon In Congress
who prefer TO have tho government lose
that $4,000 900 year rather tina, au.
,horlze The Issue Of gold bonds.
i, 10 no, probable tina, the government
Of the. United States will make any
speedy reply, iiit replies At all, TO .he
last refusal Of Lord Salisbury 10 Join In
stopping opeu sea eeAlins, It Is the
general belief In Washington that the
matter will Dc allowed to stand just
where b. II. Canada cAn catch the
ssils. but Il cannot legally scll the skins
in Tie United States, and b. its attitude
In this matter it has desiroysd the It'll,
chance there WAS Of HE getting any
thing iu the line Of commercial recrip
rocity treaty from The United states
The British Ambassador has opened ne
go.iaiions for reciprocity treaty for the
interchange Of products Of the United
States With thoeo OF the British wesl
Indies. President Mckinley the week
signed tho bill prohibiting open SCI
sealing by eitirons Of the United States
and the Importation Of seal skins.
The President Is display ing much in
terest la the response To his appeal !,
the people ol the United States ios do
nations Of clothing, food, medicine an,
money Ter the poor of Cuba, and ia 50 ia
we'll pleased. Many believe that III,
acceptance Of this aid by Spain vii
prove the entering wedge to pesSsiul in
teryen,ioa by the United States II
Cuba, although the spanish Minister IL
Washington insists that such an idea |
Ridiculous.
Representatives Of the Canadian GOV
= ornmenl have been in Washington hi
week making arrangements to lend a
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