Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1898-01-14

| half, or 7S7, no, are In the congressional
| library. The remainder are scattered
through the various executive depart
ments. The daily number Of readers In
the congressional library averages S,82o.
! About 700 persons, including the menu
bers OF both houses and high officials of
| the Government, are entitled to draw
books and take them away from the build
Ing, and the average number loaned out
/ IN such way is 1,440 1t is n favorable
commentary upon the honesty and care OF
our public men that during period OF
thirty years the number of books lost or
not returned was only five In thousand.
Large numbers OF petitions, supported
by many signatures and uniform in their
phraseology, are being presented to the
House of Representatives. They ask the
passage OF series OF laws to protect the
morals of the public. For example, TO
prohibit gambling In stocks, produce, rae
ing pools and other forms OF speculation
by telegraph, TO prohibit the transmission
Of stock quotations for speculative pur-
poses, and the transmission In the mails
OF newspapers containing pictures or de-
scriptions Of prize fights, to prohibit the
exhibition Of kaleidoscope reproductions OF
prize fights and other brutalizing specta-
cles, and to prohibit the transportation
from State to State of materials for such
exhibitions.
The ladies' Of the cabinet are decidedly
} put out by the edict that forbade their
New Years receptions and the dinners
that were to precede and follow. They
/ do not see any occasion for II. The Pres
idert did not ask or even suggest sus-
pension OF social affairs. He told the
members of his cabinet he should close the
White House for thirty days, although he
did not think it was necessary for them
to follow his example, but without con
sulting their wives, they agreed to do SO.
The husbands have since had an unhappy
E time, and the Washington social world
has offered them no sympathy.
: The opposition to the ratification Of the
o Hawaiian treaty has simmercd down al
q most entirely to the sugar trust, the Louis
: lana planters and the beet-root sugar
q manufacturers. There are few Senators
who oppose the treaty on principle, as
they believe II inexpedient for the United
States to assume tho responsibility Of gov
erning any detached territory, and several
on the Democratic side have joined the
opposition because they regard annexa.
tion as Republican measure.
Chairman Loud of the House Commit
tee on Postofflces has been working during
the recess on the report Of the committee
on the Loud bill, and has practically com
pleted it. He believes that the measure
will effect saving OF at least S10,000,00O
annually, and will wipe out the enormous
deficit that confrouts the Potsofilce De
partment every year Mr.. Loud believes
the bill Is much stronger this session than
last, and, while not absolutely confident,
thinks It will finally carry.
The agents of the Cuban junta IN
Washington justify the assassination OF
Col Ruiz as necessary to intimidnte the
D. cowardly and corrupt men in their ranks
E who are likely 10 be allured into making
T. terms with the Spanish authorities either
,. through fear or bribery. They say thai
"a hereafter no Spanish agent will dare ap
" proach an insurgent camp, and that II vii
y be dangerous for any stranger to do 80.
N The distressing death of Miss Leila Her
=, bert has caused a shock to her many
"a friends and acquaintanccs in Washing
no ton. She was young woman OF beau
% tiful character, gentle, amiable and gen
\, erous. and was generally beloved and ad
mired. Those who knew her best believe
that her suicide was due to fear that sh
might be permanent cripple.
ht The pension certificate Of the Rev. L
J. Keith Of Vincennes, Ind, will be can
"a celed, because the holder has lnforme
te- the bureau that he does not consider him
to self longer entitled to pension, his dis
ia ability having disappeared, and has aske,
It that bis name be dropped from the rolls
ne There is only one other such case on rec
Sn ord.
ma Secretary Wilson Is greatly intereste
ny In legislation for the establishment Q
ga. nogtal savings banks because he believe
az they are necessary to the prosperity 0
on- the farmers. II is sometimes an all day
no job, he says, for farmer to go to tn
town where the nearest bank is situated
Lne while there is a postofiice In every villag'
the
nd The copyright department is most In
"a. portant branch Of the Government, an
~. indicates an enormous increase In iterar
an and musical compositions and In desigr
nv which are susceptible to copyright.
n. 1870 the number Of copyrights grante
was 5,621 in 1880, 20,68G; in 1890. AZ
75S; in 1896, 72,470.
j.
lin The recent report Of the Comptroller
the Currency shows that the savini
cb. banks Of the United States are most
~ confined to the northeastern section Of Il
~ - country. Nearly so per cent Of the nur
ber of banks and amount Of deposits
/, represented by New York and New q
~ ~ land.
an an. "ss
,%r % The committee appointed by the Socie
70 Of the Army OF the Tennessee to secu
aw- the erection Of monument to Ge
OF George b. Mcclellan at Washington b
rig nd oil TOD a