The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-17
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
The Hawaiian Annexation Treaty
Is Gaining Friends.
THE BIG FIGHT IN OHIO
Hanna's Success Will Result In a Hope
lessly Divided Party IL That State.
His Victory Considered Good
Thing for Democracy.
Special Correspondence of the Standard.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Washington. d. c., Jan. 12.-The most
| interesting question now before the sem
| ate is the ratification of the Hawaiian
! annexation treaty. This has been under
/ discussion most of the week, but the de-
bate has been mainly behind closed doors
and there has been less leaknage than
usual concerning what has been said and
done The friends Of the administra ion
| have been diligently at work to gan votes
for this pct project of the republican
! party. There seems no reason to doubt
! that the treaty has gained friends since
/ the reconvening of congress, but its sue
! cess is extremely probieA4aticaL senator
! Carter is quoted In the w ashlngton pa
| pers as favoring the treaty. II the queS-
| ton of annexation comes up in the house
! Congressman Hartman viii vote against
1 IL.
| Much interest was manifested among
| public men here during the tendency OF
| the Ohio senatorial controversy. Men OF
! all parties and from all sections of the
| country showed the keenest concern IN
| the outcome of the contest. Congressman
! Charles $. Hartman sad on r.ce pt OF
! the news of Hanna success: While the
! result in Ohio would have been more sat
| isfaCtory nad a sIiver man Deen elected,
! there is but little doubt that the contro-
versy which has been occupying the en-
| tire attention of the state of ohio, viii re-
suit In hopelessly dividing the republican
party. There will be no more co-opera-
ton between the Hanna and anti-Hanna
forces. Every effort was made by the
silver men of all parties to accomplish
the defeat of Senator Hama, but the di-
! vision was occasioned by forces from
within and not from without the party.
Hanna's Election.
| However, while we preferred the cleo
.,f Gil ah n at p-
suit We are satisfied that the election Of
! Hanna will not be helpful to the repub-
\ lican party. Hanna and Hannaism stand
for all that is vicious in American poll
ties and the fact that he is the head,
! front and inspiration of the republican
! party makes the party responsible for
! him and his methods No party is strong
! enough to survive them.
| Judge A. ]. Hunter OF Illinois, dean of
! the democratic delegation from that state,
! puts it very laconically when he says: Il
think Hanna's victory is Il very good
i thing for the democratic party. Hanna
will prove exactly the same kind of Hoo
doc for the republicans that Cleveland
was for us.
f.. j. Bonner the Missoula merchant.
| has been I'm the city several days. lie has
taken occasion to discuss with some sena-
tors and representatives his idea of a
/ constitutional amendment extending the
| presidential term to eight years and maxi
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| tion.
The Bitter Root Reserve.
Director Charles d. walcott of the geo
logical survey has made report to the
senate of the operations of the survey in
carrying out the provisions of the statute
providing for the survey of the forest re-
! serves. OF the work on the Bitter Root
| reserve the director says:
! Probably there is no other portion of
| the country, exclusive of Alaska, about
which there was so little known as of the
| territory included in this reserve. 1t was
! necessary to commence alb initio. as notn-
| ing whatever was available from a topo-
/ graphic standpoint The first step was to
! determine an astronomie position. m.as.
/ ure base line, and expand a system of
! triangulation which would serve to fur
nish starting points for the topographic
mapping. A location for the astronomic
I station selected in the town of Ham
| iton. and the latitude and longitude of a
| masonry pier built at this point were de-
! tcrmined. The latitude was obtained by
! observations on GO pairs of stars, and the
longitude by time observations and tele-
! graphic exchange of clock signals with
| Washington university at st. Louis. Mo-,
! on five nights. A permanent meridian
! mark was also set one-half mile south of
! the astronomic pier A base ne was
I twice measured with a 300-foot tape under
! "A constant tension of - pounds. several
! hundred thermometrc readings of the
temperature of the tape being obtained
! during the process of measurement. The
! total length of this line was 81 miles.
and the difference between the two meas
! urements. after all corrections had b en-
| applied, was about one inch. Triangula-
! tion was expanded from the base line over
| an area of about $500 square miles. 10 0
miles being covered SO that no further
! work is necessary, and the remaining
| $500 being covered i'm manner snffic ent
| 10 provide basis for a reconnois sance
map. including the whole area of the BIT
| ter Root forest reserve
Topographic work was prosecuted by
| two separate parties. one being engaged
| in preparing a detailed map of the ter
| ritory included in and adjacent TO the
! Bitter Root valley, and the other party
! being detailed to secure data for the re-
! connoissance map above referred to.
| About COO square miles Were included in
| the detailed survey and the remaining
/ portion of the reserve was mapped by the
\ reconnaissance survey. ON the maps re-
! sulting from each of these surveys will
/ be shown with considerable detail the ex-
! tent and variety of the forest areas, and
/ also those areas that have been donuded
! by forest fires. as well as those which are
I naturally bare of timber. There was also
obtained information for defining the m n
| eral areas and the areas that are suitable
/ Tor agricultural purposes.
The boundaries of this reserve are de-
| fined in part by the lines of the public
| land system, none of which have been sur
! veyed. For the purpose OF locating In, s.
| boundaries. and also for establishing A
! basis from which other township and Sec
ton lines could be projected a special
! party was organized. The Montana base
! line was extended westward FOR dis
! tanee Of IL miles, and from this were pro-
| jected northward and southwark lines
| aggrssating about so miles. This work
I was prosecuted with the greatest ditii-
Guilty. owing TO the rugged and preclpit-
I Gus nature Of the territory traversed: the
line crossed at right angles and spurs
making down from the summit of the Bit
ter Root range, which are 300 To COZ