Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-12-02
The Politician.

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mitted to that body. is completed, and
could have been sent to Congress to-
day, il necessary, but will probably not
go until Tuesday, as 1t is expected that
Congress will adjourn, in honor of the
late Vice President Hobart as soon as
the organization of the House is
completed, on Monday; every day
brings kilograms from the Philippines
telling of the capture of rebels and in
dlcating a speedy end of the insurrec-
tion and last, but by no means least,
the general prosperity of the country
continues to steadily increase. Surely
no President ever had better cause to
feel thankful.
A very pretty incident occurred at
the White House this week, President
Mckinley Admiral Dewey, and j. P. v.
Grldley, son of the late Capt Gridley,
who commanded the Olympia at the
battle of Manila Bay, being the actors
Admiral Dewey carried young Gridley
to see the President for the purpose of
asking an appointmtnt in the navy for
him. The young man being too old to
old to go to Annapolis, a lieutenants
commission in the Marines was the po-
sition sought. The Admiral was eX-
planning that the young man lacked
means to pay his expenses while
studying for the examination, when
President Mckinley interrupted him
by saying: "You and l, Admiral, will
pay his expenses while preparing for
an examination for the Marine Corps.
If he fails in the first examination,
will give him another chance, but am
sure he will be ready for examination
when he is appointed" AS Admiral
Dewey and young Gridley were leaving
the White House, the Admiral stopped
and told the story to several news
paper men, adding, Now, let the peo-
pie know what sort of President they
have" "And what sort of an Admiral
also" said one Of the newspaper men.
Senator Deboe, of Kentucky, came to
Washington again this week and had
another conference with the President.
Afterwards he said: Taylor will be
seated as governor of Kentucky. He
has been fairly elected by more than
$4,000 votes, and 80 per cent of the
people are with him. He was elected
after the greatest frauds had been
committed by Geobel's machinery; in
Louisville he was fraudulently depriv-
ed Of at least 10000 votes, and in Ken
ton county, the home of Geobel, of
about $4,000 l do not believe there is
an honest man in the state who would
claim that Taylor was not fairly elect
ed"
More than a quorum of both
branches of Congress are in Washing
ton. Beth parties in the House will
caucus Saturday. the Democrats in the
afternoon and the Republicans in the
evening.
That Roberts, of Utah, the polyga-
mist Representative will be kicked out
of the House seems certain, but just
how it will be done has not yet been
fully determined, as care must be tax
en- not to set up precedent that will
make trouble in the future
The report of the Republican caucus
committee, of which Speaker Hender-
son is chairman, in favor of the finan-
cial bill, the title of which is, "a bill
to maintain the parity of all forms OF
money issued by the United States, and
for other purposes" presents able ar
guments showing the necessity for the
proposed legislation, as may be seen
from the following quotations there
from: There can be but one stand
ard of a given measurement at one
time. An attempt to couple two
standards, differing in any degree in
ESSENTIAL characteristics, will shift the
standard to the weaker link. If the
basis Of the standard of value should
be two metals, each possessing char
acteristics esential to true measure
ments there would still be, in effect
but one standard" "The me-
gold in the Treasury on the % day oi
October, 1899, was 1854 4,32S,S2O. There
is more gold in the United States thar
ever before. The product of gold from
the mines in the United States in 1895
was the greatest in the history of the
country. The output of gold, both o.
tne worlds product and the produce
from American mines, has increased,
ed annually since 1890. The output o.
silver for the same period has varied
in different years, but it's value pei
ounce has had a uniform tendency
downward, declining to 50 cents pei
ounce in 1898, its lowest register.
The bill declares the gold dollar o
25 $40 grains the standard of value
makes all bonds payable in gold; ere
ates a division Of issue and redemption
in the treasury; authorizes the sale o
bonds, II necessary, to maintain golt
standard; abolishes the so-called "end
less chain" authorizes the coming o
the silver bullion on hand into subsi
dairy coin, the discretion Of the Sec