The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-10
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

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Peace Tseaty Pappes the Senate With No
votes to Spare General Miles Next
on the Court Of Inquiry List.
Four or five senators kept their col.
leagues and the public guessing at to
how thoy would vote on the treaty OF
peace clear up to the calling OF their
names, when the vote was taken, and
theirs were the deciding votes, too.
Under ordinary circumstances, with so
important a matter as a treaty OF peace
under consideration, such a state Of af-
fairs would have produced the most
Intense excitement at Washington.
But the circumstances in this case
were not ordinary, hence there was no
excitement, only curiosity. Everybody
knew that while the vote could ratify
the treaty it could not finally reject it,
because the failure of sixty or more
senators to vote for ratification would
only result in postponing the ratihca.
ton of the treaty until the meeting OF
On extra session, Immediately follow.
ing the close Of the present session.
Aud the curiosity was more to know
how many democratic senators would
follow Senator q rman in voting
against the treaty, against the advice
Of Col. Bryan, and how many republi.
can and populist senators would aid
Mr.. German In ms attempt TO wrest
the leadership Of his party from Col.
Bryan, than how the treaty would
come out. OF course, those who had
no personal interest IN the matter, re-
gretted to see a question OF partisan
leadership figureing Ia such business
a. the consideration OF a treaty, be.
cause they think IL lowered us in the
estimation of the world, furnishing our
foreign critics q right to say that with
Americans nothing Is too high or toe
sacred to be dragged into party politics
at times. 1t is just as we'll however
for these same foreign critics to re-
member that we didn't drag any par
tissn politics into our lighting, and that
we won't when We have occasion &c
fight another foreign war.
A very serious charge has been made
by Mr.. Keegan, who appeared before
the senate committee on education
aud labor, to represent the lnterna
tional Mechanics Union. He said tina
contracts for gun carriages and guns
which had been awarded to the CramI
Ship Building Company, and the Max
im.N ordenfoldt Company, had beer
executed at the Washington navy var,
and the contractors paid in cash thu
difference between what it cost thu
government to make tho articles, an
the contract price; that the Craml
company received SIT 900 as profits OF
it's contract, and the gun compan,
sl4O0 ON each gun made. The CON
mittee directed Senator Kyle to inves
tigate the charge. Agents OF the Cram
company and officials at the nav
yard, say that there is no truth in tn
charge; that the Cramp contract wa
cancelled because the governmen
found that it could do the work itsel
aud that the guns were made at a los
to the contractors.
1t will now only require n majorit
vote OF the house to put Gen. Wheeler
Of Alabama, Col. Campbell, of Illinoi
Col. Colson. of Kentucky, and Majo
Robbins of Pennsylvania, formally o,
of congress. AS the judiciary committt
has reported a resolution declarir
that they forfeited their seats by a
cepting commissions in the army. III
committee declined to report a simil,
resolution concerning those membe
who have accepted places on civil cor
missions.
II there is any Nicaraugua canal leI
islstion at this session, it is likely TO
something radically different fro
either the Morgan bill, which pass
the senate, or the Hepburn bill, whi'
has been made Il substitute for q
Morgan bill, by the house committ
on interstate and foreign commerce,
the matter will 60 to a conferen
committee as 500 ss the. house pass
the Hepburn bill. which 1t will do