Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1899-12-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

i he president ana all the me M
bers of the cabinet attended the
ceremonies held at Mount Vernon
IN comn1emora ton of the centen-
n1al anniversary of the death of
George Washington, but they de-
cllned to close the government
departments for the day, in order
to allow the small fry officials to
attend. Congress was also we'll
represented at the Mount Vernon
ceremonies, but the program for
the financial debate in the house,
which had to include three night
sessions IN. order to give those
who wished to speak chance to
do SO, made an Adjournment of
the house for that day olit of the
question. 1t did not really matter
that yesterdays speakers in the
house talked to empty seats, as
they were not talking for the
members of the house but for
their constituents.
Although the house has many
able members on Doth sides Of the
financial question, very little
good newspaper copy" has been
made by the debate on the finance
bill. This is no discredit to, the
numerous gentlemen who have
made speeches for or against the
bill. When d question has been
as thoroughly discussed as that
of finance has been in this coun-
try, before, during and since the
last presidential campaign, it is
simply impossible for any man,
no matter how able he may be, to
say anything new on the subject,
oil lSIlSi dllOIS oll INC 1IlOSL Il
portant subjects never strike
newspaper men as good copy"
The talk has not changed vote.
1t was we'll known from the first
that the bill would pass, simply
because it is party measure of
the majority, which will receive
every republican vote In the house
and the votes of a few democrats
from the east.
Secretary Root was much pleas
ed with the news from Gen. Otis
saying that Agulnaldo's body
guard had been captured and that
the willy Aguinaldo was a fugi-
tive without following, some
where in the mountains of Luzon.
MIR. Root is very positive that the
end OF the Instruction has now
been reached, and that it is only
d question; Of running down the
few scattered bands of Filipinos
to restore peace. While no official
VIII say as stmuch for publication,
1T is known that the adninistra-
ton would be better pleased if
Agulnaldo succeeded in getting
away. provided that he left the
Philippines, than it would with
his capture. He would be
troublesome prisoner in several
WAYS.
The senate is moving along in
Its lelsurely way, attending to
routine business, aud, excepting
Senator Mason's twisting of the
British lions tail, an unpopular
act nowadays, in his speech in
favor of his resolution of sym
pathy with the Beers, which has
gone to a committee to die of
neglect, the second week was ne
more interesting than the first. |
The senate is not likely to get
down seriously 10 business until
after the holiday recess, although
the Encouragement of its commit
tees was completed this week. \
Secretary Gage expresses
doubts of the report published
this week that. Canadians were
large sums of money
from New York to invest it in
London. He thinks the report
was started by SPECTATORS for its
effect on the stock market.
Representative Tongue of Ore
gon thinks he WAS the first man
to suggest the permanent reten-
ton of the Philippine. Islands by