The Elbert County tribune., 1899-02-02
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES
AND WASHINGTON GOSSIP,


The Senate hns passed the pension
appropriation bill.
Senator Mason has introduced bill
providing for the establishment OF
training school for nrmy cooks
Senator Platf of New York delivered
his first speech In the SENATE Friday OF
the subject of expansion, taking the al
firmative.
Senator White OF California deliver
ed an eloquent plea for granting IN
dependence to the philippines ias'
Monday.
A large number of army oificers
have filed with the war commlssion
statements in support Of General Mines
charges concerning the bad quality oi
canned beef.
Senator Gray. In charge OF tne
peace treaty, says he VIII let II ~
over to another session rather thhn ac'
cept an amendment rellnquishing SOW
ereignty over the islands.
President Griscom of the American
line of steamers told the committee Oh
commerce the other day that his com, dc
pany proposes to build four new lz'VV.
ton ships within the next five years al
cost Of nearly s7,O00,OOO.
In the Senate last Thursday MT
Butler of North Carolina, in urging IN
amendment to pension ex-Conieaerh.e
soldiers, said that the South was 1usti'
fled In its course In attempting IL
withdraw from the Union.
Seventy young people were enter
tained at dinner at the White House
last Friday night, and the evening
entertainment ended in dance ne
affair was given in honor OF se.erhl
young lady guests, who are visit'ns
Mrs Mckinley.
The use of voting machines has been
approved by the House committee on
the election of President ana VIZ
President and favorable report oruei-
ed ON the bill to amend the statutes as
TO permit machine ballots when the
state laws so authorize them.
The State Department is In posses
sion of facts which warrant the nsser-
tion that the Spanish government
caused the recent cutting of the ca
hles in the Philippines in order TO en-
barrass General Otis. Vigorous steps
will be taken to prevent a repetition
Of the outrage.
General Russell Hastings, formerly of
Ohio, but now living mt Northampton,
Massn cbusetts. has been chosen as d.
rector of the Bureau of American Re-
publlcs to succeed the late Joseph
Smith. General Hastings, during the
Civil War. was colonel Of the Presi-
dents regiment.
The state department has forwarded
to Ambassador White Mt Berlin full In
structions as to the presentation he is
to make the German minister for for
eign affairs relative TO the indignity
reported to have been offered to the
chief justice of Samoa by the German
officials at Apia. HE.
The Mexican extradition treaty ex-
pired on the oath. according to the no
tice given by the Mexican government.
Its relapse finds n remarkably small
number of fugitives from justice In
either country to profit from the fact.
Fair progress has been made on the
negotiation of n new treaty.
The opponents of the treaty state
that there will be no objection TO the
extension of the law until June 30,
1900, which allows the regular army
to consist of 62,O0O men. This propo-
sition, 1t is said, will be placed upon
the army appropriation bill as an
and relieve any necessity
for nm extra session to pass an army
bill.
The senate held two executive ses-
sions Wednesday. and ut each the
peace treaty was the subject under
discussion At the first an agreement
was reached to vote on the treaty Feb
ruary 9th, and at the second, Senator
Davis presented the American commits
sloners reasons for the acceptance OF
the treaty in the form In which 1t was
finally concluded.
Chemist Wiley of the Department OF
Agriculture has rrnorted to Secretary
Wilson that an examination of sam
pies of canned meats secured both In
the open market and from the War
Department to determine the presence
OF any chemical preservatives failed
TO disclose any traces nf borax, boric
acid. sulphites. sulphurous acid, sail
oylic or benzoic acids.
The secretary of war has completed
the colonial advisory commission by
the selection of Curtis Guild of Bos-
ton. The other members are Gen
eral X. =. Kennedy of Ohio and Major
George C. Watkins of Grand Rapids,
Michigan. They will constitute an ad.
v,sory board to the secretary of war
for the consideration of all questions
regarding the civil administration in
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip
Pines.
Former Attorney General Augustus
ii. Garland was stricken with apo.
plexy while addressing the United
Thursday afternoon and died within
with startling and tragic unexpect.
edness, changing the usual dignity
of the court into temporary confusion
while the dying man was carried from
the chamber in a futile effort to allevi.
ate his condition.
The entire executive session of tbe
senate last Monday was devoted TO the
discussion of the promotion OF Admir-.
ais Sampson and Schley and other
naval officers engaged in the Santiago
campaign, over the heads of officers
who were their superiors In rank. The
controversy was then postponed for
twenty days after n vote had been
taken to call for the records of tbe
navy department bearing upon the con.
duct of all affected by the advance.
ment.
By direction of the President. num.
Der of general officers have been hon.
orably discharged from the voluntee,
army OF the United States to take Of
feet on the dates specified. their serv.
ices being no longer required by ron
son of the muster out of volunteer req.
iments. Some of the brigadIers ara
officers In the regular army who. dur.
Ing the war. accepted volunteer rank
The remainder were appointed from
civil life. The latter will nrocaa,i =.