Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-21
FROM WASHINGTON.
GOSSIP OF THE WHITE HOUSE
AND THE DEPARTMENTS.


Discussion In the Senate OF the iinan-
cial measure drafted by the Repub-
lican majority Of the committee ON
Finance Will begin on Thursday. Janu-
AIRY 18th, the day after the holiday re-
cess.
Some Of the Republicans think the
leaders OF their party In the House OF
Representatives made II mistake II moi
| allowing the Democrats to submit q
substitute for the finance bill 50 That
they could b. placed sIuarcly on rec
| ord.
The Senate. by n decisive vote aud
practically without discussion. laid OH
tho tabl. the rcttirrcw resolution OF
Inquiry as To whether or not III. United
| States forces recognized the Ftiipiho
insurscn, iias and had turned over
Spanish soldiers To I'll. insurgents.
-Four members OF the House were
born In England. four In ireland. four
In Germany. two In scotland. two IN
Canada. onc In Nova Scoila AMI one
IN Turkey. More members OF tic
House Of Representatives We're born III
| New York than In any other s'n'c.
for'y'four altogether.
| 4 number OF witnesses from Utah
appeared Tuesday before the commit
i.- OF III. House OF Representatives
which l. investigating III. case OF Mr.
Robert. Of Utah. They Included Mrs.
pr. Lrciln Miles. YrnctIcihs rhysi-
elan OF Sal, LAX. city: Mrs. bousail.
y. l.. Mcdaniel nni :. l.. wishnri. NIL
Of Salt Lake City. The testimony was
strongly to the .ncc, that Roberts has
/ thEy- wives.
In the congressional directory Sria'
tor Teller Describes himself n- ''Sii'
yer Republican" Mr.. Shnfr"ih OF Den
y-, say. ihnt he Is - ''Siiv-ritc." Mr.
r,,;isr,w nni AIR. Hcitfcld of Idaho
,icscrii,- themselves as ''i'apuiist~. Mr.
kyl. Of South Dakota puts himself
down rs nn ''in,irpcni-nt." while Mr:
Stewart. Mr. Ioncs and Mr.. N-wiHnds
of Nevada say thnt they arr ''of the
silver party"
The pr.cc,i-nt in the i,otcr,s cisc i.
expected To b. followed when General
Wheeler return. from the Philippines
aud presents himself nj the lar OF th'.
House TO take the cath Of oiiic,. Hep.
rr<cnia,iyc Bailey Of Texas. VIII" dur.
Ing last srssion was the leader of the
Democratic minority. intend. io object
to General Wheeler on the constitution
nj ground that by accepting comtnis.
sion in the army hc vacated his seat In
Congress.
With the view Of investigating the
actual conditions. which prevail In the.
,rrriioric. Of Arizona and New Mexico.
which arv applying for statehood. Sen.
a,or stoup. the Chairman Of the com.
mi,,rv on territories. In. left for these
territories. In the party nrr Scunioi
Clark Of Wyoming. Chairman Hull of
the House military committee. Cotii,iIsss
sioucr Herman Of the Land Otiirc. As.
si.snns SECRETARY Of War Mrikls.johu.
Goxcrner Murphy Of Arizona nnd Gov.
ernor Otcro Of New Mexico. They will
return about January ts'.
The srmaiu. Of the late Lieutenant
Brumby wcrc escorted to the railway
Tuesday with full naval honor.. and
son, TO Atlanta. Georgia. for inicrmcn'.
The caskct was wrapped In the Amer.
lean far. The c-cur, was made MP Of
a detachment Of marines from the
barrack. hcrr. headed ly the full ma.
| rinc hand. all under command "f Lieu.
tenant Commander Mcrrca. 4. =. y.
There were many floral tributes from
Admiral Dewey and friends and rcln.
live. Of the dccras-,i. SIX sailors from
the navy yard served as the pail bear.
I crs.
With solemn pcmp and circumstances.
with ceremonies beautiful. impressive
and appropriate. In the presence OF a
distinguished assc'uhlnvr. and in the
full splcu,ior Of ideal autumn weather.
the centennial OF the death Of George
Washington was cuiumCniuratC,i ON the
tltb pt Mount Vernon. The c-rCmon.
i,. were clai,prntriy planned and sue.
,rssfully carried to fruitiun. They
were conducted by the Masonic bodies
and by the R,si Men OF the United
states. President Mckinley and Sen.
a,or Dcpcw were tho principal speak.
crs.
q. IA
known through the usual channels.
gmopr the politicians who ar' gather
ing here TO attend the meeting cf the
Ucnublj,pn National committee. that
he prcfcr~ that no federal office. holders
shall l,c sent aS delegates tc the next
presidential convention. No order will
i've issucti on this subject. nor will any
formal request I've ma'lc. hut the word
will bc passed around among the com
mittccmcn and party managers. as
we'll ms federal uiiiccholdcrs In differ
On, states. The only penalty attached
10 ,isn,,r,licucc is the Presidents dis
pleasure.
Sneaker Henderson does not tisn the
rosewood rnyci that was presented T.,
him by his friends i'll Iowa the other
dnv. The confusion In the House
makes II necessary FOR the Speaker To
use n more substantial weapon. Speak.
cr Reed used a large ivory hammer
with a strong handle and pounded so
hard that the top OF the desk was re-
Iuccd to siivcrs about every three
months and had to I've replaced by an
oakcn plank nt least twice and some
times three times during the session.
The rosewood ravcl which was made
by Colonel Hcn,icrson's Iowa friends
from wood taken out OF ADMIRAL Mon
tojo's flagship in Manila harbcr hangs
In the Speakers room and Is greatly
admired.
A newspaper correspondent says: IL
was made very clear to all the mem.
hers Of the national committee during
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