Gilpin observer., 1899-12-28

| they must be ratified not only by the
| Senate, but by the House. the Dingley
bill. under which they were negotiated,
providing this course of procedure for
reciprocity treaties.
| 1t is stated at the Treasury Depart
| ment that the total amount of bonds de-
posted and accepted by the secretary
as security for internal revenue re-
| ceipts to be deposited with the national
| bank repositories is S11,O00,OOO, of
which $11.OO0.OOO has been deposited
by New York banks. Among the other
cities making deposits are: Chicago
SGOo,O st. Louis. S1.366,O05: Boston,
81 900. 900: Baltimore. S24J. 900: Cincin-
natl, S375.000: New Orleans. 100000
The entire list foots up thirty-one
banks, in fifteen states. The total re-
ceiDts from internal revenue sources
are distributed each day among all of
the banks represented in the list, each
bank receiving its proportionate share
of the whole on the basis of the
amount of bonds deposited. 1t is stat
ed further that the amount of bonds
purchased by the government under
the secretary's recent order was:
1Nours. S14.24I. coo; tives. 81 900. 300; to-
tai. S19,234.350, with about $4,000 ad-
dtional under examination.
Admiral George Dewey was 81 years
of age Christmas Day. and under the
ordinary process of law would be
placed on the retired list on that ac
count The special law under which
he was advanced to the head of the
navy makes no provision for his retire
ment. and therefore he will continue
on the active list of the navy, in all
probability. until his death As n mat
FER. of fDrt his rntirpnnnnt ynIlll mako
no material change in his existing
status. His pay would be the same on
the retired list as on the active list.
and he would be entitled to the same
emoluments and privileges. including
private secretary with the rank of lieu
tenant and the usual number of aides.
President Mckinley has IL new pair
of sorrel horses with white faces AMI
long flowing tails. He drove them for
the first time Saturday hitched to his
road wagon. and with Mrs. Mckinley
for his companion he enjoyed n ten
mile spin in the frosty air. He now
has three pairs of horSeS-blacks. bays
and sorrels.
At the Cabinet meeting Tuesday it
was decided to conStrue that portion
of the treaty with Spain regarding the
return of Spanish soldiers and prison
ers of war in the most liberal way.
BY the terms of the treaty the United
States agreed to transport all Spanish
soldiers and prisoners of war serving
in the conquered territory to Spain.
Quite number Of disputed questions
have been raised i'll connection with
the repatriation of the Spanish sol
diers serving in the Philippines, and
they have been the subject of cOnsid-
cradle correspondence between General
Otis and the Spanish representatives
M Manila. In the peace treaty various
terms are used-"Spanish soldiers"
Spanish prisoners" prisoners in the
hands of insurgents" etc. After dis
cussing the question the Cabinet de-
cided to cOnstrue the language of the
treaty literally: indeed. to stretch il not
only to cover all Spanish prisoners in
the hands of the insurgents who are
now falling into our hands. but their
families and all Spanish civilian Off
clals and their families. All will he
transported to Spain 1T the expense of
the United States.
There is in Washington committee
representing 81 per cent. of the brew
crs of the United States. and they
have come to ask Congress to remove
the war tax ON beer. because it adds
so lilucn 10 lUt DHThtIS Oh tllt sun cr-
ing people. They argue that the peo-
pie who drink champagne and sherry
should pay for running the govern
ment. while the workingman who
drinks beer should be excused. They
also urge the passage of n bill al
ready introduced by Representative
Babcock of Wisconsin prohibiting the
sale of beer in small kegs. Under the
present law beer can be placed on the
market in barrels. or kegs represent
ing Il half, quarter or an eighth of Il
barrel. The latter are handled chiefly
by private consumers and small saloon
keepers who have Il limited trade and
do not want to waste beer. If there
were no eighth of barrel kegs they
would have to buy IL quarter or Il half
barrel each time, and the sales of the
brewers would he so much larger,
hence it is proposed to prohibit the
sale of small packages. When the
brewers committee asked the COM
missioner of Internal revenue to rec
ommend the passage of the Babc0ck
bill he declined to do so and called
their attention to the fact that they
We're not obliged to put their beer up
in small packages. They replied
frankly that they wanted everybody
To be compelled to buy big packages.
Ihere Is no disposition Ill congress 10
abolish the beer tax, because II Is con
sidcred one Of the most easily paid
and easily collected.
a correspondent says: The third par
ty organization in the Senate has fallen
to pieces. The most prominent mem
bers are nlrcndy hedging and working
their way back toward the Republican
side line. At the beginning of the ses-
sion hr IL via nf SnIIth Il.llxntn. VINO
describes himself in his autobiography
ms IN independent. went straight to the
Republican camp: but Mr.. Butler of
North Carolina. Mr.. IIeiifcld of Idaho.
Mr.. Jones of Nevada. Mr. Stewart of
Nevada. Mr. Teller of Colorado. Mr..
Turner of Washington and Mr.. Petit
grew of South Dakota held n caucus,