The Lamar register., 1899-01-04
NOTES FROM THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.

! Enthusiastically applauded until he be-
| gan TO praise the colored soldiers. Then
yelis Put him out, stop him. :" Shut
| up" Were heard amid a storm of hisses
from every part of the house. Mitchell
finally retired from the stage and the
curtain was rung down.
More money has been spent in Wash
| lngton this Christmas than ever before,
and the presents that have been pur-
chased at the leading shops are more
expensive than usual One of the jew
\ elers told me yesterday that he had
sold more goods during the last fifteen
days than for any six months previous
as far back as he could remember. The
trade was better this year than 1t ever
had been in the history OF Washington.
which he considered an unmistakablc
evidence of the general prosperity OF
the country, because we have here win
/ ter residents and visitors frsm every
| section.
Speaker Reed Is opposed TO expansion
but he treats the subject humoriously-
/ When members of the House go to him
/ with a bill which they would like an
opportunity to bring before the House
the "czar'' will invariably inquire sar-
casiically: Does ii make any appro-
priationT only n few thousand dol
lars, Mr.. Speaker "Then I'll have to
shut you on. We need NIL our money
TO pay for yellow bellies Talking
the other day with Uncle Joe" Cannon
about the appropriations for the ses-
sion, he said he had made mistake
| In enforcing a policy of economy upon
the House. because. he remarked. .'the
President has spent all l have saved
in buying Malays Mt 81 Apiece"
President Mckinley received from
the American Peace Commission. late
Saturday afternoon. the treaty of peace
between the United States and SPAIN
In presenting this momentous docu-
ment. Judge Day, as chairman OF the
commission. said it represented the
earnest efforts OF the American repre-
sentatives at Paris. and that II was
submitted with the hope that il would
rebound to the peace. credit and glory
OF the American nation. Accepting the.
treaty from the hands of Judge Day.
the President responded with heartfelt
4 thanks and congratulations to the COM
mission as body and to the members
individually. He spoke of all that had
oeen accomplished and of the happy
method by which difficult questions
had been adjusted.
Hon. Justin S. Morrill,. the senior
! United States senator from Vermont.
died AT 10 Wednesday morning, in the
s'th year OF his age. after an Illness OF
less than n week. In the death of Sen
htor Morrill, the Senate lost its senior
member in point Of service and its old
est In age He had served continuous
~ In the Senate for more than thirty
one years and he was IS years of age
on April 4th last. With the single OK
ception of Hon. Galusila Grow. of the
House of Representatives, he was the
onty man in Congress whose congress
sional career began prior 10 the begin
nlhg OF the civil war. and he had th.
hcnor orn- 4ir. Grow in that his con-
greE- --.Iial service had been continuous.
covering in the Senate and the House
combined almost forty-four years.
An examination OF the Senate por-
tion of the Congressional Record for
the last, or second. session of the pres
ent Congress. which has Just appeared
in bound form, shows there We're 36-
329 inches, or about 1900 feet of print
ed debate in columns three and one
half inches wide set in minion type At
this rate each OF the eighty-nine sena-
tors was entitled to about 400 inches
but six of the senators occupied near
~ one-hfth of the entire space. leav-
ing four-fifths for eighty-three of their
colleagues. Senator Allen of Nebraska
is the champion long-distance talker of
the United States Senate, and occupied
over five and one-half per cent of the
entire time of that body during the last
session. His remarks measure 2O35
inches. Senator Pettigrew occupied l.
397 inches, being the second in YER
bosity. Senator Teller was third. He
occupied 1921 inches and Senator But
Ter 960 inches. These four thus con-
sumed nearly 6.o00 inches of space, out
of a total of $4,000, or one-sixth of the
whole.
1t is stated that the Presidents
plan for a government in the Philip
pine Islands is the same that he has
for Cuba-a liberal allowance of home
rule so far as he can find competent
natives TO administer affairs-the
finance, the commerce, the customs
the schools. public works and the gen
eral direction of things TO be in the
hands of Americans of experience.
The tariff will be for revenue only, and
viii be arranged to produce sufficient
amount to maintain the government
and the schools and provide for
a general system of public works
which will aid in the develop
ment of the wealth and commerce.
of the country. The military forces
are TO be a mixture of Ameri-
cans and natives under the command
of American officers until the natives