The Elbert County tribune., 1899-12-21

/ he positively refuses to do either. nnc
insists that the committee shall prove
the charges without his assistance.
I.ieutepnnt Thonias NJ. Brumby. flag
lieutenant to Admiral Dewey during
tho Manila campaign. who has been II
with typhoid fever for several weeks
died nj Garfield hospital shortly nfsei
o O'Clock Sunday evening. The denti
Of Lieutenant Brumby. while not un
expected, was great shock to Ad
miruI Dewey. The relations of the two
for several years past have been Init.
mnte. and n strong friendship had
| grown M between them. Lieutenant
Brumby went ont 10 the Asiatic sta
tIon with the Admiral and had been
there with him until they both re
turned to the United Stnfes. In his
capncity ms flag lieutenant. Lieutenant
Briimby was thrown with Dewey
practically all the time and acted ms
his personal representative In many
matters Of detail delegated to him by
the commanding officer
The personnel Of the majority COM
mittees OF the Senate was formally an
nounced Thursday. Senator Warren
OF Wyoming succeeds senator Teller
ms chairman OF the committee on
claims. Mr.. Teller wns offered con
tinunnce OF the chairmanship but an
swcrcd that he would prefer to take Ills
position with the minority. thus form
| ally separating himself from the Re
publican party Mr.. Wolcott, in addl-
| tIon 10 retaining his old committees. Is
given place on the foreign relations
| committee. Senator Clark OF Wyon-
Ing adds mines and mining and public
lands. The three new Republican mem
bers OF the appropriation committee
nre Senators Carter, Wetmore and
| Warren. The Post says: "Senator
| Wnrren's appointment Is peculiarly np-
propriaie In view of his knowledge Of
western matters"
Secretary Gage Will do nothing TO re-
lieve'the money market unless the con
| ditions should become more serious
| thnn they are now, which he does not
anticipate. The interest on the public
debt due January LIST, which amounts
| to about $J.OOO.0OO. viii be paid with
| IN the next few days as usual. The
| checks VIII be mailed TO the bondhold-
ers ns fast as they are prepared. with
out waiting for the exact date. and cou-
pons will be oashed at any Of the gov
crnmcnt repositories. There still re
mains outstanding $5.G00OO0 OF the Az
and per cent. bonds included In the
recent call. which the treasury Is ready
to redeem upon presentation. The
market price Of these bonds, however.
Is a trihe above the figures offered by
the treasury. but Mr.. Gage will not in
crease his offer. AMI II he should make
another call II would be on the same
terms us the last.
The feature of the opening day of the
debate on the currency bill In the
House was the speech of Mr.. Dolliver
OF Iowa. 1t was characterized by all
the wit and eloquencc for which the
Iowan Is noted and held the members,
without regard to party. for more than
an hour Mr.. Dolliver declared that the
last doubt in the Republican party as
to the wisdom of enactlng the gold
standard into law had been resolved
by the experience of the business world
during the past three years. He scored
Mr.. Bryan and generally ridiculed the
alleged false prophesies of the Demo
Gratis In 1896 Mr.. De Almond of Mis-
souri, was the heavy gun on the Demo-
cratic side. He warned the Republi-
ems from the West that they could
not deceive their constituents In the
coming congressional elections by
claiming that they had yielded to the
wisdom Of their colleagues In caucus.
During the recess of Congress par
| ty of twelve or fifteen representatives,
including Mr.. Payne OF New York. Mr..
Dalzcll of Pennsylvania, Mr.. Steele of
Indiana, Mr.. Heatwole of Minnesota
and others. made journey to Alaska.
They had good time and acquired
much valuable Information. That
which surprised them most was their
own ignorance of the conditions exist
ing In that far-off section of our ma
tionhl domain. and the neglect of Con
gress to provide a suitable form of gov
ernment for the people who lived there.
Mr.. Dalzell says that he and his com
panions had no comprehension OF the
political and social conditions of Alas
ka, and were greatly surprised that the
Inhabitants had been able TO continue
so long without laws or legal organiza-
tion. 1t was, however, an illustration
almost without n parallel of the self
control and lnw-abiding spirit of the
American people. They have adopted
regulations TO suit their peculiar condl-
tons, which Were submitted to by all
classes and recognized as having the
force OF law.
/ ht itHibtiit- s,tfIttuIN IkOOl
are anxious to secure some Legislation
for permanent form of government In
| Porto Rico us soon as possible and II
is probable that n special message or
the subject will be sent to Congress i'm
nediately after the holidays recon
mending form of government similar
to that planned for the territory OF
Louisiana by President Jefferson In
1903. Delegations and petitions of the
most urgent nature nre coming In al
most every day from Porto Rico repre-
senting that business Is stagnant an6
that all transactions are suspended un
| til the status OF the island Is deter
mined and Its laws promulgated. Tn,
President thinks Congress will recog
nize the necessity of immediate RELIEF
from this anomalous situation. 1t 1.
also proposed to reopen the block
AIDED ports of the Philippine islands n
the earliest possible moment in order
that business may be resumed and tn,
vast quantities of hemp and other val
liable products that have been accumu
lating during the insurrection may b,
shipped to foreign markets.
1t appears that Mr.. Sibley of Penn
sylyanin, millionaire stock raisel
and oil producer, who lives at Frank
lin, Nennngo county. hns created n sen
sation by disavowing his former view,
on the chief issues of the day and in
dorsing the policy of the administra
tlon. Mr.. Sibley has been consldere,
the foremost leader of the silve
wing Of the Democratic party In tn,
eastern states and has been seriousI,
talked of ns the probable nominee fol
vice-president on the ticket with Mr.
Bryan. Hence his change of heart ere
ates a decided sensation. He de
clarcs the changes in commercial an,
Industrial conditions In the Unite,
States during the last three years hav,
demonstrated that the free coinage o
silver, and even bimetallism. are no
essential to the prosperity of the coun