The Elbert County tribune., 1899-06-15
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
AND DEPARTMENT NEWS.

I II Is the PURPOSE OF thr soNerluicnt
to make the residence of the naval Of
ficcrs now on their way to Guam to ad-
minister the affairs of the new colony
ne pleasant as practicable. and to allow
every reasonable demand that the gov
et.nor and ais staff may make Service
| nj Guam Is not desirable. and the Of
ficers sent there are expected to remain
| three wears. The Yosemite Is now ON
the way there with general cargo Tor
establishing the colony. including cv-
erythiur needed. from furniture FOR
residences TO windmills and farming
| imnlenents II Is not tile intention OF
the authorities 10 mike the colony eN-
clusively or. OF men. as has been sup
posed II is not believed that the men
would be co tent in so lonely a place
without the companionshlp of women.
and. while 1t is contrary 10 the regula-
tions of the government to provide IA
cilities and transportation for moving
/ the wives and families of naval officers
about the world. It Is thought that as
| Gaum presents so unusual case TIE
/ regulations may be dlsregarded. The
Solace will be fitted out at San Fran
cisco with accommodations for n linn
ited number of ladies'. and on It's next
| trip to Guam. early In July. viii carry
fhe families of several officers who are
now bound there on the Yosemite.
Ex-ReprescntatIve A. J. Warner of
Ohio. president of the National b.
metallic League. and for years one of
| the most pronounced silver men in the
country. has startled his political
| friends In Washington by declaring
that free coinage must be n secondary
issue in the next campaign- fhc
Democratic party" lie says. will stand
| t.1n Tho
| plank will ne as full and ms strong as
/ il there were no other issue. The
money question has lost none OF its
/ importance but In the meantime other
questions OF greater Importance have
arisen | would be In favor of making
n declaration against trusts ms If that
were the only issue. and the same
against Imperialism and the Philippine
war Within short time the country
will awaken to the existence of three
| stupendous combinations working to-
gether and controlling minor contribut-
| ing trusts. First, there Will he II COM
| binntion of the great lines of transpor-
tation: next in Importance. and ulti-
mately controlling the rest is the bank
| ing combination. aud third the great
iron and steel combination. II will not
be long. in my judgment before these
combinations represent II capitaliza-
ton OF 81 OOO.O00.000 and they now
present the problem OF the utmost I'M
portance. demanding the Immediate at
tention of the American people aud
| taking precedence over all others. for
they will reduce the amount of labor
employed. determine the price of prod
nets and destroy competition. Fur
thermore. an effort will be made Mt
the next Congress to redeem the green
tI..
tire control of the currency. This
phase of the money question is likely
TO attract more attention for the time
being than free-silver coinage. None
the less they are deceived who think
the silver question is finally settled
Vice President Hobart has gone to
Long Branch. where he will spend the
| summer trying TO recover his health
and strength He has had very Sc
we're siege, and for several weeks his
recovery was doubtful. Shortly after
Congress adjourned he fell II victim to
the prevailing epidemic In grippe. and
provoked a relapse by going out he
] fore he WAS thoroughly well The first
attack was pretty bad. but the second
was worse, and lie has been for more
than two months trying to recover
from it, lie is so far himself that he
can drive out but he has scarcely
4 strength enough to walk ncross an or
binary room, and the disease has left
his heart very weak-so weak MS to oc-
cas!on very great alarm among his
friends. 1t is believed, however. that
n quiet summer in the lnvigorating salt
atmosphere of Long Branch will pull
him around all right again. President
Mckinley has watched the slow recov-
cry of his colleague with great anxi-
city. has visited him once and some
times twice every day. and since the
weather became warm has taken him
MS n companion on his afternoon
drives. The President intends to visit
the Hobarts Mt Long Branch some
time during the summer. No Prcsi-
dent and vice president have ever
been so intimate ms Mckinley and Ho-
bart The vice president goes over to
the White House walks into the Pres
ident's room. and says: Hello, What
are you doing now?' Just as if they
were law partners. and the President
will call in Colonel Montgomery and
say: Tell Mr.. Hobart to be ready to
go driving at half-past L." 1t Is Dn-
mon and Pythias over again, with
thorough and sincere affection on both
sides.
OF the next speaker of the House. Il
newspaper correspondent writes rs fol-
lows: In many respects Henderson Is
the opposite of Reed. He has n soft
heart. which Reed has not He will
cry like n baby Mt the funeral of "A
friend. or when some poor old soldier
tells him n story of sorrow and dis
tress, and lie has even been known tn
wipe his eyes at the theatpr over the
imaginary wrongs Of the heroine Mr.
Reed never shed tear. Furthermore.
Henderson likes to do wing things. lie
loves to make people happy while Reed
likes to make them unhappy. There Is
no nglier tongue In Congress than Da-
vid IL. Henderson's VIII n controversy
eNcites the passions. but in ordinary
life and with ordinary men II would lie
! very difficult for him to hurt any
body's feelings. There is no stronger
speaker on the floor of the House of
Representatives, either in disp1ssion-
ate discussion or In II rougl-and-tum
bic debate, than Henderson. He has
a powerful voice. an emphntic manner.
fluent tongue and a ready wit. He
talks MS IL he meant what he said. nud
lie usually says what he means. The
members of the House know that. and
therefore his words have weight. Hcu-
derson is also master of parliament
airy law, which qualities him for the
Office of speaker In the committee
room he is n hard worker. and although
his name Is not attached to any great
legislation during the last ten yenrs