The evening times., 1899-03-10
GENERAL WA SFIINGTON
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Democratic Advisory Committee
cratic National Committee. is reported to
be improving in health rapidly. As soon
as he is able to get about it is understood
that he viii call melting of his advisory
committee and map out the preliminary
work of next years Presidential cam
paign. One of the first things that VIII
be done, it is said, will be to issue an ad-
dress TO the people of the country fning
the position of the Democratic party on
the issues of the day. pamphlet will be
prepared for general distribution, 1t is
also stated, reviewing the scandals of the
Mckinley Administration. II Is said to be
the intention of Senator Jones and other
Democratic leaders to invite Popu lists,
Silver Republicans and all Others who are
opposed to the Republican party in the
Democratic National Convention next
year They would like to combine all the
elements if possible that are antagonistic
to the present Administration. so as TO co
away with the necessity Of holding sep
arate national conventions.
Rich Gold Strikes.-"'I am satisfied, ="
said Representative W. c. Jones, of Wash
ington today, that the recent reports of
Spokane have not been exaggerated.
believe that the State of Washington today
is probably the richest mineral State in
the Union. The surface has only been
scratched up to the present time. Within
the next ten years you Will see almost
phenomenal developments in the North
west. We have d great advantage over
the klondike region in the matter OF eli
mate. One can live in the State OF Wash :
inotOn comfort. l.. hly al tho rpIInI -
hooks From the Congregational Lii
brary.-There is general complaint among
the residents of the National Capital over
the revoking of the rule which permitted
private citizens TO draw books from the
Congressional Library by leaving de-
posit. An effort will be made at the next
I session to have this rule restored. Al pres
ent the only persons who can take books
from the Library are members of Congress
and high officials of the Government. They
can even have them shipped to their homes
! when away from Washington. 'Undoubt-
edly good many valuable books are lost, "
! said an official of the Library today.
! Statesmen are very careless. and in many
, cases il seems TO be impossible 10 get them
/ 10 return books or pay for those lost. Mr..
J Blaine once kept book for eleven years.
| Speaker Reed often sends for forty or fifty
| books at time. When books are not re-
| turned within reasonable time we send
! the delinquent a gentle reminder. II is
! SO gentle. however that very few OF them
/ ever pay any attention TO il. We continue
! sending reminders from time TO time, but
| most of them go mheeded. II is not con-
! sidered wise to press a statesman too hard
/ who has been retaining books belonging 10
! the Library. If he gets offended he is apt
| TO retaliate by trying TO have the apprO-
priation for running the Library cut down.
| You see they have pretty big club in
! their hands with which 10 keep US luiet.
! The people however, foot the bills and il
seems to NE that they ought to get some of
/ the benefits OF the Library. When deposits
are made on books taken out very few are