Gilpin observer., 1899-04-20
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
AND DEPARTMENT NEWS.

of the railroads, but an improper inter-
ference, the Legislature having no
right to discriminate, as is done In this
act I'VE cannot" he said, regard this
| exceptional legislation as the exercise
of lesser right which is included in
the greater one to fix by statute maxi
mum rates on railroad companies"
The chief justice and Justices Gray
! and McKenna dissented.
Some of the friends of Secretary AL
ger have become convinced that he is n
burden upon the administration, and
| that the longer he remains in the Cabi
net the more difficult it will be for him
to retire with credit. 1t has occurred
to them that the President might be
willing to have him change places with
General Horace Porter, ambassador to
France. and that the official termir
ton of the war, which will be cele-
brated tomorrow by the exchange of
ratitications of the peace treaty with
Spain. is the appropriate time for him
to lay down his official cares and as
sumo the honors of diplomatist. Gen
eral Porter is known to be tired of his
post. He was anxious to enter the
Cabinet at the beginning of the admin.
| istratiOn, and. while he has not been
consulted, the people who are engineer
! ing the deal are quite confident that he
will agree to it. 1t Is also believed
that the President would not oppose it.
President Mckinley hopes to make
an extended journey through the north
! west during the present summer. visit
ing all the states north of Nebraska
and Wyoming. and spending Il week or
more in the Yellowstone Park. He has
never been in that part of the coun-
try, and has great interest in it's de-
velopment. He will 90 as far west as
Puget Sound. taking the Northern Pa
cific road out and returning by the
Great Northern. Senator Carter of
Montana is making the arrangements
for the journey, and has been in Chi
cago comforting with several promi-
nent citizens. The President does not
intend to stop any time there-not
more than n night and day-and ex-
poets no formal entertainment. If
nothing occurs to prevent he will leave
Washington about the 18th of July,
and be absent five or six weeks. He
will visit in Milwaukee and one or twOs
other points in Wisconsin; st. Paul,
Minneapolis. Fargo. Bismarck. Helena,
Butte, Great Falls. Spokane Falls. Sc
attic, Tacoma, Portland and several
other cities en- route.
There is a queer man in Washington
who makes it n business to attend re-
ceptions, teas, weddings and other So
cial gatherings to which he has not
been invited. He always pays his re-
spects to the hostess, when he enters.
makes low bow. speaks a few polite
words and then passes into the crowd.
He Is never offensive, but always def
erential. and is simply tolerated be-
cause that is the easiest way to get
along with him. He lives quietly with
his mother and sister in Il well-situated
and well-cppointed house in the west
end, but the ladies of the family have
never made any attempt to enter So
ciety. Their eccentric brother con-
fines his social enjoyment to these in
trusions. which are harmless and are
so well known as to cause little re-
mark. Some ladies have instructed
their buffers not to admit him. When
re Is refused entrance at n house he al
ways retires in Il gentlemanly man.
ner, handing his card. with request
that his regrets be offered to the lady
of the house. He seems to think that
1t is his duty to go to these places, and
he does ii in Il conscientious manner.
President Mckinley hopes that Gen
eral Gomez will make visit to the
United States. He sent him a special
invitation to come to Washington. in
order that they may have a frank talk
about the situation in Cuba, the plans
of the United States government. the
necessity of educating the people be-
fore they are qualified for self-gOvern-
ment, the danger of intrusting con-
troll of affairs to the adventurers who
seek it now and to obtain from him
his views of the best methods by
which the present condition may he
gradually exchanged for independence.
The President Is also anxious that
Gomez should 90 about this country
and study our affairs and methods of
business and government. 1t Is said.
however that General Gomez. Is
afraid to come, or rather that he thinks
it wiser not to do so for fear he will
lose his influence. Other ambitious
Cubans are already charging him with
having sold out to the government OF
the United States. His fellow-country-
men are peculiarly sensitive to such
charges. The practice of bribery has
| been so general in Cuba that people
take 1t for granted that every man is
Influenced more or less by corrupt
motives, and 1t has always been
charged that Gomez was bought up by
the Spanards at the close of the last
| revolution.
The army court of inquiry has begun
the framing of its report While II
few minor matters remain for examn-
alton. they are not such as to affect
the main facts. 1t is regarded as cor-
tain that the court VIII find that Gen.
eral Miles charges that embalmed or
| chemically prptnrpd beef was sent to
the army have not been sustained. The
position of the court Is believed to be
that the testimony IL conclusive TINT
both the refrigerated beef and the
canned beef were In good condition
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