The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-19
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES
AND WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

4 day. II developed much less oppo-
| sifion than WIS anticipated.
1 In the course OF discussion OF the
Philippine question In the Senate last
| Wednesday, Senator Foraker declared
that President Mckinley is opposed to
annexation Of the islands
The receipts at Afnnila custom house
during November averaged $4,000
day In gold. and the report states thai
the shipping Is on the increase ana
that the possibilities are uniimited.
General Eagnn has thrown down the
gauntlet TO Inspector General Brecken,
ridge. who Is Investigating the beei
question for General Miles. He refus-
cs TO answer questions unless py nirec-
tion OF Secretary Alger
The funeral of Congressman Dlngiey
will be conducted in the House OF Hep.
resenfatives Monday. The body VIII
he taken TO the House at 10 o'clock nnu
there lie IN state until noon, wheh
services Will he conducted IN the preS-
cncc OF the House and sennfe-
Scuator Teller has Introduced bill
for the amendment OF the war revenue
nc. 80 as TO provide for tax upon the
actual vnlue or selling prices. Instead
OF the nominal vnlue OF certain stocks
The bill II Intended TO relieve the
cheaper mining stocks from what Is
claimed TO be an onerous burden up
ON them.
The Secretary and Mrs. Alger gave
n brilliant reception at their home
"Wednesday night to the officers of the
army and their families. Veterans OF
three wars were there. ns well as the
young volunteers OF last summer, all
In full dress uniform, which. with the
handsome gowns of the women ana
the beautiful decorations OF the house
made scene of unusunl splennor.
Major General Leonard Wood was the
lion OF the OCCASION
senator Teller takes no stock In the
stories recently sent out that the Sen
ate will hold up the treaty. lie be
Iieyes Tint II will be ratified after n
thorough debate. lie snys there IN no
serious disposition to delay the treaty.
Public opInion Ii in favor of H., lie
claims, and ns this Is the case the OPP
ponents will content themselves with
speech. They viii not fillbuster. Inc
senator would like to have the treaty
debated in open session.
President and Mrs. Mckinley gave
nn elaborate dinner nt the White
House Monday night. mt which the
members of the Paris Peace Commits
SIOD Werp tlt guests vi hphVts 'if'''
ed TO meet them were the members OF
tbe Cabinet, senators and representa-
lives In Congress and officers OF the
army and navy who took prominent
pnrts IN the war, including Major
| Generals Sllafter and Wheeler and Ad-
| mIrals Sampson and Schiey ana Cap
tain Roblcy d. Evans.
The banking and currency commit
tee of the House has unanimously di-
rected the withdrawal of the bill re-
yisipg the banking and currency laws.
now on the House calendar. Reprcsen-
tatiye Mitchell of New York gave mo-
tice that at next Wednesdays meeting
OF the committee he would move that
The bill be re-reported TO the House,
and Mr.. Van voorhls Of Ohio gave no.
tIce that he would move to substitute
the recommendations of the Prcsi-.
dents message on the subject.
The President has decided II to be
incompatible with the public interest
to comply with the request contained
in the. Hoar resolution to supply the
Senate with the instructions given the
American peace commissioners. If any
reasons are given for the decllnation
the leading one will be the fact that
as the treaty Is subject to action In
Spnin, even after ratification by the
| Seuutc, It's consummntion might be
jeopardized by the publication ut this
stage of the confidential instructions.
Comptrollrr of the Currency Dawes
has given out nn abstract of reports of
the condition on December ! Inst OF
thirty-scven national banks In the state
| OF Colorado. II shows that since the
date of the last report. September 20.
the total resources have increased from
S4s, ,T20,S27 TO $51.553,T40; loans and
discounts increased from S10,91 $50 to
$50. .OJ7 ,65S: reserve. increased from
S14.61T. .532 to S17,GSi $50, of which the
gold holdings Increased from $4,162,-
$50 to SI.22I. 100 The deposits in
creased from s33,0i0022 to S35,622. $50
and the average reserve held Increased
from 41.39 TO 1862 per cent
Hon. Nelson Dingley of Maine. leader
of the Republican side ON the floor
of the House of Representatives. died
here at half past 10 o'clock Friday
night of heart failure. resulting from
extreme weakness due to grip and
pneumonia. He was unconscious dur
ing most of the day and death came
| quietly without consciousness being re-
| gained. All the members OF his family
were at his bedside. Until within n
few hours before his death the family
uflliy DtiltNtd as II HIS tnTOuIuout
his illness, that Mr. Dingley would re-
| cover.
The President on Thursday sent
these nominations TO the Senate; State
-Charlemagne Tower Of Pcnnsylvn-
MIA. now minister to Austria Hungary.
| TO be ambassador to Russia: Addison
| c. Harris OF Indiana to be minister to
Austria Hungary. Treasury james
G.. Monahan. collector of Internal rev
enue, Second district of Wisconsin
War-To be brigader generals: Col
John II. Castlemm. First Kentucky
volunteer Infantry; Col. Thomas II .
Barber, First New York volunteer In
fantry- Also a number of promotions
and appointments in the volunteer In
faatry.
The Court of Claims has just render
ed n decision which probably means
the payment by the government of sew
eral millions of dollars to the Choctiw
and Chlckasaw Indians. Involved I'm
the ease is the question of title To over
| 5,0O0,oO0 acres OF land in the Indian
Territory. The decision is to the eff
feet that the lands In the Wichita res
ervation are held In trust by the gov
| crnment for the bent fit of the Choc-
taws and the Chicknsaws This sus-
tains the claim of the Indians. But
while the decision applied only formal
ly 10 Wichita reservation II stands MS
the precedent for much larger bodies
| of land.
The delegation of visiting New Mcxi-
co Republicans has given up all hope
OF admission by the present regime.
The gentlemen may remain here until
adjournment to look after other terri
torinl matters. but they nll fully ap-
precinte that The Jig is up. Their