The state herald., 1899-01-13
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS
AND WASHINGTON GOSSIP

| at all times subject to the draft of the
military governor.
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, ad-
| dressed the Senate Monday In Opposi-
tion to the expansion policy. Although
Mr.. Hoar occupied the time Of the Sem
ate for more than two hours, he was
accorded the unusual compliment Of
close and undivided attention by his
colleagues OH the floor and by large
audience In the galleries. He confin-
ed himself closely to his manuscript,
but his address was delivered with or
| atorlcal fire, earnestness and animal
tiOn. Mr.. Hoar is n master Of the sub
tleties Of the English language, and
n rhetOrician OF notable ability, and his
keen sarcasm and wit were thoroughly
enjoyed by his auditors. His speech
was In answer to that recently deliver
ed by Mr.. Platt, Republican, of Con-
necticut, and had been most carefully
prepared. He took strong ground
against the position assumed by the
Connecticut senator, maintaining that
1t was In violation of the constitution
and the Declaration of Independence,
the great expounder Of the constitu-
tion." for this country to acquire for
eign territory to be held and governed
rs colonies.
The grippe, and the ailments attend
ant upon 1t. that are now included In
Its train of Ills, have Frustrated an I'M
usual number of residents of Washing
ton. An Observant pharmacist esti-
mates that ten per cent. of the districts
population is suffering in one way or
another from the new generic grippe.
Three members of the Senate commit
tee on appropriations are so Ill that
they will not be able to leave their
homes for several days.
An important suit. involving the va
lidity of county bonds in Arizona. was
decided in the Supreme Court of the
United States Tuesday. The case val
idates S2S9,96I worth of bonds, issued
by Pima county. in aid of the Arizona
narrow gauge railroad. 1t was based
upon n petition for mandamus upon
the governor and other territorial Off
GERS to compel them to issue bonds in
lieu of those originally issued in 1888.
The Supreme Court of the territory
denied this petition. but the opinion of
the federal Supreme Court. which was
handed down by Judge Brown. re-
verses this decision and remands the
case for further proceedings in compli-
ance with the original petition. The
opinion of the court is based upon the
authority of the act of Congress of
June q. 1896.
The correspondent OF the Chicago
Record writes his paper as follows:
The Presidents order exempting D.
600 or 6.O00 offices from the jurisdiction
of the Civil Service Commission was to
have gone into effect on the 4th, hut It
has not yet been issued. and nobody
knows when II will be. 1t lies upon
the Presidents table, and has been
overhauled and amended and revised
so many times that people who are in
his confidence supposed II had reached
a state Of perfection. but for some rca-
son he is not satisfied with 1t, and his
New Years greeting TO the spoilsmen
is withheld. II is n fact that the Pres
ident consented TO issue this order with
great reluctance. While he recognizes
that many OF the offices included should
be exempt from the classified service.
he feels 1t Is going 10 add much to the
burden OF himself and his SUCCESSORS.
II he could have his way he would put
all the offices Of the government under
the civil service rules, where people
could not quarrel over them"
Secretary Wilson says he IL watch
Ing anxlously to see that the soldiers by
their foolish jealousics do not destroy
the results OF his efforts In behalf OF
the farmers In foreign markets. lie Is
confident that the packers OF Chicago
can make n clear ease. and when they
appear before the war inquiry com
mission he expects them TO do SO. lie
says: 'rhe Chicago packing houses.
the refrigerator ears and the refrigern.
tor ships have made the cattle indus
try profitable In this country. and we
have been shipping S25,Oo0.0o0 or $780,
100000 worth OF dressed beef TO Eng
land annually for years without ever
having heard OF this emhalmlng busl-
ness before. The armies OF Europe. In
the tropics, In India. Tonquln and Afri.
ca, have been fed ON American canned
beef. and we have never heard n COM
plnint from that source. They are glad
TO get II. II has proven the best ration
they could furnish TO their men. and
II seems very strange To me tina, II Is
not good enough for our own troops"