Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-12-05
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1899.
WASHINGTON Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent

FROM our REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS
WASHINGTON, December 1, $780,
President Mckinley had every reason
TO enjoy his Thanksgiving dlnner,
which he ate IN company with Mrs.
Mckinley and a few personal friends
His message to congress, one OF / he
most important ever submitted to
that DOdy, is completed, and could
have bet II sent to congress today if
necessary, but Will probably not go
IN until Tuesday, as it is expected
shat congress will adjourn IN honor
of the late Vice President Hobart as
soon as the organization OF the house
is completed on Monday. Every day
brings kilograms from che Philippines
telling of the capture of rebels and
indicating a speedy end of the insur-
rection, and last, but by no means
least, the general prosperity Of the
country continues to steadily in
crease. Surely no president ever had
better cause to feel thankful
4 very pretty incident occurred at
The White house this week, President
Mckinley, Admiral Dewey and j. ?.
Y. Grldley, a sou of the ate ca ptain
Gridley, who commanded the Olvmpia
at the battle of Manila bay, being
the actors Admiral Dewey carried
young Grkf1ey to see the president
for the purpose of asking an appoint
ment IN the navy tor him. The Young
man being too old - 90 to AnnapO-
lis, lleutenant's commission in the
marines was the position sought. The
admiral was explaining that the
young man lacked means to pay his
expenses while studying for the ex-
animation, when the president inter
rupted him by saying: "You and J,
admiral, will pay his expenses while
preparing for an examination for tn ;
marine corps. II he fails in the first
examination [ will give him another
chance, but [ m sure he will be ready
tor examination when he Is appoint
ed" As Admiral Dewey and young
Grldley were leaving the White house
the admiral stopped and told the
story to several newspaper men, add
ing, "NoW let the people know what
sort OF president they have" And
what sort Of al admiral Also" said
one OF the newspaper men.
Senator Deboe, of Kentucky, came
to Washington again this week and
had another conference with the pres
ident. Afterwards he said: Taylor
will be seated us governor Of Ken
lucky. lie has been fairly elected by
more than 4,000 votes. and eighty
per cent. OF the people are with him.
He was elected after the greatest
Fr4uds had been committed by Goeb-
els machinery. In Louisville he was
fraudulently deprived of at least TO-
600 votes, and in Kenton county,
the home OF Goebel, Of about
5000. [ do not believe there is an
honest man in the state who would
claim that Taylor was not fairly
elected"
That Roberts, of Utah, the polyg-
amlsG representative, will be kicked
out of the house seems certain, but
just how 1t will be done has not vet
been determined, as care must be
taken not TO set up a precedent that
will make trouble IN the future.
The report of the Republican eau
Gus committee, of which Speaker
Henderson is chairman, in favor of
the financial bill, the title of which is
"a bill to define and fix the standard
~ value " ihdlhCdlH Tue parity Oh
all forms of money issued by the
United States, and for other pur-
poses, presents able arguments
showing the necessity for the pro-
posed legislation, as may be seen
from the following quotations there
from: "There can be but one stand
ard of a given mea surement at one
time. An attempt to couple two
standards, differing in any degree in
essential characteristics, will shift