The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-21
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
AND DEPARTMENT NEWS.

| President.
lhe Industrial Commission has en-
tended the duties of it's sul,-com,.,js-
sion. consisting of Senator Kyle and
commissioners A. l.. Harris Of Ohio
and Eugene d. Conger of Michigan.
so as to authorize it to take testimony
upon the agricultural conditions of the
northwest. The inquiry will be large
~ as to the control of prices of agri-
cultural products by combinations of
ra!lroads and elevator companies An
other special sub-commission has been
auihorlZed to consist of Commissioner
u. ID. Rhtchforu of Indiana. pX-Sena-
tor Lee Mantle Of Montana and Rep
feSenthfive John &. Bell of Colorado.
It's inquiry will be devoted to mining
colltlltionS i'll the states west of the
MISSISSIPPI river. Mr.. RatchfOrd was
selected to preside and to direct the
inquiry. The probability is that the
sub-commission will begin it's work in
the early part of July.
1t is the purpose of the government
10 make the residence of the naval Of
hcers now on their way to Guam to ad.
minister the affairs of the new COLONY
as pleasant as practicable. and to allow
every reasonable demand that the gov.
ernor and lis staff may make. Service
mt Guam is not desirable and the Of
fcerS sent there are expected to remain
| three years. The Yosemite is now on
the way there with a general cargo for
establishing the colony. including ev-
erythlng needed. from furniture for
residences to windmills and farming
! implements. 1t is not the intention of
I the authorities to make the colony eX-
! clllSlVeiE oni' of men. as has been sup
! posed. IT is not believed that the men
! would be go tent in so lonely place
without the companiOnShip OF women,
ana. while it is contrary to the regula-
tionS Of tae government to provide ia
! rl!ltleS ana transportation for moving
/ the wives and families of naval officers
about the world, it is thought that as
! (ianm presents so unusual n case the
t regulations may be disregarded The
! S0lace will be fitted out ut San Fran
! cisco with accommodations for a linn
tied number of ladies. and on it's next
/ trip to Guam. early in July will carry
the families of several officers who are
now bound there on the Yosemite.
EN-Rcpresentative A. J. Warner of
OHIO. president of the National Bi-
metallic League. and for years one of
the most pronounced silver men in the
country. has startled his political
! friends in Washington by declaring
that free coinage must be Il secondary
issue in the next campaign. "'rhe
Democratic party" he says" will stand
by the Chicago platform. The money
plank will ne as full and as strong as
II there were no other issue. The
money question has lost none of it's
: Importance but in the meantime other
questions of greater importance have
arisen. | would he in favor of making
declaration against trusts as if that
were the only issue. and the same
against Imperialism and the Philippine
war Within a short time the country
will awaken to the existence of three
stupendous combinations working to-
&nther and controlling minor contribute
ing trusts. First there will be a COM
hnation of the great lines Of transpor-
tatIon: next i'm importance. and ulti-
mately controlling the rest. is the bank
ing combination. and third the great
iron and steel combination. 1t will not
be long. in my judgment. before these
combinations represent Il capitaliZa-
ton of $1,0O00o0.0O0. and they now
present the problem Of the utmost i'm
nortance. demanding the immediate at
trntion of the American people and
taking precedence over all others. for
they will reduce the amount of labor
employed. determine the price of prod
uctS and destroy competition. Fur
thermore. an effort will be made at
the next Congress to redeem the green
backs and give the national banks en-
tire control of the currency This
nhnSp of tbp nOnnv uuQCtion IS 1il.a1y
to attract more attention for the time
being than frec-silver coinage None
the less they are deceived who think
the silver question is finally settled"
OF the next speaker of the House. Il
newspaper correspondent writes as fol-
lows: In many respects Henderson is
the opposite of Reed. He has soft
heart. which Reed has not. He will
cry like baby at the funeral Of a
friend, on when some poor old soldier
tells him story of sorrow and dis
tress, and he has even been known to
wipe his eyes at the theater over the
imaginary wrongs of the heroine. Mr..
Reed never shed tear. Furthermore,
Henderson likes to do wing things. He
loves to make people happy while Reed
likes to make them unhappy. There is
Ilo uSlitl tollS ut III NO!lSFtSS tllun Ia
vid Il. HendcrsonS when a controversy
eXciteS the passions. but in ordinary
life and with ordinary men it would be
very difficult for him to hurt any
bOdy's feelings There is no stronger
speaker on the floor of the House of
Representatives. either in dispaSsinn-
ate discussion or in Il rough-anl ,lim-
bic debate than Henderson. II" has
Il powerful voice. an emphatic manner.
Il fluent tongue and Il ready wit. He
talks as if he meant what he said. and
he usually says what he means. The
members of the House know that. alS1
therefore his words have weight. Hen
'lerson is also n master of parlament-
AIRY law. which qualities him for the
office of speaker. In the committee
room he is Il hard worker. ana although
his name is not attached to any great
legislation during rhr last ten years.
no bill of Importance has been con-
a.lercd without consulting him. For