Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-01
MORRILL, 0BSEQUlES.
A GRAND TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD
STATESMAN.
THE PEACE TREATY PROGRAMME.
President. 1t is Said. Has Asked
Committee to Report IL in Twenty
Four Hours If PossibIe-other
Nnfea.
Notes.

WASHINGTON. D. c., December 81
(Special.)-All the departments closed to-
dav at II o'clock, and notwithstanding
II rained steadily all the morning, the
Senate chamber was well filled to witness
the Impressive ceremonies over the re-
mains of Senator Morrill, The President
and Cabinet, all the Senators and Repre-
sentatives now in the city, all the mem
bers Of the Diplomatic Corps, and the
Justices of the Supreme Court were
present. and the floral offerings were
costly and beautiful, making the occa-
sion a grand tribute to the dead states
man. All of the Senators and Represen-
tatives from Virginia and North Caro-
lima were absent, and could not well at
tend the impressive obsequis.
CONGRESS THIS WEEK.
Interest will once more centre next
week at the Capitol Building. Congress
will reassemble on Wednesday, and legis-
lation will be resumed where 1t was left
off before the holiday recess. II is cx-
pected that one of the first things the
President will do will be TO send the
treaty OF peace between Spain and this
country TO the Senate. This Will proba-
bly, be done at noon on Wednesday
Under the Senate rules IL viii be at once
referred TO the Foreign Relations Com
mittee. and cannot be considered in ex-
ecutive session until reported back from
the committee. which will certainly not
be earlier than two weeks after the
reference. 1t is expected that owing TO
the rather critical situation In the Philip
mines the friends of the President Will
nree prompt ratification of the treaty.
Indeed. il is said that so anxious Is the
administration TO have the treaty ratihed
that members Of the Foreign Relations
Committee have been asked to nave IL
renorted back to the Senate in twenty
four hours, if possible. This unusual
haste would shock some of the older
members, and II is not probable that the
treaty will be rushed through certainly
not in the full Senate, without the fuil-
est and most careful constellation.
ADMINISTRATION STRENGTH.
II Is confidently asserted by friends OF
the administration that of the ninety, or
whole number of senators, seventy are
pledged to ratification. Undep these cir
cumstances. and considering the critical
condition of affairs in the Philippines
senators who are opposed to the treaty
will hardly delay the ratihcauon by idIh-
ing against time. The President Is anX-
ious if possible. to have the treaty rau-
fed by the 10Th of January 50 that
PROMPT action can be taken in the Phillp-
pines. Ar
treaty has not been defined so far and
viii no. be. probably. until caucus Is
held on the subject, imme diately AFTER
.ho raaecer hing of Congress.
MORE COFFEE--LESS TEA.
According to an interesting statement
lust issued by the Treasury Department
more coffee and less tea seems TO De the
rule with the American people just now
The coffee importation for the past year
has been the heaviest in the history OF
the country, and the tea importation the
lichtest for many years. The impOrta-
ton OF coffee in the calendar year. 1871
was over 500 600 900 pounds. and the 1898
figures will be about the same as those
of 1897. In no earlier year were the I'M
portations ever as much as fVOoV,VU
hounds. This Is n larger amount or conee
for each individual than was ever before
consumed in the country, the per capita
consumption being about eleven POUNDS
annually. while no earlier year showed
per capita consumption of as much as ten
pounds. Reduced TO tons, tne .olai Ioi
the year 1898 would be 10000 tons, re-
ouiring for it's transportation 2'OOo cars,
which, If grouped in single train, would
nearly reach from New York TO Balti-
more. The United States Is by far the
largest coffee-consuming country In the
world. our own consumption being nearly
double that Of all Europe, and practically
NJ half of the coffee produced In the world.
In only two countries-HollaBd and
Denmark-is the per capita consump-
ZION larger than that of the United States.
that OF Holland being % pounds per capita.
and that of Denmark Is pounds. against
II pounds per capita In the United States
3 A pounds in Germany, 31-i In France,
and less than one pound per capita In
Great Britain.
These figures are especially interesting,