The Elbert County tribune., 1899-12-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
GOSSIP OF THE WHITE HOUSE
HHD THE DEPARTMENTS.

The recent WHIT eh"e s,.os nof
Dewey for storm center does li,v AZ,
sse, IN have affected his populari.y
omong tbe poultry growers OF une
co,,nfrv for they sent him enousn
Thankseiying turkeys to have feu h''
whole fleet.
A statement issued by the war
partmept shows that the total Ieee.p cip',
from ali sources In the island OF ouoa
during the month Of octopei ~
81 .423. .G50.77. The total receip .he
the island from all sources anoins iao 10, 40:
last ten months were =, 30
the average per month being Si'
S66.53.
Representative Payne Of New TOTE,
who succeeded the late Represeniau'e
Djupley ms chairman of the commune
on wuys and means and Is now one ~
the leading aspirants for the honor ~
floor leader Of his party, predicts ,n.,
there viii be no tariff Legislation anu
no modification of the present w
taxes at the coming session VI
gress.
The convention providing for the par
tition Of Samoa was signed at the Sthtc
Denortment Saturday by Secretary
Hay. DIR. Won Holleben, the Herinin
and Lord Paunceiote' ,he
British ambassador. The friction tia'
was marring the negotiations IN IN,
mast week was suddenly removed anu
the matter is now ready for ratihc"uo'
by the Senate.
For thirty days the families oil tne
administration VIII abstain from aii
social pleasures out of respect TO tne
memory of the late vice president; Inc
ladies of the Cabinet have wlthdrawn
of several dinners, ana
of interesting affairs have Deen
abandoned. All the houses OF mem
bers of the Cabinet will be closed uh-
til the LIST of january.
1t Is announced at Republican nation
nj committee headquarters mere Una,
over half the members of the natiohai
committee have been hearu
from and have expressed themselves
as favoring Chicago rs the place Tor
holding the next convention, ana June
as the month. There seems 10 DE no
doubt that Senator Hanna VIII retire
from the craftsmanship of the nationai
committee.
The President has designated Adel-
bert +. Hay to proceed at once 10
South Africa as the representative
of the State Department and take the
place of Mr. Macrum. the present Unit
ed States consul at Pretoria. The state
Department has yielded TO Mr.. Ma
crum's repeated appeals to be relieved
and he will not await the arrival OF MT.
Hay before quitting his post. Mr.. Hay
is the son of the secretary of state.
Daniel Talon, lord mayor of Dublin,
by his private secretary.
Mr.. Kennedy. arrived in Washington
Wednesday. Tonight, by appointment,
the mayor and his secretary, accom-
panied by Hon. Dominlck Murphy of
Washington and Commissioner Pow
derly of the immigration bureau, visit
ed the White House and spent n half
hour in conversation with the Presi-
dent. The lord mayor will leave the
United States for home Saturday next.
Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smith in a general order to-day for
mally declared all mail matter passing
between the United States and Puerto
Rico. the Philippine archipelago and
Guam subject to the United States
domestic classification. conditions
and rates of postage. The same system
applies to all mail matter sent by or
addressed to persons in the United
States military, naval or civil service
in Cuba or Hawaii.
Contracts for the six new 3,500-t ton
cruisers were awarded to-day mt the
navy department In accordance with
the recommend. -tions of the board of
construction, one to each of the follow
ing firms: William X. Trigg of Rich
mond. Lewis Nixon of Elizabethport,
New Jersey. the Bath Iron Works OF
Bath, Maine, the Union Iron Works Of
San Francisco, California. the Fore
River Engine Company of Braintree
Massachusetts, and Neafie & Levy OF
Philadelphia. The latter are to build
the cruiser Denver.
The Chinese minister was visitor nj
the state department, and ii Is surmiset
that his call upon Secretary Hay was
attributable to the recent European ca
Diagrams which have disturbed him by
their free expression of purpose tt
regulate the affairs of his country oil
the part of Europe and America. TIL,
answers of the European government,
10 our request touching the ''open door
have not yet been received, so that tn,
President will be obliged to make thii
matter the subject of n special messag,
to congress and to treat it in the mos
general manner In his regular message
Members of both Houses of Congress.
are receiving largely signed petition.
of sympathy with the Beers, whicl
ask that Congress shall interfere I,
protect them from the rapacious polio,
of Great Britain by insisting upon nj
arbitration o. the questions at issue
While Congress has nothing to do will
the foreign affairs of the country, an,
is expressly forbidden to Interfere will
them. there will doubtless be an effor
to respond in some measure to publ,
sentiment by the Introduction and tn,
possible passage of n resolution of sym
pathy.
1t is understood that Secretary O
War Root in his annual report and til,
President in his message to Congress
will recommend that the island of Cub,
be divided into two departments 70
the administration of government. 1
the suggestion Is carried into effec
General Leonard Wood will becom.
governor general of the eastern pro
vince, with headquarters at Santiago
and General Ludlow governor of in,
western province, with headquarter
at Havana. Secretary Root, who ha
given the matter careful consideration
has reached the conclusion that the re
construction of the island can be hes
accomplished by dividing it into tw,
departments.
The Democrats of the House of Rep
resentatives, at their caucus held Il
the House of Representatives Satur
day afternoon, selected Representa-
tive James ID. Richardson of Tennes
see as their candidate for Speaker nj
ter spirited contest, which lnste,
through six ballots. This carries witt
1t the Democratic leadership on tn
floor. Mr.. Richardson has served -four
teen years In the House and is the old
est Democratic member in point of SCI
vice except Mr.. McRae of Arkausas
Tln nlilates nnainst