The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-05
NOTES FROM THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.

submitted with the hope that 1t would
rebound to the peace. credit and glory
OF the American nation Accepting the
treaty from the hands of Judge Day,
the President responded with heartfelt
thanks and concentrations to the com
mission as body and TO the members
individually. He spoke of all that had
been accomplished and of the happy
I method by which difficult questions
had been adjusted.
Hon. Justin s. Morrill,, the senior
United States senator from Vermont,
died a / 30 Wednesday morning. In the
s9th year Of his age. after an illness OF
less thnn week. In the death OF Sen
ator Morrill, the Senate lost its senior
member In point of service and its old
est in age. He had served continuous
ly i'm the Senate for more than thirty
one years and he was SO years OF age
on April 4th last With the single ex-
ception of Hon. Galusha Grow, OF the
House OF Representatives. he was the
only man In Congress whose congress
sional career began prior to the begin
ming OF the civil war. and he had the
honor over Mr.. Grow In that his con
gressionnl service had been continuous,
covering in the Senate and the House
combined almost forty-four years.
The German ambassador, DIR. Won
Hollenben, has returned to Washington
after nm extended absence, during
which he held several important con-
ferences with the authorities at Berlin
relative to American affairs. 1t is ex-
pected that his return will soon bring
about exchanges with the State De-
pnrtment and perhaps directly with the
President, relative to n number of cur
rent questions In which both countries
are Interested. Recent cable reports
from Berlin have stated that the am
bassador was returning with strong
instructions towards securing reduc-
tlons in rates OH certain German I'M
ports to this country. The reciprocity
negotiations with Germany came TO n
halt some months ago. and the reported
instructions are probably in the line OF
renewing these negotiations
An examination of the Senate por-
ton of the Congressional Record for
the last, or second, session of the pres
ent Congress. which has just appeared
In bound form, shows there were &c.
800 inches, or about 1900 feet of print
ed debate In columns three and one
half inches wide set in Ininion type. AT
this rate each of the eighty-nine scna-
tors was entitled to about 400 inches,
but six of the senators occupied near
ly one-fiftli of the entire space, leav-
ing four-fifths for cighty-three of their
colleagues. Senator Allen of Nebraska
is the champion long-distance talker of
the United States Senate, and occupied
over five and one-half per cent. of the
entire time of that body during the last
session. His remarks measure 2,03j
linches Senator Pettigrew occupied L.
I.rtx, l.. s.x
bosity. Senator Teller was third. He
occupied 1921 inches, and Senator But
Ter 960 inches. These four thus con-
sumed nearly G,00O inches of space, out
of total of $4,000, or one-sixth of the
whole.
1t is stated that the Presidents
plan for government in the Philip
pine islands is the same that he has
for Cuba-a liberal allowance of home
rule so far as he can find competent
natives TO administer affairs-the
| finance, the commerce, the customs
eral direction of things TO be in the
hands of Americans of experience,
The tariff will be for revenue only. and
will be arranged to produce n sufficient
amount to maintain the government
and the schools and provide for
n general system of public works
,vns,-I1 sIu IN The uevcIop-
,, ment of the wealth and commerce
of the country. The military forces
are to be n mixture of Ameri-
cans and natives under the command
of American officers until the natives
can be properly educated to fill their
places. The postoffices will be under
the direction of trained men from the
United States, but so far as possible
the subordinates will be I'ilipinos.
good deal of money will be spent in
providing coaling and naval-repair sta
tions. which will be fitted up with the
most approved machinery, similar to
the navy yard at San Francisco. In
the customs duties no advantage will
be given to merchandise from the
United States at present-not until
Congress shall act upon the subject;
nor will the President favor any
change in our tariff laws so far as
they affect the products of the Philip
pine islands.