The silver star., 1900-01-19

W" ,a'ot EeEerhl clearing up OF the
exisung territories within the copti-
nen,ai limits OF the United States. The
enabling acts are not likely to be tak-
en- up by the committee, however. nm.
N the second session of the present
congress The purpose of this will he
10 throw the matter over the presIden-
tial election. If the Republican lend.
ers are In earnest in this matter OF nd
mission then next winter might see nm.
other roundup of new states like the
celebrated ones of 1889 and 1890 It ia.
however, N better prediction, based on
present political conditions, that when
comes to vote in the Senate, It
VIII be very hard to get any more sii-
yer states into the Union.
| The bureau of engraving and print
ing ii at work upon Il new issue of
notes. The plates for the 81 and 81
denominations having been completed
and the notes issued, the engravers are
now at work upon the SIS plate. and
VIII take up the $40 plate within a few
days. 1t will be five or six months be-
fore either will be ready for use The
w. 500. 800, $500 and $1,000 plates
VIII De taken up In turn, and will re-
quire several years to complete. The
new plates are being prepared by the
regular engravers of the bureau with.
out assistance, and they can devote to
them only such time as can be spared
from their regular duties. Before
work on the new plates was commence
ed design was adopted which will be
Followed In the entire government issue
or money. The plates now in hand are
intended for the silver notes, and dli-
piicates with the necessary changing In
wording to suit the character of the
pOVprumpnf nltiUu ion, I.
for the treasury and United States
notes. A distinguishing mark will he
the color of the treasury seal; that on
the silver certificates being blue, while
brown and red will probably be used
Tor the treasury and United States
notes respectively.
| The loving cup of silver made of the
melted dimes collected from over TO-
ooO American citizens, the majority OF
whom were children. was presented to
Admiral Dewey Tuesday. The cup
stands nearly six feet in height and is
appropriately inscribed. At one side
was large silver-bound volume, con-
tanning the names of the contributors
OF the dimes who had subscribed to
the token through the instrumentnlity
OF the New York Journal. Senator De-
pew headed the presentation commit
tee and made the speech of the Occa-
sion. In accepting the tribute, Admiral
Dewey thanked Senator Depew for his
gracious words. and said that he was
overpowered by this new proof of the
gratitude of his cOuntrymen. To him
the most pleasant thing about 1t, and
one that would make him cherish 1t all
the more, was the fact that the chill
dren OF the country We're so largely
represented In the giving. The graft
| tude OF the little ones. he said. pleased
him immensely. and he spoke feeling
ly of the way they surround him OH the
street and lisp out their pretty little
compliments.
| THAT man Little knows the common
people of the republic. Little under
stands the instincts of our race, who
thinks we will not hold 1t tthe Philip
pine archipelago) fast. and hold 1t for
ever, administering just government by
simplest methods" This sentence was
the keynote of the speech delivered In
the Senate Tuesday by Mr.. Beveridge.
the junior senator from Indiana. 1t
was the maiden speech in the Senate OF
about the youngest member OF the
body. The announcement that he
would deliver an address embOdying
his observations In the Philippines at-
tracted an unusually large number OF
auditors to the galleries. On the floor
OF the Sennte every member In the city
was In his seat and scores Of represent
tatives cnme over from the House. The
occasion was inspiring, and Mr.. Bever-
idge rose to 1t brilliantly. His grafton
for properly II was an oratiOn-was
deeply interesting. 1t was replete with
striking sentences and well arranged
information. Spoken with all the ear
nestness vigOr ind eloQuence OF a fine
orator, enthusiastic In his subject, who
rose mt times to his subject with the
power of passionate dramatic utter
ance, the speech created a profound i'm
preston upon all who heard II. Sena-
tor HOnr briefly replied to Mr.. Bever-
idge.
A correspondent writes 10 his paper
as follows: seldom has a young senator,
or an old senator for that matter. re-
| celved no handsome a compliment as
that rendered to Senator BeverIdge Of
Indiana by the brilliant audience that
gathered to listen to his maiden speech.
The galleries were filed with the best
people of Washington. there was an
unusually large attendance Of members
Of the House OF Representatives and
other officials. and every senator In
town was present. Mr.. Beveridge held
his audience to the end OF his speech.
There were no Interruptions and no
senator left the chamber. Mr.. Bever-
idge has pleasant manner, a graceful
delivery and light. sweet-t0ned tenor
voice. He spoke for two hours with
great enrnestncss. and Mt times was Inn
pressIve, md IL was n marvellous exhi-
bition OF memory. His remarks, which
would fill seven or eight columns Of an
ordinary newspaper, were prepared
with great care. and proofs had been
furnished In advance to the press as.
s0clatlOns. Several people In the re-
porters' gallery had the proofs before
them and followed him through his en-
tire Grafton. which was reclted from
memory almost without the change Of
a single word. Mr.. COnkling used TO
l,e able to do such things. but nobody
in the Senate since his time has had
the memory to retain NO long speech.
Mr.. Beverldgc did not even have note
10 guide him. hut cach paragraph fol.
lowed In its proper sequence.