The Elbert County tribune., 1900-01-04

| tuI. <IB.[s3f.tsU. Win htftht Ff'f-@'f~
| difional under exnminnflon-
western members OF Congress ffoi-
stock growing and wool-produeitfr
| states nre preparing to vigorously nl'
pose the proposed reciprocity treat
between the United States and ArEen
| fine. which will come before Congress
for ratification Immediately after thi
| HOLIDAYS. The proposed treaty Is OF
peculiar Significance to Colorado, wy
omlng. New Mexico and other cnttl,
and sheep-producing stntes In that II
provides a reduction OF 20 per cent on
| the duty upon wool and hides Import
ed into the United Stnfes from Arseii-
tine. which ls n large producer OF these
articles, and whose wool comes direct
ly into competition with that from
western states and territories. Tho
procedure In considering the batlfica-
lion OF this and other reciprocity tren-
ties submitted will he unique In thai
they must be ratified not only by tht
Sennte, but by the House. the Dingiey
bill, under which they were negotiated
providing this course OF procedure fo'
reciprocity treaties-
The senatorial contests now going
on In the South are rather confusing TO
the Democrats In Congress, for In three
states at least expansion Is the issue
with n Democrat on either side or the
question. In Alabama Senator Nor
gnn Is making n fight for re-elec-
ton to the Senate ns nm expansionlst
against Governor Johnson. who IL an
anti; In Mississippi Senator Sullivan
has practically driven Off the stump
his witty antagonist. Representative
John Allen, with expansion as the CHER
issue. Sullivan was one of the Demo
Gratis who sustained the policy OF the
administration and supported the
peace treaty last winter. Allen nt-
tackled his record in this respect. but
the people almost unanimously siis-
tained Sullivan, and Allen now admits
that he made n grave mistake. In Ar
kansas Governor Jones Il making
fight against Senator Berry ON the
same issue. holding that expansion
means prosperity TO the South. and de
mnnding that the Democrats send an
cxpansionlst to the United States Sen
ate to succeed Senator Berry, who Is
one of the most conservative of antis.
correspondent writes to his paper
as follows: Joseph w. Bailey has had
his hair cut This would not be mat
ter of interest had II happened to any
ordinary man, but with Mr.. Bailey IL
IL siI tNthl VI llStbiitdi
particularly when It is known that one
day before Christmas he appeared on
the streets for the first time in his life
in ''plug" hat Mr.. Bailey, as all who
have seen him must have observed.
had been conspicuous for pcculinrities
of dress. His face Is clean shaven ns
Daniel Websfers was. He has brush
ed his abundant chestnut hair back
from his forehead like Lohengrin in the
opera, and has allowed II to fall like
n cataract upon the collar of his cont.
He combed 1t with great care. IT is
fine and smooth and lustrous, and
when he became fcrvent in oratory he
used to shake it,at his antagonist Just
as nn infuriated lion Is supposed to
shake his name. Within the last day
or two, with the example OF Sampson
before him, MIR. Bailey has allowed his
chestnut locks to be shorn. They are
shorter by two inches at least than he
has ever worn them In Washington be
fore. and you can see the color of his
shirt collar and the back OF his neck.
Commissioner Duell of the patent of
flee answers an inquiry from NJ.
Young. Jr.. of Winchester. Iowa. con
corning the course Of procedure in OBJ
taining patent Qs follows: "One hay
ing made an invention In order to OBJ
tain patent therefor must execute
and file in the patent office an applica-
tion for the same, together with S15.
the first government fee. An applica-
ton consists of petition setting forth
the invention and praying for the grant
of letters patent. specification de-
scrlbing the Invention specifically
claiming the new features. drawing
illustrating the invention. and nn oath
which must set forth that the invention
has not been in public use or on sale
or described In any publication for
more than two months before the date
of the application, and for which no
foreign patent has been granted for
more than seven months. Upon receipt
OF the application 1t is sent TO one of
the thirty-six divisions of the patent of
flee, to which, by its nature, IL be-
longs. In due course II is taken up for
examination TO determine whether 1t Is
new and useful. II found to be new. an
application is allowed the applicant; he
Is notified thereof and Is given six
months in which to pay the final gov
ernment fee of $50, and the patent is is
sued within three weeks after the final
fee Is paid. II the application is found
to lack novelty. a letter is written to the
applicant pointing out the objections.
and referring him to any prior patents
or publications which may have bear
ing upon the case. a patent. IL for n
mechanical invention. is granted for
seventeen years; other patents are
granted for three and one-half. seven
and fourteen years. the government fee
being respectively $40. SIS and $50. An
applicant for n patent need not employ
patent attorney, but 1t is preferable
that he employ one who is familiar
with preparing applications, versed in
making claims and preparing the pro-
per amendments II necessary"
All of the European governments ex-
cept Russia have notified the Depart
ment of State that they are prepared
to give in writing the guarantees re-
quested some weeks ago that the mer-
chants and manufacturers of the
United States shall have the same
rights and privileges as their own mer-
chants and manufacturers In the mar
kets of China wherever their sphere
of influence" extends. This Is the most
important commercial proposition that
has engaged the attention of our diplo-
matte service for many years. and 1t Is
the first time the United States has as
sumed or expressed u determination 10
assert itself in oriental affairs 1t
marks one more departure in our diplo-
matte policy, and adds another to the
long list of Innovations which has
characterized the present administra-
ton. In the partition of China we
have taken no part. While this di-
vision of the great empire has been
going on the United States has been
invited by the powers to participate,
and has been appealed to by China to
intervene for its protection. but II was
wisely decided by the President and
his advisers that American domina-
ton should not be extended any far
ther than the Philippines. At the
saua timl. Il Is the Iutx Of thi.. .ra,-