, 1900-05-31

Montana and the Senate committee on
priv ileges and elections TO postpone
any action upon the senator's creden-
tiais until Wednesday. May Both. In
the meantime the credentials of Mr..
Maginnls will be- presented and the
papers In both cases will be considered
together.
The House leaders have decided to
reduce the val taxes nj the next SEES
sion of Congress. and n resolution will
be prepared to give the committee on
ways and means leave TO sit during the
recess of Congress. The committee
will meet mex autumn. when a meas
ure Will be prepared for presentation
to b House Immediately after 1t con-
venes in December. Mr.. Payne's reso-
luton for n sine die adjournment June
9th will be favorably reported.
The candidacy of Representative
George Il. Mcclellan of New York for
the Democratic vice presidential nomi-
nation has been announced by his
friends in Congress. Among those
who are urging Mr.. McClellan's nomt-
nation are Representatives Stallings
and Underwood of Alabama, Maddox
and Tate of Georgia, Cowherd Of Mis-
souri,. Bcllamy and Norton of South
Carolina. RUPERT. Chandler, briggs
III Fitzgerald of New York, and Dew
ries of California.
The duty If the United States toward
its island possessions" was the subject
Of heated discussion in the senate
again Thursday. Mr.. Bacon of Geor-
gia began an extended reply to the
speech of Mr.. Plat delivered Wednes-
day. 1t WAS largely supplemental 20
that which he delivered several days
ago, demanding M investigation of Gu
han financial affairs. His resolution,
TO which there is little or no opposition.
under the rules went to the committee
On contingent expenses.
The comptroller {. the treasury has
strained his powerful mind in deciding
the momentous question whether the
paymaster general of the navy may
lawfully furnish fuel to Admiral Dew
ey at government rates. Many years
ago Congress passed an act authorizing
such n practice, but ut that time there
was no admiral of the navy, and there
fore the comptroller, after great men
tai eNertion. has decided that Admiral
Dewey cannot come in for the privi-
lege and must buy his coal and kind
ling from private dealers.
Secretary Gage has issued a call on
national band repositories for the re
turn to the treasury of 81. OoO,OO0 This
amount will be %pro-rated among the
banks having temporary deposits of
100000 or over. This call will be re-
peated from time TO time. as may he
found necessary to make good the sums
now being paid out for the redemption
of the old two per cent. bonds, n call
for which was made n few days ago.
The total amOun to be withdrawn
from repositories is S2J. 364. 800. the to-
tai of the old two per cents. now out
standing.
The determination to adjourn not
later than Ii 9th of June. and as
early rs the 9th, If possible. is becom-
ing stronger among the Republican
leaders of both houses. They have the
trust bill II resolution and II few
other important measures of political
legislation to be acted upon. but will
prevent the passage of anything else.
The civil code for Alaska will he
used in the House of Representatives
to head off all other legislation and the
Philippine resolution will serve u sim
liar purpose in the Senate.
Ex-senator and Mrs. Sherman have
zone to their home in Mansfield, Ohio.
for the summer and will remain there
until late in the fall. Both of them.
speaking relatively, are in remarkable
good health. Mrs. Sherman has not
entirely recovered from the stroke Of
paralysis which she suffered two years
ago, but seems to be growing III
strength daily and has gained very
much during the last winter Mr..
Sherman, Notwithstanding his seventy
eight years, is smart and active and
has been able to make all the arrange
ments for his journey.
1t is scarcely probable that Congress
Will pass the army reorganization bill
at this session, although Secretary
Root is pressing II earnestly. Yestcr-
day the president had an Interview on
the subject with Speaker Henderson,
who did not offer him much encourage
ment, but said that the members of
the Committee on Military Affairs and
the Republican leaders of the House
had Ideas of their own concerning the
bill, which We're SO well fixed that it
was useless TO appeal to them. 1t is
doubtful whether the bill will ever be
reported To the House.
The Boer delegates are planning nm
extensive tour of speech-making. They
expect 10 hold their first meeting in
Baltimore and then go To Philadelphia,
New York and Boston; thence west via
Albany twhcre there is n large popula-
ton of Dutch ancestry, Buffalo, Cleve-
land, Detroit, Chicago. Milwaukee. st.
I Paul, Kansas City, ST. Louis, Cincln-
! natl and P%ittsburg. They may include
4 several other towns in the tour, and
| may finally decide To go TO Denver and
2 San Francisco, hut that part of Sle
\ plan will not he definitely adopted un-
til later. Mr.. Fischer says that the
delegates have no purpose or desire to
influence the presidential election or
ally themselves with any party or
NEEDLE in any way with American pol
tiles, He has become convinced by n
rather serious experience that he and
his Observation-Disclosures must make this
clear If they expect to arouse the sym
patty of the people in their behalf.
a gentleman who is in the confidence
Of the BOcr commissioners explains
that they have not presented their ere.
d~untinls and have avoided n rccogni-
don of their diplomatic character in or
der that they might not be hamperrd
i'm Tho crusade which thaV pfnunS. s.,