The Springfield herald., 1900-01-26
WASHINGTON NEWS.
What Congress is Doing.-Notes From the
White ii. use and the Departments.


be secretary of the Senate, there hay
ing been serious objections made to
his appointment by several senator's,
which are based chiefly upon the
ground that he has been and still ls in
terested In legislation now pending in
the Senate.
Representative Shafroth said to-day
that there appeared some misunder-
standing as to the provisions OF the
arid land bill which he has introduced,
of the passage of which he is so conf
dent. II does not provide for the ces-
sion of all the arid lands but loan OF
1,OOO,OOO acres to each state.
The secretary of war hns returned to
thc military comiTittcs of the House.
18th Il favorable lndS.seinent, bill
1ently Introduced by Mr.. Moody of
Massachusetts, providing that the otfi-
GERS of the army who have served in
two wars with credit may be retired
with the rank next higher than that
which they now hold.
Attorney w. b. Harrison, who is
here representing the Denver Chamber
of Commerce, was heard before the In
terstnte Commerce Commission Fri
day. He appeared In the case of Kin
del against the railroads for violation
of the long and short haul clause in
Denver freight charges. Mr.. Harrison
made an excellent presentation of the
arguments for the recognition of Den
vcr's claim to fair treatment in trans
portntiOn. He was attentively listened
to by the commissioners. Mr.. Harri-
son says that he is confident that the
commissioners will give Denver the re-
lief sought.
There is no disposition on the part of
the Navy Department TO make any
change in the program for new naval
construction on account of the intro
duction of the German bill looking to
the addition of forty-eight armored
ships to the German navy. Attention
is called to the fact that there are now
already authorized twenty-one ships
! for the navy in addition to the fleet
afioat. This number is as large As 1t
is believed Congress will authorize Mt
. this time. and ns the German increase
+ is to be divided among eighteen years,
while ours is continuous to each Con-
4 gress, 1t is felt that the United Stntes
navy is in no danger of losing the posi-
-tion 1t now commands.
The treasury officials say that favor
.itism hns not been shown In making de-
posits of public money with national
( banks. for such deposits have never
= Ven refused when bonds accompanied
\ it us security. They further say that
\ no complaint or criticism of the pres
ent system of depositing public funds
has ever been received from bank
or IL banker OF any other financial or
4 commercial association of any sort, be-
cause they are familiar with the meth
a DDS of the Treasury Department and
Il approve them. The only complaints
4 and criticisms have appeared in the
q newspapers or have been made by pol
:; iticians for political effect. There are
& now $50 banks designated as deposit
4 tories of public moneys. and on Satur-
1 day last the amount intrusted to them
4 was $96.417 900. OF these nineteen are
4 in Illinois. thirteen in Indiana. eight in
4 Michigan, eight in Wisconsin, twelve
4 in Iowa. seven in Kansas. SIX in Ne
brasku and twenty-three in Ohio.
The Grand Opera House, the largest
auditorium in Washington. was packed
J to the doors Sunday night with an ell
thusiastic audience that expressed its
sympathy with the Beers in their fight
with Great Britain. The speakers in
cluaed members of both branches of
Congress, and on the stage We're other
public men who came merely TO add
their moral support. The keynote of
the speeches was that the Beers were
lighting for their independence rs our
forefathers had done in 1T76. The
of the United Irish societies. and n
number of leading Germans of the city
Joined in the movement. The decora-
/ tions were American flags. with u fair
sprinkling of the green of Erin. Among
those who occupied sents on the stage
were Senators Mason of Illinois, Allen
oV Nebraska and Tillmnn OF South Car
olinn; Representatives Clark. De Ar
mond and Cochran of Missouri: Bailey
a,,lf NfT
see. Rhea Jones and Lamb of Ken
lucky; Shafroth of Colorado. Dovener
of West Virginia. Meyer of Louisiana,
Sulzer of New York and Lent OF Ohio
and Mr.. Van Siclen of New York and
representatives of the United Irish so
cieties and others. A large delegation of
Irish americans and German-Ameri-
cans from Baltimore We're present.
A speech. sensational in Its interest
and international in its Importance,
was delivered In thc Senate Friday by
Mr.. Hale of Maine. The occasion of
the utterances was the simple question
whether resolution introduced by
Mr.. Allen Populist Of Nebraska. call
ing for Information nS to the recOg-
milton by this country of diplomatic
representation of the Transvaal repub.
lie should be directed to the President
or to the secretary of state. Mr.. Hale
made the question the text of an i'm
passioned speech in which he declared
that nine-tenths of the American
people sympathiZed with the Beers in
their gallant struggle for liberty
against one of the greatest powers In
the world. He declared that the war
which Great Britain is wnging is the
most fell blow at human liberty that
has been struck in the century. He
denied that the American people were
sy,nnnthy with ,rn0t Rritnjn n