The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-31
CONGRESSIONAL GRIST-
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

An agreement mas Deen reached De-
tween the friends of Senator Clark OF
Montana and the Senate committee on
privileges and elections to postpone
any action upon the senator's creden-
tials until Wednesday, May 30th. In
the meantime the credentials Of Mr..
Naginnis VIII be presented and the
papers in both cases will be considered
together.
The House leaders have decided to
reduce the war taxes Mt the next SEES
sion OF Congress, and n resolution VIII
be prepared to give the committee on
ways and means leave TO sit during the
recess of Congress. The committee
will meet next autumn, when meas
ure will be prepared for presentation
to the House Immediately after II con-
venes In December. Mr.. Payne's reso-
luton for sine die adjournment June
9th will be favornbly reported.
The candidacy OF Representative
George b. 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 nomi-
nation are Representatives Stallings
and Underwood of Alabama, Maddox
aud Tate of Georgia, Cowherd of Mis-
souri, Bellamy and Norton OF South
Carolina, Rupert, Chandler, briggs
and Fitzgerald OF New York, and Dew
ries OF California.
The duty OF the United States toward
lis "island possessions" was the subject
OF heated discussion in the Senate
again Thursday. Mr.. Bacon of Geor-
gin began an extended reply to the
speech OF Mr.. Platt delivered Wednes-
day. 1t was largely supplemental 10
that which he delivered several days
ago, demanding an investigation OF Gu
ban financial affairs. His resolution,
to which there is little or no opposition.
under the rules went to the committee
on contingent expenses.
The comptroller OF 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 ut government rates. Many years
ago Congress passed an act authorizing
such practice, but Mt that time there
was no admiral OF the navy. and there
fore the comptroller. after great men
tai exertion, has decided that Admiral
Dewey cannot come in for the privi-
lcge and must buy his coal and kind
ling from private dealers.
Secretary Gage has issued call on
national band Repositories for the re-
turn to the treasury of xJ,OOOOOO. This
amount will be pro-rated among the
banks having temporary deposits of
SIO.O0O or over. This call will be re-
peated from time to time. as may be
found necessary TO make good the sums
now being paid out for the redemption
of the old two per cent. bonds, call
for which was made n few days ago.
The total amount to he withdrawn
from repositories is S25.3I1 800. the to-
tai of the old two per cents. now out
standing.
The determination to adjourn not
later than the 9th of June. and as
early as the 9Th. II possible. is becom-
ing stronger among the Republican
leaders OF both houses. They have the
trust bill and resolution and a 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 Oft all other legislation and the
Philippine resolution will serve "A SIM
liar purpose in the Senate.
Ex-senator and Mrs. Sherman have
gone 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 in
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 1t earnestly. Yester-
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 ii
was useless to appeal to them. 1t is
doubtful whether the bill will ever be
reported to the House.
The Boer delegates are planning nn
extensive tour OF speech making. They
expect to hold their first meeting in
Baltimore and then go to Philadelphia.
New York and Boston; thence west via
Albany (where there is a large popula-
ton OF Dutch ancestry, Buffalo. Cleve-
land, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, st.
Paul, Kansas City, st. Louis, Cincin-
natl and Pittsburg. They may include
several other towns In the tour, and
may finally decide to go to Denver and
San Francisco, but that part of the
plan will not be 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
meddle in any way with American pol
tiles. He has become convinced by n
rather serious experience that he and
his Acknowledgements must make this
clear II they expect to arouse the SYM
pathy of the people in their behalf.
A gentleman who is in the confidence
of the Boer commissioners explains
that they have not presented their Gre
dentials and have avoided recognl-
ton of their diplomatic character In or.
der that they might not he hampered
In the crusade which they propose 10
make throughout the country. Recos-
nized ENJOYS of foreign country can
not properly indulge IN such move
ment, and etiquette absolutely forbids
them from showing interest In the poll
tics of the country to which they Were
accredited. as Sir Sackville West, who
was British minister during the first
Cleveland administration. learned to
his sorrow: but there is nothing In our
laws to prevent party of private citi-
zens from the South African republics
seeking sympathy and aid against their
enemies or promoting the election or
defeat of any particular candidate for
office.
The use OF the horseless carriage Is
becoming quite general in Washington
especially among the pleasure seeking