The Press., 1900-01-04
Washington Letter. !.
washington, J

ss washington, Jan. 1, 1900.
E Old as the while housa. yet new and in-
teresting each year Is the annual pageant
which passes through the white house the
sst of January, and 10 known as the presi-
Aent's New Year reception. To-day's
lageant has never been eclipsed for bril-
iiancy as show, and the attendance has
lssidofti, II ever been larger. The recep-
tion lasted two hours and half, the first
hour and q half, beginning at eleven
O'Clock, contained the picturesque part Of
the show, the diplomats In their gorgeous
court costumes, gold lace and medals,
and the officers Of the army, the navy, the
marine corps, and the local militia In full
dress uniform, and the last hour was
given up to vox populi. Gen. Miles and
ahead of Admiral Dewey and the officers
OF the navy, just as army officers have
been received ahead of navy officers ever
siLce the presidents of the U. s. began to
hold New Year receptions, There was
an attempt made to change this In order
that Dewey might be given precedence as
| d special mark of honor for his accom-
| plishments In behalf of the country, and
for time, 1t looked as though it might
succeed, but the president finally decided
to leave the custom as he had found IL.
Representative Taylor, who is chairman
Of the Roberts committee, says the report
on the case will be made in about two
weeks, unless some unexpected compli-
cation turns up to delay 1t.
| It Is evident from the talk Of senators
that the senate is likely to adopt some
sort of resolution dealing with the
policy Of this government towards Its new
4 possessions. Among the score or more
Of such resolutions, already offered, is one
| by Senator Morgan, which is the shortest
Of them all, and about the only one that
would be likely to get support from both
sides of the expansion question. IL reads
as follows Resolved. That In pursuance
OF section Of Article w Of the constitu-
tinn, the U. s. will guarantee to the people
OF Porto Rio, Hawaii, the Philippine
Islands and all other states and peoples
withinitsovereign jurisdiction and control
a republican form Of government, and
will protect them against invasion. y
There may be other resolutions offered
that will be more acceptable, but this one
is more favored than any of those already
offered
The movement to place the clerks oi
members Of the house on the annual pay
roll and to require them to be sworn In
which failed In the last congress, is agar
being agitated. The law provides thai
each member of the house be allowed
$12OOa a year for the employment Of q
clerk. All the members draw this mon
ey, but 1t is an open secret that many o
them use but small portion of it to hire
q clerk. Some have their wives. daugh
ters, sons, or other relatives-in some in
stances, school children-sign voucher,
as their clerk, and pocket the none,
themselves and many employ clerks al
cheap as they can get them and keel
what remains of the 800 month, afte
paying them. This law was not intended
to add to the perquisites Of members
1t was intended to supply them with cler
I tcai help which they were supposed t,
need, and few of them actually d
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