Middletown transcript., 1900-12-08
Washington

le 'gress to adjourn Immediately after as
l. sembling on the first day lof the seseipns
but the cause was also lextraordlnafy
il In the deaths within few months of
o Senator Davis, of Minnesota, and Senator
W Grear, of Iowa, Congress and the country
met with an extraordinary loss, and l5
r was fitting that Congres1 represenhiagl
4 the country, should take advantage q
Il the first opportunity to publicly honorV
their memory. Time is precious ct this
session of Congress, which las SO much
important work that it eughtt to and that
it hopes to do, but time can never be too
precious for some of it to be used in hon
oring the memory of patriotic statesmen.
This action on the part of Congress was
in accord with the wishes of President
Mckinley.
M
Naturally there are differences OF
opinion among Republican, leaders as to
the legislative programme Iof the session,
but they are mostly minor differences and
all agree that it must be fession of hard
|, work and the conferences nov going on
will result in an agreement upon a pro-
CRANE and in united effortto carry It out
with no unnecessary delay
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Senator Platt, of New York, said OF the
probable legislation of the session: I
think the ship subsidy bin the army re-
organization bill, the war Rvenue reduc-
ton measure, and the Isth4ian Canal bill
will all pass Personally I favor the Nicara
qua Canal Bill. Iconsider the Nicaragua
route the only practical one and believe
| it will be adopted" One ofthe obstacles
in the way of Nicaragua Canil legislation,
was removed when Secretary Hay aud the
Nicaraugan Minister signed a treaty for
their respective government, which con-
cedes to the United States Ill necessary
rights and privileges for the construction
of the Nicarauga Canal, and negotiations
for similar treaty with C6ta Rica. are
now under way. The Nicaragua treaty I
will at once he sent to the Senate for rati-
fication, as will the Costa Rica treaty as
soon as it is signed. An effort will also
be made to get immediate action on the
treaty with England, popularly known as
the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, which deals
with the same subject.
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Senator Elkins thus briefed his ideas Of
what he hoped Congress would do: saThe
first bill want to see passed is the IstI
mian Canal Bill. want to see the Canafs
built by American capital and controlle
by the United States. I am not in fava
of any treaty that will obstruct its pass
The Canal is necessary for our protect
Congress, believe, will pass the
subsidy bill. The country Needs
ships, and I understand that it
impossible for American sh;j
cure vessels te carry ahrnl
actually engaged to fill order
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Representative Dick, of q
ing his short career in
made reputation for excelleS
judgment, said of the future Of theSs
publican party: 'The Republican part
has but to follow conservative, steady
business-like course, and it will remain
in power for years. What the people
want, believe, is to see the material well
fare of the country advanced pm safe lines, &
and think the policy of the Republican t
party will keep that in view. 1 do not
think mere partisan politics will enter in
to the policy, but that the efforts of the
party will be directed toward the mater
ial improvement of the coun1rCy~. "a yss
to benefit the whole people, d Ind that No
shall have support, not alon ge from Re-
publicans, but from democr ats. I have
noticed since the election, I'll hat the cam.
paign has left little bitterneHs. Genorol
good feeling seems to PREVAIL to a deoroo
unusual after a vigorously condpcta5
campaign. The Republicans have onlv
10 go ahead earnestly about their bus;noss
with an eye to the interests off the who's
people, and their future, believe is 81
'ured."
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Hon. Joseph H. ManSey of Ma;no
has been rendered the position Of Co..
missioner of Internal Revenue,
ant by the death, last week, 81
ioner Wilson
The United States Ire
,old coin in its vaults
n the history of the go
0S, 1886, an increase of
he first of last Janus
lalf of this gold is the
overnment, $239, ,755,
gainst outstanding
he total gold supply
ow estimated at Sill
our years ago, the est
1922.
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Senator Allison, who's
as made his judgmeu
lch matters, says tho
leasures, aside from Il
ration bills--the ARMY
ortionment bill--that
tied upon without ma
on of the Iext Congrs
Iry Asked what he
gislative outlook, tho
The session will be fu
latters of absolute nece
ard to predict the
hich, if necessary, cal
le time being. Their
ays of the session
tort time" Those
whole lot of new legi
ponder little on
ords. They are tho
nows the working ..
ssion Of Congress, as