Gilpin observer., 1900-05-31

| Between Secretary Hay and the Boer
| delegates has grown up feeling of
| deep mutual respect and regard, and
| they speak of him as he speaks of
them, with the greatest admiration
An agreement has been reached be-
| 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 3Oth. In
| the meantime the credentials of Mr..
Maginnis will 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 ses-
sion of Congress. and Il resolution will
he prepared to give the committee on
ways and means leave 10 sit during the
recess of Congress. The committee
will meet next autumn. when IL meas
ure viii be prepared for presentation
to the House Immediately after it con
Nenes in December. Mr.. Payne's reso-
luton for sine die adjournment June
9th will be favorably 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
and 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
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.. Platt delivered Wednes-
day. Ii was largely supplemental 70
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 at government rates. Many years
ago Congress passed an act authorizing
such Il practice. but at 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-
legc 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 $5.OOO,OOO. This
amount will be pro-rated among the
banks having temporary deposits of
$4,000 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, a call
for which was made Il few days ago.
The total amount 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 the 9th of June. and as
early as the 9th, if possible, is becom-
ing stronger among the Republican
leaders of both houses. They have the
trust bill and resolution and n 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
to head of all other legislation and the
Philippine resolution will serve Il 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
mcnts for his journey.
| 1t Is scarcely probable that Congress
will pass the army reorganization bill
| NJ this session, although Secretary
I 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
mcnt. 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 Were so well liked 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 an
extensive tour of speecli-making. They
expect to hold their first meeting in
Baltimore and then 90 to Philadelphia,
, New York and Boston; thence west via
Albany ,where there is II large popula-
| lion of Dutch ancestry Buffalo, Cleve-
land. Detroit, Chicago. Milwaukee. st.
ranl, Kansas City, ST. Louis, Cincin-
natl and Plttsburg. They may include
several other towns in the tour. and
may finally decide to 20 to Denver and
| san Francisco. but that part of the
plan will not be definitely adopted I'M
| I'll later Mr.. Fischer says that the