Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-05-01
Washington letter.

WASHINGTON, April 81, 1900
President Mckinley, who has re-
turned from his flying visit to Ohio.
found among other business on his
desk the bill providing a form of gov
eminent for the territory of Hawaii
The bill will be signed at once.
Secretary Roots answer to the
senate resolution asking how many
army officers in Cuba are receiving
allowances from the Cuban revenue.
IN addition to their salaries, was full
and free. 1t shows that the military
governor Of Cuba is allowed ST 500
a year; the military governor Of Ha-
vana, $4,000; the collector of Gus
toms for the island of Cuba, 81, 800.
and the treasurer of the island OF
Cuba, 1,8OO, under an order issued
by Secretary Alger March /, 1899
OF these allowances Secretary Root
said: The payments specified were
made out OF the revenues OF the
island of Cuba on account of govern
ment thereof, and they were made on
that account for the reason that it
WAS impossible for the said officers
to perform the necessary duties per
tanning to their positions without
the expenditure Of the full amount of
such allowances in addition to their
statutory salaries and allowances
out Of the treasury of the United
States" Secretary Root also pointed
out the fact that sin liar allowances
to army officers performing civil
functions in Mexico and California
were approved by acts of congress Of
March 3, 1S49, and of February 3,
1858, which knocks the foundation
from the claim that there is anything
either irregular or illegal about these
allowances.
1t Is now regarded as quite certain
that Senator Clark, of Montana, will
resign before the senate votes upon
the resolution declaring him not en-
titled to his seat
The treasury department has in
formation that the old sWindle of
obtaining money from the heirs of
persons alleged to have loaned enor-
NOUS sums of money to the United
States government away back in the
days OF the revolution has been re-
vlved, and that bonds are now being
sold in portions of the West for the
alleged purpose Of prosecuting these
claims against the government. All
that the treasury department can do
Is to give notice that all such claims
are spurious, there being no law
under which those who use these al
eyed claims to work upon the gullible
can be prosecuted.
Governor Taylor, of Kentucky, is
in Washington and will remain until
after the hearing of his case by the
United States supreme court next
week. He has been assured by such
lawyers as ex-President Harrison and
ex-Secretary Carlisle, either of whom
would have been glad to have repre-
sented him before the supreme court
had not previous engagements made
it impossible, that he has a good
case and ought to win. He is natur-
ally indignant over the faxed in
dlctment brought against him by
that Democratic grand jury, but he
has no idea Of allowing that to keep
| him out of Kentucky.
A reply to the demand Of Secretary
| Hay for payment for American mis-
sionary property destroyed has been
received from the sultan of Turkey,
but being in the nature Of another
promise to pay it was not accept
able, and the sultan has been sharply
informed that we have had promises
enough and that it is the payment of
the money that is demanded.