The Holly chieftain., 1900-05-18
CONGRESSIONAL GRIST-
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

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consequently Senator Warren introduc
ed a bill TO corerct the law. II IL i'm
possible to predict the outcome Of the
bill at this session, but 1t Is almost Ger.
tain to pass the Senate. though It may
be stalled in the House.
In the Senate Saturday, Mr.. Spooner
of Wisconsin and Mr.. Hale Of Maine
war talk of Friday by Mr.. Lodge Of
Massachusetts. Neither the senator
from Wisconsin nor the senator from
Maine was fearful that we might be-
come involved in difficulty with Ger
many on account Of the Monroe doc
trine. Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts pro-
tested against the ''wretched imperial
istic business" and the talk that this
nation had only recently become
world power" asserting that it hac
been a world power since the war OF
1872 Mr. Chandler of New Hamp-
shire delivered sensational speech. in
which he charged that the government
had been defrauded in the adoption of
the HarveyiZed armor. He declared a
similar fraud was proposed in the at
tempt to force the government to adopt
the krupp armor. BY a close vote the
Senate rejected the proposition to erect,
without reference to the price at which
the government could secure armor
plate for its warships, an armor plate
factory. The vote upon the direct pro-
position was % TO "a.
The leaders of the Liberal party. who
have been engaged since last June in
an attempt to overthrow the govern
ment of Colombia, which is conserva-
tive in policy, have sent emissaries 10
Washington to ask the recognition of
their belligerency by the United States.
As consideration they agree, when
they come into full power. to cancel the
concessions for canal granted to Ma
poleon Wyse. under which the Panama
company is now operating, at the date
of its termination in July. 1902, and
make new one with the United States
government which will give us control
of the isthmus. The de facto govern
ment at Bogota, in the person of DIR.
Saclamente, constitutional president of
Colombia. has recently extended the
Wyse concession for six years, until
1908, and is said to have received s.
100000 francs therefor from the Pana-
ma company. AT the same time that
company Is released from the payment .
OF certain fines and penalties and from
certain annoying obligations that have
been imposed upon II from time to time
by the government, but neither these
releases nor the extension of the ca
nal concessions are valid without the
ratification of the Colombian Congress.
Senator Mcmillan of Michigan has
introduced bill for new kind of
money to be called post Check notes.
fixed so that they may be made paya-
Die to the order of any person to whom
they may be sent through the mails, On
the back of every note blank lines are
to be left to write the name, pOstoffice
and state of the payee and the sigma
ture OF the payer, as on ordinary bank
checks. Thus when John Doe owes
Richard Roe $50, instead of making out
a check he can take an ordinary BILL
fill the blank lines with the words,
'pay to the order of Richard Roe, Chi.
cago, Illinois. John Doe" and stick on
q two-cent stamp, which Is intended to
pay the government for the trouble and
expense Of doing the business. Thus
this note is worthless If 1t falls into the
hands OF any other person than Mr..
Roe, who. however, is compelled to go
to the pOstoffice and have himself iden-
titled before he can get 1t cashed. The
postmaster forwards the notes to the
treasury for redemption and new ones
are issued to n similar amount and in
similar denominations. The notes of
the Bank Of England, which are print a
ed on white paper with good deal of
blank space, are frequently used in
similar manner by common consent,
there is no law authorizing
such practice. Mr.. McMillan's bin
receives considerable favor from the
postoffice authorities, as they believe it
Will be great advantage to the postal !
service, but the treasury people do not
regard 1t with favor.
Charles Dudley Warner, president of
the American Social Science Associa-
ton, created sensation at the annual
meeting here Tuesday by reading
paper in which he took the ground
that the colored race is going backward
Instead of forward under unwise lea6n
ers and false ideas Of education. HeS
sustained his arguments with Stats
teal reports Of crime and illiteracy In
the southern states. He shows that the
Increase of crime among the negroes
In the southern states has been twen-
ty-nine per cent. and only eight per
cent. among the whites. In the north v.
ern states, where slavery never pre-
vailed, crime has increased seven per.
cent. among the white population and
thirty-nine per cent. among the negro
population. He attributes this phe-
homenon to improper education and,
political influences. He declares that =
none but illiterate negroes will work;
that as soon as men or women of that
race get taste of education they in
sist upon living lives Of idleness or
seek official positions and the excite
ment of politics and vice Mr. Whr-