The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-08
CONGRESSIONAL GRIST-
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

The secretary of the treasury mas
sent to Congress his reply to the House
resolution of April 2nd. asking what
the condition of the treasury would
probably be at the close of the present
fiscal year. In his reply. he estimates
the surplus at SS2.000.O00.
General Sumner of the army, who is
getting up the rough riders school in
Colorado, states that about 1,5OO young
men have already enlisted, including
200 from England, and that the appli-
cations are coming in so rapidly that
he will probably have 5000 men in
camp.
The House committee on public
lands has made favorable report up
on Representative Mondell's bill reduc-
ing the price of lands entered under
u desert land act to the same ratio
a ow paid for homestead entries, and
allowing second entries under the des-
ert land law in certain cases.
The Society of the New York Ave
nue. Presbyterian Church has accepted
the resignation of six elders and four
deacons who objected to the conduct
of the Rev. DIR. Radcliffe, the pastor.
and has elected new men to NIL their
places. Most of those who retire have
left the church and taken letters TO the
Church of the Covenant, which is an
offshoot of the New York Avenue
oIGn, I,nou, objection from anv source
the Senate on Tuesday agreed to take
IA final vote ON the right of the Hon. Nj.
:. Quay to seat as n senator from
Pennsylvania, Tuesday. April oath, at
4 p. III. During its session the Senate
also paid its tribute to the late Richard
RlnpH lnpU "a tnnraspptotiya from Mis-
souri,. The eulogies pronounced on the
dead statesman We're notable for their
earnestness and eloquence.
The Senate committee on privileges
and elections has decided by unani-
nous vote to recommend the adoption
of resolution declaring that w. n.
Clark of Montana is not entitled to oc-
cupy seat as Il senator from Montana.
The decision WAS reached after n two
hours sitting. at which all the mem
bers of the committee We're present,
except one. The absentee was Semi
tor Caffery of Louisiana, and he wired
his vote in opposition to Mr.. Clark.
Agument was begun in the United
States Supreme Court Tuesday in the
ease of Admiral Dewey and his men.
The case grows out of their claim for
bounty due for the destruction of the
tle Supreme Court on appeal from the
decison of the Court of Claims. The
fcQurt awarded the men 800 each and
admiral $3.50. They claim double
THAT amount in all cases, on the ground
.that the enemy's force was superior TO
fthe American fleet.
The House devoted Tuesday to the
agricultural bill, passing 1t substantial
ly as reported. An animated discussion
arose over series of amendments of
, fered by Mr.. Corllss of Michigan, re-
Estricting the distribution of free seeds
(ind free vaccine. Mr.. Corliss main
kained that the government distribu-
! ion invaded the field of private enter
g1rise. His various amendments failed,
however, after extended debate. An
amendment of Mr.. Latimer of South
Carolina was adopted. increasing the
supply of FARMERS bulletins" issued
by the Agricultural Department and
distributed by members of Congress.
The Deweys are having beautiful
time. Their house is full of reporters
from morning to night; the letter car
ricrs are not able TO carry all the mail
that comes for the admiral and so 1t
is sent up from the postofiice by spe-
cial messenger; invitations are received
almost hourly from all parts of the
country; portrait painters and other art
lists, including the famous Chartran,
who painted the Pope, are appealing
to both the admiral and his wife for
sittings: souvenirs of all kinds are
coming in from every direction; the let
ters and kilograms are extremely com
plimentary, and to Mrs. Dewey it looks
as If the admiral is as good as elected
president already, although she is
quite put out because Theodore Roose-
welt declined the second place on the
ticket with something that sounded
Nniy much like "A scornful sneer.
Ncretary Gage is rejoicing over the
sS ess of the funding operations. and
particularly because the transactions of
the treasury during the last few days
demonstrate that the government of the
United States has reached the highest
credit ever held in the financial world
by any nation at any time. England
recently issued loan drawing 2A per
cent. interest at 9S cents on the dollar
while the two per cent, bonds author
iZed by the recent currency act are now
selling at n premium of LOG. which is
equivalent to interest of about .0115
per cent During the seventeen days
since the passage of the act five and
four per cent. bonds to the value of
S210,000.000 out of a possible SS40,OOO,-
600 outstanding have been offered for
refundng into the new two per cents.
At least S25. 100000 have been offered
by private individuals, which shows
how hard it is to find well-paying in
vestments.
A few weeks ago a Washington soci-
ETY. paper published a cartoon which
excited a great deal of comment be-
cause so many people recognized it as
an accurate representation of painful
fact. Admiral Dewey was represented
as sitting upon a high stool. A woman
who bore striking resemblance to
Mrs. Dewey had already removed a