The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-13
NANCY DESN I WANT /.
DECLINES M'KINLEY,s OFFER or
INTERNAL REVENUE COM
MISSIONERSHIP
]. w. YERKEs, OF KENTUCKY
VIII in All Probability BE Named
TO Succeed the Late Commits
sfoner WiIson-Hanna
to Talk Ships.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Hon. ]. H.
Manley, who has been in Washington for
several days, left the city this afternoon
for Augusta, Me- Before leaving Mr..
Manley informed the president that he
would decline the office of commission
of internal revenue, which had been Of
fered to him. The chief reason for the
declination animating him was that he
has been elected a member to the Maine
general assembly, and believes it is his
duty to the people of his native state to
serve them in that capacity after he has
been honored by them. Mr.. Nancy ex-
poets to be elected speaker CT the house.
The appointment of a new commissioner
will be announced very soon. Hon. Jo-
seph W. Yerkes, the Kentucky Repub-
lican gubernatorial candidate in the last
election, will be chosen, in all prob b.lity.
HANNA ON SHIP SUBSIDIES.
In accordance with the agreement
reached yesterday relative to the ceie-
bration of the Washington centennial,
the senate did not meet today until 8
O'Clock, and no business was transa cted
only that having special effect on the
question of the day. After the reading
of the journal, it was agreed, upon mo-
ton of Mr.. Lodge that when the senate
adjourn today it be to meet at II a. m.
tomorrow, in order that Mr.. Hanna
senate upon the ship subsidy bill before
the consideration of the special order
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty-in executive
session.
After brief delay the senate was in
formed that the house of representa-
tives awaited its coming to proceed with
the exercises of the day On motion of
Mr.. Hale, the senate as a body, headed
by Col. Dame ell NJ RandsdeH, its sergeant
alarms; Senator Frye the president pro
tenn, and Mr.. Charles G. Bennett the
secretary, proceeded to the hall of the
house of representatives.
At $40 p. m. the senate returned to its
chamber, and the session was resumed.
Without preliminaries the senate then
on motion of Mr.. Hale GMe). adjourned
until IL o'clock tomorrow morning.
WANT ARMOR PLATE ROYALTIES.
Secretary Long today heard an argu-
mcnt by Gen. John NJ Cambon, repre-
senting the Schneider Steel company, of
Creusot, France, in behalf of their COM
pany for naturalization because of the
use by the United States government of
nickel steel armor for warships. During
Secretary WhitpeY-S administration
when an effort was being made to secu
for the navy the best armor then known,
the Schneider company submitted for
test in competition with the 81 e1t armor-
making plants of England a nickel steel
plate. This arnOr was tested at Annap-
oils and resulted in demonstra ting TIE
superiority of the nickel steel compound
; Ihe United States government tmmedi-
ately adopted nickel steel as a basis for
its arrnor plate, but placed no orders
with the Schneider firm and our domestic
armor makers since then have used that
material. First by e-harden'ng the
plates, by the Harvey process, and now
by the use of the Krupp process, the
original nickel steel plate, simply tenn
pered in an Oil bath, has been greatly
improved upon and is no longer used in
its original form Still the nickel steel
compound remains the base of all mod
ern armor plates and the Schneider COM
pany is claiming ROYALTIES from the gov
eminent to the amount of about SHE 900.
Secretary Long reserved his decision.
THE BOOB CASE.
1t was said at the war department to-
day that Notwithstanding the inquiry
which the house had directed to be mace
into the case of Cadet Booz, through it's
special committee, the department will
prosecute it's own investigation through
tie board appointed yesterday, headed
by Maj. Gen. Brooke. Confident in the
vindication of the military academy at
every point the authorities at the war
OpeSA C'-NiAI AOSA N'ItAS NliOy Ah1NC ONSI
thing to gain by the fullest publicity of
the conditions at West Point, and the
methods pursued there. So the two in
quiries will proceed side by side, though
on independent lines.
CORBIN FAVORS CANTEENS.
In connection with it's consideration of
the army reorganization bill the senate
committee on military affairs listened to
on aro1InoeOt nv Adit Gen. COrbin for
the continuation of the present canteen
system in the army. The committee has
taken no formal vote on the subject, but
there has been more or less exchange of
opinion among members, the result of
Which has been favorable to the reten-
ton of the present system and the elm
ination of the house canteen provision.
The committee expects to conclude its
hearings on the bill tomorrow.