The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-12-19
THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
Matters of Interest DownIn Washing
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ment's retaining the right to defenc
the Nicaraguan Canal in it's owl
way be jlngoism, majority of thu
y. S. Senate are jingos, as the Sen
ate has amended the Hay-Pa uncefott
Canal treaty to that effect. The
talk of some Senators during the
debate which led the adoption O
the amendment indicated quite
strongly that the Panama lobby
lists have not yet abandoned hope o.
in some way preventing the passage
of legislation for the construction Of
the Nicaragua Canal.
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There has at no time been any
difference of opinion between the
majority and the minority of the
House on the question of reducing
the war taxes; the differences have
been as to how the reduction should
be made and how great it should be,
That being the case, the minority
disappeared for the time being after
it's proposition to make the cut
$40, 000,0 900 year instead of $4O,-
900, 900, as in the majority bill, was
voted down and the measure went
through the House with a rush. II
may not have such an easy time in
the Senate. The administration
thinks the bill already cuts to deer
for safety ard many Senators that
it should cut much deeper, and the
brewers are going to try to get more
reduction in uthe beer tax.
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Senator Clay, of Georgia, made 6
vigorous attack upon the Ship Sub
sidy bill, now before the Senate, in 8
long and carefully prepared speech
III which he declared that the mea
sure was not what it purported to be
for the general increase of our mer.
chant marine, but was for the pur.
pose of making richer the already
rich owners of the fast steamships
engaged in foreign trade, and that
on general principles he did not re-
gard the ship owners DIS class any
more entitled to subsidies
than the farmers who produce wheat
or cotton or corn.
General outside attendance at the
celebration, this week, of the cen.
tenial of the Enlistment of the
capital at Washington was not as
large as it nigh. have been, but the
attendance of prominent men, in
Guiding the governors of twenty-five
states, was fully up to expectations.
The official exercises at the White
House and in the hall of the repre-.
sentatives. in which Congress sat in
joint sessions were very interesting,
and the reception, in honor of the
governors, held in the evening in
the Corcoran Gallery of Art was q
brilliant and enjoyable affair. The
exercises at the White House opened
with reception to the governors by
the President, followed by an ad
dress on the centennial history O
the Executive Mansion and the
development of the nation ant
the District Of Columbia, by
Col. 7. A. Bingham, Superintendent
of Public Buildings and Grounds
during which the proposed additions
to the White House, a large mode
of which was on exhibition, were ex
planned; an address of welcome by
District Commissioner MacFarland
and reply by Gov. Shaw, Iowa
This was followed by a review of The
parade, commanded by General Mel
son A. Miles, and by the President
from the east front Of the Capitol
At the commemorative exercises il
the House., historical addresses were
made by Senators Hoar, Daniel ant
McComas, and Representative.
Richardson, of Tennessee, ant
Payne, of New York.
A reception and dance was giver
at the Masonic hall last evening il
honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Sund