, 1900-01-18

other roundup Of new states like tn,
celebrated ones of 1889 and 1870. 1t is,
however, Il better prediction. based on
present political conditions. that when
it comes to n vote in the SENATE. i
will be- very hard to get any more sill.
yer states into the Union
The bureau of engraving and print
ing is mt work upon n new issue OF
notes. The plates for the 81 and 81
denominations having been completed
and the notes issued. the cngravers are
now ut work upon the 81 plate, and
will take up the so plate within Il few
days. Ii will be five or six months be
fore either will be ready for use. The
so. $50. 500. $500 and Sl.Vl1 plates
VIII be taken VI in turn, ANA VIII re-
quire several years to complete. Tn
new plates are being prepared by the
regular e~ngravers of the bureau with
out assistance. and they can devote TO
them only such time us can be spared
from their regular duties. Before
work Oh the new plates was cOmmenc-
ed n design was adopted which will be
followed in the entire government issue
of money. The plates now in hand are
intended for the silver notes. and du-
pliCuteS with the necessary changing in
wording to suit the character of the
government obligatioTSw vii be prepared
for the treasury and United StuteS
notes. y distinguishing mark will he
the color Of the treasury seal; thai on
the silver certificates being blue. while
brown and red will probably be used
fOr the treasury and United States
notes respectively.
The loving cup of silver made of the
melted dimes collected from over 10
900 American citizcns, tile majority of
whom were children. was presented TO
Admiral Dewey Tuesday. The cup
stands nearly six feet in height. and is
appropriately inscribed. At one side
was "A large silvGr-bound volume. ON
thinning the names of the contributors
of the dimes who had subscribed to
the token through the instrumpntality
OF The New York journal. Senator De
pow headed the presentation commit
tee and made the speech of the ocCa-
sion. In accepting the tribute. Admiral
Dewey thanked Senator Dcpcw for his
gracious words. and said that he was
overpowered by this new proof of the
gratitude of his countrymcn. To him
the most pleasant thing about ii. and
II that would make him cherish it all
the more, was the fact that the chill
dren of the country We're so largely
represented in the giving. The graft
tude of the little ones he said. pleased
him Immensely. and he spoke feeling
ly of the way they surround him on the
street and lisp II their pretty little
compliments.
"That man Little knows the common
people of the republic. Little under
stnnds the instincts of our race. who
thinks we will not hold it Cthe Philip
pine archipelagol fast, and hold it fUT-
ever, administering just government by
] GiInIlnSt mat .l. - ultt ,,t.,t. r,..p
the keynote of the speech delivered in
the senate Tuesday by Mr.. Beveridge,
the Junior senator from Indiana. II
was the maiden speech in the Senate of
about the youngest member of the
body. The announcement hat he
would deliver IN address embOdying
his observations in the Philippines at
tracted an unusually large number of
auditors to the galleries. on the floor
of the Scnat every member in the city
was in his seat. ana scores of reprcscn-
tattvcS came over from the House. The
occasion was inspiring. and MIR. Bcyer-
idgc rose to it brilliantly. His Grafton
for properly ii was an Orntion-was
deeply interesting. 1t was replete with
striking sentences and well range
Information. Spoken with all he ear
ncstneSs. vigOr and %eloquence of II fine
orator. enthusiastic in his subject. who
rose at times To his subject with the
power of passionate dramatic utter
ance. the speech created II profound I'M
preston upon all who heard ii. Senn-
tor HOar briefly replied To MIR. Bever-
idgc.
\ correspondent writes to his paper
aSfOllows: Cldom has II young senator,
or an old senator for that matter. re
ccivcd 50 handsome II compliment AS
tl,.s tAt..1.,.A.l 10 .,t ,r l.-a 80
Indiana by the brilliant audience that
gathered To listen to his maiden speech.
The galleries were filled with the best
people of WnshinGiuo. there was an
unusually large attendance of members
of the House of Representatives and
other officials, and every senator in
town was present. Mr.. Bcvrridge held
his audience To the end of his speech.
There We're no Interruptions and no
senator left the chamber. Mr.. Beyer-
idgr has II pleasant manner. II graceful
delivery and II light, swcet-tOned tenor
voice. He spoke for two hours with
grca, cnrnrstncss. and ut times was i'm
preSsivr. and II was Il marvellous eNhi-
bitIun of memory. His remarks. which
would ill seven or eight columns Of an
ordinary newspaper. Were prepared
with great care, II proofs had been
furnished in advance to the press AS
sOcintlons. Several people in the re-
portcrS' gallery had the proofs before
them and followed him through his en-
tire Grafton. which was rccited from
memory almost without the change Of
Il single word. Mr.. Conkling used to
he able to do such things, but nobody
in the Senate since his time has had
the memory to retain so long II speech.
Mr.. Bcveridgc did not even nave II note
To guide him. hut each paragraph fol-
lowed in its proper sequence.