The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-01-26
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON .Janna


out III Washington several days ago, and
Is now raging in ard ont of Congress
1t may lie said in have started with Sem
ator llale's somewhat sensational speech
III which he expressed the belief that
nlne-tenth1 Cf the people Of the county
were in sympathy with The Bonrs. Then
came Senator Aliens resolution, asking
for information rs 10 why the State de-
partment declined To recognize n proppr-
~ accredited representative from the
Tran>va,l republic, which was adno.ol
10y tie Senate after it was amended. So
as to leave it to the discretion If Tie
President, whether the Information
should bc given.
In view Of the fact tha, tie Committee
was unauiulruS in It's vitl;cs Il r,;uSt The
right of i'"l rtS 10 si5 in the l!ou.r.
although differing as tn w!l.rh.r hi, s.o;
Should merely h. Il, c';pcl vacant. us a!-
Vncaied h. the maj rrity rrpJrf. or
vile her he shoui h-.ritpi an ry,.c;jrl
as advocated by thr niiIo;i'y, it S ems n
little odd for the lIoLSe t, devote three
days to discussing the matter, but that
is exactly what will bA done this wee.
they say that the d;Scu ,Siun is Net cess lvy.
not Oh account Of II )berts, who is bound
To 60, anyway, by practically Il unani-
m2u5 vote ut the House. but because OF
the iml rtanGn Of the question involved
the right Of the House To shut ont a
member, even when he presrats creaan-
tiaIS which are pelfciiy proper.
The regular pension appropriate IN bill
never fails To bring out some lively talk
in the House, and the present bill ils,
passed. by the House, was no eycan,ion
10 the rule. There was some very pI3in
talk about the methods OF the pension
sharks. just before the amendment WAS
adopted giving the Commissioner of
l'enslo authority t. refuse to ply the
fee of pension attorney whea ne knows
that the attorney fails to perform his
-'ntt DUTY to claimants.
m" Investigation conScu,o,,t
or Daniel wpUStcr, E..i,...-- -l,a,,,. .,,t,,t,.
brought ont the very interesting fact
that Mr.. Webster, who WAS for "A long
time one 0f the leading practitioners
before the L. :. Supreme Court. n.'vcr
was formally Admitted To practice before
that Court In view Of the st;':,:tnaSS OF
that Court, it is d,ni ,uit to unfar|trnL
the ommi sion OF tAs form in hlr. Web
Stel ) case. The only theory alvanc.d
to account for it is that NJ. Webster
was so well known that it never occurred
| either to him or members of the Court,
that he required to be formally admtted
| to practice.
The proposed purchase by the govern
ment Of the submarine torpedo boat
Holland, received a decided set back
when the Naval Board of Construction
decided by a vote of 4 to l, against recon.
mending the purchase. This decision
was made on the ground that such YES
sells are in the experimental stage, and
that their usefulness for war purposes
had not been demonstrated.
Representative Roberts, Of Mass, has
introduced bill appropriating $4,000
for the erection Of statute of the late
Gen Lawton, in Washington. In view
of the ninety odd thousand dollars. con,
tributed by the people OF the country,
for the Widnw and children OF Gen
Lawton, 1t wonld seem that Congrrs
would do Il popular thing to pass thu
bll.
The influence Of the administrative NJ il
being eXerted in behalf ot the P.iyne bill
now before the IIoI Sc Wa!s and Mean
Committee, providing for an extension
of the u. 5. laws to Porto Rico, and tn
establishment of cnstoms ana interna
revenue collection districts. IL the bill
becom n law, Porto Rico will have FIRE
trade with The U. S.