The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-11
THE CASE OF CAPT. CARTER.
ONCE MORE 1T is RECEIVING At
TENTION IN WASHINGTON.

tee-Statesmcn who Are Going to
Seek a Light in ASia-The Shirt
waist Idea at the Capital.
Washington, April 10.-Attorney Cen
eral Knox enters upon his duties as chief
legal advisor to the administration with
a revival of the Capt. Carter case upon
his hands The friends and sponsors of
that dashing engineer officer, who is now
undergoing punishment in the Fort Leav-
enworth prison for corruption in connec-
ton with the river and harbor improve
ments in Savannah harbor, are going to
make another effort to secure his re-
! lease from confinement. A motion for
his release on bail has just been offered
in the Supreme Court of the United States
and Attorney General Knox will be call
ed upon to delve into the records and see
upon what grounds the appeal for elem
| ency is based. 1t is estimated by those
familiar with the Carter case, that up to
date, $500, 900 has been expended by Capt.
Carter and his friends to prevent his con-
viction and secure his release from pris-
on 1t is said that twice that amount Is
|
is a chance for him to regain his liberty.
The Spanish Claims Commission.
Former Senator William K. Chandler
and his associates on the Spanish GAINS
| Commission have organized for business
and taken modest quarters in the former
home of the late Justice Strong of the
| Supreme Court of the United States. The
! Commission starts out full of good inten-
TONS to dispose of the business which
may come before 1t with neatness, econ
| omy and dispatch. one clerk ana Two
or three messengers constitute the present
force. Unless the Spanish Commission
breaks all previous records, of similar or
CARNATIONS it is only a question of time
when the commission will expand into a
large-salaried and heavily Differed branch
| of the public service. 1t is already pre-
dicted that the commission Will so con-
| duet its business as to render It's docket
| almost intermiuabe and before long Con-
gress Will probably be urged to erect
separate building for the accommodation
of the commission, and it's constantly IN
creasing force Commissioner Chandler
has had too much experience in public
life to disregard former presidents when
| it comes to holding on to a good thlng
as long as possible.
Statesmen Seeking Light.
| their attention from the Philippines ana
| looking toward China, with the hope and
! expectation of obtaining some poltlcat
| campaign material for use next WINTER
when the question of foreign AFFAIRS Is
| under consideration. In view OF the e&-
| tremey interesting conditions III the Far
| East many congressional pilgrims pro-
pose to journey across the PACING ocean
or 80 by the Suez canal route to CHINA
| In
| Philippines.
As Congress refused to provide for junk
citing parties. Officially called select COM
| mittees), these statesmen who are seek
ing light upon the eastern question must
make the trip az their own expense or
| as the representative of some private
| enterprise. 1t is understood that a as
| tinguished party, including Senators Proc
tor Of Vermont. Bacon of Georgia, Tur-
ner of Washington. Representative Johh
Wesley Gaines of Tennessee, and severai
others. have made arrangements to leave
here the middle of next month to make
a personal survey of the Chinese ques-
ton This party will make the trip wa
the suez canal, and returning they pro
pose to visit the Philippines and Hawai-
At the last session of Congress, Senator
Bacon took the lead on the Democratic
side of the chamber in assailing the pol
lev of the administration in dealing with
the PHILIPPINES He made several inef-
fectual attempts TO induce Congress 10
adopt a resolution to authorize the send
! ing of a Joint committee of Congress 10
the Philippines. So anxious Is he Tor IN
formation on the subject that he mas con-
cluded arrangements by which he can get
n "peeD at" Pekin and also at the phil
ippines. Some of the members of the par
ty will make the trip armed with ko-
| daks and typewriters, and within the next
| few months the country may expect 10
| he flooded with illustrated articles in var
ions newspapers and magazines, signed
by American congressman in China
Viewing the proposed trip from a purely
political standpoint, without regard 10
who is paying the freight, Senator Id.
| ron saws he considers China now OF
greater interest to the United States than
| the PHILIPPINES 1t promises TO be the
SCENE of greater and more dramatic COM
plications than those which recently oc-
! Cured in and about Pekin. 1t not only
promises to be the paramount issue III Eu-
ropean countries, but he believes II VIII
cut an important figure in American poll-
tics Under the circumstances, ne says
Id desires 10 learn from personal obserVa-
| ton and inyestigat ton some of the actual
| conditions surrounding the Chinese prob
lem AS member of the Committee on
Foreign Relations he may find SUCH m
formation as he is able to gather useiui
in tbe consideration of legislation on the
| subject
shirt Waists at the Capital.
washington letter carriers and metro
nolitan policemen are about to receive
! their annual assessment for summer uni
forms The subject of allowing both let
ter carriers and policemen to wear shirt
waists is under serious consideration by
the government. and the local authorities
The shirt waist fever struck the capital
city last summer and men in almost
every walk Of life went about their daily
occupations IN shirt waists. The few ex-
ceptions were the letter carriers ana the
policemen The time has now arrived for
! The contracts to he awarded for the sum-
ner outfits for the carriers and the po-
lice. and both classes of officials complain
that last summer they were Obliged to
almost swelter in heavy uniform coats,
while other employees Of the national and
I city governments were permitted to cultl-