The National tribune., 1901-11-14
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

| Over and above the four warShlpS Tor
which Congress directed him last session
| to prepare plans, a basis for appropri-
alton At the next session, Secretary Long
| has before him the recommendation of
the Board of Naval Construction, looking
| to thc authorization by Congress for the
building Of 40 more naval vessels of all
| classes. fIom the battlcShip down to tug
boats. The plans for the two armored
cruisers ami two battleships, projected by
| Congress last session, already have been
prepared, aUd look to the construction OF
/ about 1G.OuO-tOn batteShips and l4Ouo-
| ton cruisers. The hattleShIps and cruisers
| additional to these which the C0nstruc-
tiOl ROard proposes probably will be OF
| about the same size and general type. Inc
| Board 5 complete plan Is:
| Three Sea-going battleshipS of about
| 10000 tons displacement
| Two armOred cruisers of about If,1Vo
tons displacement.
| Six gunbOats of about 200 tons.
| Six gunboats of Gbcnt 600 tons.
| Six gunbOats of about 200 tons.
| Two colliers of about $4,000 tons.
| One repair ship of about 100 tons.
Six training ships of about 2,UUO tons.
-Four picket ships of about 1000 tons.
-Four picket boats of about 600 tons.
| -Four tugbOats.
While the above appears to be start
| ling amount of naval construction TO rec
| Cmmend to Congress, it may be noted that
| program submitted to that body through
Secretary Long by the Construction Board
| last year, and it is even smaller than the
| aggregate tonnage proposed to be author-
lied by the General Tor Dewey Board.
| In each case the recommendations are but
| the steps necessary to be taken to carry
out the general policy of providing the
| United States with q modern navy OF no
more than sufficient strength, yet made up
| of harmonious units. This policy was
- i. p.,Il.- l. narflg
| and if it is carried out as proposed, they
| declare that the symmetrical navy finally
| provided would be very much more effect
| i've than the more numerous navies of sew
era of the European States.
Delegate Dennis Flynn is an ardent ad-
vocate for statehood for Oklahoma. He
said in Washington last week:
| Il never knew of Territory that came
| forward so rapidly MS we have been do
ing. There are 100000 people now in
Oklahoma, and we have more population
than any one Of IL States l could mer,
ton which voted at the last Congressional
election. 1t Is such a glorious country
that / really feel a few inches smaller
| when | come East and have to breathe
the air that is not to be compared with
what we have in Oklahoma. The Terri
tory already has S250,0OO,OO0 of taxable
property. and our public institutions are
valued at S12,000,000. We are for sep
arate statehood without Indian Territory.
| 1.-The substantial buildings they are put
| ting up in our cities could well be the
pride of older localities. / was over to
the young town of Lawton, in the kiowa
country, the other day. They are hctu.
ally erecting fine twO-stOry brick houses
with broad porches there. The buildings
! are of a better class and more substantial
than went up In other older towns during
the first five years Of the Territory's ex-
istence. At Iawton they told me they
had discovered natural gas near the town,
and l wouldn't believe them till they took
me out to the place where they have a
well and set the gas on fire"
When Congress meets in December
| Senator Foraker will introduce bill to
pay Mrs. Mckinley a years salary, Cr
$4,000. on her late husbands account.
! This will be following precedent es-
| tablished in the case of Presidents Lin
| coin and Garfield Some friends in Con-
| gress desired to pay her the salary of
| the unexpired term of President Mc<in-
| ley, but it was decided to follow prece-
dent. especially as Mr.. Mckinley has
no children.
1t will be recalled that in the case of
Mrs. Garfield a popular subscription was
| also opened, and the handsome sum of
| $3.50. 900 was quickly realized and turned
|
that pension of $1,000 per year should
be voted to Mrs. Mckinley. This will
be in line with previous legislation in such
| cases.
The question of compensation for the
surgeons and physicians who treated
| President Mckinley during his fatal i'll
ness is also being discussed. In this case
| the legislative experts are looking up the
precedents. President Garfield fingered
| 80 days. A board of audit finally agreed
| to compensate the surgeons and physl-
| clans in the following proportions: DIR.
Bliss, $1,000; Drs. Agnew and Hamilton,
50 200 each; Drs. Reyburn and Boynton,
| $4,000, and DR.. Susan b. Edison, So, 900.
The board also allowed different parties
$5,929 for services and supplies. This in
| cluded S1,500 to the Central Railroad of
New Jersey, and $1,162 to O. Jones, of
ElberOn. Extra compensation was al
| lowed to certain Government employees,
and the total expenditure was $4,000.
1t is estimated here that an apprOpria
| ton of more than 100000 will be asked
from Congress. DIR. McBurney's bill is
expected to be at least $4,000, and the
other physicians will file claims in pro-
portion. President McKinley's fatal i'll
ness lasted only eight days, but the leg
slative experts believe that the bills pre-
| sented will be twice as large as similar
services rendered 20 years ago during a
period of ten times as long.
NJ Margerie, the French Charge of En-
| bassy, is in almost daily conference with
Secretary Hay, and while no statement as
to the nature of the exchanges is obtain
able it is believed that they relate in part
to the Panama Canal tor NJ. Hutin has
accompanied NJ. Margerie on at least one
of these visits.
President Hutin, of the Panama Canal
Company, has finally submitted to Ad-
miral Walker, the head of the Isthmian
Canal Commission, the Iong-expected
! proposition in behalf of his company for
the acquisition Of all its rights by the
United States Government. The Panama
| Company has been restrained up to this
moment from submitting a direct PROPOSE
ton owing to a clause in the concession
which it holds from the Government of
Colombia, which prescribes forfeiture of
the concession as a penalty for the max
ing of an effort by the company to trans
fer its right to another Government.
Comrade Barr, 76S N 23d ST., Phila-
delphia, Pa, who served four years in
Co. II, 18th Pa. Cav, and attained the
rank of Corporal, of which he is justly
proud. for it was an honor to have been